Honors and Awards
- 2021 Academic All-Big Ten
- 2020 Academic All-Big Ten
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2021-22: Transferred to Minnesota
Career Record at Wisconsin: 22-23
2020-21: Earned a 4-5 overall record (overall UW season shortened due to scheduling for COVID-19 pandemic) at 174 pounds ... finished 3-3 in Big Ten dual season ... earned upset victories against Purdue's 26th-ranked Emil Soehnlen and Minnesota's 15th-ranked Jake Allar ... qualified as Wisconsin's starter at 174 pounds for 2021 Big Ten Championships ... finished 1-2 at Big Ten Championships (did not place) and withdrew from final match due to medical forfeit ... ranked as high as No. 15 in the country by TrackWrestling heading in to the Big Ten Championships ... 2021 Academic All-Big Ten honors
2019-20: Earned a 9-17 overall record at 174 pounds ... picked up his first win of the season against Buffalo's Jake Lanning with a 6-3 decision ... in one of the toughest weight classes in the Big Ten, Krattiger picked up five conference wins in his redshirt freshman season ... he got his first collegiate pin over Indiana's Diego Lemley in 3:00 ... three of his wins this season have come with bonus points ... finished his redshirt freshman season with a ninth-place finish at the 2020 Big Ten Championships in the 174 pound bracket ... 2020 Academic All-Big Ten.
2018-19: Earned a 9-1 overall record wrestling unattached ... first season as a Badger ... went 9-1 in open competition at 184 pounds ... took first place at the Cyclone Open in the freshman division by going 2-0 ... went 3-0 at Luther Open to take first place ... went 3-1 at Jim Koch Open to take second place ... went 3-1 at the Last Chance Open to take second place ... recorded three pins and one technical fall on the season
High School: Was the 57th-ranked high school prospect and sixth in the 184-pound weight class in the country by Flowrestling ... compiled a 192-5 record ... won the 182-pound individual state title as a senior with a 50-1 record ... his junior year included a 50-1 finish in route to a third-place finish at state and a rank of eighth in the country by FloWrestling ... in his sophomore campaign he became a Cadet Folkstyle national champion, Cadet Freestyle state champ, finishing fourth at Flo-Nationals and finishing third at state with a 49-1 record ... as a freshman he was Waterford's MVP, placing fifth at state as well as taking third at Cadet Folkstyle nationals
Personal: Major is Rehabilitation Psychology & Health Promotion and Health Equity ...
Why Wisconsin?
"I chose the University of Wisconsin because of the culture of the wrestling program, and because of its prestigious academics. I knew this was the place to be if I wanted to succeed on and off the mat."
Off the Mat
- Where is your favorite place on campus? Merit library
- Where is your favorite place to eat on campus? Paul's Pel'meni
- What is something interesting you did this past summer? Got a job as a plumber and a barn roofer
- Where is your go-to study spot? Merit library
- What has been your favorite UW class so far? Nutrition Science 132
- What is your major? Health promotion and health equity
- What are your post-college plans? Either go to physical therapy school, or become a safety manager for a construction company
- Who is your favorite school to wrestle against? Iowa
- What is your best wrestling memory? Winning my first state title
- Where is your favorite place to wrestle? The UW Field House
- When did you begin wrestling? First grade
- What is your favorite thing about Wisconsin wrestling? The culture of team
- What is something you do before every match? Think about how I am going to score points
- What is one word that describes this team? Chill
- My teammates say that I am: Diesel
- My favorite thing to do off the mat with my teammates is: Beat Trent Hillger in Madden
- What is your most memorable wrestling achievement? Winning Flo Nationals
- Favorite Coach Bono saying? "Show up and do the work."
- What is your dream as a collegiate wrestler? All-American or become a national champion someday
- If you would switch places with anyone on the team for a day, who would you pick and why? Trent Hillger so I could figure out his madden strategies
- If you could play for any other Wisconsin sports team, what sport would you choose and why? Football because I love that sport
- What is your favorite song to sing in the car? Loud and heavy Cody Jinks
- If you had a completely free day, how would you choose to spend it? Hunting, fly fishing, napping, or possibly roofing
- Who is your favorite athlete in any sport? Matt Fraser, Crossfit
- What is your favorite sports team? Green Bay Packers
- What other sports did you play growing up? Football and baseball
