2021-22 / AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR
• Posted a 14-16 record at heavyweight in his final collegiate season, including an 8-7 tournament mark and a pair of wins over ranked opponents.
• Led the Boilermakers with six falls, building his career total to 30.
• Won his first four matches of the season, all coming by fall.
• Advanced to the Round of 12 at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Invitational, earning a technical fall and a overtime, tie-breaker win.
• Placed fifth at the inaugural Matmen Open, earning ranked wins over No. 26 Boone McDermott of Rutgers and No. 28 Jake Slinger of Pitt.
• Earned his first Big Ten dual victory with a 10-4 decision over Michigan State’s Brad Wilton.
• Went 2-3 at the Big Ten Championships with wins over Maryland’s Zach Schrader and Indiana’s Jacob Bullock, and was a toe drag away from defeating Wisconsin’s 12th-ranked Trent Hilger and earning an automatic bid to NCAA’s.
• Finished the season ranked No. 32 in the nation via InterMat and honorable mention from FloWrestling.
• Earned NWCA Scholar All-America honors.
BEFORE PURDUE
• Served in the United States Navy from 2016 to 2021
• Competed at the U.S. Naval Academy from 2012-to-2016, posting a record of 50-28 over two seasons at 184 and 197 pounds
• Secured 24 of his 50 career wins by fall, including a team-high 17 in 2015-16, while posting 33 total wins by bonus points
• Started 17 duals, posting a 14-3 record, including wins in the Army-Navy dual both seasons
• 2016 NCAA Championship qualifier at 197 pounds
• Two-time EIWA Championships placewinner, taking seventh as a sophomore and junior
• Placed third at the Michigan State Open, Navy Classic and All-Academy Championship in 2015-16
• Won the 2015 All-Academy Championship at 184 pounds
• Two-time NWCA Div. I Scholar All-American and CoSIDA First-Team Capital One Academic All-District II
• Two-time EIWA Academic Achievement Award recipient
• Earned the men’s Coaches' Calvert Award, which recognizes a graduating varsity letterwinner who displayed leadership, consistent effort, loyalty and dedication to the sport and who has taken their abilities beyond the expectations of the coach, peers and themselves
• Earned the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
HIGH SCHOOL
• Three-year varsity letterwinner at Oak Park River Forest High School
• Two-time all-state honoree in freestyle and Greco Roman in Illinois
• Greco national qualifier in 2010
• 2012 Illinois state team runners-up
• 2012 team captain
PERSONAL
• Full name: Michael Woulfe
• Major: Earning a master’s degree and PhD in chemical engineering
• Parents: Brian and Nancy Woulfe
• Posted a 14-16 record at heavyweight in his final collegiate season, including an 8-7 tournament mark and a pair of wins over ranked opponents.
• Led the Boilermakers with six falls, building his career total to 30.
• Won his first four matches of the season, all coming by fall.
• Advanced to the Round of 12 at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Invitational, earning a technical fall and a overtime, tie-breaker win.
• Placed fifth at the inaugural Matmen Open, earning ranked wins over No. 26 Boone McDermott of Rutgers and No. 28 Jake Slinger of Pitt.
• Earned his first Big Ten dual victory with a 10-4 decision over Michigan State’s Brad Wilton.
• Went 2-3 at the Big Ten Championships with wins over Maryland’s Zach Schrader and Indiana’s Jacob Bullock, and was a toe drag away from defeating Wisconsin’s 12th-ranked Trent Hilger and earning an automatic bid to NCAA’s.
• Finished the season ranked No. 32 in the nation via InterMat and honorable mention from FloWrestling.
• Earned NWCA Scholar All-America honors.
BEFORE PURDUE
• Served in the United States Navy from 2016 to 2021
• Competed at the U.S. Naval Academy from 2012-to-2016, posting a record of 50-28 over two seasons at 184 and 197 pounds
• Secured 24 of his 50 career wins by fall, including a team-high 17 in 2015-16, while posting 33 total wins by bonus points
• Started 17 duals, posting a 14-3 record, including wins in the Army-Navy dual both seasons
• 2016 NCAA Championship qualifier at 197 pounds
• Two-time EIWA Championships placewinner, taking seventh as a sophomore and junior
• Placed third at the Michigan State Open, Navy Classic and All-Academy Championship in 2015-16
• Won the 2015 All-Academy Championship at 184 pounds
• Two-time NWCA Div. I Scholar All-American and CoSIDA First-Team Capital One Academic All-District II
• Two-time EIWA Academic Achievement Award recipient
• Earned the men’s Coaches' Calvert Award, which recognizes a graduating varsity letterwinner who displayed leadership, consistent effort, loyalty and dedication to the sport and who has taken their abilities beyond the expectations of the coach, peers and themselves
• Earned the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
HIGH SCHOOL
• Three-year varsity letterwinner at Oak Park River Forest High School
• Two-time all-state honoree in freestyle and Greco Roman in Illinois
• Greco national qualifier in 2010
• 2012 Illinois state team runners-up
• 2012 team captain
PERSONAL
• Full name: Michael Woulfe
• Major: Earning a master’s degree and PhD in chemical engineering
• Parents: Brian and Nancy Woulfe