
Jairod James
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Bedford
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- High School:
- Bedford
Career Record: 58-6
2018-19
- 34-5 at 174 pounds
- 3-0 in OAC matches
- Six major decisions, seven tech falls, four pins
- All-OAC Second Team
- First Mount Union wrestler to compete at Midlands Tournament in Chicago (mostly D1 competition)
- Placed 7th at Midlands Tournament
- 1st at Pete Willson-Wheaton Invitational
- 1st at NCAA Central Regional
- NCAA All-American
- 2nd at NCAA National Championships
2017-18
- 22-1 at 174 pounds
- 3-0 in OAC matches
- Had six major decisions, four pins and two tech falls
- All-OAC First Team
- OAC Wrestler of the Week (Jan. 29)
- 3rd at Purple Raider Open
- 1st at Pete Willson-Wheaton Invitational
- 1st at John Carroll Open
- 1st at NCAA Central Regional
- NCAA All-American
- 2018 National Champion at 174
Personal
- Younger brother, Jordin, also wrestles for Mount Union
- Son of Ralph and Lakeisha James
- Transferred from Kent State
- Career record 19-9
- Placed fourth at the 2016 MAC Championships at 174
- Prior to college:
- Two-time OHSAA State Placer
- 2nd Place at 2014 National High School Coaches Association National High School Wrestling Championships