2025-26 Wrestling Roster
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Kal Miller
- Weight:
- 149
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- 149 lbs
- Major:
- Architecture
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, MO
- High School:
- Park Hill
CARER HONORS
- Three-time NWCA Scholar All-American (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Three-time NCAA Qualifier (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Seventh place at 2025 Big Ten Championships
- 2025 Academic All-Big Ten
- 2025 Hudson Taylor Award Winner
- 2024 Academic All-Big Ten
- Redshirt season
- 19–5 overall record in Open Tournaments
- Competed at Southeast Open, Shorty Hitchcock Memorial Open, Patriot Open, Midlands Championships, and Bloomsburg Open
- Placed 5th at Midlands Championships
- Shorty Hitchcock Memorial Open Champion
- Posted a 22-12 record with 13 wins by decision, four tech falls and two major decisions.
- Competed as the 26-seed in the NCAA Championships in Phiadelphia.
- Defeated Dylan Gilcher (Michigan) twice to secure seventh place at Big Ten Championships
- Won four matches in a row at the Edinboro open, allowing just three points against in the wins.
- Fifth place at George Mason Patriot Open (12/8), going 5-1 on the day
2023-24 Season (SOPHOMORE):
- Finished the season 13-12 with four ranked wins in the regular season (Cole Matthews 2x, Dan Fongaro, Josh Edmond)
- NCAA Qualifier
- As an 11th-seed at 2024 Big Ten Championships, took two wins over 14-seed Felix Liittni (Wisconsin). Qualified for NCAA Championships.
- Won his second-consecutive Tiger Style Invite in thrilling style. Battled through overtimes to secure the win by tiebreaker in his hometown over Missouri's No.16 Josh Edmond (11/11).
2022-23 Season (FRESHMAN):
- 2023 NCAA Qualifiers, going 2-2 with wins over Josh Mason (BLOOM) and 16th-seeded Josh Koderhandt (Navy)
- Won the ninth-place bracket at 2023 Big Ten Championships as the 14th-seed to take the final allocation spot in the 141 class.
- Won all three bouts in Maryland's opening weekend quad meet (11/5)
- Took home first place in the 141-pound weight class at the Tiger Style Invite in his hometown (11/11)
- Went up against No. 1 Cole Matthews in the Pittsburgh dual (11/18).
- Beat No. 33 Cayden Rooks (Indiana) in first ever Big Ten match (01/09).
- Finished 18-18 and ranked #31 (Intermat).
Before Maryland:
- Starred for Park Hill High School.
- Two-time Missouri State Champion.
- 2018 Fargo All-American at 113-pounds.
- Team finished top-three every season except one.
- NHSCA National Champion.
- USA Wrestling Preseason National Champion.
- No. 82 in FloWrestling Class of 2022.
- Excelled in the classroom with a 3.7 GPA.
- All-Academic First Team.
- Nominated for 20201 Missouri Athlete of the Year.
- Trinity Award Winner.
- Three-time State Youth Champion with Greater Heights Club.
- Tulsa All-American.
Personal: Brother, Ethen, joined the team in 2021... Father played golf and football at DMAC in Iowa before transferring to Graceland University...Sports hero is Jordan Burroughs...Plans to major in business...
Why Maryland: "I have had a relationship with Coach Clemson since I was probably 12, I love him and all the coaches! Great team atmosphere, something different than I'm used to, and I want to create a legacy in Maryland!"...
Head Coach Alex Clemsen on Miller: "Kal is a multi-time state champion and a Top-100 Big Boarder. We're really excited about what he brings to our team. Best of all he's a great kid and he's really bright. He fits everything we're looking for in a student-athlete at the University of Maryland."
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