2025-26 Wrestling Roster

Jacob Walton
Laken Detweiler
Jacob Walton
Jacob Walton
Zach Greer
Maya Fisher
Brinda Malik
Brinda Malik
Kurt DeVoe

Cody Thompson

  • Weight 149
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Loveland, Colo.
  • Highschool Loveland
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2025-26: Received a M.S. in mechanical engineering in May 2026 ... NCAA Division II national champion at 149 pounds … Team captain … All-American … NCAA Super Region VI champion at 149 pounds …NWCA Super Region VI Wrestler of the Year ... National Wrestling Hall of Fame Colorado Chapter's Collegiate Wrestler of the Year ... Blaster Award recipient for Male Athlete of the Year and Male Comeback Athlete of the Year ... First-Team All-RMAC … Colorado School of Mines' President's Senior Scholar-Athlete ... NWCA Scholar All-America ... First-Team Academic All-RMAC ... RMAC Wrestler of the Week (Dec. 22) … Became Mines’ eighth national champion overall and first since 1998 with a 4-0 run at the NCAA Championships to capture the 149-pound title … Went 19-1 overall, the best single-season winning percentage in program history (.950) … Was 12-1 in duals generating a team-best 54 points … Was 5-1 against the RMAC … Went 4-0 against NWCA-ranked opponents … Had three falls, five tech falls, and four major decisions, and did not allow a bonus point during the season … Spent the entire season nationally ranked, peaking at #2 by both the NWCA and and OpenMat … Finished the season ranked #1 at 149 pounds and #7 in the pound-for-pound OpenMat rankings ... Beat two of the top four ranked wrestlers to win the NCAA title, overcoming #2 Jalen Spuhler of Wisconsin-Parkside 7-4 in overtime in the semifinals, and then shutting out #4 Matthew Sarbo of Pitt-Johnstown 5-0 in the final … Accounted for 20 team points at nationals to help Mines finish 14th … Finished career at 67-18, the fourth-best winning percentage in program history (.788).

2024-25: Received a B.S. in mechanical engineering in May 2025 … Captain … NWCA Scholar All-America … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Earned team’s DuPont “Hustle” Award … Went 9-2 as Mines’ starter at 149 before suffering a season-ending injury at the Midwest Classic … Was 2-0 in duals … Had one win by fall … Began the season as NWCA’s #1-ranked wrestler at 149, and peaked at #3 in the OpenMat rankings … Was the Younes Hospitality Open Elite 141 runner-up … Finished sixth at the Midwest Classic.

2023-24: Captain ... All-American … NCAA runner-up at 149 pounds … NWCA Super Region VI Wrestler of the Year ... College Sports Communicators Second-Team Academic All-America ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... NWCA Scholar All-America ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships for the first time, going 4-1 and becoming the first unseeded wrestler to make a national final since 2019 … Was the 14th national finalist in program history … Upset the #8 and #4 seeds at the national tournament on the way to the final … Scored 17 team points at nationals by himself to give Mines 25th place … NCAA Super Region VI champion at 149 pounds … First-Team All-RMAC … RMAC Wrestler of the Week (Nov. 21) … Younes Hospitality Open champion at Elite 149 … Peaked at #12 in the NWCA and OpenMat rankings at 149 pounds … Finished the season 25-3 overall … Had a team-best 15-match winning streak from the new year until the national final. 

2022-23: Redshirted.

2021-22: True freshman entered the starting lineup at 149 pounds going 12-10 … Was 4-4 in duals and 2-3 vs. the RMAC … Had four pins, the fastest in 46 seconds … Placed fourth at the Mines Rookie Open.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-time Colorado state placer and 2021 state champion at Loveland HS ... Finished his prep career with the CHSAA 132-4A title and 4A Region 3 championship ... Was an undefeated 22-0 as a senior ... Won the 4A regional championship at 106 as a freshman in 2018, then went on to a state fifth-place finish ... In 2019 was the 4A 113-pound fifth-place finisher and in 2020, finished third at states at 126 pounds ... 2019 Northern Colorado Christmas Tournament champion ... Had a high school record of 132-24 with 60 falls, 20 tech falls, and 16 majors ... 2018 Colorado National Team member ... Scholar All-American in 2019.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    149 lbs
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    157 lbs
  • 2023-24Redshirt Sophomore

    149 lbs
  • 2024-25Redshirt Junior

    149 lbs
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    2025-26Redshirt Senior

    149 lbs
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