CAREER NOTES
• Ranks seventh on Purdue’s season record list for back points (120, 2018)
2017-18 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Stats
Tournaments
• Placed second at Michigan State Open (11/5)
• Placed sixth at Navy Classic (11/18)
• Jim Koch Open 125-pound champion (12/2)
• Placed eighth at Midlands Championships (12/29-30)
• Greyhound Open 125-pound champion (1/28)
• Competed at U23 Freestyle World Team Trials at 57 kg (6/2-3)
Team Leader
• Technical falls (6), shutouts (7), fastest technical fall (1:18), points scored in a match (23), points scored in the first period (133), points per match (8.9), four-point nearfalls (27), back points (120), point differential (+142)
Season Notes
• Wrestled all but one match at 125 pounds ... filled in at 133 in one of his three dual appearances.
• Earned the No. 7 spot on Purdue’s top-20 record list for back points in a season with 120 (6 - 2NF, 27 - 4NF) ... scored back points in 16 of his 26 matches ... nine of his wins earned bonus points (3 MD, 6 TF) ... needed just 1:18 for an 18-0 technical fall against LIU Post’s Nick Conetta in his first career dual.
• Outscored his opponents 223-81 for the highest point differential on the team at +142 ... held opponents to a team-low 3.1 points per match.
• Had four wins over 2018 NCAA qualifiers (Ryan Millhof, Arizona State - 12-2; Ibrahim Bunduka, George Mason - 8-0; Christian Moody, Oklahoma - 7-1; and Michael McGee, Old Dominion - 8-1) ... had narrow losses to two-time All-American and 2015 runner-up Zeke Moisey of West Virginia (7-2) and All-American Sebastian Rivera of Northwestern (3-1) ... Moody was ranked 20th when Schroder beat him at the Michigan State Open ... also beat No. 18 Johnny Jimenez of Wisconsin (7-2; Michigan State Open).
• Closed out the season by winning the Greyhound Open ... won first three matches by technical fall to become the first Boilermaker to have three or more consecutive technical falls since Logan Brown had four on Dec. 20, 2009.
• Major decisioned a pair of top-10 seeded wrestlers at Midlands: No. 4 Ryan Millhof of Arizona State (12-2) and Minnesota’s seventh-seeded Steve Polakowski (10-0) ... Millhof was ranked 14th nationally.
• Won six straight matches spanning the Jim Koch Open and Midlands, including a pair of technical falls and a pair of major decisions.
• Met teammate Luke Welch in the Michigan State Open finals and the seventh-place match at Midlands.
2016-17 / AS A FRESHMAN
Season Notes
• Redshirted
• Competed at 125 pounds at Eastern Michigan Open (unattached) (11/5)
• Placed fourth at 125 pounds at Northern Iowa Open (unattached) (12/3)
• Purple Raider Open 125-pound champion (unattached) (1/15)
• Greyhound Open 125-pound champion (unattached) (2/5)
• Competed at UWW Junior Men’s Freestyle Junior National Championships at 55 kg (5/28)
• Competed in freestyle at University Nationals at 57 kg (6/4)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Ranked as the No. 10 120-pounder by WIN Magazine, 11th by FloWrestling and No. 17 by InterMat ... listed as the No. 99 overall recruit of 2016 by FloWrestling.
• Three-time Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 3 state champion ... won back-to-back titles at 119 pounds in 2014 and 2015, was the 112-pound champ in 2013.
• Outscored first three opponents of 2016 MHSAA tournament 40-3 with technical falls in the first round and semifinals at 119 pounds ... used less than 4:30 to register both technical falls (1:53, 2:34) ... had a decision in the quarterfinals ... dropped a 6-4 sudden victory heartbreaker in the finals.
• 2016 Michigan Grappler High School Dream Team second team selection.
• High school record of 189-7 (53-0, 44-4, 47-1, 45-2).
• Two-time FloNationals finalist at 113 pounds ... won the title in 2014, was runner-up in 2015.
• Placed eighth at 120 pounds at 2015 Super 32 Challenge.
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Devin James-Allen Schroder
• Major: Industrial engineering
• Minor: Management
• Birthday: July 14, 1997
• City Born: Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Parents: Brian and Jennifer
• Siblings: Two younger brothers, Chase and Dawson
• Notes: Father wrestled at Grand Valley State University ... high school teammate of Nate Limmex
• Ranks seventh on Purdue’s season record list for back points (120, 2018)
2017-18 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Stats
Tournaments
• Placed second at Michigan State Open (11/5)
• Placed sixth at Navy Classic (11/18)
• Jim Koch Open 125-pound champion (12/2)
• Placed eighth at Midlands Championships (12/29-30)
• Greyhound Open 125-pound champion (1/28)
• Competed at U23 Freestyle World Team Trials at 57 kg (6/2-3)
Team Leader
• Technical falls (6), shutouts (7), fastest technical fall (1:18), points scored in a match (23), points scored in the first period (133), points per match (8.9), four-point nearfalls (27), back points (120), point differential (+142)
Season Notes
• Wrestled all but one match at 125 pounds ... filled in at 133 in one of his three dual appearances.
• Earned the No. 7 spot on Purdue’s top-20 record list for back points in a season with 120 (6 - 2NF, 27 - 4NF) ... scored back points in 16 of his 26 matches ... nine of his wins earned bonus points (3 MD, 6 TF) ... needed just 1:18 for an 18-0 technical fall against LIU Post’s Nick Conetta in his first career dual.
• Outscored his opponents 223-81 for the highest point differential on the team at +142 ... held opponents to a team-low 3.1 points per match.
• Had four wins over 2018 NCAA qualifiers (Ryan Millhof, Arizona State - 12-2; Ibrahim Bunduka, George Mason - 8-0; Christian Moody, Oklahoma - 7-1; and Michael McGee, Old Dominion - 8-1) ... had narrow losses to two-time All-American and 2015 runner-up Zeke Moisey of West Virginia (7-2) and All-American Sebastian Rivera of Northwestern (3-1) ... Moody was ranked 20th when Schroder beat him at the Michigan State Open ... also beat No. 18 Johnny Jimenez of Wisconsin (7-2; Michigan State Open).
• Closed out the season by winning the Greyhound Open ... won first three matches by technical fall to become the first Boilermaker to have three or more consecutive technical falls since Logan Brown had four on Dec. 20, 2009.
• Major decisioned a pair of top-10 seeded wrestlers at Midlands: No. 4 Ryan Millhof of Arizona State (12-2) and Minnesota’s seventh-seeded Steve Polakowski (10-0) ... Millhof was ranked 14th nationally.
• Won six straight matches spanning the Jim Koch Open and Midlands, including a pair of technical falls and a pair of major decisions.
• Met teammate Luke Welch in the Michigan State Open finals and the seventh-place match at Midlands.
2016-17 / AS A FRESHMAN
Season Notes
• Redshirted
• Competed at 125 pounds at Eastern Michigan Open (unattached) (11/5)
• Placed fourth at 125 pounds at Northern Iowa Open (unattached) (12/3)
• Purple Raider Open 125-pound champion (unattached) (1/15)
• Greyhound Open 125-pound champion (unattached) (2/5)
• Competed at UWW Junior Men’s Freestyle Junior National Championships at 55 kg (5/28)
• Competed in freestyle at University Nationals at 57 kg (6/4)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Ranked as the No. 10 120-pounder by WIN Magazine, 11th by FloWrestling and No. 17 by InterMat ... listed as the No. 99 overall recruit of 2016 by FloWrestling.
• Three-time Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 3 state champion ... won back-to-back titles at 119 pounds in 2014 and 2015, was the 112-pound champ in 2013.
• Outscored first three opponents of 2016 MHSAA tournament 40-3 with technical falls in the first round and semifinals at 119 pounds ... used less than 4:30 to register both technical falls (1:53, 2:34) ... had a decision in the quarterfinals ... dropped a 6-4 sudden victory heartbreaker in the finals.
• 2016 Michigan Grappler High School Dream Team second team selection.
• High school record of 189-7 (53-0, 44-4, 47-1, 45-2).
• Two-time FloNationals finalist at 113 pounds ... won the title in 2014, was runner-up in 2015.
• Placed eighth at 120 pounds at 2015 Super 32 Challenge.
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Devin James-Allen Schroder
• Major: Industrial engineering
• Minor: Management
• Birthday: July 14, 1997
• City Born: Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Parents: Brian and Jennifer
• Siblings: Two younger brothers, Chase and Dawson
• Notes: Father wrestled at Grand Valley State University ... high school teammate of Nate Limmex