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2015-16 record: 8-18 with 2 falls, 1 technical fall, 1 major decision.

Career record: 14-27 with 7 pins, 1 technical fall, 1 major decision.

2015-16 season:

Kaye Young Open (157)

Chase Straw (unattached, Iowa State) tech. fall Niichel, 17-1; Jakada Hull (Ellsworth) dec. Niichel, 12-6; Niichel dec. Dario Gamino (unattached, Waldorf College), 9-4.

Luther College Open (165, elite division)

Niichel dec. Brad Maas (Minnesota State), 3-2; Zak Benitz (Upper Iowa) tech. fall Niichel, 17-2; Nick Georgean (Upper Iowa) dec. Niichel, 10-4.

Buena Vista Open (165 pounds)

Shane Swank (Simpson) pinned Niichel, 6:10; Niichel dec. Jamie Day (Central), 8-5; Isaiah Patton (Northern Iowa) major dec. Niichel, 19-5.

UNI Open (165 pounds)

Isaiah Patton (Northern Iowa) major dec. Niichel, 13-0; John Pint (Luther College) dec. Niichel, 8-5.

Central College Invitational (165 pounds)

Zach Davis (Briar Cliff) dec. Niichel, 6-0; Niichel major dec. Marcus Jones (University of the Ozarks), 13-3; Trevor Wheelock (Morningside) dec. Niichel, 8-7.

Iowa Western dual, 165 pounds (1-14-16)

Lane Gray (IW) pinned Niichel, 6:15.

Northeat Oklahoma dual, 165 pounds (1-15-16)

Niichel dec. Kelvin Grubbs (NEO), 9-3.

Colby CC, 165 pounds (1-15-16)

Gavin Grater (C) pinned Niichel, 1:47.

Northwest Kansas Tech dual, 165 pounds (1-15-16)

Niichel pinned Corey Coombs (NWKT), 5:34.

Pratt CC, 165 pounds (1-15-16)

Niichel pinned Syed Ali (P), 1:01.

Regional duals (Rochester, Minn.) (1-23-16)

Iowa Central dual, 165 pounds

Stephon Gray (IC) major dec. Niichel, 19-5.

RCTC dual, 165 pounds

Connor Hanson (RCTC) major dec. Niichel, 13-4.

Augsburg JV dual, 165 pounds

Boone Young (RCTC) dec. Niichel, 3-2.

Iowa Lakes dual, 165 pounds (1-27-16)

Niichel (N) tech. fall Avery Nelson, 15-0.

NJCAA North Central district, 165 pounds (2-14-16)

Quarterfinals - Sadarriss Patterson (Ellsworth) pinned Niichel (N), :51. Consolation round one - Zach Revier (Ridgewater) dec. Niichel (N), 9-2. Seventh-place match - Jro Byrd (Iowa Western) pinned Niichel (N), 5:34.

2014-15 season: Placed sixth at Luther College Open (165 pounds, freshman division) with a record of 2-3 (11-15-14).

2014-15 record: 6-9 with 5 pins.

Luther College Open (165 pounds, freshman division)

Dillon Parpart (RCTC) major dec. Niichel, 12-4. Niichel pinned Levi Ballek (Itasca), 6:28. Niichel pinned Skylar Smock (Iowa Lakes), 1:27. Parpart (RCTC) dec. Niichel, 4-3. Trace Timmons (unattached) major dec. Niichel, 10-1.

Coe College Turkey Open (165 pounds)

Jacob Blackwell (Grand View) major dec. Niichel, 16-2. Danny Klema (Cornell) major dec. Niichel, 13-4.

Simpson College Invitational (165 pounds)

Niichel pinned Wesley Yoder (William Penn), 1:22. Jimmie Schuessler (Grand View) pinned Niichel, 3:42. Zak Benitz (Upper Iowa) pinned Niichel, 5:38.

Central College Open (165 pounds)

Niichel dec. Steven Schaffer (Briar Cliff), 8-6. Johnny Hopper (William Penn) dec. Niichel, 7-2. Niichel pinned Ryan Dickinson (Briar Cliff), :28. Josh Gillaspie (Huntingdon College) dec. Niichel, 6-3.

Regional duals (1-24-15)

Northland dual, 174 pounds

Niichel pinned Kyler Sather, 2:33.