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Honors & Awards

  • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2019)
  • NCAA Qualifier (2020)
  • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2020; Spring 2020, 2021)

2022-23 (Junior)
Regular Season - 133 pounds

  • 2-3 record overall (0-1 dual record)
  • Bonus Points: one pin

2021-22 (Sophomore)
Regular Season - 133 pounds

  • 3-7 (1-4 dual)
  • Bonus Points: One pin, two major decisions 
  • Recorded a dual match win over Kobe Lepe of Chadron State 

2020-21 (Sophomore)
Regular Season - 133 pounds

  • 3-3 overall (2-3 dual record)
  • Bonus Points: One pin
  • Earned the starting spot at 133 pounds, moving up a weight class after wrestling at 125 pounds his first two seasons
  • Recorded his first win of the season in a 6-2 decision over Maryland’s Jackson Cockrell

2019-20 (Redshirt Freshman)
Big Ten Championships - 6th place (3-3) - 125 
pounds

  • First Round: Alex Thomsen (NEB) dec. #7 Liam Cronin (Indiana), 17-12 
  • Quarterfinals: #2 Devin Schroder (PUR) tech. fall Alex Thomsen (NEB), 15-0  
  • Second Cons. Round: Alex Thomsen (NEB) major dec. #9 Eric Barnett (WIS), 11-3  
  • Third Cons. Round: Alex Thomsen (NEB) dec. #12 Logan Griffin (MSU), 5-2
  • Cons. Semifinals: #5 Jack Medley (MICH) dec. Alex Thomsen (NEB), 2-1 TB2
  • 5th-Place Match: #7 Liam Cronin (IND) pinned Alex Thomsen (NEB) (4:09)

Regular Season - 125 pounds

  • 10-12 record overall (6-7 dual record)
  • Bonus Points: Two pins, four major decisions
  • Fourth-place finish (125A) at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic
  • Runner-up finish at the Daktronics Open (Nov. 17) 
  • DNP at the Cliff Keen Invitational (Dec. 7)

2018-19 (Redshirt)
Regular Season - 125 pounds

  • 13-2 overall record
  • Bonus points: five tech. falls, one pin, one major decision
  • Went 2-2 on his way to finishing fourth at the Daktronics Open on Nov. 4
  • 3-0 record at the Grand View Open (Nov. 10) with one tech. fall victory and one by major decision as he won the championship
  • Won the UNK Holiday Inn Open (Nov. 17), going 4-0 with three decision victories and a tech. fall
  • Won the Dave Edmunds Open (Feb. 2), going 4-0 with two victories by tech. fall

Before Nebraska

  • Wrestled at Underwood High School in Underwood, Iowa, under Coach Joe Stephens, who lettered for Nebraska three times from 1992 to 1995
  • Four-time Iowa Class 1A state champion; 190-1 record in high school
  • Two-time Iowa Dan Gable Class 1A Wrestler of the Year (2017 and 2018)
  • Capped his prep career with the IHSAA Class 1A state title at 126 pounds to finish off a 51-1 season
  • Won IHSAA 1A state title at 126 pounds to cap a 45-0 season as a junior in 2017
  • Won state at 126 pounds to finish off a 50-0 season in 2016
  • Captured state title at 113 pounds as a freshman in 2015 after a 44-0 season
  • Was the sixth-ranked 126-pounder in the Class of 2018 by InterMat
  • Rated the seventh-best 126 pounder in the nation in the Class of 2018 by FloWrestling
  • Placed third in the challenge tournament at 55 kg at the 2017 Junior Freestyle World Team Trials at the Devaney Center in Lincoln
  • Won title at 126 pounds at the 2017 Greco-Roman Junior Nationals
  • Took fifth at 126 pounds at the 2017 Freestyle Junior Nationals
  • Finished fifth at 126 pounds at the 2016 Super 32 tournament
  • Also played soccer for two seasons

Personal

  • Born: Oct. 27, 1999
  • Parents: Debbie and Aric Thomsen
  • Sister: Elizabeth; Brothers: Blake and Carson
  • Major: Chemical Engineering

Career Statistics

Year Overall Dual Pins TF MD NCAA Big Ten
2018-19* 13-2 0-0 1 5 1 -- --
2019-20 13-15 6-7 2 0 4 -- 6th (3-3)
2020-21 3-3 2-3 1 0 0
2021-22 3-7 1-4 1 0 2 -- --
2022-23 2-3 0-1 1 0 0 -- --
Career 21-28 9-15 5 0 6 -- 3-3

*Redshirt season does not count in career totals