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Jay Schwarm
- Position:
- Wrestler
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Bettendorf, Iowa
- High School:
- Bettendorf
Bio
MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS
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AWARDS AND HONORS:Â
2019: NCAA Qualifier 2x
2019: 5th at Big 12 Championships (125)Â - automatic NCAA bid
2019: Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2018: NCAA qualifier (125 pounds - 1x)
2018:Â 4th Big 12 (125 pounds) - automatic NCAA bid
2018: 2nd at Southern Scuffle (125 pounds)
2018: 5th at Cliff Keen (125 pounds)
JUNIOR (2018-19):Â Earned his second trip to the NCAA championships with a fifth-place finish at the Big 12 Championships ... earned First Team Big 12 Academic honors ... knocked off No. 17 Rico Montoya (Northern Colorado) by fall in a dual and at the Big 12 Championships ... his three falls at the Big 12 Championships helped him crack the top 10 in the nation among all Division I wrestlers for the most falls this season ... he finished seventh among all Panthers in UNI history for most career falls ... 22 of his 33 career falls have come in the first period.
Top-25Â wins:
No. 17 Rico Montoya (Northern Colorado) 4:10 F in dual
No. 24 Alex Mackall (Iowa State) 6-3, in dual
No. 20 Cole Verner (Wyoming) 4:14 F, at Big 12 Championships
No. 17 Rico Montoya (Northern Colorado) 1:13 F, at Big 12 Championships
SOPHOMORE (2017-18):Â Earned automatic bid to NCAA with fourth-place finish at Big 12 ... beat No. 17 Christian Moody of Oklahoma at Big 12 Championships ... took second at the Southern Scuffle ... knocked off No. 6 Ryan Millhof (Arizona State) en route to a fifth-place finish at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite ... opened season with wins at Harold Nichols and Grand View opens at 125Â pounds ... posted fastest fall of the tournament with a 24-second pin at the Grand View Open ... cracked the nation's top-10 list twice for most falls among Division I wrestlers.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2016-17):Â Knocked off No. 20 Barlow McGhee of Missouri in a 5-1 decision in a dual ... placed third at the Grand View Open at 125 pounds ... finished the season with a 15-10 overall record including a 5-5 record in duals ... was 3-2 in the MAC duals at 125 pounds and 0-1 in MAC duals at 133 pounds.
FRESHMAN (2015-16): Redshirted ... earned bonus points in 19 of his 20 victories at 125 pounds and led the freshmen with nine falls ... won Pat Flanagan and Buena Vista opens ... had fastest tech fall (2:11) of all the wrestlers at the Flanagan Open ... tied with teammate Leighton Gaul for first place at the Duhawk open ... was third at Finn Grinaker Cobber and UNI opens... finished 20-4 overall.
HIGH SCHOOL:Â Class 3A Iowa state champion at 113 pounds as a junior and 120 pounds as a senior ... took second as a sophomore at 106 pounds ... went 9-2 at Disney Duals for Team Iowa Black in 2015 ... won 2015 Northern Plains Regional in freestyle at 120 pounds ... finished high school career ranked No. 18 in the nation at 120 pounds ... compiled 162-17 career record ... tied school record with 35 falls as a junior ... set career record with 98 falls ... fastest pin was six seconds.Â
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AWARDS AND HONORS:Â
2019: NCAA Qualifier 2x
2019: 5th at Big 12 Championships (125)Â - automatic NCAA bid
2019: Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2018: NCAA qualifier (125 pounds - 1x)
2018:Â 4th Big 12 (125 pounds) - automatic NCAA bid
2018: 2nd at Southern Scuffle (125 pounds)
2018: 5th at Cliff Keen (125 pounds)
JUNIOR (2018-19):Â Earned his second trip to the NCAA championships with a fifth-place finish at the Big 12 Championships ... earned First Team Big 12 Academic honors ... knocked off No. 17 Rico Montoya (Northern Colorado) by fall in a dual and at the Big 12 Championships ... his three falls at the Big 12 Championships helped him crack the top 10 in the nation among all Division I wrestlers for the most falls this season ... he finished seventh among all Panthers in UNI history for most career falls ... 22 of his 33 career falls have come in the first period.
Top-25Â wins:
No. 17 Rico Montoya (Northern Colorado) 4:10 F in dual
No. 24 Alex Mackall (Iowa State) 6-3, in dual
No. 20 Cole Verner (Wyoming) 4:14 F, at Big 12 Championships
No. 17 Rico Montoya (Northern Colorado) 1:13 F, at Big 12 Championships
No. 12 Travis Piotrowski (Illinois) 8-2, at NCAA Championships
SOPHOMORE (2017-18):Â Earned automatic bid to NCAA with fourth-place finish at Big 12 ... beat No. 17 Christian Moody of Oklahoma at Big 12 Championships ... took second at the Southern Scuffle ... knocked off No. 6 Ryan Millhof (Arizona State) en route to a fifth-place finish at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite ... opened season with wins at Harold Nichols and Grand View opens at 125Â pounds ... posted fastest fall of the tournament with a 24-second pin at the Grand View Open ... cracked the nation's top-10 list twice for most falls among Division I wrestlers.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2016-17):Â Knocked off No. 20 Barlow McGhee of Missouri in a 5-1 decision in a dual ... placed third at the Grand View Open at 125 pounds ... finished the season with a 15-10 overall record including a 5-5 record in duals ... was 3-2 in the MAC duals at 125 pounds and 0-1 in MAC duals at 133 pounds.
FRESHMAN (2015-16): Redshirted ... earned bonus points in 19 of his 20 victories at 125 pounds and led the freshmen with nine falls ... won Pat Flanagan and Buena Vista opens ... had fastest tech fall (2:11) of all the wrestlers at the Flanagan Open ... tied with teammate Leighton Gaul for first place at the Duhawk open ... was third at Finn Grinaker Cobber and UNI opens... finished 20-4 overall.
HIGH SCHOOL:Â Class 3A Iowa state champion at 113 pounds as a junior and 120 pounds as a senior ... took second as a sophomore at 106 pounds ... went 9-2 at Disney Duals for Team Iowa Black in 2015 ... won 2015 Northern Plains Regional in freestyle at 120 pounds ... finished high school career ranked No. 18 in the nation at 120 pounds ... compiled 162-17 career record ... tied school record with 35 falls as a junior ... set career record with 98 falls ... fastest pin was six seconds.Â
PERSONAL: son of Jason and Lori of Bettendorf, Iowa ... has one younger sister, Emma ... majoring in communications ... also recruited by Old Dominion, Nebraska and Utah Valley ... chose UNI for the academics, coaches and team.Â
| YEAR | OVERALL | DUALS | BIG 12 DUALS | MD | TF | PINS | QUICK PIN |
| 2015-16* | 20-4 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 6-1 | 9-0 | 0:44 | |
| 2016-17 | 15-10 | 5-5 | 3-3 MAC | 1-2 | 4-1 | 7-2 | 0:46 |
| 2017-18 | 25-12 | 6-5 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 15-4 | 0:24 |
| 2018-19 | 16-12 | 8-4 | 7-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 12-1 | 1:13 |
| TOTALS | 56-34 | 19-14 | 9-4 | 4-6 | 5-3 | 34-7 | 0:24 |
* redshirted
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