The Buena Vista University Athletics Hall of Fame welcomes its Class of 2025 during an induction ceremony this Friday, Sept. 26. Before the induction ceremony, we shine the spotlight on each of the four individual inductees and the team inductee. TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT: Jestin Hulegaard, Class of 2008.

Jestin Hulegaard put together a storied wrestling career for the Beavers from 2005-08. He finished as a four-time All-American at 133-pounds and placed in the top-5 at the NCAA DIII Tournament in three of those years.

Hulegaard’s best NCAA Tournament finish was a third-place performance as a sophomore in 2006 to cap a season in which he went 27-9 overall. He began that tournament with a pair of thrilling one-point decisions to advance into the semifinals before suffering a tough 3-2 loss. He did bounce back in the consolations, by picking up a 6-2 decision followed by a commanding 11-1 major decision in his final match.

As a junior, he went on to capture his first individual conference title, and as a senior, he won a career-high 30 matches. During his conference championship run, he went on to win a wild title match by holding off Wartburg College’s Jake Helvey, 11-10. He's the program's last individual to win an individual conference championship and its last four-time All-American.

Hulegaard finished his career with an overall record of 93-34, had 15 pins and totaled 150 takedowns.

A native of Anoka, Minn., Hulegaard was part of a BVU program that finished in the top-25 overall national team finish three times during his career, including a seventh-place finish in 2007.

Hulegaard currently resides in Ridgefield, Wash., where he is employed by Klüber Lubrication. He and his wife, Jessica, have four children: Lillian, Kolston, Coralyn and Hensley.