2024-25 Wrestling Roster

Nathan Asato
Kurt DeVoe
Brinda Malik

Christian Lopez

  • Weight 125
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Houston, Texas
  • Highschool Westside
  • Major Electrical Engineering

Biography

2024-25: Received a B.S. in electrical engineering in May 2025 …  Second-Team All-RMAC … Earned team’s Most Improved Award … RMAC Wrestler of the Week (Jan. 7) … Went 19-9 overall … Was Mines’ starter at 125, going 11-1 in duals overall and 5-1 vs. the RMAC … Owned three wins over top-12 opponents … Had two falls … Broke into the national rankings peaking at #7 in the NWCA poll and #11 in the OpenMat rankings … Finished fifth at the NCAA Super Region VI Championships … Was sixth at the Younes Hospitality Open in Elite 125 … Ended his career with a 63-39 record.

2023-24: Honorable Mention All-RMAC … Went 12-9 overall … Finished sixth at the NCAA Super Region VI Championships … Spent 11 weeks in the OpenMat rankings, peaking at #15 … Was 5-4 in duals producing 21 team points … Won once by fall and was not pinned … Added two major decisions and three tech falls.

2022-23: Team’s starter at 125 going 14-8 overall … Was 7-4 in duals and 3-4 vs. the RMAC … Had one pin … Was ranked six straight weeks by the Open Mat peaking at #13 before suffering a season-ending injury at the end of the regular season … Finished fifth at the UNK Open in the Elite bracket … Was sixth at the Mines Rookie Open.

2021-22: Went 14-12 as the team’s starter at 125 pounds … Was 6-4 in duals and 4-3 against the RMAC … Had two majors and a tech fall … Took third at the Mines Rookie Open … Was sixth at NCAA Super Region VI Championships.

2020-21: Went 4-2 as a true freshman at 125 pounds … Finished fourth at the NCAA Super Region VI Championships … Had two major decisions among his four wins.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time Texas state placer at Westside HS ... Finished fourth, third, and second at the UIL 6A Championships, including the state 120-pound final in 2020 ... Also the Regional 3-6A champion in 2020 and a three-time regional finalist ... Preseason Nationals All-American ... Mid-America Nationals placer ... Four-year letterwinner ... Projects as a collegiate 125-pounder ... National Honor Society member.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    125 lbs
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    125 lbs
  • 2022-23Junior

    125 lbs
  • 2023-24Senior

    125 lbs
  • 2024-25Redshirt Senior

    125 lbs