2019-20 Wrestling Roster
Morland, Tyler
Tyler Morland
- Weight:
- 174
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Brighton, Mich.
- High School:
- Detroit Catholic Central
Bio
2017-18 Match-by-Match Results
2019-20: Redshirt sophomore … Competing at 174 lbs. … Recorded his first win of the season in a 6-1 decision over Cody Hughes of Virginia Tech (11/10) ... Picked up a victory over North Dakota State's Lorenzo De La Riva (11/24) ... Won an 11-10 decision over Andrew McNally of Kent State at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (12/7) ... Racked up four wins en route to taking 8th place, including two wins by major decision over Allen Swanson of Northern Illinois and Kenny Moore of Northern Illinois as well as a win by tech. fall over Neil Antrassian of Penn at the Midlands Championships (12/30) … Dominated in a 14-0 major decision against Max Maylor from Michigan with an early lead of seven points, a takedown, and four near-fall points (1/24) ... Won a 2-0 decision over #22 Joey Gunther of Illinois, notching his first win over a ranked opponent (2/2).
2018-19: Redshirt first-year ... Wrestling at 165 lbs. ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships for the first time in his career ... Earned an automatic bid by placing in his weight class at the Big Ten Championships (3/9-3/10) ... Defeated Joey Gunther of Illinois en route to placing eighth ... Edged out Nick Higgins in the dual win over SIUE to close out the regular season (2/23) ... Defeated Nick Gasbarro in the dual win over #24 Illinois (2/15) ... Added another conference win with a victory in the dual against Michigan State (2/8) ... Won by decision over Carson Brolsma in the dual against #7 Minnesota, recording a takedown in the first overtime period (1/20) ... Recorded his first varsity win in the dual against #1 Penn State, defeating the Nittany Lions' Bo Pipher (1/11) ... Appeared in the starting lineup in duals against both North Dakota State (11/4) and Nebraska (1/6) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2017-18: True first-year ... Wrestled unattached at 174 lbs. ... Finished in second place at the Duhawk Open (1/27) ... Won his first two bouts at his first Midlands (12/29-30), including an 11-2 major decision over Wisconsin's Ryan Christensen ... Accumulated three wins at the Cleveland State Open (12/16).
High School: Four-year wrestler for Detroit Catholic Central, the 2014 state champions … Wrestled at both 171- and 189-pound weight classes … Compiled a career varsity record of 113-16 … State champion in 2016 … Third-place finisher at State in 2015 … Twice named to All-Metro team … Named County Wrestler of the Year and Metro Wrestler of the Year … Three-time district, county, and regional champion … Medina Invite champion … 2016 Freestyle & Greco-Roman state champion … 2016 Fargo Freestyle All-American … Also played football at Detroit Catholic Central … Was a team captain and a two-time All-Conference selection at linebacker … Member of Honor Roll and National Honor Society.
Personal: Born Tyler Bruce Morland … Son of Kelli and Mark Morland … Chose Northwestern over Michigan State, Stanford, Purdue, and Penn … Anticipated major is undecided.
2019-20: Redshirt sophomore … Competing at 174 lbs. … Recorded his first win of the season in a 6-1 decision over Cody Hughes of Virginia Tech (11/10) ... Picked up a victory over North Dakota State's Lorenzo De La Riva (11/24) ... Won an 11-10 decision over Andrew McNally of Kent State at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (12/7) ... Racked up four wins en route to taking 8th place, including two wins by major decision over Allen Swanson of Northern Illinois and Kenny Moore of Northern Illinois as well as a win by tech. fall over Neil Antrassian of Penn at the Midlands Championships (12/30) … Dominated in a 14-0 major decision against Max Maylor from Michigan with an early lead of seven points, a takedown, and four near-fall points (1/24) ... Won a 2-0 decision over #22 Joey Gunther of Illinois, notching his first win over a ranked opponent (2/2).
2018-19: Redshirt first-year ... Wrestling at 165 lbs. ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships for the first time in his career ... Earned an automatic bid by placing in his weight class at the Big Ten Championships (3/9-3/10) ... Defeated Joey Gunther of Illinois en route to placing eighth ... Edged out Nick Higgins in the dual win over SIUE to close out the regular season (2/23) ... Defeated Nick Gasbarro in the dual win over #24 Illinois (2/15) ... Added another conference win with a victory in the dual against Michigan State (2/8) ... Won by decision over Carson Brolsma in the dual against #7 Minnesota, recording a takedown in the first overtime period (1/20) ... Recorded his first varsity win in the dual against #1 Penn State, defeating the Nittany Lions' Bo Pipher (1/11) ... Appeared in the starting lineup in duals against both North Dakota State (11/4) and Nebraska (1/6) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2017-18: True first-year ... Wrestled unattached at 174 lbs. ... Finished in second place at the Duhawk Open (1/27) ... Won his first two bouts at his first Midlands (12/29-30), including an 11-2 major decision over Wisconsin's Ryan Christensen ... Accumulated three wins at the Cleveland State Open (12/16).
High School: Four-year wrestler for Detroit Catholic Central, the 2014 state champions … Wrestled at both 171- and 189-pound weight classes … Compiled a career varsity record of 113-16 … State champion in 2016 … Third-place finisher at State in 2015 … Twice named to All-Metro team … Named County Wrestler of the Year and Metro Wrestler of the Year … Three-time district, county, and regional champion … Medina Invite champion … 2016 Freestyle & Greco-Roman state champion … 2016 Fargo Freestyle All-American … Also played football at Detroit Catholic Central … Was a team captain and a two-time All-Conference selection at linebacker … Member of Honor Roll and National Honor Society.
Personal: Born Tyler Bruce Morland … Son of Kelli and Mark Morland … Chose Northwestern over Michigan State, Stanford, Purdue, and Penn … Anticipated major is undecided.
| Season | Overall W-L | Dual Meet W-L | Big Ten W-L |
Dual Points For-Against | Big Ten Champs. | NCAA Champs |
Pins For-Against | Tech Falls For-Against | Major Dec. For-Against |
| 2017-18* | 8-4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2-1 | -- | 4-0 |
| 2018-19 | 7-11 | 5-6 | 4-5 | 15-27 | -- | -- | 0-1 | -- | 0-4 |
| 2019-20 | 9-10 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 14-21 | -- | -- | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 |
| Career | 16-21 | 9-11 | 6-8 | 29-48 | -- | -- | 0-1 | 1-1 | 3-5 |
* Wrestling unattached
Wrestling - 'Cats Take Down Wisconsin, 27-11, on Senior Night (2/14/25)
Saturday, February 15
Wrestling - Seven 'Cats Claim Victory in 27-12 Win Over Michigan State (2/8/25)
Saturday, February 08
Wrestling - 'Cats Tame Mustangs, Take Down Cal Poly 29-14 (12/19/24)
Friday, December 20
Michael DeAugustino and Yahya Thomas Join 'Big Ten Wrestling & Beyond' (2/20/23)
Tuesday, February 21
