2023-24 Wrestling Roster

Codei Khawaja
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Position:
- 174/184
- Weight:
- null
- Hometown:
- Georgetown, Ind.
- High School:
- Floyd Central
Junior/Sophomore (2024-25)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in four tournaments and one dual meet at 184 pounds
• Posted a 10-8 record, including two technical falls and three major decisions
• Earned first collegiate dual win with a 12-3 major decision over Duke's Logan Richey (Nov. 22)
• Claimed fourth place at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 9) with a 4-2 record; earned three bonus wins in the consolation bracket en route to the third-place match
• Took fifth place at the Bobby Kauffman Open (Jan. 4) with a 3-2 mark
• Also competed in the Clarion Open (Nov. 3) and Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30)
Sophomore/Freshman (2023-24)
• Academic All-Big Ten; Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Competed in three open tournaments at 174 pounds
• Claimed third place at the JCU Open (Feb. 11) with a 5-1 mark
• Posted a 2-2 record with a pair of bonus wins, including a 17-1 technical fall against Cleveland State's Ronald Dimmerling at the Cleveland State Open (Dec. 9)
• Also wrestled at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 11)
Freshman (2022-23)
• Redshirted season; competed in two open tournaments
• Claimed third place at the Bobby Kaufman Open with a 5-1 mark; defeated Ohio's Kamal Adewumi, 8-7, in third-place bout
• Earned a 4-2 decision over Cleveland State's Ronald Dimmerling in collegiate debut at 174 pounds
• Also competed in the Edinboro Open (Feb. 5)
Prep
• Graduated from Floyd Central High School (2022)
• Three-time Fargo All-American, placing third at 170 pounds in Greco-Roman (2022) and double sixth place in Greco and freestyle (2021)
• Two-time Indiana state qualifier (2021, '22)
• Two-time academic all-state honoree
Personal
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology, majoring applied exercise science
• Born on November 18, 2003
• Son of Ivona Petkovic
• Has two siblings, Dayeen and Alea
• Grandfather, Momir Petkovic, was a 1976 Olympic gold medalist and four-time world medalist Greco-Roman wrestling and was a longtime USA Wrestling Greco coach
Year | Overall | Dual | Tourney | Falls | TF | MD | Big Ten | NCAA |
2022-23 (RS) | 6-1 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- |
2023-24 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 8-5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- |
2024-25 | 10-8 | 1-0 | 9-8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -- | -- |
Totals | 24-14 | 1-0 | 23-14 | 0 | 3 | 5 |