Willie McDougald

Photo by: Ty Russell

Height:
5-7
Weight:
149
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Niagara Falls, N.Y.
High School:
Niagara Falls HS

Year	Overall	Duals	Big 12 Finish	Major Decisions	Tech Falls	Pins
2020-21	1-0	0-0	DNC	0	0	0
2021-22	20-7	6-1	2nd	1	2	2
2022-23	3-1	0-0	DNC	0	0	1
2023-24	17-11	8-4	5th	2	2	0
2024-25	21-8	9-2	5th	1	3	1
Totals	52-27	23-7	--	4	7	4

2024-25
Compiled a 21-8 record as a starter at 149 pounds … Reached as high as No. 13 in the InterMat rankings ... Posted a team-leading 9-2 dual record ... Tallied one fall, three tech falls and one major decision ... Notched four wins against ranked opponents ... Knocked off Oklahoma State’s No. 13 Carter Young, TB-1 7-6 (12/13) for highest ranked win of season … Also added dual wins against Air Force (11/8), Wyoming (11/23), Central Michigan (12/6), CSU Bakersfield (12/21), Chattanooga (12/21), West Virginia (1/17), Missouri (2/1) and Arizona State (2/16) ... Went 5-1 for a third-place finish at the Southern Scuffle (1/4) ... Started for the Sooners at the Big 12 Championships, wrestling as the No. 3 seed in the 149-pound bracket while picking up four wins for a podium finish (fifth place) … Qualified for the NCAA Championships as the No. 21 seed, finishing 1-2 with an SV-1 8-5 decision win over Michigan’s No. 28 Dylan Gilcher.

2023-24
Compiled a 17-11 record (15-10 against D1 opponents) as a starter at 149 pounds … Posted an 8-4 dual record ... Claimed five wins against ranked opponents, including an impressive performance against Oklahoma State’s No. 15 Jordan Williams where he prevented his opponent from landing a single shot, riding a first period takedown to a 5-2 victory (Feb. 18) … Secured first dual win of the season (Nov. 17), defeating Little Rock’s Jake Adams via 19-4 tech fall (6:38) … Placed at two tournaments: Michigan State Open (fifth place) and Reno Tournament of Champions (second place) ... Started for the Sooners at the Big 12 Championships, wrestling as the No. 2 seed in the 149-pound bracket while picking up two wins … Qualified for the NCAA Championships as the No. 21 seed after a fifth-place finish at the Big 12 Championships … Scored a key takedown in the closing seconds of his opening round matchup against Maryland's Ethen Miller to take the 5-4 victory … Tallied four bonus point wins, including a pair of tech falls on the year.

2022-23
Competed unattached at the Bobby Kauffman Memorial Open and advanced to the final bout before coming up short… Finished the tournament 3-1 by picking up a fall and two decisions (7-4, 8-4) at 149 pounds.

2021-22
Inserted into the starting lineup at 149 for the Missouri dual ... Opened his collegiate dual career with six straight wins, three of which came against ranked opponents ... Earned his first career tech fall in an extra match with Kent State's Tyler Johnson, 18-1 (7:00) ... No. 2 seed at the Big 12 Championship in his first postseason appearance ... Beat All-American and four-time NCAA qualifier Jarrett Degen of Iowa State to book a place in his first Big 12 tournament final and earn NCAA qualification ... Given the No. 16 seed at the NCAA Championships ... Went 2-2 at NCAAs, highlighted by an extra period pin of Minnesota's Michael Blockhus ... Given the Jimmy White Award and Freshman of the Year Award by his coaches.

2020-21
Redshirted ... Made collegiate debut on Jan. 31 in an extra match following the Stanford dual, defeating the Cardinal's Fabian Santillan in a 9-3 decision.

HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time (2018, 2020) New York state champion ... Compiled 243-17 wins in high school, the most in Niagara Falls HS history ... Three-time NHSCA All-American ... Awarded Most Outstanding Wrestler award for western New York ... No. 17-ranked prospect nationally at 145 pounds per InterMat and No. 5 prospect in New York per ArmDrag.

PERSONAL
Son of William McDougald Sr. and Moran Goldsmith... Majoring in kinesiology.