2021-22 Wrestling Roster
Stevan Micic
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- 141
- Weight:
- null
- Hometown:
- Cedar Lake, Ind.
- High School:
- Hanover Central
At Michigan
• Three-time NCAA All-American (2017, '18, '19)
• NCAA finalist (133 pounds, 2017)
• Big Ten 133-pound champion (2017)
• Ranks 30th in wins in U-M program history with 106-22 career record
• 2020 Tokyo Olympian (57kg freestyle)
• Four-time Academic All-Big Ten, four-time NWCA All-Academic honoree
Graduate Student (2021-22)
• Academic All-Big Ten; NWCA All-Academic Team
• NCAA Qualifier, 141 pounds
• Reached the Round of 12 and posted a 3-2 record at the NCAA Championships (March 17-19) with two bonus wins, including a win by injury default over Iowa's #2 Jaydin Eierman
• Rallied from a first-round loss to place fourth at Big Ten Championships (March 5-6) with a 4-2 record
• Opened the Big Ten dual season with a 12-7 decision over Ohio State's #21 Dylan D'Emilio (Jan. 14)
• Defeated Michigan State's Matt Santos, 10-3, on Senior Day (Feb. 13)
Graduate Student (2020-21)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar; Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award
• Missed season due to injury
Graduate Student (2019-20)
• Olympic Redshirt
• Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games with a fifth-place finish at 57kg/125 pounds at the UWW World Championships (Sept. 21)
• Ranked third in the world through the first two UWW Ranking Series events
• Claimed 57kg bronze medals at the European Championships (Feb. 14-15) and Matteo Pellicone (Jan. 15-18)
Senior/Junior (2018-19)
• Academic All-Big Ten; NWCA All-Academic Team
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award
• NCAA All-American, 133 pounds
• Finished third at the NCAA Championships (March 21-23) with a 6-1 record
• Earned a 6-1 decision over Ohio State’s #5 Luke Pletcher -- his fifth straight over the Buckeye -- in the third-place match; also earned a dominant 17-4 major decision over Missouri’s #7 John Erneste in the consolation semifinals
• Finished sixth at the Big Ten championships (March 9-10) after winning his quarterfinal and defaulting due to injury
• Finished the season with a 19-1 record with 12 bonus wins
• Posted a perfect 14-0 dual-meet record, including a 9-0 mark in Big Ten duals
• Defeated Rutgers' #4 Nick Suriano, 3-2, behind a third-period takedown in the Big Ten dual finale (Feb. 17)
• Also earned notable dual wins with major decisions over Illinois’ #18 Dylan Duncan (18-8, Jan. 12) and Purdue’s #19 Ben Thornton (9-1, Jan. 20)
• Opened the season by pinning Central Michigan’s Brock Bergelin (4:00, Nov. 11); also defeated Lehigh’s Brandon Paetzell (7-3. Nov. 18) in Michigan’s home opener
Junior/Sophomore (2017-18)
• Academic All-Big Ten; NWCA All-Academic Team
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award
• NCAA All-American, 133 pounds
• Runner-up at the NCAA Championships (March 15-17) with a 4-1 record
• Fell to South Dakota State's #1 Seth Gross, 13-8, in the NCAA championship match
• Avenged two earlier-season losses with a 13-1 major decision vs. Drexel's #7 Austin DeSanto in the NCAA quarterfinals and an 8-4 semifinal win against Ohio State's #3 Luke Pletcher
• Captured the 133-pound title at the Big Ten Championships (March 3-4) with a 4-0 mark; defeated Ohio State's #3 Luke Pletcher, 7-4, in the finals
• Earned bonus points in 17 of his final 21 matches of the season
• Posted a perfect 13-0 dual-meet record, including a 9-0 mark in Big Ten duals
• Defeated Ohio State's #2 Luke Pletcher, 11-4, in the Clash at Crisler (Feb. 11)
• Also earned notable dual wins against Minnesota's #12 Mitch McKee (4:15, Jan. 21) and Nebraska's #19 Jason Renteria (14-3, Feb. 2)
• Took fifth place at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 1-2) with a 5-2 record; closed out with a 8-2 decision against Edinboro's #11 Korbin Myers in the fifth-place bout
• Opened the season with a 15-5 major decision against Arizona State's Ali Naser (Nov. 10)
Sophomore/Freshman (2016-17)
• Academic All-Big Ten; NWCA All-Academic Team
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award
• NCAA All-American, 133 pounds
• Claimed fourth place at the NCAA Championships (March 16-18) with a 5-2 record
• Took third place at the Big Ten Championships (March 4-5) with a 4-1 mark
• Avenged a dual loss to Illinois' Zane Richards with two wins at the Big Ten tournament, including an overtime pin (7:59) in the medal match
Posted a 13-2 dual-meet record, including a 6-2 mark in Big Ten duals
• Earned bonus points in 19 of 29 wins
• Took second place at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 2-3) with a 4-1 mark; narrowly fell to Ohio State's #2 Nathan Tomasello, 3-2, in the championship match
• Defeated Virginia's William Mason, 14-4, in dual-meet debut (Nov. 11)
• Posted a 4-1 record en route to third place at the season-opening EMU Open (Nov. 5) in his Michigan debut
Sophomore/Freshman (2015-16)
• Took an Olympic redshirt; did not compete in the college season
Prior to Michigan
• Attended Northwestern University for one year (2014-15)
• Posted a 19-3 record during redshirted season
• Claimed third place at the Midlands Championships
• Captured a bronze medal in freestyle at 55kg/121 pounds at the 2015 Junior World Championships in Salvador, Brazil
Prep
• Graduated from Hanover Central High School (2014)
• Named the 2014 Indiana state recipient of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
• Three-time Indiana state champion, winning at 126 pounds (2014), 113 pounds (2013) and 106 pounds (2012); four-time state placewinner, claiming third at 103 pounds as a freshman (2011)
• Career prep record of 184-5, including a perfect 141-0 mark over final three seasons
• Named Outstanding Wrestler at the 2014 Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic
• Two-time Asics All-America First Team (2013, '14)
• Member of the 2013 Cadet world freestyle team
• Ranked as the nation's No. 19 overall recruit by InterMat and No. 1-ranked 126-pound wrestler
• Four-year Superior Honor Roll
Personal
• Enrolled in Rackham Graduate School, pursuing a master's degree in sport management
• Earned a bachelor's degree in sociology in spring 2019
• Born on April 4, 1996
• Son of Stevan and Lori Micic
• Has two sisters, Ivana and Tatiana
| Year | Overall | Dual | Tourney | Falls | TF | MD | Big Ten | NCAA |
| 2014-15 (RS)* | 19-3 | 0-0 | 19-3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -- | -- |
| 2015-16 (Olympic RS) | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- |
| 2016-17 | 29-7 | 13-2 | 16-5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3rd | 4th |
| 2017-18 | 26-3 | 13-0 | 13-3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 1st | 2nd |
| 2018-19 | 19-1 | 13-0 | 6-1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6th | 3rd |
| 2019-20 (Olympic RS) | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- |
| 2020-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- |
| 2021-22 | 13-8 | 6-4 | 7-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4th | dnp |
| Totals | 106-22 | 45-6 | 51-16 | 10 | 20 | 37 |
