Brandon Kier Season 2018-19

In the News

• 2/13/20: Stanford Wrestling: Senior Tribute (VIDEO) - Stanford Athletics
• 10/17/18: Lessons from ACE - Brandon Kier (GoStanford.com)

Career Accolades

• Pac-12 team champion (2019) - first in program history
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020)
• Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic First Team (2018, 2019)

As a Senior (2019-20)

• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• 8-7 overall and 3-4 in duals at 133 and 141 pounds
• Finished third at the Battle at The Citadel (Nov. 3)

As a Junior (2018-19) • Pac-12 Champions

• Pac-12 All-Academic First Team
• 4-6 overall, 3-5 in duals at 141 pounds
• Runner-up at the Pac-12 Championships (March 9) in Tempe, Arizona

As a Sophomore (2017-18)

• Pac-12 All-Academic First Team
• 6-9 overall record and a 2-2 mark in duals at 141 pounds
• Went 1-2 at the Hokie Open (Nov. 5)
• 1-1 at the Roadrunner Open (Nov. 19)
• Finished 2-2 at the Reno Tournament of Champions (Dec. 17)
• Picked up dual wins against Cal Baptist (Nov. 11) and No. 9 Arizona State (Jan. 19)

As a Freshman (2016-17)

• 8-10 overall record and 1-2 mark in duals at 133 and 141 pounds
• Tallied a fall in 55 seconds over Lyle Plummer of Air Force (Jan. 20) for his first dual win
• Went 2-2 at the Roadrunner Open (Nov. 20) at 133 pounds
• Finished 3-2 at the Reno Tournament of Champions (Dec. 18) at 141 pounds
• Earned a fall in 32 seconds at the California Collegiate Open (Jan. 28), his fastest of the season

Freestyle

• Placed eighth at 63 kg at the UWW Junior Nationals (2017)

Prior to Stanford

• A 2016 graduate of Poway High School in Poway, Calif.
• Four-year letterwinner, captained his team as a senior
• Team was second at state in 2014-15 and third in 2015-16
• Two-time San Diego Sectional winners (2014-15, 2015-16)
• Two-time Reno Tournament of Champions (2014, 2015)
• Two-time All-American (2015-16)
• First at Las Vegas Freakshow, California World Challenge, and Temecula Battle for the Belt in 2015-16
• Runner-up at Reno Tournament of Champions as a senior and took fourth as a junior
• Placed eighth at state in 2014-15 
• First in San Diego Section as a junior and first as a senior in Masters

Personal

• Son of Michael and Helen Kier
  • Father wrestled at San Diego State
• Has an older sister, Ariana, and a younger brother, Danny
• Traveled to China during the summer of 2018 with the ACE program, a joint immersive summer service experience with student-athletes from Duke
• Full name is Brandon James Kier  

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