2021-22 Wrestling Roster
Kanen Storr
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- 149
- Weight:
- null
- Hometown:
- Leslie, Mich.
- High School:
- Leslie
Graduate Student (2021-22)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Took eighth place at the Big Ten Championships (March 5-6) with a 2-3 record
• Earned an 8-7 wrestleback win over Northwestern's #11 Yahya Thomas at Big Tens
• Defeated Michigan State's Peyton Omania, 5-2, on Senior Day in U-M's home finale (Feb. 13)
• Opened the season with three straight duals wins, including back-to-back major decisions against CSU Bakersfield's Josh Brown (17-6, Nov. 14) and Columbia's Dan Fongaro (15-6, Nov. 19)
• Missed the bulk of the season due to injury suffered at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 3-4)
• Served as one of three Michigan team captains in 2021-22
Fifth-Year Senior (2020-21)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award
• NCAA Qualifier, 149 pounds
• Posted a 2-2 record at the NCAA Championships (March 18-20)
• Finished fifth at the Big Ten Championships (March 6-7) with a 3-2 record
• Defeated Northwestern's #17 Yahya Thomas, 3-3, on three seconds of riding time in the second tiebreaker in the Big Ten quarterfinals
• Posted a 4-2 dual record
• Opened the season with a 4-2 decision against Rutgers' Mike Van Brill (Jan. 8)
Senior/Junior (2019-20)
• NWCA Second Team All-American (149 pounds)
• NCAA Qualifier; the NCAA Championships was canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic
• Claimed fifth place at the Big Ten Championships (March 7-8) with a 3-2 record
• Posted an 8-1 dual-meet record, including a 7-1 mark in Big Ten duals
• Lone dual loss came against Iowa's No. 2 Pat Lugo (2-0, Feb. 8)
• Overcame an initial deficit to earn an 8-5 decision over Nebraska's No. 16 Collin Purinton (Feb. 14)
• Came out of Olympic redshirt to place seventh at the Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) with a 6-2 record; earned wins over Wisconsin's Cole Martin (6-3) and Purdue's Nate Limmex (8-1)
Junior/Sophomore (2018-19)
• NCAA Qualifier, 141 pounds
• Went 2-2 at the NCAA Championships (March 21-23) with decisions against Duke's Josh Finesilver (10-7) and Navy's Nicholas Gil (3-1)
• Placed fifth at the Big Ten Championships (March 9-10) with a 3-2 record; earned two wins over Wisconsin's #8 Tristan Moran, including a 7-4 decision in the medal round
• Posted a 5-3 record in Big Ten Duals
• Took third place at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Nov. 30-Dec. 3) with a 6-1 mark; defeated Oklahoma's #15 Dom Demas, 5-2, in the third-place bout
• Also earned CKLV wins against Nebraska's #10 Chad Red (2-1 TB) and Northern Iowa's #11 Josh Alber (6-3)
• Cruised to a 15-5 major decision over Central Michigan's Drew Marten in Michigan dual debut (Nov. 11)
• Captured the 141-pound title at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 3) with a 4-0 record; defeated MSU's Matt Santos, 18-7, in Wolverine debut
Before Michigan
• Spent two years at Iowa State (2016-18)
• Posted a 40-12 record over his first two collegiate seasons
• Placed eighth at 141 pounds at the 2017 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational
• Took fifth place at 141 pounds the 2016 Midlands Championships during redshirt campaign
• Claimed runner-up honors at the 2017 Dave Schultz Memorial International
Prep
• Graduated from Leslie High School (2016)
• Three-time Michigan state champion, winning at 145 pounds (2016), 135 pounds (2015) and 103 pounds (2013)
• Four-time state finalist, claiming second place at 119 as a sophomore (2014)
• Career prep record of 227-3, including a perfect 58-0 mark as a senior
• Three-time UWW Junior and Cadet All-American; Fargo freestyle runner-up and three-time All-American
• Ranked as the No. 37 overall recruit by FloWrestling
Personal
• Enrolled in Rackham Graduate School, pursuing a master's degree in sport management
• Earned a bachelor's degree in general studies in spring 2021
• Born on April 5, 1998
• Son of Lance Storr
• Has two brothers, Zehlin and Griffin; Zehlin wrestled at Michigan
| Year | Overall | Dual | Tourney | Falls | TF | MD | Big Ten | NCAA |
| 2016-17 (RS) | 25-5 | 0-0 | 25-5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | -- | -- |
| 2017-18 | 15-7 | 8-2 | 7-5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2018-19 | 26-8 | 11-3 | 15-5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5th | dnp |
| 2019-20 | 17-5 | 8-1 | 9-4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5th | -- |
| 2020-21 | 9-6 | 4-2 | 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5th | dnp |
| 2021-22 | 10-8 | 4-2 | 6-6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8th | -- |
| Totals | 102-39 | 35-10 | 67-29 | 4 | 13 | 16 |
