CAREER NOTES
• Purdue's 61st All-American (2023 at 141 lbs.)
• Took 7th at the 2023 NCAA Championships
• 2023 Big Ten Medal of Honor winner
• Four-time NCAA Championship qualifier at 141 pounds
• Four-time Big Ten Championship placewinner
• Four-time NWCA Scholar All-America award winner
• Four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree
• Completed his career with an 84-63 overall record, posting 30 bonus point wins including eight pins and 17 major decisions.
• Totaled 156 career back points, good for the No. 16 spot in program history.
2022-23 / AS A GRADUATE STUDENT
• Became the 61st All-American in Purdue Wrestling history, the second placewinner under head coach Tony Ersland.
• Finished with a 25-11 record in his final season, highlighted by a 12-5 run in the final month of the season on his way to All-American status.
• Fought his way to seventh at the 2023 NCAA Championships in Tulsa, scoring three decisions and a pin in the bloodround to climb the national podium for the first time.
• As a No. 12 seed Filius sits tied as the lowest seeded Boilermaker ever to become a national placewinner along with Jason Silverstein who took eighth as the No. 12 in 1999. They are two of the four double-digit seeds in Purdue history to wrestle their way to the podium.
• Only qualifier from the state of Montana at the 2023 tournament. He is the 37th ever All-American from Big Sky Country.
• Placed fifth at the Big Ten Wrestling Championships after upsetting higher seeded wrestlers Jakob Bergeland of Minnesota 9-3 and Frankie Tal-Shahar of Northwestern 4-3.
• Set new single-season highs in wins (25), tournament wins (17), conference wins (11) and bonus point wins (9).
• Knocked off the highest-ranked opponent of his career when he beat No. 5 Ryan Jack of N.C. State to move into the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament.
• Became the 16th Boilermaker in program history to qualify for his fourth NCAA tournament.
• Took the title at the 2022 Clarion Open, winning all four of his matches with bonus points (three major decisions and a fall). Beat No. 23 Josh Koderhandt of Navy in the final with an 18-10 major.
• Finished the season ranked No. 7 by FloWrestling, his career best.
• Purdue’s male representative for the 2023 Big Ten Medal of Honor, the first Boilermaker wrestler to earn the honor since 2009 and just the fourth all-time.
• Named an NWCA Scholar All-American for the fourth time, just the third Purdue wrestler to do so.
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the fourth time.
2021-22 / AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR
• Finished 22-13 on the year at 141 pounds, setting a new career-high win total and finishing second on the team in victories.
• Qualified for his third straight NCAA Championships, earning an at-large bid to the national tournament where he posted a 1-2 record.
• Upset No. 13 seed Ian Parker of Iowa State in the opening round at nationals, scoring a 13-5 major decision to advance to the round of 32.
• Climbed as high as No. 13 in the national rankings at 141 pounds, his career best.
• Led the Boilermakers in matches (35) and major decisions (6), tied for the team lead with eight reversals and finished third on the team with a career-most 65 takedowns.
• Posted a 12-3 overall mark in dual competition, including a 7-0 non-conference record, and his eight bonus-point wins ranked second on the roster.
• Placed sixth at the 2021 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, fifth at the 2021 Matmen Open and eighth at the 2022 Big Ten Championships, where he defeated a pair of former All-Americans in Michigan’s Stevan Micic and Nebraska’s Chad Red.
• Scored the deciding team point in Purdue’s 17-16 dual win at Indiana, the Boilermakers’ 12th in a row in the series, earning a 12-4 major decision over No. 31 Cayden Rooks.
• Earned his third career Academic All-Big Ten award.
• Named an NWCA Scholar All-American for the third straight year.
2020-21 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR#
• Stats
• Finished 9-9 at 141 pounds, including a 6-4 tournament record
• Nationally ranked as high as No. 17 in the nation by WIN Magazine, and earned rankings in all five national polls during the season
• Advanced to the NCAA Championships for the second straight season, earning an automatic qualifier with a fifth-place showing at the Big Ten Championships
• Went 2-2 at NCAA’s as the No. 18 seed, including a major decision over Julian Flores of Drexel
• Finished 4-2 as the No. 9 seed at the Big Ten Championships to earn fifth, including an 11-7 win over 11th-ranked Dylan Duncan of Illinois
• Posted a 3-5 mark in Big Ten duals, with all three wins coming by bonus points
• His four bonus-point wins (three major decisions, one technical fall), were tied for fourth on the team and one shy of the team high
• Ranked third on the team with 31 takedowns, 18 back points and 121 total points
• Earned both NWCA Scholar All-America honors and Academic All-Big Ten recognition for the second straight season
• Placed seventh at 65 kg at the Senior UWW National Freestyle Championships
2019-20 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
• Stats (PDF)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• NWCA Scholar All-America
• Purdue Wrestling Most Improved Wrestler
• Finished 19-10 in his first collegiate season at 141 pounds, marking one of the nation’s biggest turnarounds
• Posted a 12-4 mark in duals, good for fourth-most dual victories on the squad, including a 5-4 mark in conference action
• Was a flawless 7-0 in non-conference duals
• Had five bonus point wins, scoring two by major decision, one technical fall and two falls
• Won eight consecutive matches between Nov. 9 and Dec. 29
• Took third at 141 pounds at the Michigan State Open, including a fall over Ohio’s Shakur Laney in the first round
• Swept the Journeymen Northeast Duals, scoring a trio of decisions against Buffalo, Utah Valley and Arizona State
• Scored a 7-4 decision over North Dakota State’s Sawyer Degan in a team road dual victory
• Posted a pair of bonus-point wins at the Boilermaker duals, sticking Clarion’s Taylor Ortiz in 4:21, and needing 3:31 to finish at 16-0 technical fall over Northern Illinois’ Nathan Swartz
• Finished the non-conference dual slate with a 7-1 decision over SIUE’s Saul Ervin
• Reached the blood round at the Midlands Championships, finishing 3-2 and one win shy of the podium
• Earned three consecutive road victories in Big Ten duals, topping Indiana’s Eddie Bolivar 7-4, Maryland’s Hunter Baxter 11-0 and posted one of the season’s biggest wins to seal the Boilermakers’ come-from-behind victory at Rutgers, edging JoJo Aragona in overtime 4-2
• Finished the conference dual schedule with back-to-back wins, beating Nebraska’s Zak Hensley 6-1 and knocking off No. 14 Dylan Duncan at Illinois
• Earned the No. 8 seed at the Big Ten Championships and the No. 32 spot at the NCAA Championships
• Finished eighth at the Big Ten Championships, going 2-3 at the tournament as the No. 8 seed, earning an automatic qualifying spot to the national championships
2018-19 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Stats
Season Notes
• One of five Boilermakers to start every dual this season.
• First match of collegiate career was a 17-1 technical fall in 4:35 against Army’s Patrick Mayolo at the Princeton Open.
• Pinned first two dual opponents of his career ... raced out to a 10-0 lead on Bloomsburg’s Tim Kane before getting the fall at 2:40 ... stuck Trevor Elfvin of Drexel in 2:36.
• Captured the Journeymen Collegiate Classic 149-pound B pool championship by pinning Jon Ross of Lock Haven in 6:46.
• Had four takedowns in the first period in a 12-6 win over Landon Knutzen of Utah Valley at the South Beach Duals.
2017-18 / AS A FRESHMAN
Season Notes
• Redshirted
• Placed second at 141 pounds in Freshmen/Sophomore Division of Michigan State Open (unattached) (11/5)
• Freshmen/Sophomore Division 141-pound champion of Eastern Michigan Open (unattached) (11/11)
• Competed at 141 pounds in Gold Division of Joe Parisi/Lindenwood Open (unattached) (11/18)
• Placed second at 141 pounds at Northern Iowa Open (unattached) (12/9)
• Competed at 141 pounds at Midlands Championships (unattached) (12/29)
• Placed second at 141 pounds at Greyhound Open (unattached) (1/28)
• Competed at 65 kg at UWW Junior Freestyle World Team Trials (5/18)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-time Montana High School Association class A champion ( 2017: 145 pounds; 2016: 152 pounds; 2015: 145 pounds; 2014: 138 pounds)
• Became the first four-time champion in Havre program history ... won three of his four titles with a pin in the finals
• Had 11 pins, four tech falls and one major decision in four MHSA tournaments ... only wrestled 31:39 of a possible 96:00 in 16 state tournament matches ... the major decision was his only full match wrestled ... the second-longest match was a 16-1 tech fall in 3:49
• Was a part of four of Harve’s five consecutive MHSA team titles (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
• 2017 USA Wrestling Junior Folkstyle national champion at 138 pounds
• 2015 NHSCA Junior Tournament All-American with fifth-place finish at 138 pounds
• Three-time ASICS/Vaughan Junior Freestyle All-American (2017: 138, 3rd; 2016: 138, 6th; 2015: 138, 8th)
• High school coach is his father, Scott Filius
• Two-time class A All-State football honoree ... 2015 as a linebacker, 2014 as a wide receiver
National Rankings
• Ranked No. 7 at 145 by FloWrestling (4/16/17)
• Listed as the No. 47 overall recruit by FloWrestling (5/4/17)
• Ranked No. 23 at 152 by WIN Magazine (January 2017)
• Ranked No. 8 at 145 by InterMat (3/22/17)
• Listed as the No. 57 overall recruit by InterMat (4/21/17)
HIGH SCHOOL RECORD
• 2016-17 (145): 40-0
• 2015-16 (152): 51-4
• 2014-15 (145): 36-4
• 2013-14 (138): 42-5
• TOTAL: 169-13
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Parker Scott Filius
• Major: Construction management
• Birthday: March 20, 1998
• City Born: Havre, Montana
• Parents: Scott and Kari
• Siblings: Older sister, Peyton, and younger sister, Sadie
• Notes: Older sister, Peyton, played basketball at Montana State-Northern ... she was named MSU-Northern's 2018 Female Athlete of the Year ... father, Scott, was a two-time All-American at Montana State-Northern ... 1991 NAIA national champion at 167 pounds, placed third at 158 pounds in 1990.
# - Student-athlete's eligibility may have been impacted by NCAA Legislative Actions concerning COVID-19
• Purdue's 61st All-American (2023 at 141 lbs.)
• Took 7th at the 2023 NCAA Championships
• 2023 Big Ten Medal of Honor winner
• Four-time NCAA Championship qualifier at 141 pounds
• Four-time Big Ten Championship placewinner
• Four-time NWCA Scholar All-America award winner
• Four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree
• Completed his career with an 84-63 overall record, posting 30 bonus point wins including eight pins and 17 major decisions.
• Totaled 156 career back points, good for the No. 16 spot in program history.
2022-23 / AS A GRADUATE STUDENT
• Became the 61st All-American in Purdue Wrestling history, the second placewinner under head coach Tony Ersland.
• Finished with a 25-11 record in his final season, highlighted by a 12-5 run in the final month of the season on his way to All-American status.
• Fought his way to seventh at the 2023 NCAA Championships in Tulsa, scoring three decisions and a pin in the bloodround to climb the national podium for the first time.
• As a No. 12 seed Filius sits tied as the lowest seeded Boilermaker ever to become a national placewinner along with Jason Silverstein who took eighth as the No. 12 in 1999. They are two of the four double-digit seeds in Purdue history to wrestle their way to the podium.
• Only qualifier from the state of Montana at the 2023 tournament. He is the 37th ever All-American from Big Sky Country.
• Placed fifth at the Big Ten Wrestling Championships after upsetting higher seeded wrestlers Jakob Bergeland of Minnesota 9-3 and Frankie Tal-Shahar of Northwestern 4-3.
• Set new single-season highs in wins (25), tournament wins (17), conference wins (11) and bonus point wins (9).
• Knocked off the highest-ranked opponent of his career when he beat No. 5 Ryan Jack of N.C. State to move into the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament.
• Became the 16th Boilermaker in program history to qualify for his fourth NCAA tournament.
• Took the title at the 2022 Clarion Open, winning all four of his matches with bonus points (three major decisions and a fall). Beat No. 23 Josh Koderhandt of Navy in the final with an 18-10 major.
• Finished the season ranked No. 7 by FloWrestling, his career best.
• Purdue’s male representative for the 2023 Big Ten Medal of Honor, the first Boilermaker wrestler to earn the honor since 2009 and just the fourth all-time.
• Named an NWCA Scholar All-American for the fourth time, just the third Purdue wrestler to do so.
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the fourth time.
2021-22 / AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR
• Finished 22-13 on the year at 141 pounds, setting a new career-high win total and finishing second on the team in victories.
• Qualified for his third straight NCAA Championships, earning an at-large bid to the national tournament where he posted a 1-2 record.
• Upset No. 13 seed Ian Parker of Iowa State in the opening round at nationals, scoring a 13-5 major decision to advance to the round of 32.
• Climbed as high as No. 13 in the national rankings at 141 pounds, his career best.
• Led the Boilermakers in matches (35) and major decisions (6), tied for the team lead with eight reversals and finished third on the team with a career-most 65 takedowns.
• Posted a 12-3 overall mark in dual competition, including a 7-0 non-conference record, and his eight bonus-point wins ranked second on the roster.
• Placed sixth at the 2021 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, fifth at the 2021 Matmen Open and eighth at the 2022 Big Ten Championships, where he defeated a pair of former All-Americans in Michigan’s Stevan Micic and Nebraska’s Chad Red.
• Scored the deciding team point in Purdue’s 17-16 dual win at Indiana, the Boilermakers’ 12th in a row in the series, earning a 12-4 major decision over No. 31 Cayden Rooks.
• Earned his third career Academic All-Big Ten award.
• Named an NWCA Scholar All-American for the third straight year.
2020-21 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR#
• Stats
• Finished 9-9 at 141 pounds, including a 6-4 tournament record
• Nationally ranked as high as No. 17 in the nation by WIN Magazine, and earned rankings in all five national polls during the season
• Advanced to the NCAA Championships for the second straight season, earning an automatic qualifier with a fifth-place showing at the Big Ten Championships
• Went 2-2 at NCAA’s as the No. 18 seed, including a major decision over Julian Flores of Drexel
• Finished 4-2 as the No. 9 seed at the Big Ten Championships to earn fifth, including an 11-7 win over 11th-ranked Dylan Duncan of Illinois
• Posted a 3-5 mark in Big Ten duals, with all three wins coming by bonus points
• His four bonus-point wins (three major decisions, one technical fall), were tied for fourth on the team and one shy of the team high
• Ranked third on the team with 31 takedowns, 18 back points and 121 total points
• Earned both NWCA Scholar All-America honors and Academic All-Big Ten recognition for the second straight season
• Placed seventh at 65 kg at the Senior UWW National Freestyle Championships
2019-20 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
• Stats (PDF)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• NWCA Scholar All-America
• Purdue Wrestling Most Improved Wrestler
• Finished 19-10 in his first collegiate season at 141 pounds, marking one of the nation’s biggest turnarounds
• Posted a 12-4 mark in duals, good for fourth-most dual victories on the squad, including a 5-4 mark in conference action
• Was a flawless 7-0 in non-conference duals
• Had five bonus point wins, scoring two by major decision, one technical fall and two falls
• Won eight consecutive matches between Nov. 9 and Dec. 29
• Took third at 141 pounds at the Michigan State Open, including a fall over Ohio’s Shakur Laney in the first round
• Swept the Journeymen Northeast Duals, scoring a trio of decisions against Buffalo, Utah Valley and Arizona State
• Scored a 7-4 decision over North Dakota State’s Sawyer Degan in a team road dual victory
• Posted a pair of bonus-point wins at the Boilermaker duals, sticking Clarion’s Taylor Ortiz in 4:21, and needing 3:31 to finish at 16-0 technical fall over Northern Illinois’ Nathan Swartz
• Finished the non-conference dual slate with a 7-1 decision over SIUE’s Saul Ervin
• Reached the blood round at the Midlands Championships, finishing 3-2 and one win shy of the podium
• Earned three consecutive road victories in Big Ten duals, topping Indiana’s Eddie Bolivar 7-4, Maryland’s Hunter Baxter 11-0 and posted one of the season’s biggest wins to seal the Boilermakers’ come-from-behind victory at Rutgers, edging JoJo Aragona in overtime 4-2
• Finished the conference dual schedule with back-to-back wins, beating Nebraska’s Zak Hensley 6-1 and knocking off No. 14 Dylan Duncan at Illinois
• Earned the No. 8 seed at the Big Ten Championships and the No. 32 spot at the NCAA Championships
• Finished eighth at the Big Ten Championships, going 2-3 at the tournament as the No. 8 seed, earning an automatic qualifying spot to the national championships
2018-19 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Stats
Tournaments
• Placed sixth at 149 pounds at Princeton Open (11/4)
• Journeymen Collegiate Classic 149-pound B draw champion (11/11)
• Competed at 149 pounds at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (11/30)
• Competed at 149 pounds at Big Ten Championships (3/9)
• Placed seventh at 65 kg at U23 Freestyle World Team Trials (6/1-2)
• Placed seventh at 65 kg at U23 Freestyle World Team Trials (6/1-2)
Season Notes
• One of five Boilermakers to start every dual this season.
• First match of collegiate career was a 17-1 technical fall in 4:35 against Army’s Patrick Mayolo at the Princeton Open.
• Pinned first two dual opponents of his career ... raced out to a 10-0 lead on Bloomsburg’s Tim Kane before getting the fall at 2:40 ... stuck Trevor Elfvin of Drexel in 2:36.
• Captured the Journeymen Collegiate Classic 149-pound B pool championship by pinning Jon Ross of Lock Haven in 6:46.
• Had four takedowns in the first period in a 12-6 win over Landon Knutzen of Utah Valley at the South Beach Duals.
2017-18 / AS A FRESHMAN
Season Notes
• Redshirted
• Placed second at 141 pounds in Freshmen/Sophomore Division of Michigan State Open (unattached) (11/5)
• Freshmen/Sophomore Division 141-pound champion of Eastern Michigan Open (unattached) (11/11)
• Competed at 141 pounds in Gold Division of Joe Parisi/Lindenwood Open (unattached) (11/18)
• Placed second at 141 pounds at Northern Iowa Open (unattached) (12/9)
• Competed at 141 pounds at Midlands Championships (unattached) (12/29)
• Placed second at 141 pounds at Greyhound Open (unattached) (1/28)
• Competed at 65 kg at UWW Junior Freestyle World Team Trials (5/18)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-time Montana High School Association class A champion ( 2017: 145 pounds; 2016: 152 pounds; 2015: 145 pounds; 2014: 138 pounds)
• Became the first four-time champion in Havre program history ... won three of his four titles with a pin in the finals
• Had 11 pins, four tech falls and one major decision in four MHSA tournaments ... only wrestled 31:39 of a possible 96:00 in 16 state tournament matches ... the major decision was his only full match wrestled ... the second-longest match was a 16-1 tech fall in 3:49
• Was a part of four of Harve’s five consecutive MHSA team titles (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
• 2017 USA Wrestling Junior Folkstyle national champion at 138 pounds
• 2015 NHSCA Junior Tournament All-American with fifth-place finish at 138 pounds
• Three-time ASICS/Vaughan Junior Freestyle All-American (2017: 138, 3rd; 2016: 138, 6th; 2015: 138, 8th)
• High school coach is his father, Scott Filius
• Two-time class A All-State football honoree ... 2015 as a linebacker, 2014 as a wide receiver
National Rankings
• Ranked No. 7 at 145 by FloWrestling (4/16/17)
• Listed as the No. 47 overall recruit by FloWrestling (5/4/17)
• Ranked No. 23 at 152 by WIN Magazine (January 2017)
• Ranked No. 8 at 145 by InterMat (3/22/17)
• Listed as the No. 57 overall recruit by InterMat (4/21/17)
HIGH SCHOOL RECORD
• 2016-17 (145): 40-0
• 2015-16 (152): 51-4
• 2014-15 (145): 36-4
• 2013-14 (138): 42-5
• TOTAL: 169-13
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Parker Scott Filius
• Major: Construction management
• Birthday: March 20, 1998
• City Born: Havre, Montana
• Parents: Scott and Kari
• Siblings: Older sister, Peyton, and younger sister, Sadie
• Notes: Older sister, Peyton, played basketball at Montana State-Northern ... she was named MSU-Northern's 2018 Female Athlete of the Year ... father, Scott, was a two-time All-American at Montana State-Northern ... 1991 NAIA national champion at 167 pounds, placed third at 158 pounds in 1990.
# - Student-athlete's eligibility may have been impacted by NCAA Legislative Actions concerning COVID-19