University of Nebraska at Kearney Men's Wrestling

Activeverified 2026-08-18

Coaching & contact verified 2026-08-18

Dalton Jensen head coach

Official email: jensendj@unk.edu from official staff page
Office phone: (308) 865-8019
Other staff: Andrew Sorenson (Head Assistant Coach); Tom McCann (Assistant Coach); Zach Ondrak (Assistant Coach); Josh Burger (Volunteer Assistant Coach); Austin Eldredge (Volunteer Assistant Coach); Lee Herrington (Volunteer Assistant Coach); Nick James (Volunteer Assistant Coach); Jacari Deal (Volunteer Assistant Coach); Jacobi Deal (Volunteer Assistant Coach)

Contacts appear only when printed on an official page. Never guessed.

Questionnaire: General (all-sports) prospect form — open form ↗
Official links: Athletics site ↗Wrestling page ↗Roster ↗
Suggested first step: Email head coach Dalton Jensen at jensendj@unk.edu or call the wrestling office at (308) 865-8019 - the general Prospective Athlete Form is not linked from the wrestling pages, so direct contact is the reliable route. Head assistant Andrew Sorenson (sorensonar@unk.edu) is the second published address.
Women's wrestling: No

7 crowded weights · 1 lighter weight on the 2026-27 roster (43 listed) · Wrestling competitiveness: Very strong

You are back-to-back national champions with 43 wrestlers in the room. Realistically, what does year one look like for a recruit at my weight - redshirt, open tournaments only, or a shot at the varsity spot?
You returned only seven qualifiers in 2026 after sending all ten starters in 2025. How many varsity spots turn over for 2026-27?

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Type: Public
Conference (all sports): Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
Undergraduates: 4,088 federal (College Scorecard)
Admission rate: 90% federal (College Scorecard)
Average net price: $16,242 federal · after aid, all costs
Cost of attendance: $25,808 federal · Scorecard 2026-06 release
Completion rate: 58% federal
Notable programs: 81 undergraduate majors, 23 preprofessional programs. UNK's academics page presents four colleges: Arts & Sciences, Business & Technology, Education (the site calls UNK 'a leading university for teacher education'), and Graduate Studies. Business & Technology carries Accounting, Business Administration, Construction Management, Computer Science, Cyber Security Operations and Supply Chain Management; Education carries Athletic Training, Exercise Science, Communication Disorders and Teacher Education.

Recent dual record: 2025-26: 14-4 overall, 4-1 MIAA; 2024-25: 10-7 overall, 4-1 MIAA
Notable: Back-to-back NCAA Division II national team champions. In 2026 UNK won Super Region VI at Colorado Mines (1st of 13, 142.0 points) - its seventh regional title in eight years - qualified seven wrestlers, and took the national title in Sioux Falls with 83.0 points ahead of Wisconsin-Parkside (78.0), McKendree (76.5) and MIAA rival Central Oklahoma (76.0). In 2025 the Lopers won Super Region VI (1st of 12, 159.0 points), qualified all ten starters and won the national title in Indianapolis with 115.0 points, a 52-point margin. The program lists national titles in 2008, 2012, 2013, 2022, 2025 and 2026 and says 2025 was its 23rd consecutive top-eight national finish.

Last verified 2026-08-18. Official beats secondary; nothing here is inferred. How we work.

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