CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2020, 2021, 2022)
• Three-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2020, 2021, 2022)
2021-22 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR
• Competed in just one match in his final collegiate season, earning a 4-1 decision in an extra countable match vs. Brown at the Boilermaker Duals.
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
• Named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, 1-of-12 2021-22 Purdue student athletes to earn the award at least three times in their career.
2020-21 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE#
• Stats
• Went 0-2 in his first season of varsity competition at 149 pounds, appearing in extra matches vs. Northwestern and Iowa
• Posted a 2-2 record at the U23 Freestyle National Championships in Lincoln, Nebraska
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the second straight season
2018-19 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Did not compete in a varsity match
2018-19 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2020, 2021, 2022)
• Three-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2020, 2021, 2022)
2021-22 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR
• Competed in just one match in his final collegiate season, earning a 4-1 decision in an extra countable match vs. Brown at the Boilermaker Duals.
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
• Named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, 1-of-12 2021-22 Purdue student athletes to earn the award at least three times in their career.
2020-21 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE#
• Stats
• Went 0-2 in his first season of varsity competition at 149 pounds, appearing in extra matches vs. Northwestern and Iowa
• Posted a 2-2 record at the U23 Freestyle National Championships in Lincoln, Nebraska
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the second straight season
2018-19 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Did not compete in a varsity match
2018-19 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Redshirted
• Placed fourth at 133 pounds in Freshman/Sophomore Division at Michigan State Open (11/3)
• Placed third at 133 pounds in Amateur Division at Maryville Kaufman/Brand/Bayly Open (unattached) (11/10)
• Placed fourth at 133 pounds in Black Division at Lindenwood Open (unattached) (11/17)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-time Indiana High School Athletic Association qualifier (2015: 113; 2016: 120; 2017: 132; 2018: 126)
• Two-time IHSAA placewinner … ended high school career with seventh-place finish at 126 pounds … was eighth at 120 in 2016
Record
• 2017-18 (126): 33-5
• 2016-17 (132): 42-2
• 2015-16 (120): 41-8
• 2014-15 (113): 34-8
• TOTAL: 150-23 (.867)
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Ethan Taylor Smiley
• Major: Plant science
• Birthday: May 20, 1999
• City Born: Beech Grove, Indiana
• Parents: Phil and Christa
• Siblings: Older brother, Evan
# - Student-athlete's eligibility may have been impacted by NCAA Legislative Actions concerning COVID-19