NDSU

Watch 2017 Induction Ceremony

Three-time NCAA Division II national champion – 167 in 1997-98, 184 in both 1999-00 and 2000-01 … NCAA Most Outstanding Wrestler  in 2001 … NCAA Division II runner-up at 174 pounds in 1998-99 … Four-time North Central Conference Most Valuable Wrestler and individual champion … Member of three NCAA Division II national champi-onship teams in 1997-98, 1999-00 and 2000-01 … Member of a pair of NCC championship teams in 1997-98 and 2000-01 … Recipient of a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship … NDSU’s 2001 Albrecht Presidential Trophy and NCC Honor Men’s Athlete recipient … Four-time National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) All-Academic first team selection … Four-time NCC all-academic pick … Inducted into the Division II Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2016 … Inducted into the Minnesota High School Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame with his father, Dick Saxlund, in April 2017 … Finished career ranked No. 3 all-time with 107-19 record including 42-5 in duals with 20 pins … Only two career losses to Division II opponents and only one career loss in the North Central Conference … Posted 26-4 record including 10-1 in duals with three pins at 167-pounds in 1997-98 … Rolled up 25-6 record including 9-1 in duals with one pin at 174-pounds in 1998-99 … Fashioned 26-5 record including 10-2 in duals with eight pins at 184-pounds in 1999-2000 … Claimed 30-4 record including 13-1 in duals with eight pins at 184 in 2000-01 … Member of NDSU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council, serving as Code of Conduct Officer … Involved with NDSU’s Halloween Party, Valentine Blood Drive and Spring Clean-up all four years … Volunteer elementary school wrestling coach … Made visits to Children’s Hospital in Fargo … NDSU wrestling assistant coach … Native of Pipestone, Minn. … Minnesota Class A state champion in 1996 at 160-pounds for Pipestone-Jasper High School … Coached by his father … Also played football at Pipestone … Compiled 186-26-1 career record including two other state tournament placings and second place finish at the High School National Meet … Rolled up 36-0 record as a senior … Three-time Academic All-State selection and Prep Wrestling Coast-to-Coast All-American … Inducted into the Pipestone High School Hall of Fame … Junior Freestyle All-American … Fila Junior Freestyle All-American … Earned bachelor’s degree in biology and master’s degree in sports and recreation management at NDSU … Owns and operates several businesses including wrestling clothing company 3X Gear, and Herd & Horns Bar & Grill, both out of Fargo, and Rough House Athletics, a sewing and manufacturing company out of Knoxville, Tennessee … Founder and director of the largest high school sanctioned tournament in the country, Rumble on the Red Wrestling Championships … Married to Angie Saxlund and has three daughters, Brooklyn, Peyton, and Brynlie.