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Jacob Aven Season 2014-15

Height6-0
YearFreshman
HometownZionsville, Ind.
CAREER NOTES
• Four-time Academic All-Big Ten selection (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
• NCAA Championships 285-pound qualifier (2019)

2018-19 / AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR
• Stats
 
Awards & Honors
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Purdue Wrestling’s Hammer Down Strength & Conditioning Award
• Purdue Wrestling’s Boiler Up Tough Award
• NWCA Division I Scholar All-American Award

Tournaments
• Competed at 285 pounds at Princeton Open (11/4)
• Placed fourth at Journeymen Collegiate Classic 285-pound A draw (11/11)
• Competed at 285 pounds at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (11/30)
• Placed eighth at 285 pounds at Big Ten Championships (3/9-10)
• Competed at 285 pounds at NCAA Championships as the No. 33 seed (3/21-22)
 
Team Leader
• Ranked opponents faced (17), most points scored in a match (25); tied for team lead in overtime matches (7), wins in overtime (4), reversals (8)

Career Highs
• Dual wins (5), ranked opponent wins (3), decisions (12), technical falls (1), overtime wins (4), third period points (68), overtime points (10), reversals (8), dual points (15)

Season Notes
• Tabbed as the first alternate at the NCAA Championships, an injury forced another heavyweight qualifier to withdraw and Aven was added to the 33-man bracket.
• Won a pair of NCAA matches in wrestlebacks, beating Ohio’s Zack Parker 10-6 ... led the entire match in a 9-5 upset of 14th-seeded and 20th-ranked AJ Nevills of Fresno State.
• Aven went from unseeded to placing eighth in his first-ever Big Ten Championships ... went 1-3 at the tournament, finishing one spot shy of earning an automatic NCAA bid ... all four of the opponents Aven faced at Big Tens were ranked in the top 10.
• Held a 1-0 lead going into the third period against eighth-seeded All-American Sam Stoll of Iowa and erupted for two monstrous takedowns in the final frame for the 5-2 upset in the second round of wrestlebacks at Big Tens ... Stoll was ranked eighth, marking the highest ranked opponent Aven has defeated in his career.
• First season as a starter, appearing in all 16 duals ... one of five Boilermakers to start every dual this season.
• Four matches were decided in SV1, three in TB1 ... is 3-1 in SV1 matches, 1-2 in TB1 matches.
• Eleven of the 17 ranked opponents Aven faced were ranked in the top 10 at the time of the meeting, which was the most top-10 opponents faced by a Purdue wrestler this season.
• Aven faced four Team USA age-group world team members, three of which have medaled: Zach Elam, Missouri; Youssif Hemida, Maryland; Anthony Cassar, Penn State; Gable Stevenson, Minnesota.
• Defeated No. 13 Elam 5-2 in the first set of tiebreakers at the South Beach Duals ... tied at 1-1, Missouri unsuccessfully challenged an Aven reversal as time expired in the first 30-second tiebreaker, putting the Boilermaker ahead 3-1 ... following an Elam escape in the next 30-second tiebreaker, Aven scored the winning takedown with just a few seconds remaining on the clock ... win was Aven’s first over a ranked opponent.
• A first period takedown held for Aven in a 3-2 win over Haydn Maley of Stanford, securing the dual victory for Purdue with two bouts remaining.
• Clinched the dual victory for Purdue by defeating Michigan State’s Chase Beard 6-4 in sudden victory ... tied 4-4 with each wrestler scoring a takedown and a pair of escapes ... Aven’s winning takedown came with 16 seconds left.

2017-18 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR
• Stats

Awards & Honors
• Academic All-Big Ten 

Tournaments
• Competed at Michigan State Open (11/5)
• Competed at Navy Classic (11/18)
• Competed at Northern Iowa Open (12/9)
• Competed at Midlands Championships (12/29)
• Competed at Purple Raider Open (1/15)
• Greyhound Open 285-pound champion (1/28)

Season Notes
• Closed the season on a four-match winning streak.
• Answered the call to step into the lineup and set Purdue’s tone for the dual, downing Fletcher Miller of Indiana 6-2 ... a takedown late in the third off of a Miller shot locked up the first Big Ten dual win of his career.
• Posted three major decisions at the Greyhound open to win his first collegiate title.
• Recorded first pin of his career with a 3:36 stick of Findlay’s Tyler Beck at the Michigan State Open.

2016-17 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
• Stats

Awards & Honors
• Academic All-Big Ten

Tournaments
• Competed at Eastern Michigan Open (11/5)
• Placed fifth at Northern Iowa Open (12/3)
• Competed at Midlands Championships (12/29)
• Purple Raider Open runner-up (1/15)
• Greyhound Open runner-up (2/5)
• Competed in freestyle at University Nationals at 125 kg (6/4)

Season Notes
• Wrestled at 285 in redshirt sophomore season.
• Held scoring advantages in all three periods, highlighted by a +19 edge in the third period ... averaged career high 6.4 points per match.
• Went 2-1 in overtime matches (SV1, TB1).
• Went 4-2 at Northern Iowa Open with three decisions and a major decision ... opened with 14-6 win over Rodrigo Diaz of Missouri.
• Turned in back-to-back runner-up finishes at the Purple Raider and Greyhound Opens ... highest tournament finish of his career.
• Registered first technical fall of his career, using 5:24 to beat Marian’s Derek Lewis 23-8 in his first match of the Greyhound Open ... won next two matches before falling 3-2 to teammate Shawn Streck in finals.
• Appeared one dual, starting against Nebraska.

2015-16 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Stats

Awards & Honors
• Academic All-Big Ten

Tournaments
• Placed third at Eastern Michigan Open (11/7)
• Competed at Michigan State Open (unattached) (11/15)
• Competed at Northern Iowa Open (12/12)
• Competed at Midlands Championships (12/29)
• Placed third at Purple Raider Open (1/17)
• Placed third at Greyhound Open (2/6)
• Competed in freestyle at University Nationals at 125 kg (6/4)
 

Season Notes
• Wrestled at 285 during redshirt freshman season
• Led the team in takedowns per match with 2.1 ... was the only wrestler to average two or more takedowns per match
• Tied for team lead in decisions (12) ... ranked second in major decisions (5) ... tied for second in tournament wins (16) and takedowns (56)
• Scored 166 points during the season, averaging 6.1 points per match, which ranked fourth on the team ... 46 points came in each of the first two periods ... he ranked third with 63 points in the third period 
• Was 3-0 in overtime matches ... tied for team lead in most overtime wins ... his seven points in extended matches ranked second on the team
• Went 4-1 en route to placing third at Eastern Michigan Open
• Put up bonus points in his first career dual with a 9-1 major decision of Derek Earnest of Shippensburg (11/21)
• Won four decisions and a major decision in third-place showing at Purple Raider Open
• Two of his four wins at Greyhound Open were by major decision
• Made first Big Ten appearance vs. Rutgers (2/14)

2014-15 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Redshirted
• Placed fifth at UWW Junior National Freestyle National Championships at 120 kg (5/9)

HIGH SCHOOL
• Two-time Indiana High School Athletic Association state finalist (2013: 220; 2014 - 195)
• Three-time IHSAA Sectional and Regional champion
• Two-time USA Wrestling Cliff Keen Folkstyle Nationals placewinner (2013: 220 - 6th; 2014: 195 - 2nd)
• Zionsville’s 2014 Most Valuable Wrestler
• High school record of 121-34 (16-16, 30-10, 35-5, 40-3)
• Four-year wrestling and three-year football letterwinner

PERSONAL
• Full Name: Jacob Grant Aven
• Major: Social studies education
• Minor: International studies
• Birthday: October 25, 1995
• City Born: Indianapolis, Indiana
• Parents: Kevin and Ann Aven
• Siblings: Older brother, Logan, and younger brother, Griffin
• Notes: Logan is a 2015 Purdue graduate

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Redshirt Senior
2018-19

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Redshirt Junior
2017-18

6-0 / 285 lbs
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Redshirt Sophomore
2016-17

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Redshirt Freshman
2015-16

6-0 / 285 lbs