High School: Recorded a 41-2 record as a senior... Named most valuable wrestler in sophomore and junior campaigns... set the single season pin record with 29 in junior year... all-tourney MVP for Hoffman Estates wrestling tourney...first team all-conference all four years of high 41-2 Senior year ...regional champion in freshman through junior seasons...second team all-state his sophomore year...posted a records of 38-4, 36-1, 41-3, in freshman through junior seasons to give him a 156-10 career record in high school...helped lead his team to a first place finish in the conference his freshman year and second place finishes his sophomore and junior years... Earned three top-five IHSA finishes, including a runner-up placement as a sophomore.

Personal: Son of Randy and Cathy Baxter and Brad Taylor ... Born Dec. 1, 1988 ... Plans to major in Education.