Aeoden Sinclair
Aeoden Sinclair

Aeoden Sinclair Season 2025-26

Weight184 lbs
YearRedshirt Freshman
HometownEdgerton, Wis.
YEAR WEIGHT OVERALL RECORD DI RECORD DUAL RECORD FALLS TECH FALLS MAJOR DECISIONS CONF FINISH NCAA FINISH
2024-25* 197 2-3 2-3 2-3 0 0 2 N/A N/A
2025-26 184 36-2 33-2 18-1 7 14 3 1st 3rd, AA
CAREER 38-5 35-5 20-4 7 14 5

*Redshirt season // Freshmen can count up to five attached dates

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CAREER HONORS

  • 2026 NCAA All-American (Third Place)
  • 2026 Big 12 Champion (184)
  • 2026 Soldier Salute Champion (184)
  • 2025-26 First Team All-Big 12
  • 2026 NWCA Scholar All-American
  • 2026 Academic All-Big 12

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2025-26)

  • NCAA All-American (Third place, 184 pounds)
  • Big 12 Champion (184 pounds)
  • Soldier Salute Champion (184 pounds)
  • Tiger Style Invite Champion (184 pounds)
  • First Team All-Big 12
  • NWCA Scholar All-American
  • Academic All-Big 12
  • Ben Askren Most Falls Team Award
  • Most Outstanding Freshman Team Award
  • Ed Lampitt Total Tiger Team Award
  • Totaled a 36-2 record in his first season in the starting lineup and was 18-1 in dual matches
  • Held a 26-match win streak from Nov. 15 to March 20, including a stretch from Dec. 14 to March 6 where just two matches were decided by decisions
  • His 14 technical falls rank first in program history in a single season
  • Totaled 24 bonus-point wins for a 65.7% bonus rate
  • Became Tiger Style's 26th Big 12 Champion in program history and its 52nd wrestler to become an NCAA All-American
  • With his third-place finish in his first national tournament, Sinclair became the Tigers' first freshman All-American since 2021, when there were two. Both Keegan O'Toole (third place - 165) and Rocky Elam (fifth place - 197)
  • Went 4-0 at the Tiger Style Invite (184) with a pin and two tech falls to place first
  • Was 4-1 at the National Duals Invitational, defeating No. 1-ranked and eventual National Champion Max McEnelly (Minnesota) 6-3
  • Secured the Soldier Salute title with a 4-0 performance that included a pin and three technical falls
  • Accumulated 19 ranked wins throughout the season, including his last four wins of the season, to place third at the NCAA tournament
  • Had a stretch of seven consecutive ranked opponents, going 6-1 with a major decision and technical fall
  • Earned his first Big 12 title at 184 pounds behind a 4-0 performance at the Big 12 Championship that included two technical falls
  • His Big 12 title automatically qualified Sinclair for his first NCAA Championship
  • Went 5-1 in his first NCAA tournament as the No. 2 seed with a tech fall and two major decisions

REDSHIRT SEASON (2024-25)

  • Was 2-3 in attached matches during his redshirt season, 8-4 overall 
  • Earned his first collegiate dual win at Northern Colorado (Nov. 2) against Franklin Cruz at 197 pounds by major decision, 19-11
  • Upset No. 10 Danny Braunagel at 197 pounds by a 16-7 major decision at Illinois (Nov. 21)
  • Placed second at the Soldier Salute (Dec. 29) wrestling unattached and going 3-1 with a technical fall and a major 
  • Wrestled unattached at 184 pounds and picked up a fall and two decisions to go undefeated at the Mat Town Open-II (Feb. 16)

BEFORE MIZZOU

  • No. 1 ranked 2024 recruit at 190 pounds on FloWrestling and MatScout Big Board, and fourth and third overall, respectively 
  • Three-time Wisconsin state champion
  • Four-time conference champion
  • Went 82-0 over his final two seasons including a 37-0 senior year, all bonus-point wins
  • Super 32 Champion, Fargo Champion and WNO Champion
  • U17 Team USA Member
  • Winner of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award for the nation, Mizzou's first wrestler to win the national honor
  • Product of Askren Wrestling Academy
  • Chose Mizzou over Penn State, Iowa, Stanford and Cornell

Personal

  • Full Name: Aeoden James Sinclair 
  • Birthdate: January 6, 2006
  • Son of Michael Sinclair and Abigail Young
  • Brother to Elana Sinclair
  • Majoring in Business

Sinclair on choosing Tiger Style
"My power is not my influence; my power is the ability to not be influenced. I didn't want to follow the crowd or go where people thought I should. I chose the program that I felt gave me the best opportunity to beat the other guys." 

Aeoden Sinclair

Redshirt Sophomore
2026-27

- / 184 lbs