2017-18 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Isley, Carter
Carter Isley
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Albia, Iowa
- High School:
- Albia
Bio
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AWARDS AND HONORS:
2021: NCAA qualifier | 5th at Big 12 Championships
2020: NWCA Honorable Mention All-American | 4th at Big 12 Championships
2018: 6th at Big 12 Championships
2016 (HS): Class 2A Dan Gable Mr. Wrestler
SENIOR (2021-22): Took sixth at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open in the heavyweight division ... opened dual season with a 14-second fall in an extra bout.
SENIOR (2020-21): Took fifth at the Big 12 Championships, earning his second NCAA championships ... finished 11-7 overall.
JUNIOR (2019-20): Finished second at the Harold Nichols Open... Finished fifth at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite and the Midlands Championship... Finished fourth at the Big 12 Championship... Qualified for the NCAA Championships... Honorable Mention All-American.
SOPHOMORE (2018-19): Finished second at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open and the Last Chance Open as a heavyweight ... defeated Iowa State’s Gannon Gremmel in SV1 to clinch the dual win over Iowa State in the West Gym.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2017-18): Sixth at the Big 12 Championships ... opened season with heavyweight title at Harold Nichols, leading the tournament with three falls in 8:18 ... won second consecutive Grand View Open title ... took third at the UNI Open.
FRESHMAN (2016-17): Redshirted ... won the Pat "Flash" Flanagan and Grand View opens at 285 pounds ... notched four falls en route to a Duhawk Open championship ... placed fourth at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open ... was fourth at the UNI Open ... finished the 2016-17 season with a 23-7 record while competing in seven tournaments at 285 pounds for the Panthers.
HIGH SCHOOL: Intermat ranked Isley as high as No. 4 in the nation among high school heavyweights ... won second consecutive Iowa High School State Wrestling Championship as a senior ... went 48-0 to win a state title at 220 pounds as a junior ... in the summer of 2015, Isley went 9-0 in freestyle at the Junior National Duals and finished second in Greco-Roman ...he was fifth at Junior nationals ... as a sophomore, he had just two losses at 195 pounds (56-2) and finished second at state ... took eighth at the high school state meet at 182 pounds as a freshman ... played football, setting the school record for career rushing yards and rushing yards in a single season at Albia ... also played tennis for three years and competed in track and field for two years.
PERSONAL: From Albia, Iowa ... son of David and Jo Isley ... has an older brother, Spencer, and a younger sister, Hannah ... was recruited by Iowa, Iowa State, Nebraska and Purdue ... volunteers with local youth programs. ... majoring in physical education / health education / movement and exercise science.
* redshirted
AWARDS AND HONORS:
2021: NCAA qualifier | 5th at Big 12 Championships
2020: NWCA Honorable Mention All-American | 4th at Big 12 Championships
2018: 6th at Big 12 Championships
2016 (HS): Class 2A Dan Gable Mr. Wrestler
SENIOR (2021-22): Took sixth at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open in the heavyweight division ... opened dual season with a 14-second fall in an extra bout.
SENIOR (2020-21): Took fifth at the Big 12 Championships, earning his second NCAA championships ... finished 11-7 overall.
JUNIOR (2019-20): Finished second at the Harold Nichols Open... Finished fifth at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite and the Midlands Championship... Finished fourth at the Big 12 Championship... Qualified for the NCAA Championships... Honorable Mention All-American.
SOPHOMORE (2018-19): Finished second at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open and the Last Chance Open as a heavyweight ... defeated Iowa State’s Gannon Gremmel in SV1 to clinch the dual win over Iowa State in the West Gym.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2017-18): Sixth at the Big 12 Championships ... opened season with heavyweight title at Harold Nichols, leading the tournament with three falls in 8:18 ... won second consecutive Grand View Open title ... took third at the UNI Open.
FRESHMAN (2016-17): Redshirted ... won the Pat "Flash" Flanagan and Grand View opens at 285 pounds ... notched four falls en route to a Duhawk Open championship ... placed fourth at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open ... was fourth at the UNI Open ... finished the 2016-17 season with a 23-7 record while competing in seven tournaments at 285 pounds for the Panthers.
HIGH SCHOOL: Intermat ranked Isley as high as No. 4 in the nation among high school heavyweights ... won second consecutive Iowa High School State Wrestling Championship as a senior ... went 48-0 to win a state title at 220 pounds as a junior ... in the summer of 2015, Isley went 9-0 in freestyle at the Junior National Duals and finished second in Greco-Roman ...he was fifth at Junior nationals ... as a sophomore, he had just two losses at 195 pounds (56-2) and finished second at state ... took eighth at the high school state meet at 182 pounds as a freshman ... played football, setting the school record for career rushing yards and rushing yards in a single season at Albia ... also played tennis for three years and competed in track and field for two years.
PERSONAL: From Albia, Iowa ... son of David and Jo Isley ... has an older brother, Spencer, and a younger sister, Hannah ... was recruited by Iowa, Iowa State, Nebraska and Purdue ... volunteers with local youth programs. ... majoring in physical education / health education / movement and exercise science.
YEAR | OVERALL | DUALS | BIG 12 DUALS | MD | TF | PINS | QUICK PIN |
2016-17 * | 23-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 10-0 | 1:05 |
2017-18 | 23-13 | 6-5 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 8-2 | 1:03 |
2018-19 | 14-8 | 5-2 | 5-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 2:25 |
2019-20 | 20-10 | 7-3 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 5:41 |
2020-21 | 11-7 | 5-2 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | |
2021-22 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0:14 |
TOTAL | 70-41 | 23-14 | 15-7 | 7-3 | 1-1 | 16-4 | 0:14 |
* redshirted
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