Last name pronounced: FILL-ip-OH-vich
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2025 NCAA qualifier (285 lbs.)
• Only Indianapolis native to qualify for NCAAs in 2025
• Three-time NWCA Scholar All-American (2023, 2024, 2025), the 10th three-time honoree in school history
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2023, 2024, 2025)
• Competed at three different weights through three seasons (184, 197, 285)
• Team award winner: Strength & Conditioning (2025), Most Improved (2024)
2024-25 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR
• Stats
• Celebrated a breakthrough season as a first-time NCAA qualifier and finished with a 13-18 record and seven bonus point victories
• Appeared in every dual as Purdue’s starting heavyweight, one of five Boilermakers to compete in all 16 duals
• Won his NCAA Championships debut as the No. 33 seed with a 9-0 major decision over Appalachian State’s No. 32-seeded Stephan Monchery
• Contributed to Purdue’s best finish (13th/66) at the NCAA Championships since 1992
• One of 12 wrestlers from the state of Indiana and the only Indianapolis native to qualify for the NCAA tournament
• Faced more ranked opponents than any other Boilermaker in the regular season (13), finishing tied for second-most with 19 ranked opponents after the postseason
• Proved himself as a flexible contributor wrestling at 285 lbs., his third competing weight since the 2022-23 season
• Made it to the national tournament as a heavyweight just 13 months after competing under 184 lbs.
• Earned an auto-bid to NCAAs after a 10th-place finish at the Big Ten Championships
• Led Purdue with eight reversals
• Earned his first ranked win of the season over No. 21 Harley Andrews in the season finale dual vs. Nebraska, winning a 9-4 decision
• Again upset Andrews in a 16-3 major decision at the Big Ten Championships
• Took fourth place at the Tiger Style Invite
• Earned NWCA Scholar All-American status for the third time, just the 10th three-time honoree in Purdue history
• Named Academic All-Big Ten for the third time as part of a program record tally of 15 Boilermakers to receive the honor in 2025
• Won Purdue Wrestling's Strength & Conditioning award at the team awards banquet
2023-24 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
• Stats
• Posted an 11-10 record wrestling at both 184 and 285 pounds for the Boilermakers. 11-7 at 184
• Represented Purdue at heavyweight in the 2024 Big Ten Championships
• Racked up five bonus point wins, four via fall
• Picked up his highest career ranked win with a 14-8 decision over No. 13 Brian Saldano of Rutgers
• Tied Matt Ramos for the fastest fall of the season, pinning Grand Valley State’s Nathan Mansor in 17 seconds
• Took second at both the Purple Raider Open and Greyhound Open. Went 7-2 in those two tournaments with three falls
• Tied for the team lead for most shutouts with four
• Named a NWCA Scholar All-American for the second straight season
• Claimed Academic All-Big Ten honors for the second time
• Earned Purdue Wrestling’s Most Improved Award
2022-23 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Went 5-22 at 197 in his first season of varsity competition
• Picked up his first varsity dual win in a 4-2 decision against Northern Illinois’ Jordan Sommers
• Opened the season with a sixth-place finish at the Clarion Open, highlighted by a pin of Brown’s Aaron Wolk
• Named an NWCA Scholar All-American
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors
2021-22 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Did not compete in a varsity competition
• Compiled a 10-4 record at 197 pounds, competing unattached in open tournaments
• Placed fifth at the Jim Koch Wisconsin Open, posting three falls and a decision
• Took third at the Mount Union Purple Raider Open, falling to teammate Ben Vanadia in the semifinals and scoring one fall
• Placed third at the Indianapolis Greyhound Open with two falls and a major decision
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year letter winner at Lutheran High School of Indianapolis
• 2021 Indiana High School State Champion at 195 pounds, finishing a perfect 44-0 and earning the first state championship in school history
• Was named the 2021 1A Wrestler of the Year by IndianaMat.com
• Won the semi-state, regional and sectional championships as a senior after winning the sectional, but finishing second at regionals and semi-states as a junior
• Placed eighth at 182 pounds at the 2020 Indiana high school state championships
NATIONAL RANKINGS
• Ranked the No. 174 overall recruit in the Class of 2021 by MatScouts (5/7/2021)
HIGH SCHOOL RECORD
• 2020-21 (195): 44-0
• 2019-20 (182): 34-7
• 2018-19 (182): 31-2
• 2017-18 (170): 29-11
• TOTAL: 138-20 (.873)
PERSONAL
• Full name: Hayden Filipovich
• Major: Economics
• Birthday: Sept. 10, 2002
• City Born: Indianapolis, Indiana
• Parents: Nathan and Allisan Filipovich
• Siblings: Sisters, Addison, Hadleigh
• Instagram: @haydenfilipovich
• X/Twitter: @hayfilipovich
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2025 NCAA qualifier (285 lbs.)
• Only Indianapolis native to qualify for NCAAs in 2025
• Three-time NWCA Scholar All-American (2023, 2024, 2025), the 10th three-time honoree in school history
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2023, 2024, 2025)
• Competed at three different weights through three seasons (184, 197, 285)
• Team award winner: Strength & Conditioning (2025), Most Improved (2024)
2024-25 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR
• Stats
• Celebrated a breakthrough season as a first-time NCAA qualifier and finished with a 13-18 record and seven bonus point victories
• Appeared in every dual as Purdue’s starting heavyweight, one of five Boilermakers to compete in all 16 duals
• Won his NCAA Championships debut as the No. 33 seed with a 9-0 major decision over Appalachian State’s No. 32-seeded Stephan Monchery
• Contributed to Purdue’s best finish (13th/66) at the NCAA Championships since 1992
• One of 12 wrestlers from the state of Indiana and the only Indianapolis native to qualify for the NCAA tournament
• Faced more ranked opponents than any other Boilermaker in the regular season (13), finishing tied for second-most with 19 ranked opponents after the postseason
• Proved himself as a flexible contributor wrestling at 285 lbs., his third competing weight since the 2022-23 season
• Made it to the national tournament as a heavyweight just 13 months after competing under 184 lbs.
• Earned an auto-bid to NCAAs after a 10th-place finish at the Big Ten Championships
• Led Purdue with eight reversals
• Earned his first ranked win of the season over No. 21 Harley Andrews in the season finale dual vs. Nebraska, winning a 9-4 decision
• Again upset Andrews in a 16-3 major decision at the Big Ten Championships
• Took fourth place at the Tiger Style Invite
• Earned NWCA Scholar All-American status for the third time, just the 10th three-time honoree in Purdue history
• Named Academic All-Big Ten for the third time as part of a program record tally of 15 Boilermakers to receive the honor in 2025
• Won Purdue Wrestling's Strength & Conditioning award at the team awards banquet
2023-24 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
• Stats
• Posted an 11-10 record wrestling at both 184 and 285 pounds for the Boilermakers. 11-7 at 184
• Represented Purdue at heavyweight in the 2024 Big Ten Championships
• Racked up five bonus point wins, four via fall
• Picked up his highest career ranked win with a 14-8 decision over No. 13 Brian Saldano of Rutgers
• Tied Matt Ramos for the fastest fall of the season, pinning Grand Valley State’s Nathan Mansor in 17 seconds
• Took second at both the Purple Raider Open and Greyhound Open. Went 7-2 in those two tournaments with three falls
• Tied for the team lead for most shutouts with four
• Named a NWCA Scholar All-American for the second straight season
• Claimed Academic All-Big Ten honors for the second time
• Earned Purdue Wrestling’s Most Improved Award
2022-23 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Went 5-22 at 197 in his first season of varsity competition
• Picked up his first varsity dual win in a 4-2 decision against Northern Illinois’ Jordan Sommers
• Opened the season with a sixth-place finish at the Clarion Open, highlighted by a pin of Brown’s Aaron Wolk
• Named an NWCA Scholar All-American
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors
2021-22 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Did not compete in a varsity competition
• Compiled a 10-4 record at 197 pounds, competing unattached in open tournaments
• Placed fifth at the Jim Koch Wisconsin Open, posting three falls and a decision
• Took third at the Mount Union Purple Raider Open, falling to teammate Ben Vanadia in the semifinals and scoring one fall
• Placed third at the Indianapolis Greyhound Open with two falls and a major decision
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year letter winner at Lutheran High School of Indianapolis
• 2021 Indiana High School State Champion at 195 pounds, finishing a perfect 44-0 and earning the first state championship in school history
• Was named the 2021 1A Wrestler of the Year by IndianaMat.com
• Won the semi-state, regional and sectional championships as a senior after winning the sectional, but finishing second at regionals and semi-states as a junior
• Placed eighth at 182 pounds at the 2020 Indiana high school state championships
NATIONAL RANKINGS
• Ranked the No. 174 overall recruit in the Class of 2021 by MatScouts (5/7/2021)
HIGH SCHOOL RECORD
• 2020-21 (195): 44-0
• 2019-20 (182): 34-7
• 2018-19 (182): 31-2
• 2017-18 (170): 29-11
• TOTAL: 138-20 (.873)
PERSONAL
• Full name: Hayden Filipovich
• Major: Economics
• Birthday: Sept. 10, 2002
• City Born: Indianapolis, Indiana
• Parents: Nathan and Allisan Filipovich
• Siblings: Sisters, Addison, Hadleigh
• Instagram: @haydenfilipovich
• X/Twitter: @hayfilipovich