A native of Hartland, Wisconsin, O'Toole currently wrestles for the Missouri Tigers and was the second ranked recruit in the nation coming out of high school. Prior to enrolling at Mizzou, O'Toole had won multiple freestyle and greco state titles in the state of Wisconsin. O'Toole won a folkstyle national title and was a freestyle All - American. among his accomplishments, O'Toole also won a few national accolades along the way such as the Dave Schultz high school excellence award for Wisconsin, and the junior Dan Hodge award.