Ethan Popp Season 2025-26

Weight165
Height5-8
YearRedshirt Freshman
HometownWest Lafayette, Ind.
Season W-L (pct.) Duals Big Ten MD TF Pins
2024-25 (Fr.) 2-8 (0.200) 0-0 0-2 0-2 1-4 0-1
2025-26 (R-Fr.) 4-9 (.308) 0-0 0-2 0-2 1-1 0-2
Career 6-17 (.261) 0-0 0-4 0-4 2-5 0-3

2025-26 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
Stats
• Went 4-9 mostly competing in unattached action at 174 lbs
• Competed in his first varsity tournament at the Tiger Style Invite, going 0-2 to open the season
• Picked up his first win of the season in a 6-5 decision at the Jim Koch Wisconsin Open
• Earned his first career podium finish at the Wabash Open, placing sixth
• Tallied his second career technical fall, 17-2 (3:34), over Tyler Tarallo in his opening match at Wabash

2024-25 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Stats
• Redshirted
• Went 5-10 in unattached competition
• Competed in the Kent State Open, Midland Championships, Purple Raider Open, Greyhound Open and Loras Open
• Picked up his first collegiate win over Grant Hansen (Northern Illinois) in a 2-1 decision at the Midlands Championships
• Earned his first bonus point win with a 16-0 (5:55) technical fall against McCaden Skeens (Mount St. Joseph) at the Greyhound Open
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition, part of the new program record total of 17 Boilermakers to take home the honor

HIGH SCHOOL
• Three-time Indiana state qualifier (2022, 2023, 2024)
• 2024 regional champion from Harrison High School

PERSONAL
• Major: Mechanical Engineering Technology
• Hometown: West Lafayette, Indiana
• Parents: Lenny and Jennifer Popp
• Father, Lenny, is a Tippecanoe County sheriff deputy
• Mother, Jennifer, is a Purdue clinical kinesiology professor
• Instagram: @mrethan_da_poppcorn

Ethan_Popp__AS_022963

Freshman
2024-25

174
5-8 / 174 lbs