The Upper Iowa wrestling program hosted their annual Legends Dinner and handed out their post-season awards on April 26 at the Upper Iowa Student Center Ballrooms. Guests at the dinner included Peacock wrestlers, parents, friends, family, alumni and administration. 
 
The guest speaker was Gary Weber (1982), who became a member of the Upper Iowa University Athletics Hall of Fame as a coach in September 2018. As a Peacock, Weber qualified for the 1981 NCAA Division III Championships and was a four-year letter winner with the Peacock wrestling program serving as a captain with the team his final season. Weber captured 446 wrestling dual victories over 34 years of coaching at the high school level including his first six at Plainfield High School and twenty-eight at Clear Lake High School. He taught at Plainfield and Clear Lake for 34 years as well. Weber is the winningest high school wrestling coach among UIU graduates in dual records and is seventh in Iowa High School history. He has coached numerous state champions and place winners in the IHSAA State Tournament. Weber had the privilege of coaching both of his sons in the IHSAA state finals. Under Weber's direction, along with longtime assistant coach Bob Kopriva and numerous other outstanding assistants, Clear Lake made 12 IHSAA State Dual appearances and placed eight times including second place three time, third place twice, fourth place once and seventh place twice. Weber was inducted into the Iowa National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2017.

Following dinner each of the seven seniors took the mic and talked to the audience about their time in the UIU wrestling room. The Peacock coaching staff then presented awards highlighted by the following:
 

Outstanding Wrestler	Most Dedicated	Most Wins	Outstanding Newcomers
Nick Baumler	Nick Baumler	Justin Folley (33)	Justin Folley
Most Inspirational	Most Improved	Most Falls	Highest GPA
Tucker Black	Ryan Schmalen	Justin Folley and Jordan Gundrum (11)	Jamie Gehling

Upper Iowa placed fifteenth at the 2019 NCAA Division II Championships in March thanks to a pair of All-Americans including 133-pounder Justin Folley (7th) and 197-pounder Nick Baumler (3rd). The All-American honor was the second straight for Baumler, who placed 7th in Cedar Rapids in 2018. Maleek Williams and Brock Benitz both qualified and posted wins at the NCAA Championships coming up just one win shy of joining their teammates as All-Americans.

The team placed third at the NCAA Super Region V Tournament in Moorhead, Minn. in late February. Upper Iowa claimed four runner-ups and a pair of fourth place finishes to fuel their 75 points on the day. The quartet of Peacocks to finish second in their respective weight classes earning berths to the NCAA DII Championships were Maleek Williams (125), Folley (133), Benitz (165) and Baumler (197). Ryan Schmalen (141) and Triston Westerlund (285) both wrestled in a third place match with the opportunity to push UIU's national qualifier count higher, but came up just shy of punching their ticket.

Upper Iowa finished the season with an 8-6 dual meet record which included the program's 12th shutout under Head Coach Heath Grimm, a 56-0 win over Truman State University, and wins over No. 25 Northern State University, No. 20 University of Mary, Southwest Minnesota State University (RV), UIU placed eighth at the at the NWCA National Duals this year marking the eleventh time in the last twelve years including the last eight straight that UIU has placed in the premier team event. At the National Duals, Upper Iowa defeated West Liberty University (36-12) and Gannon University (24-12) around a loss (27-12) to No. 2 St. Cloud State University to earn their place on day two. UIU fell to No. 8 Lindenwood University (26-21) and the No. 13 University of Central Oklahoma (24-12) to close out their time in Louisville. The Peacocks finished the Northern Sun Conference season with a 5-3 mark and had four wrestlers named All-NSIC including Brock Benitz (1st), Justin Folley (2nd), Dalton Hahn (2nd) and Triston Westerlund (2nd).

Twelve Peacock wrestlers earned National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-American honors this year as well. Leading the way for Upper Iowa's 12 honorees is Cody Nelson, who earned a spot on the prestigious list for the fourth time. Nelson joined four other student-athletes across the country to earn the honor for the fourth time. The remaining 11 Peacock wrestlers to be tabbed as Scholar All-Americans are three-time award winner Jamie Gehling, two-timers Nick Baumler, Tucker Black, Aaron Maloy, Dalton Nelson, Tanner Prochaska, Mac Spotts and first-timers Jordan Baumler, Connor Manderfeld, Tate Murty and Donny Schmit.