Ridge Lovett Season 2024-25

Honors & Awards 

• NCAA All-American (2022, 2024)
• Four-Time NCAA Qualifier (2020, 2021, 2022, 2024)
• Best Male Athlete (2022)
• NWCA Honorable Mention All-America (2020)
• Nebraska's Most Outstanding Wrestler (2021-22)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2021)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2020; Spring 2020, 2021)
• Big Ten Wrestler of the Week (Nov. 21, 2024)

2023-24 (Redshirt Junior)

NCAA Championships - 6th (3-3) - 149 pounds

• First Round: No. 1 Lovett pinned No. 33 Michael Cetta (RUT) 1:30
• Second Round: No. 1 Lovett dec. No. 17 Graham Rooks (IND) 11-4
• Quarterfinals: No. 1 Lovett major dec. No. 8 Casey Swiderski (ISU) 14-4
• Semifinals: No. 4 Caleb Henson (VT) dec. No. 1 Lovett 1-0
• Cons. Semis: No. 7 Tyler Kasak (PSU) major dec. No. 1 Lovett 10-1
• Fifth-Place Match: No. 2 Kyle Parco dec. No. 1 Lovett 3-1 

Big Ten Championships - 1st (3-0) - 149 pounds

• First Round: BYE

• Quarterfinals: No. 1 Lovett (NEB) pinned No. 8 Graham Rooks (IND) (3:57)

• Semifinals: No. 1 Lovett (NEB) dec. No. 4 Tyler Kasak (PSU) 4-0

• Finals: No. 1 Lovett (NEB) dec. No. 2 Austin Gomez (MICH) 5-4

Regular Season - 149 pounds

• 27-4 overall (12-1 dual record)
• Bonus Points: Eight pins, two technical falls, five major decisions  
• Placed first at the Navy Classic and Cliff Keen Invite 

2022-23 (Redshirt)
Regular Season – 149 pounds

• 4-0 overall record (0-0 dual record)
• Bonus Points: one pin, two technical falls, one major decision 
• Placed first at the Wyoming Cowboy Open 

2021-22 (Sophomore)

NCAA Championships - 2nd (4-1) - 149 pounds

• First Round: Lovett (NEB) 24-4 won by decision over Jaden Abas (Stanford) 19-9 (Dec 4-2)
• Second Round: Lovett (NEB) 24-4 won by decision over Joshua Heil (Campbell) 12-4 (Dec 8-1)
• Quarterfinal: Lovett (NEB) 24-4 won by fall over Tariq Wilson (NC State) 19-2 (Fall 4:16)
• Semifinal: Lovett (NEB) 24-4 won by decision over Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech) 13-4 (Dec 5-4)
• Final: Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) 28-0 won by decision over Lovett (NEB) 24-4 (Dec 11-5)

Big Ten Championships - 4th (3-2) - 149 pounds

• First Round: Lovett (NEB) 15-3 won by decision over Alec White (Purdue) 0-9 (Dec 8-1)
• Quarterfinal: Lovett (NEB) 15-3 won by decision over Mike Van Brill (Rutgers) 20-5 (Dec 2-0)
• Semifinal: Austin Gomez (Wisconsin) 18-2 won by fall over Lovett (NEB) 15-3 (Fall 0:20)
• Cons. Semi: Lovett (NEB) 15-3 won by decision over Michael Blockhus (Minnesota) 9-12 (Dec 9-5)
• Third-Place Match: Max Murin (Iowa) 12-3 won by medical forfeit over Lovett (NEB) 15-3 (M. For.)

Regular Season - 149 pounds

• 24-4 overall (10-1 dual record)
• Bonus Points: Three pins, one technical fall, three major decisions 
• Placed third at the Cliff Keen Invitational (Dec. 4)

2020-21 (Sophomore)

NCAA Championships - DNP (1-2) - 149 pounds

• First Round: No. 5 Lovett (NEB) dec. No. 28 Peyton Omania (MSU), 6-4 SV
• Second Round: No. 12 Max Murin (IOWA) dec. No. 5 Lovett (NEB), 5-3
• Cons. Second Round: No. 27 Josh Finesilver (DUKE) pinned No. 5 Lovett (NEB), 2:50

Big Ten Championships - 2nd Place (3-1) - 149 pounds

• First Round: Lovett (NEB) dec. No. 10 Graham Rooks (IU), 6-1
• Quarterfinals: Lovett (NEB) dec. No. 2 Max Murin (IOWA), 11-6
• Semifinals: Lovett (NEB) dec. No. 6 Michael Blockhus (MINN), 2-1 TB1
• Finals: No. 1 Sammy Sasso (OSU) dec. Lovett (NEB), 5-2

Regular Season - 149 pounds

• 5-0 overall (2-0 dual record)
• Bonus Points: Two major decisions, one technical fall
• Earned bonus points in both of his dual matches with a major decision against Michigan State and techinical fall against Illinois

2019-20 (Freshman)
Big Ten Championships - 7th Place (3-2) - 133 pounds

• First Round: Lovett (NEB) pinned No. 1 Boo Dryden (MINN) (0:33)
• Quarterfinals: No. 3 Austin DeSanto (Iowa) dec. Lovett (NEB), 1-0
• Second Cons. Round: Lovett (NEB) pinned No. 12 Travis Ford-Melton (PUR) (4:29)
• Third Cons. Round: No. 7 Sammy Alvarez (RU) dec. Lovett (NEB), 9-3 
• 7th-Place Match: Lovett (NEB) dec. No. 8 Joey Silva (MICH), 4-3

Regular Season - 133 pounds

• 14-6 record overall (6-5 dual record)
• Bonus Points: Five pins, two major decisions
• Won title at the Daktronics Open (Nov. 17) with 3-0 record
• Burned redshirt Nov. 24 at Northern Iowa
• Third-place finisher at the Cliff Keen Invitational (Dec. 7) with a 5-1 mark
• Won his last six regular season matches in a row 

Before Nebraska
• Wrestled at Post Falls High School under coach Pete Reardon
• No. 19 overall prospect in the class of 2019 in the FloWrestling recruiting rankings
• 169-0 record in high school
• Four-time 5A state champion
• 2019 Idaho Wrestler of the Year
• 2019 Dave Schults Award Recipient
• Won the national championship in Greco-Roman at the USA Wrestling Junior National championships in Fargo, N.D.
• 2017 Cadet World Team member

Personal
• Last name pronounced love-IT
• Born August 25, 2000
• Parents: Lonnie and Tashawn Lovett
• Sister: Dylan Jo

Career Statistics

Year	Overall	Dual	Pins	TF	MD	NCAA	Big Ten
2019-20	17-8	6-5	3	0	2	--	7th (3-2)
2020-21	9-3	2-0	0	1	2	DNP (1-2)	2nd (3-1)
2021-22	24-4	10-1	3	1	3	2nd (4-1)	4th (3-2)
2022-23*	4-0	0-0	1	2	1	--	--
2023-24	27-4	12-1	8	2	5	6th (3-3)	1st (3-0)
2024-25	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	--	--
Career	76-19	30-7	14	4	12	8-6	12-4

*Redshirt season does not count in career totals