2023-24 Wrestling Roster
Austin Gomez
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- 149
- Hometown:
- Carol Stream, Ill.
- High School:
- Glenbard North
Graduate Student (2023-24)
• NCAA All-American, 149 pounds
• Claimed second place at the NCAA Championships (March 21-23) with a 4-1 record
• Fell to Virginia Tech's #4 Caleb Henson, 15-7, in the 149-pound NCAA final
• Defeated NC State's #3 Jackson Arrington, 12-9, in the NCAA quarterfinals and Arizona State's #2 Kyle Parco, 11-7, in the semifinals
• Finished second at the Big Ten Championships (March 9-10) with a 2-1 record; narrowly fell to Nebraska's #1 Ridge Lovett, 5-4, in the championship bout
• Qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the Pan American Qualifier in Acapulco, Mexico (March 1); defeated Nick Lee, 22-12, in the quarterfinals and Lachlan McNeil, 6-3, in the semifinals
• Posted a 13-3 record, including a 7-1 dual mark and a 5-1 mark in Big Ten duals
• Earned ranked Big Ten dual wins over Maryland's #17 Ethen Miller (10-6, Jan. 12), Ohio State's #9 Dylan D'Emilio (17-6, Jan. 26) and Indiana's #13 Graham Rooks (3-2, Feb. 16)
• Defeated South Dakota State's #18 Alek Martin, 10-4, in Michigan debut (Jan. 4)
Prior to Michigan
• Graduated from Iowa State (2018-21) and Wisconsin (2021-22)
• NCAA All-American (149 pounds)
• Claimed fourth place at the 2022 NCAA Championships with a 5-2 record
• Three-time NCAA qualifier at 133 (2018) and 149 pounds (2022, '23)
• Big Ten 149-pound champion (2022)
• Named the Big Ten's Co-Outstanding Wrestler of the Championships in 2022; shared the award with Michigan's Myles Amine
• Posted a 67-17 mark over four seasons, including a 23-4 mark in 2021-22
• Defeated Ohio State's Sammy Sasso, 10-9, in the 2022 NWCA All-Star Classic
• Also posted notable wins over Cornell's Yianni Diakomihailis (2022), Penn State's Roman Bravo-Young (F 3:57, 2019), Iowa's Austin DeSanto (14-9, 2018)
• Two-time NWCA Scholar All-American (2022, '23); Academic All-Big Ten (2023)
Prep
• Graduated from Glenbard North High School (2017)
• Captured three Illinois state championships (2015, '16, '17), winning at 113, 126 and 138 pounds
• Four-time Illinois state placewinner; took third at 133 pounds as a freshman (2014)
• Posted a career prep record of 195-7
• Member of the 2013 Cadet freestyle world team
• Captured the 2018 UWW Junior freestyle 61kg national title; qualified for the 2018 U.S. junior world team
• Claimed double Cadet Pan American gold (2015), earning the Golden Boot award as the Outstanding Wrestler in both freestyle and Greco-Roman
• Four-time Fargo champion, winning twice in both freestyle (2014, '16) and Greco-Roman (2013, '14)
• Ranked as the No. 11 overall recruit by FloWrestling and No. 3-ranked 138-pound wrestler
Personal
• Enrolled in the School of Social Work, pursuing a graduate work in social work
• Earned a bachelor's degree in business marketing from Iowa State (2021) and a master's degree in educational leadership and policy analysis from Wisconsin (2023)
• Born on March 19, 1998
• Son of Hector and Frances Gomez
• Has three sisters, Myrissa, Alexis and Gabriella
| Year | Overall | Dual | Tourney | Falls | TF | MD | Big Ten | NCAA |
| 2017-18 (RS) | 8-0 | 0-0 | 8-0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -- | -- |
| 2018-19 | 24-7 | 11-3 | 13-4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3rd | dnp |
| 2019-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- |
| 2020-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- |
| 2021-22 | 23-4 | 12-1 | 11-3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1st | 4th |
| 2022-23 | 12-6 | 10-2 | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | dnp | dnp |
| 2023-24 | 13-3 | 7-1 | 6-2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2nd | 2nd |
| Totals | 80-20 | 40-7 | 40-13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
