University of Wyoming Athletics

Career Results

Year	Overall	Dual	vs. Ranked	Falls	TF	MD
2024-25	28-7	16-1	11-6	7	3	7
2023-24	24-14	6-5	9-13	7	5	2
Overall	52-21	22-6	20-19	14	8	9

Career Highlights:

• 2025 Fifth-Place Finish at NCAA Championships (All-American) (6-2 record)
• 2025 Fifth-Place Finish at the Big 12 Tournament (3-2)
• 2024 Fifth-Place Finish at the Cliff Keen Invite
• 2024 NCAA Qualifier (2-2)
• 2024 4th-Place Finish at Big 12 Tournament (4-2)
• 2023 2nd-Place Finish at Reno Tournament of Champions
• 2023 8th-Place Finish at the Cliff Keen Invite
• 2024 NWCA Scholar All-American

2024-25 (Sophomore): Novak started at 197 pounds, compiling a 28-7 record, which included a 11-6 mark against ranked foes. He went a team-best 16-1 in duals, 3-2 in regular-season tournaments and 9-4 in the postseason. Novak missed some time with injury. He earned All-American status as a No. 15 seed at the NCAA Championships following a 6-2 performance where three of the wins were upsets and four were bonus-point victories. He defeated No. 5 Michael Beard (Lehigh) in the Blood Round and No. 12 Stephen Little (Little Rock) in the fifth-place match both by major decision. His NCAA run also included a pin of No. 9 Zac Braunagel (Illinois) and of No. 17 Nik Stemmet (Stanford). Additionally, Novak got a takedown against No. 3 AJ Ferrari (CSU-Bakersfield), becoming the first to ever do so at the NCAA Championships. Novak was the second-highest seed to place in the top five in Philadelphia. He also became the first Cowboy ever to record four bonus-point wins in a single NCAA Championships run. Novak took fifth at the Big 12 Tournament after entering with the No. 2 seed. He was a bonus-point machine with 17 of his wins classified as such. Novak remained unbeaten in his career at the UniWyo, running that record to 7-0. He logged the most takedowns (49) and near falls (nine) of any starter.

2023-24 (Freshman): Novak compiled a 24-14 record, which included a 9-13 mark against ranked foes. With his No. 17 seed, he sprung two mild upsets at the NCAA Championships, beating the No. 16 Luke Stout (Princeton) and the No. 15 Max Shaw (North Carolina). Novak also pulled an upset at the Big 12 Tournament after he was seeded No. 6 at and beat the No. 5 seed Wyatt Voelker (Northern Iowa) en route to a fourth-place finish. The win over Voelker avenged an earlier-season loss. Novak burst onto the scene at the Cliff Keen Invitational, beating three ranked guys as an unranked wrestler himself. Novak missed some time with illness but went unbeaten in the UniWyo at 3-0. He clinched a dual victory at Northern Colorado with a pin of Xavier Vasquez. Novak placed second at the Reno Tournament of Champions. He amassed 41 takedowns, which tied for second on the team and held a team-best 20 near falls. Novak also held a team-high seven falls. He went 6-5 in duals at 197 pounds. Novak added a 6-4 postseason record and was 12-5 in regular-season tournaments. He was named an NWCA Scholar-American. 

High School: Novak competed at New Prague High School. He claimed a Minnesota state title as a senior. Novak was a four-time state placer, finishing as runner-up in 2020 and 22 and third in 2021. Novak also won back-to-back section titles in 2022 and 23. He finished his prep career ranked seventh in the nation at his weight class and was tabbed as one of the top-50 recruits of his class.

Personal: Novak is majoring in accounting.