Elijah Oliver

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Weight:
125
Height:
5-5
Year:
Senior
Hometown:
Washington, Ill.
High School:
Washington Community

2018-19 (Senior): Led the Hoosiers in wins for the season as he finished with an overall record of 29-18…4-4 in dual match competition...fourth-place at the Big Ten Championships to qualify for the NCAA Championships…fourth-place at the Hokie Open, eighth-place at Midlands and first-place at the Greyhound Open…five ranked wins on the season…won by fall against #20 Gabriel Townsell of Stanford in dual match…opened the Big Ten Champions with a win by fall against #14 Zeke Moisey…finishes career with 91 total wins…Earned the Indiana MVP award.

2017-18 (Junior): 2018 NCAA Championships Qualifier…posted an overall record of 19-15 on the season with a 10-5 dual match record and 5-3 in Big Ten dual matches…seven MD, two TF and two pins on the season…finished in fourth-place at the Navy Classic…won an 8-1 decision over Barlow McGhee of Missouri at the NCAA Championships…won by decision against #19 Travis Piotrowski of Illinois, 15-8, in the Big Ten Tournament.

2016-17 (Sophomore – 125 lbs.)
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIER (125 lbs.) … earned third-place at the Navy Classic … took sixth-place at the Big Ten Wrestling Championships in IU’s Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall … assembled a 15-10 record with nine bonus point victories, including five wins by fall (3^rd – team) … spent 14 weeks in the national rankings, peaking at No. 10 … shot out of a cannon by winning nine of his first 10 matches, all with bonus points … went 4-1 at the Navy Classic (11/19), securing third-place after a 5:43 pin against Steve Bulzomi (Binghamton) … topped Michael Cullen (Wisconsin, 12/9) by technical fall for his first Big Ten win of the year, forcing a tiebreaker on the team score … continued a four-match win streak with a pin against Spencer Dusi (Cleveland State, 12/11) … earned a 10-5 road win over Anthony Rubinetti (Northwestern, 1/27) … earned back-to-back decisions over Michael Beck (Maryland, 2/3) and Brandon Paetzel (Rutgers, 2/5) … stunned No. 18 Vito Pasone (Appalachian State, 2/19) in sudden victory to guide IU to the NWCA Dual Series win … opened the Big Ten Championships (3/4) with two wins over Michael Beck (Maryland) and Ben Thornton (Purdue) to punch his second NCAA Championships ticket.

2015-16 (Freshman)
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIER (#16 seed at 125 lbs.) ... named to the Amateur Wrestling News All-Rookie First Team ... earned fifth-place at his first Big Ten Championships ... won tournament championships at the Keystone Classic and Lock Haven Classic ... Indiana's Brian Dolph Most Improved Wrestler ... Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree ... opened his Indiana career with a 3-1 run at the EMU Open, taking second place (11/7) ... won the Keystone Classic championship (11/22), going 4-0 with three major decisions and a pin ... earned a tech fall against SIU-Edwardsville (12/5), the first dual bout of his career ... won a decision against Skyler Petry in the Hoosiers’ upset win over Minnesota (12/11) ... secured a fourth-place finish at the Reno Tournament of Champions (12/20), going 6-2 on the day with a major decision, one tech fall, and a pin ... won his second tournament championship at the LHU Classic (12/29) with a 4-0 record, closing with two wins against grapplers from #24 Pittsburgh ... secured a pin in just over two minutes in IU’s dual meet against Maryland (1/15) ... won back-to-back bouts at Michigan State (1/22) and Michigan (1/24), knocking off the Wolverines’ #24 Conor Youtsey in the process ... finished dual season with three wins, two with bonus points, against Purdue (2/7), Rutgers (2/12), and Appalachian State (2/21) ... bowed out in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Championships, but wrestled back to a fifth-place finish (3/6) ... earned his first NCAA qualification and first with a national seed at No. 16 … won his first-round matchup of the NCAA Championships over Rutgers’ Sean McCabe, 8-2 (3/17) … named to the AWN All-Rookie first team.

Prep/Personal: Wrestled for one season under coach Bryan Medlin at Washington Community High School, then three seasons for coach Chris Lewis at Christian Brothers High School in Memphis, Tenn. ... tallied a 165-3 record over his career ... earned one Illinois State Championship and three Tennessee State Championships ... won the Fargo National Championship at 113 lbs. ... was an Honor Roll student ... son of Eric and Katrinia Oliver ... born November 26, 1996 ... has two brothers, Eric Jr. and Emmanuel, and one sister, Elexus.