Last name pronounced: BO-men
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Two-time NCAA qualifier (2024, 2025)
• One of five Indiana natives to qualify for NCAAs in '24 and '25
• Only underclassman from Indiana to qualify for NCAAs in both years
• Two-time Big Ten placewinner (eighth in 2024 and 2025)
• Overall record of 38-34 (.528) entering 2025-26
• Two-time NWCA Scholar All-American (2024, 2025)
• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten (2024, 2025)
• Team award winner: Most Improved (2025), Freshman of the Year (2023)
2024-25 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
• Stats
• Went 19-13 (7-10 B1G) in a career-high 32 matches as Purdue’s starting 174-pounder
• Earned a second consecutive bid to the NCAA Championships as a career-best No. 26 seed, up six spots from the year prior
• Purdue’s second-leading scorer behind redshirt senior captain Matt Ramos, racking up 281 points
• Also finished second on the team in takedowns (68), dual points (50), technical falls (6), first-period points (133), second-period points (77), and was second among starters in points per match (8.8)
• Took eighth at the Big Ten Championships, matching his mark as a redshirt freshman with back-to-back podium finishes
• Picked up his first career NCAA tournament win in Philadelphia, upsetting No. 10-seeded Alex Cramer (CMU) in a 3-2 decision
• Contributed to Purdue’s best finish (13th/66) at the NCAA Championships since 1992
• One of 12 wrestlers from the state of Indiana to qualify for the NCAA tournament
• Started every dual at 174 lbs., one of five Boilermakers to compete in all 16 duals
• Won 10 bonus point matches, tied for fourth-most on the team
• Earned five ranked wins, including victories over then-No. 11, No. 26, No. 30, No. 31 and No. 32
• Posted a dominant stretch of 6-1 from Dec. 6 through Jan. 12, winning five matches via bonus points and four by tech fall
• Set Purdue’s highest score in a match all season with a 21-5 tech fall at Kent State, a tally that was later matched twice
• Earned NWCA Scholar All-American status for the second straight year
• Named Academic All-Big Ten for the second time as part of a program record tally of 15 Boilermakers to receive the honor in 2025
• Won Purdue Wrestling's Most Improved award at the team awards banquet
2023-24 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Stats
• Wrapped up his first season in the starting lineup with a 12-16 record, including six bonus point wins and 10 dual victories
• Climbed the podium in his debut Big Ten tournament with an eighth-place finish as the No. 10 seed to earn NCAA qualification
• Made his first appearance at the NCAA Championships, going 0-2 in Kansas City
• One of 10 wrestlers from the state of Indiana to qualify for the NCAA tournament
• Took fifth at the Clarion Open, going 5-1 with three major decisions. His only loss came against Ohio State’s NCAA finalist Rocco Welsh
• Picked up his first career ranked win in a 7-2 decision over Nebraska’s No. 29 Bubba Wilson in the dual meet in Lincoln
• Named a NWCA Scholar All-American
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors
2022-23 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Redshirted
• Posted a 17-5 record in a mix of varsity and unattached competition at 174 pounds, making three dual appearances
• Claimed fifth at the Clarion Open in his collegiate debut with a 4-1 record
• Won his first dual match in a 10-6 decision over Wisconsin’s Josh Otto in Madison
• Took the title at the Purple Raider Open, going 5-0 and scoring in the double digits in four matches
• Won the Greyhound Open title at 174 with two pins, a tech and a major decision
HIGH SCHOOL
• Three-year varsity letterwinner at Evansville Mater Dei
• Two-time Indiana High School state champion. Won at 160 pounds in 2021 and 170 pounds in 2022
• Helped Mater Dei to 2021 Indiana High School team championship. Their first in 14 years
• Went a perfect 69-0 in his last two years at Mater Dei (30-0 in 2021, 39-0 in 2022)
• Was a state qualifier at 145 pounds in 2020 and finished with a 34-5 record
• Won the 2021 Central Regional Greco-Roman Championship, and placed second at the 2021 Central Regional Freestyle Championship, falling to future Purdue teammate Stoney Buell in the finals 11-10
• Placed fifth at the 2021 Junior Freestyle Nationals at 170
• Won the 170-pound championship at the Evansville Semi-state tournament
• Ranked as the no. 19 170 pounder in the country by MatScouts (April 2022)
• Listed on the MatScouts 2022 Big Board (April 2022)
HIGH SCHOOL RECORD
• 2021-22 (170): 39-0 (1.000)
• 2020-21 (160): 30-0 (1.000)
• 2019-20 (145): 34-5 (.872)
• 2018-19 (113): 13-3 (.813)
• Total: 116-8 (.935)
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Broderick Daniel Baumann
• Major: General Management
• Birthday: Dec. 17, 2003
• City Born: Evansville, Indiana
• Parents: Dan and Andrea Baumann
• Siblings: Brothers, Cam and Grayson, and sisters, Alessia and Hadley
• Instagram: @brodybaumann
• X/Twitter: @brodybaumann1
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Two-time NCAA qualifier (2024, 2025)
• One of five Indiana natives to qualify for NCAAs in '24 and '25
• Only underclassman from Indiana to qualify for NCAAs in both years
• Two-time Big Ten placewinner (eighth in 2024 and 2025)
• Overall record of 38-34 (.528) entering 2025-26
• Two-time NWCA Scholar All-American (2024, 2025)
• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten (2024, 2025)
• Team award winner: Most Improved (2025), Freshman of the Year (2023)
2024-25 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
• Stats
• Went 19-13 (7-10 B1G) in a career-high 32 matches as Purdue’s starting 174-pounder
• Earned a second consecutive bid to the NCAA Championships as a career-best No. 26 seed, up six spots from the year prior
• Purdue’s second-leading scorer behind redshirt senior captain Matt Ramos, racking up 281 points
• Also finished second on the team in takedowns (68), dual points (50), technical falls (6), first-period points (133), second-period points (77), and was second among starters in points per match (8.8)
• Took eighth at the Big Ten Championships, matching his mark as a redshirt freshman with back-to-back podium finishes
• Picked up his first career NCAA tournament win in Philadelphia, upsetting No. 10-seeded Alex Cramer (CMU) in a 3-2 decision
• Contributed to Purdue’s best finish (13th/66) at the NCAA Championships since 1992
• One of 12 wrestlers from the state of Indiana to qualify for the NCAA tournament
• Started every dual at 174 lbs., one of five Boilermakers to compete in all 16 duals
• Won 10 bonus point matches, tied for fourth-most on the team
• Earned five ranked wins, including victories over then-No. 11, No. 26, No. 30, No. 31 and No. 32
• Posted a dominant stretch of 6-1 from Dec. 6 through Jan. 12, winning five matches via bonus points and four by tech fall
• Set Purdue’s highest score in a match all season with a 21-5 tech fall at Kent State, a tally that was later matched twice
• Earned NWCA Scholar All-American status for the second straight year
• Named Academic All-Big Ten for the second time as part of a program record tally of 15 Boilermakers to receive the honor in 2025
• Won Purdue Wrestling's Most Improved award at the team awards banquet
2023-24 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Stats
• Wrapped up his first season in the starting lineup with a 12-16 record, including six bonus point wins and 10 dual victories
• Climbed the podium in his debut Big Ten tournament with an eighth-place finish as the No. 10 seed to earn NCAA qualification
• Made his first appearance at the NCAA Championships, going 0-2 in Kansas City
• One of 10 wrestlers from the state of Indiana to qualify for the NCAA tournament
• Took fifth at the Clarion Open, going 5-1 with three major decisions. His only loss came against Ohio State’s NCAA finalist Rocco Welsh
• Picked up his first career ranked win in a 7-2 decision over Nebraska’s No. 29 Bubba Wilson in the dual meet in Lincoln
• Named a NWCA Scholar All-American
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors
2022-23 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Redshirted
• Posted a 17-5 record in a mix of varsity and unattached competition at 174 pounds, making three dual appearances
• Claimed fifth at the Clarion Open in his collegiate debut with a 4-1 record
• Won his first dual match in a 10-6 decision over Wisconsin’s Josh Otto in Madison
• Took the title at the Purple Raider Open, going 5-0 and scoring in the double digits in four matches
• Won the Greyhound Open title at 174 with two pins, a tech and a major decision
HIGH SCHOOL
• Three-year varsity letterwinner at Evansville Mater Dei
• Two-time Indiana High School state champion. Won at 160 pounds in 2021 and 170 pounds in 2022
• Helped Mater Dei to 2021 Indiana High School team championship. Their first in 14 years
• Went a perfect 69-0 in his last two years at Mater Dei (30-0 in 2021, 39-0 in 2022)
• Was a state qualifier at 145 pounds in 2020 and finished with a 34-5 record
• Won the 2021 Central Regional Greco-Roman Championship, and placed second at the 2021 Central Regional Freestyle Championship, falling to future Purdue teammate Stoney Buell in the finals 11-10
• Placed fifth at the 2021 Junior Freestyle Nationals at 170
• Won the 170-pound championship at the Evansville Semi-state tournament
• Ranked as the no. 19 170 pounder in the country by MatScouts (April 2022)
• Listed on the MatScouts 2022 Big Board (April 2022)
HIGH SCHOOL RECORD
• 2021-22 (170): 39-0 (1.000)
• 2020-21 (160): 30-0 (1.000)
• 2019-20 (145): 34-5 (.872)
• 2018-19 (113): 13-3 (.813)
• Total: 116-8 (.935)
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Broderick Daniel Baumann
• Major: General Management
• Birthday: Dec. 17, 2003
• City Born: Evansville, Indiana
• Parents: Dan and Andrea Baumann
• Siblings: Brothers, Cam and Grayson, and sisters, Alessia and Hadley
• Instagram: @brodybaumann
• X/Twitter: @brodybaumann1