Since that time, NDSU has won four NCAA Division II wrestling titles, 30 individual national champions, and 159 All-Americans.

The team reached its highest ranking of 20th in the USA Today polls and finished 21st in the national championship.

Monk was the eighth Bison wrestler to earn All-American status and the second since the school completed its transition to Division I, after Trent Sprenkle, who finished fifth at the 125 pound weight class in 2013.

Three Bison were named All-Americans that year including: Cam Sykora (133), Jared Franek (157), and Andrew Fogarty (165).

NDSU reached its highest ranking ever of 15th in the USA Today polls and finished 18th in the national championship.

The Bison brought a total of six wrestlers to the national tournament, which ties a program Division I record (weight, rank): Jared Franek (157, No.

Jared Franek's tournament rank of 4th in his weight class ties a program Division I record set by Steven Monk in 2014.

Jared Franek would wind up winning the Elite 90 award for wrestling, and would finish fourth at the tournament, officially naming him an All-American.

[4] Blanc rises from associate head coach, the position he had held with the Bison for the past two seasons.