Biography
2020-21: Became Campbell’s first ever four-time NCAA Championships qualifier…Named an NWCA Division I Scholar All-American…Ranked as high as No. 7 individually at 149 pounds during the regular season…Went 10-4 overall in 2021, including a 4-0 SoCon mark…Went 2-2 in St. Louis as the No. 20 seed at 149…Opened the NCAA Championships with a 2-1 decision over No. 13 Mitch Moore from Oklahoma…Also topped No. 32 seed Greg Gaxiola from Hofstra 5-2…Made his fourth SoCon finals appearance, clinching a spot in the finals with a pair of bonus wins, pinning PC's Reid Stewart (2:07) and registering an 11-3 major decision over Gardner-Webb's Brandon Bright…Officially earned his ticket to the NCAA Championships with a 4-3 true place decision over The Citadel's Selwyn Porter…Closed the regular season with a 4-0 decision over Chattanooga’s Aidan Murphy…Notched a 16-1 tech fall (7:00) over Bellarmine’s Mitch Collica…Defeated The Citadel’s Selwyn Porter 8-2 during the regular season…
2019-20: Named NWCA First Team All-American…Became Campbell's first three-time SoCon Champion, also qualifying for the NCAA Championships for a third time…Fashioned a 29-4 record as a redshirt junior, earning a No. 8 seed in the 2020 NCAA Championships…Went 7-3 overall in dual competition and 4-0 in SoCon action…Registered three major decisions, two tech falls and three pins in 2019-20…Also named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll…Earned the 141 pound No. 1 seed at the SoCon Championships…Topped Chattanooga's Mason Wallace in a 6-4 decision in the 141 finals at the SoCon Championships...Outscored his first two opponents at the SoCon Championships by a 26-2 score with a pair of major decisions, defeating Davidson's David Loniewski 14-1, pulling away from The Citadel's Jacob Dado 12-1…Ranked No. 8 in the final NCAA Coaches’ Panel of the regular season with an RPI of 10…Ranked as high as No. 7 in the individual polls during the season (InterMat, Nov. 27-Dec. 24)…Twice named SoCon Wrestler of the Month (November 2019, December 2019) and Wrestler of the Week (Nov. 27, Jan. 8)…Named SoCon November Wrestler of the Month, opening 2019-20 season with a 9-1 overall record, including a 4-1 mark against ranked opponents…Posted two tournament titles in November, winning the 141 pound brackets at the Southeast Open and the Navy Classic…At the SE Open, went a perfect 4-0 while defeating 18th-ranked Alex Madrigal of George Mason and 23rd-ranked Zach Sherman from North Carolina…Won his second tournament title of the month at the Navy Classic on Nov. 23, topping No. 6 Kyle Shoop of Lock Haven and No. 18 Mitch Moore of Virginia Tech, going 4-0 on the day…Named SoCon Wrestler of the Month for a second time in December after adding a Midlands Championships runner-up finish and another tournament title at the Reno TOC…Went 11-1 overall in December, racing through the Reno TOC, topping the podium for the third time in 2019-20 and going 6-0…Extended his winning streak to 16 matches at the Midlands, ending in the tournament finals to No. 7 Max Murin of Iowa, 5-3…Made the Midlands finals with a 4-2 win over No. 8 Tristan Moran of Wisconsin…Went 2-1 at the Duals on the Diamond, defeating both Arizona State’s Navonte Demison and Harvard’s Lukus Stricker in 6-1 decisions…Won nine of his final 10 matches of the year, including his final five…Named Preseason All-SoCon…
2018-19: A NCAA qualifier for the second time in his career…Claimed his second SoCon Championship, winning the 149 pound title…Swept through the SoCon Championships, opening with a tech fall win over The Citadel's Selwyn Porter, 16-1 (4:37), then defeating Chattanooga's Tanner Smith, 6-2…Named All-SoCon at 149 pounds, going 6-0 in conference matches…Named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll…Registered a 24-9 overall record on the year, including a perfect 8-0 mark in dual competition…Advanced to day two of the NCAA Championships, opening the tournament with a second period pin over No. 22 Henry Pohlmeyer from South Dakota State (4:59)…Also claimed the 149 pound title at the Navy Classic, going 4-0, advancing with a 15-0 tech fall (3:44) over Justin Yorkdale of George Mason, a 14-4 major decision over American's Kizhan Clarke, a 3-0 win over Ohio's Alec Hagan, and finally a 3-1 decision over Tejon Anthony of George Mason…Opened the season with a fourth place finish in the Hokie Open, going 2-2 in the tournament…Also registered a sixth place finish at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, notching a 5-3 record in the tournament…
2017-18: Went 11-4 while redshirting the 2017-18 season…Made the Southern Scuffle finals, the first Camel ever to make the tournament's championship round, after topping Jared Prince of Navy with a 4-3 decision, the tournament's third seed at 149, and ranked No. 11 at 141 pounds at the time…Also defeated two-time All-American and then No. 6 Max Thomsen of Northern Iowa, with a 3-2 decision in the tournament before meeting the nation's 149 pound No. 1 Zain Retherford of Penn State, who went on to win his third NCAA Championship, in the finals (fall, 4:39)…Named the No. 7 redshirting non-freshmen in the country by The Open Mat…
2016-17: Posted a 15-13 overall record, 7-9 in duals, and a perfect 7-0 mark in Southern Conference action… He picked up one fall on the year, two tech falls, two major decisions, and 10 decision wins… Heil won the 141-pound SoCon Championship with his 10-2 major decision win over Irvin Enriquez (App State, March 4)… He was named to the SoCon All-Freshman team and All-Conference team… He was the only freshman to be named to the 2017 SoCon All-Conference team… At the NCAA Championships, Heil dropped his first two matches to close out his season…
Prep/Personal: Wrestled four years at Brunswick HS... Finished third twice at states, his freshman year and senior year...Brother of two-time NCAA Champion, three-time Oklahoma State All-American and former Campbell assistant Dean Heil…
