Wrestlers · College
Peyton Hellmann
South Dakota's first 5x girls' state champion, for Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon; 128 straight wins; 2023 16U Fargo All-American
Tabor, SD · Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon HS · Fort Hays State University
By Joe Spisak, Pennsylvania state champion and 4x NCAA qualifier at Virginia · Published September 28, 2026
Peyton Hellmann is from Tabor, South Dakota, and wrestled for Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon. She won a girls' state title in each of her five varsity seasons, from 2021 to 2025.
As an eighth-grader in 2021 she won the Class B title at 129 pounds, pinning Reganne Miles of Iroquois-Doland in the final. The girls wrestled in one class from 2022. That year she won at 126 pounds with a 5-1 decision over Nevaeh Leonard of Yankton.
She won again in 2023, pinning Cateri Yellow Hawk of Sully Buttes in 1:39 in the final. That summer she placed fourth at 127 pounds in the 16U women's division in Fargo.
As a junior in 2024 she went unbeaten and won at 138 pounds. She pinned her first three state opponents and beat Madison Snyder of Sturgis Brown 16-3 in the final.
As a senior she finished 45-0. At the 2025 state tournament in Rapid City she won three matches by fall in a combined 3:48. She then beat Ireland Templeton of Pierre 15-4 for the 145-pound title. She became South Dakota's first five-time girls' state champion and was named the tournament's most outstanding girls' wrestler. It was her 128th straight win, a streak that began in December 2022.
The Mitchell Republic named her its girls wrestler of the year in 2023, 2024 and 2025. The National Wrestling Hall of Fame gave her South Dakota's 2025 Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award.
In her first college tournament, the Maverick Open in Grand Junction, Colorado, in November 2025, she won the 138-pound title for Fort Hays State. She beat teammate Ashlynn Goodwin 5-2 in the final. She placed second at the Bob Smith Open and third at the Midland Warrior Open. She finished fourth at the NCAA Region 6 Championships in St. Charles, Missouri, and closed her freshman season 28-8.
She wrestles for Fort Hays State, an NCAA Division II school in Hays, Kansas, whose roster lists her at 131 pounds.
Results
| Season | Level | Event | Weight | Place | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | High school | SDHSAA girls' state tournament, Class B | 129 lb | 1st | Wrestling for Bon Homme, in a year the girls' tournament ran in two classes. Pinned Reganne Miles of Iroquois-Doland in 1:00 in the final. The results list her as Peyton Hellman. |
| 2021-22 | High school | SDHSAA girls' state tournament | 126 lb | 1st | Wrestling for Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon. Beat Nevaeh Leonard of Yankton 5-1 in the final. |
| 2022-23 | High school | SDHSAA girls' state tournament | 1st | Pinned Cateri Yellow Hawk of Sully Buttes in 1:39 in the final. Her Fort Hays State biography lists this title at 132 pounds, while SDPB's results and the SDHSAA yearbook list it at 126. | |
| 2023 | Age group | 16U Nationals, Fargo | 127 lb | 4th | One of three South Dakota girls to place in the 16U women's division that year. Britney Rueb placed sixth at the same weight. |
| 2023-24 | High school | SDHSAA girls' state tournament | 138 lb | 1st | The Mitchell Republic reports she won her first three state matches by fall. She beat Madison Snyder of Sturgis Brown 16-3 in the final. SDPB's results list her at 42-0 in the final, while the Mitchell Republic gives her season as 38-0. |
| 2024-25 | High school | SDHSAA girls' state tournament | 145 lb | 1st | At the Summit Arena in Rapid City. Three pins in a combined 3:48, then a 15-4 major decision over Ireland Templeton of Pierre in the final. Her fifth state title, a 45-0 season and the tournament's most outstanding girls' wrestler award. |
| 2025-26 | College | Maverick Open | 138 lb | 1st | 4-0. Her first college tournament, in Grand Junction, Colorado. Pinned Abigail Gallado of Texas Woman's and Keyla Ajoleza of Colorado Mesa, beat Makenzie Krenz of Colorado Mesa 9-2, then teammate Ashlynn Goodwin 5-2 in the final. |
| 2025-26 | College | Bob Smith Open | 138 lb | 2nd | 3-1. At Fort Hays State's home tournament in Hays, Kansas. Beat Anisa Martinez of Tarleton State by technical fall, Aaliah Guebara of the Maize Wrestling Club 12-5 and pinned Dakota Hull of Adams State. Lost the final 5-1 to teammate Nichole Moore. |
| 2025-26 | College | Midland Warrior Open | 138 lb | 3rd | 6-1. In Fremont, Nebraska. Three falls and three technical falls. Her only loss came in the quarterfinals to Esther Kolawole of William Penn, and she beat Zoe Fries of Missouri Baptist 12-2 for third. |
| 2025-26 | College | NCAA Region 6 Championships | 138 lb | 4th | 3-2. In St. Charles, Missouri. Pinned Cassidy Jones-Mowen of Linfield, beat Johanna Steinlicht of Sioux Falls 7-2, lost the semifinal to Jacinda Espinosa of Lindenwood, then pinned Audrey Diaz of Pacific. |
What we could not confirm
Anything not on this page, a high school record, a final score, a season, was left out because no primary source stated it when this was written. If you have a bracket, a program, or a clipping, send it to the operator, Joe Spisak, at joe@spisak.co and the page gets the number.
Sources
- https://fhsuathletics.com/sports/womens-wrestling/roster/peyton-hellmann/9675 · Fort Hays State roster, 2026-27. Peyton Hellmann, 131 pounds, from Tabor, South Dakota, and Bon Homme-Scotland-Avon High School. Her biography gives a 28-8 freshman season, NWCA Scholar All-America honors and a 128-match winning streak to close high school, and lists her 2023 state title at 132 pounds.
- https://nwhof.org/hall_of_fame/bio/16608 · National Wrestling Hall of Fame. A five-time South Dakota girls' state champion for Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon, the state's first five-time champion in girls' wrestling, and South Dakota's 2025 Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award.
- https://sdhsaa.com/Yearbook/G-Wrestling.pdf · SDHSAA girls' wrestling yearbook. Five-time winners: Peyton Hellmann of Bon Homme, 2021 at 129 pounds in Class B, 2022 and 2023 at 126, 2024 at 138 and 2025 at 145.
- https://www.sdpb.org/sports-and-leisure/2021-02-28/2021-state-wrestling-championships-saturday-results · SDPB, 2021 state championship results. Girls Class B at 129 pounds: Peyton Hellman of Bon Homme pinned Reganne Miles of Iroquois-Doland in 1:00 in the final.
- https://www.sdpb.org/sports-and-leisure/2022-02-26/2022-sdhsaa-state-wrestling-championships-friday-results · SDPB, 2022 state championship results. Peyton Hellmann of Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon beat Nevaeh Leonard of Yankton 5-1 in the 126-pound girls' final.
- https://www.sdpb.org/sports-rec/2023-02-24/2023-sdhsaa-state-wrestling-championships-final-individual-results · SDPB, 2023 state championship results. Peyton Hellmann of Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon pinned Cateri Yellow Hawk of Sully Buttes in 1:39 in the 126-pound girls' final.
- https://www.themat.com/news/features/2023/july/17/cool-facts-women · USA Wrestling, July 17, 2023. South Dakota placed three wrestlers in the 16U women's division in Fargo, with Peyton Hellmann fourth at 127 pounds.
- https://www.sdpb.org/sports-rec/2024-02-24/2024-sdhsaa-state-wrestling-championships-final-results · SDPB, 2024 state championship results. Peyton Hellmann of Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon, 42-0, beat Madison Snyder of Sturgis Brown 16-3 in the 138-pound girls' final.
- https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/sports/prep/above-the-rest-bon-hommes-peyton-hellmann-is-the-mitchell-republics-2024-girls-wrestler-of-the-year · Mitchell Republic, March 27, 2024. The junior finished 38-0 with her fourth state title, at 138 pounds, and placed fourth in the 16U women's division in Fargo the summer before. Named the paper's girls wrestler of the year for a second straight season.
- https://www.sdpb.org/sports-rec/2025-03-01/2025-sdhsaa-state-individual-wrestling-final-results · SDPB, 2025 state championship results. Peyton Hellmann of Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon, 45-0, beat Ireland Templeton of Pierre 15-4 in the 145-pound girls' final.
- https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/sports/prep/bhsas-peyton-hellmann-becomes-first-five-time-girls-wrestling-champion-in-south-dakota · Mitchell Republic, March 1, 2025. The senior became South Dakota's first five-time girls' state champion with a 15-4 final over Ireland Templeton, finished 45-0, won her 128th straight match and was named the tournament's most outstanding girls' wrestler.
- https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/sports/prep/five-for-five-bhsas-peyton-hellmann-is-the-mitchell-republics-2025-girls-wrestler-of-the-year · Mitchell Republic, March 28, 2025. Named the paper's girls wrestler of the year for a third straight season, the only wrestler to win the award since it began after the 2022-23 season. Her 128-match streak dated to December 2022.
- https://fhsuathletics.com/news/2025/11/2/womens-wrestling-farrar-hellmann-renfro-champs-tigers-place-15-at-maverick-open.aspx · Fort Hays State, November 2, 2025. Peyton Hellmann won the 138-pound title at the Maverick Open, 4-0, in her first college tournament.
- https://fhsuathletics.com/news/2025/11/15/womens-wrestling-13-womens-wrestling-secures-30-16-victory-over-oklahoma-state.aspx · Fort Hays State, November 15, 2025. Peyton Hellmann pinned Eleanor Dean of the Oklahoma State club in 1:40 at 138 pounds in a 30-16 dual win at Gross Memorial Coliseum.
- https://fhsuathletics.com/news/2025/12/6/womens-wrestling-landreth-maschmann-moore-and-renfro-victorious-16-tigers-place-in-bob-smith-open.aspx · Fort Hays State, December 6, 2025. Peyton Hellmann placed second at 138 pounds at the Bob Smith Open, losing the final 5-1 to teammate Nichole Moore.
- https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/catching-former-area-athletes-peyton-153900576.html · The Daily Republic of Mitchell, via Yahoo Sports, December 25, 2025. A Tabor native, she started her college career at Fort Hays State with a title at the Maverick Open and second place at the Bob Smith Open.
- https://fhsuathletics.com/news/2026/1/31/womens-wrestling-tigers-place-eight-at-midland-open.aspx · Fort Hays State, January 31, 2026. Peyton Hellmann placed third at 138 pounds at the Midland Warrior Open in Fremont, Nebraska, going 6-1.
- https://fhsuathletics.com/news/2026/2/22/womens-wrestling-four-tigers-qualify-for-ncaa-championships-team-places-4th-at-region-6-championships.aspx · Fort Hays State, February 22, 2026. Peyton Hellmann placed fourth at 138 pounds at the NCAA Region 6 Championships in St. Charles, Missouri, with a 28-8 season record.
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