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