Gabe Zierden
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- Height:
- 5-11
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- Weight:
- 197
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- Hometown:
- Albany, Minn.
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- High School:
- Albany
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- Major:
- Exercise Science
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- Minor:
- Nutrition
Bio
Personal: Participated in wrestling, football and track & field at Albany HS...son of Matt and Karla
Why did you pick Concordia: Family-like community
Post Graduation plans: Work in my field of study
The ZIERDEN File
Favorite food: Burger
Favorite restaurant: Beer & Fish Co.
Favorite movie: Patriot
Favorite TV/Streaming Series: Game of Thrones
The place in the world I most want to visit: Germany
My favorite professional sports team: Minnesota Vikings/Twins
My favorite pro athlete when I was growing up: Harrison Smith
My dream job is: CEO of a rehab gym
News mentions
obber seniors Elijah Hunt (St. Peter, Minn.), Kellen Schauer (Bovey, Minn./Grand Rapids HS) and Gabe Zierden (Albany, Minn.) were all named to the Academic All-District At-Large Team as selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC) (formerly CoSIDA).
Concordia had five individuals earn NWCA Scholar All-Americans. Ty Bisek, Ayden Friese, Elijah Hunt, Kellen Schauer and Gabe Zierden all received the honor and helped the Cobbers finish in the Top 15 in the Team Scholar awards.
Concordia senior Gabe Zierden joined elite company over the weekend with his runner-up finish at 197 pounds at the NCAA Division III wrestling tournament in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Gabe Zierden’s dream season finally came to an end in the 197-lb championship match at the NCAA National Meet. Zierdan became the fifth athlete in program history to reach the championship match at an NCAA National Meet and the first since Phil Moenkedick in 2011.
Gabe Zierden’s senior-year story just keeps getting better. Two weeks after earning his first-ever trip to the NCAA National Meet, Zierden never trailed in his first two matches on the biggest stage, posted back-to-back wins and secured All-American honors.
In a storyline only a Hollywood scriptwriter could create, senior Gabe Zierden won the Upper Midwest Regional championship at 197 and was one of seven place winners for the Cobbers.
It was the lucky number seven for the Cobbers on Friday at the NCAA Upper Midwest Regional Meet. Concordia had seven wrestlers advance to Saturday after a rollercoaster Day 1.
It's go time for the No.23-ranked Cobbers. They've waited all season to get to this point. The wait is over and the NCAA Upper Midwest Regional is upon Concordia when they travel to Stevens Point, Wis. on Mar. 1-2
Concordia led No.1-ranked Augsburg after two matches, but then ran into eight straight Top 6-ranked wrestlers and lost 45-6. Ty Bisek picked up his 23rd win of the year when he posted a pin in the second period of his match at 133.
Concordia did its best Noah Lyles impersonation as they sprinted out of the blocks, won the first four matches against MSU Moorhead and cruised to a 27-17 win at Alex Nemzek Fieldhouse. The Cobbers won six of the first seven dual bouts on the way to posting their 12th victory over the Dragons in the last 13 dual meets.
No.23-ranked Concordia honored its seven seniors before its Senior Celebration Night and then five of those seniors went out and honored their teammates by getting wins in the Cobbers’ 33-13 win over the University of Jamestown.
Concordia recorded four podium finishes and 28 wins among their 10 wrestlers who traveled to Illinois to compete in the final high-level invitational against the top regional competition.
It wasn’t the outcome they wanted, but the Cobbers returned from the NWCA National Duals with a pair of wins and several quality individual performances. Concordia dropped its first two duals of the tournament, but responded by posting wins over Olivet (Mich.) and Aurora (Ill.).
It was an opening and a closing for the Cobbers in the middle of December. No.11-ranked Concordia opened its dual meet schedule and closed out the 2023 portion of its schedule by going 2-1 at the Prairie Wolf Duals hosted by Neb. Wesleyan.
All-American Ty Bisek and senior Gabe Zierden led Concordia across 8th street and helped the Cobbers return with a boatload of hardware from the MSU Moorhead Dragon Open.
Concordia moved up three spots in the latest NWCA Division III national rankings. The Cobbers opened the year ranked 18th in the NWCA poll, and through the strength of their early-season competition and results, have moved up to No.15 in the DIII rankings.
Gabe Zierden captured his second straight multi-team invite title as he led Concordia at the Augsburg Invite. Zierden was one of six Cobber wrestlers to post Top 8 finishes.
Ty Bisek, Gabe Zierden and Ayden Friese won weight class titles at the Haws/Elton 4-Team Rumble hosted by St. John’s and were a part of a group of 17 Cobbers who recorded Top 5 finishes.
Concordia will open the 2023-24 season ranked in the Top 20 in the NWCA poll. Junior All-American Ty Bisek and senior Gabe Zierden are also nationally ranked heading into the new campaign.