Jared Stricker
Jared Stricker
Weight: 174
Year: So.
Hometown: Ashland, Wis.
High School: Ashland
Class: 165

Awards & Honors

  • 2022-23
    • Runner-up at NCAA Championships (174 pounds)
    • All-American
    • NCAA Upper Midwest Regional champion (174 pounds)
    • WIAC champion (174 pounds)
    • 8 Man Battles and Wheaton Invitational champion (174 pounds)
    • Jack Swartz Award winner at Wheaton Invitational
    • WIAC Athlete of the Week (Jan. 9-15)
  • 2021-22
    • WIAC champion (174 pounds)
    • WIAC Newcomer of the Year
    • NCAA Championships qualifier
    • D3wrestle.com All-Freshman team
    • Spartan Mat Classic, Central Under Armour Invitational and Messiah Invite champion (174 pounds)
    • Rookie of the Year

2022-23

National runner-up at 174 pounds, NCAA Upper Midwest Regional champion and WIAC champion...Earned All-America status with his second-place finish at the NCAA Championships...Became only the third Blugold wrestler ever to reach a national championship match, where he fell to Wartburg's Zane Mulder by a narrow 7-5 decision...Became the second national runner-up in program history...Finished season with a 43-3 record...Won individual titles at the 8 Man Battles and Wheaton Invitational...Named Jack Swartz Award winner at the Wheaton Invitational, given to the wrestler who earned the most falls in the least amount of time...Successfully defended his WIAC title to become the sixth wrestler in program history to win multiple conference championships.

2021-22

WIAC champion at 174 pounds and WIAC Newcomer of the Year...Won conference championship bout with an 8-1 decision...Finished third at NCAA Upper Midwest Regional to advance to the national championships, where he went 2-2...Finished 43-11 overall...Eighteen victories came via fall...Named to D3Wrestle.com's All-Freshman team...Won three tournament titles during the regular season and also secured a third- and fourth-place finish.

High School

Attended Ashland High School...Wrestling: Three-time state tournament qualifier...Division 2 state champion at 170 pounds as a senior...Fourth place at state in Division 2 at 145 pounds as a junior...Fifth place at state in Division 2 at 106 pounds as a freshman.