Charlie Millard

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Photo by: Jerod Ringwald

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Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Mequon, Wis.
High School:
Homestead HS
Position:
157 lbs.

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS

2026 NCAA Championship national qualifier
Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Nov. 21, 2024)
Winner of Most Falls Award at 2025 team banquet
2026 NWCA Scholar All-American
2026 Academic All-Big Ten honoree

2025-26: REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (157 LBS) - Match List

Went 1-2 as the No. 21 seed in his first NCAA Championships appearance
- Upset No. 12 Vinny Zerban of Iowa State in his opening match, 12-6
- Defeated by eventual national champion No. 5 Landon Robideau of Oklahoma State in the Round of 16 before a 4-2 loss to Pitt's No. 27 Dylan Evans in the consolations
Placed 8th as the No. 6 seed at the Big Ten Championships with a 2-3 record
- Opened with a major decision win, and second win was in consolation quarterfinals with a 4-2 decision over No. 24 Anthony White of Rutgers
- Medically forfeited in seventh-place match
Recorded second straight pin with a fall at 4:42 over Michigan State's Darius Marines
Pinned Maryland's Mekhi Neal at the 3:39 mark
Recorded a 13-3 major decision of Iowa's No. 12 Jordan Williams in dual win over the Hawkeyes
Majored No. 26 Luke Mechler, 15-4, in a dual against Wisconsin
Earned a win by injury default over Illinois' No. 8 Kannon Webster at the 3:23 mark
Posted a 10-4 decision over No. 9 Gavin Drexler in a dual against North Dakota State
Went 4-1 at the National Duals Invitational with lone loss coming to No. 8 Brandon Cannon of Ohio State; two of four wins came by tech fall
Co-champion at the Bison Open with teammate Jack Nelson
Won the Southeast Open with a 5-0 record; opened with two tech fall wins and major decision in his first three matches
Tied for the team lead in dual matches wrestled (16) and Big Ten matches wrestled (8)
Second on Minnesota in dual team points scored (45)
Third on the Gophers in dual team points scored in B1G matches (26)
Fourth on the team in bonus point wins (12); tied for fourth in total matches wrestled (31) and Big Ten dual wins (5)
Fifth on the roster in dual wins (10); tied for fifth in wins by fall (2), wins by tech fall (4), Big Ten win percentage (.625, 5-3) and matches against ranked opponents (17)
NWCA Scholar All-American
Academic All-Big Ten honoree

2024-25: FRESHMAN (157 LBS) - Match List

Placed second in Pool A at the Patriots Last Chance Open; won two by tech fall before falling, 6-5, in the finals to No. 9 Trevor Chumbley of Northwestern
Won the Cyclone Open with a 4-0 record; posted pins in the opening round and semifinals, and beat No. 8 Cody Chittum of Iowa State in the finals, 9-4
Made his collegiate dual debut with a 10-3 upset of No. 19 Cobe Siebrecht at South Dakota State
Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week after going 3-0 with three major decision to win the Daktronics Open; semifinal win came over No. 14 Cobe Siebrecht of South Dakota State, 13-4
Made collegiate debut by winning the Bison Open at 157 pounds with a 3-1 record, including wins by fall in his first two matches
Tied for the team lead in wins by pin (4) and dual win percentage (1.000, 1-0)
Placed third on the roster in win percentage vs. ranked opponents (.750, 3-1)
Finished fourth on the team in overall win percentage (.867, 13-2), bonus point rate (.667) and team points per match (3.60)
Winner of Most Falls Award at team banquet

HIGH SCHOOL

Hails from Mequon and attended Homestead High School
Ranked 29th on MatScouts' final Big Board, sixth on the pound-for-pound rankings from WIWrestle and No. 1 at 165 pounds for WisconsinGrappler
A two-time state champion as he won as a senior at 157 pounds in Division I and as a junior at 160.
As a freshman placed fourth at 138 pounds, then moved up to 152 pounds as a sophomore and claimed second place
Reached the 74kg Challenge Finals at the 2024 U20 World Team Trials
Took third at the 2024 Fargo Nationals at 165 lbs
Placed seventh at the 2024 U.S. Open Freestyle Championships at 74 kg
Competed for Team USA at the prestigious Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic in 2024
A multi-time All-American at Fargo Nationals

PERSONAL

Parents are Ernie and Lisa
Has two sisters, Maggie and Molly
Majoring in elementary education

YEAR	OVERALL W-L	DUAL W-L	B1G W-L	PINS	TFs	MDs	B1G FINISH	NCAA FINISH
2024-25	13-2	1-0	0-0	4-0	3-0	3-0	---	---
2025-26	20-11	10-6	5-3	2-1	4-0	5-2	8th	DNP
CAREER	20-11	10-6	5-3	2-1	4-0	5-2	---	1x NQ