Tate Picklo

Photo by: Ty Russell

Photo by: Austin Bernard

Height:
5-10
Weight:
165
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Mustang, Okla.
High School:
Mustang HS

Year	Overall	Duals	Big 12 Finish	Major Decisions	Tech Falls	Pins
2021-22	1-0	0-0	--	1	0	0
2022-23	25-10	9-4	5th	2	1	3
2023-24	15-14	2-9	8th	2	3	0
2024-25	13-8	6-4	DNP	4	4	1
Totals	54-32	17-17	--	9	8	4

2024-25
Compiled a 13-8 record as a starter at 165 pounds (12-8 against Division I opponents) … Reached as high as No. 28 in the InterMat rankings ... Posted a 6-4 dual record ... Tallied one fall, four tech falls and four major decisions ... Scored a last second takedown at the buzzer against Wyoming’s Cooper Voorhees to steal a 5-4 decision win in home opener … Also added dual wins against Central Michigan (12/6), Southeast CC (12/21), CSU Bakersfield (12/21), Chattanooga (12/21) 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 unseeded in the 165-pound bracket and finishing 0-2 ... NWCA Scholar All-American .. Winter Academic All-Big 12 team honoree.

2023-24
Compiled a 15-14 record (14-14 against D1 opponents) as a starter at 174 pounds … Posted a 2-9 dual record ... Claimed two wins against ranked opponents: vs. Central Michigan’s No. 17 Alex Cramer (W-7-2/Nov. 11) and vs. Oklahoma State’s No. 20 Brayden Thompson (W-5-2 SV-1/Feb. 18) … Secured first dual win of the season (Nov. 19), defeating North Dakota State’s Gaven Sax via 11-2 major decision … Earned the 174-pound title at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 11) and Reno Tournament of Champions (Dec. 17) … Also placed at the Southern Scuffle (fourth place) ... Started for the Sooners at the Big 12 Championships, wrestling as the No. 6 in the 174-pound bracket while picking up two wins for a podium finish (eighth place) … Tallied five bonus point wins, including two tech falls on the year … NWCA Scholar All-American … Winter Academic All-Big 12 Team member.

2022-23
Put together impressive sophomore season as a starter at 174 pounds … Finished with a 21-10 overall record, including four wins over top-25 opponents … Compiled a 9-4 dual record, including a 5-1 record in Big 12 duals … Advanced to the semifinals at the Big 12 Championship and claimed fifth place in his first trip to the conference tournament … Earned the 18th seed in the 174-pound bracket of the NCAA Championships, finishing 1-2 … Claimed the Bobby Kauffman Memorial Open title (Jan. 8) for his weight class after toppling Chase Kranitz (Buffalo) 6-2 in the final.

2021-22
Competed in one match at the Rocky Mountain Open, winning in a 21-9 major decision over Utah Valley's Mahonri Rushton before picking up an injury.

HIGH SCHOOL
Unanimous No. 1-ranked recruit at 195 pounds in 2021 class ... ranked 12th in pound-for-pound rankings, which makes him the highest-ranked recruit of the Rosselli era ... USA Wrestling Senior All-America Dream Member ... 151-4 record at Mustang High School where he won two state championships and was a finalist all four years ... won the 16U freestyle national championship ... Oklahoma's nominee for USA Today's National Wrestler of the Year and the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award ... four-time Fargo All-American ... 2021 Jim Thorpe Wrestler of the Year ... 2019 Cadet World Team member ... seven-time Judo National Champion and Pan-Am runner-up ... maintained a 4.24 GPA and was his class' valedictorian.

PERSONAL
Son of Brian and Becky Picklo ... dad, Brian, was a two-time All-American at Michigan State and is coach at Mustang High School ... brother, Cam, wrestles for the Sooners, and sister, Trinity, plays soccer at Oklahoma State ... intended major of biology.