2007-08 -- placed seventh at Big Ten Championships to qualify for NCAA Championships... season record was 22-14 at 157 pounds... went 13-9 in dual competition and 2-6 in Big Ten duals, scoring 47 team points in dual matches... went 5-4 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena... placed fifth at Midlands Championships... scored six major decisions, one technical fall and one pin... letterwinner... runner-up at 163 pounds at Northern Plains trials.

2006-07 -- placed fifth at Big Ten Championships... season record was 26-13 overall and 26-12 in collegiate matches... his 26 collegiate wins ranked third in the team... went 14-5 in duals and 6-2 in Big Ten duals... named TheMat.com's Wrestler of the Week for Nov. 28-Dec. 4 for his 3-2 upset of then-top ranked Trent Paulson at the Iowa-Iowa State dual... went 3-2 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena... placed fourth at Kaufman-Brand Open and seventh at Midlands... ranked fourth in dual wins (14) and fastest fall (1:03), and fifth in collegiate winning percentage (.684) and dual winning percentage (.737) ... letterwinner.

2005-06 -- redshirted... posted a 12-1 season record at 157 pounds while competing unattached... won title at Kaufman-Brand Open, placed third at Spartan Classic and sixth at UNI Open... his lone season loss was to Wisconsin all-American Craig Henning.

High School -- three-time state champion... career record of 164-4 included 106 pins and two undefeated seasons... set school records for most career wins and falls, and best season record (43-0)... Iowa's 2005 Dave Schultz High School Excellence award winner... won 152-pound 2005 Junior National title, placing second at Senior National meet... earned all-America honors from ASICS, USA Wrestling and Amateur Wrestling News... two-time Junior Nationals West Regional champion at 152 pounds... Junior National all-American as a junior, placing fifth... lettered two years in football.

Personal -- born July 29, 1986... son of Scott and Jacque Morningstar... his father wrestled at the University of Northern Iowa.

Morningstar's Career Stats

Collegiate

Dual

Big 10 Dual

Dual Pts.

Big 10

NCAA

SV

TB

MD

TF

Pins

Fastest

Year

Record

Record

Record

Scored

Place

Place

W/L

W/L

W/L

W/L

W/L

Pin

2006-07

26-12

14-5

6-2

47

5th

--

2/2

1/0

3/1

0/0

1/0

1:03

2007-08

22-14

13-9

2-6

41

7th

--

2/2

0/0

6/1

1/0

1/0

7:59

Career

48-26

27-14

8-8

88

4/4

1/0

9/2

1/0

2/0

1:03