Garrett Joles

Photo by: Brad Rempel

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Boyceville, Wis.
High School:
Boyceville HS
Position:
197 lbs.

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS

2024 NWCA Scholar All-American
4x Academic All-Big Ten honoree
Named Most Dedicated and winner of Most Falls at 2024 team banquet

2023-24 • SIXTH-YEAR SENIOR

Went 1-2 at the NCAA Championships as the No. 22 seed at 197 pounds; won opening-round match over No. 11 Jaxon Smith of Maryland
Career-best fifth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships with a 4-2 record; pinned Michigan State's No. 30 Kael Wisler and had a pair of major decision wins
Notched an 18-3 tech fall against Wisconsin's Josh Otto (2/16)
Earned an 18-3 tech fall over Purdue's Ben Vanadia (2/11)
Pinned Illinois' Isiah Pettigrew at the 2:25 mark (2/9)
Topped Northwestern's Evan Bates, 9-4 (2/4)
Recorded a 20-4 tech fall win over Maryland's Kevin Makosy (2/2)
Posted a 4-1 SV1 upset of No. 9 John Poznanski in a dual at Rutgers (1/27)
Finished fourth at the Soldier Salute with a 3-2 record, including a win by fall and a 4-3 decision over No. 28 Jack Wehmeyer of Columbia; both losses were to top-25 opponents
Pinned NDSU's Spencer Mooberry at the 5:55 mark (12/10)
Came in second at the Cougar Clash, dropping a 4-2 decision to No. 4 Rocky Elam of Missouri in the finals
First loss of the season came against No. 3 Tanner Sloan of South Dakota State (11/26)
Perfect 3-0 on East Coast road trip against Bucknell, Morgan State and George Mason with a pair of tech falls
Went 3-0, including one win by major decision, to win the 197-pound title at the Bison Open
Tied for the team lead with five wins by pin
Ranked second on the team in overall wins (23), wins by major decision (5), dual team points scored (46) and Big Ten dual team points scored (27)
Finished third on the Gophers in dual wins (10) and Big Ten wins (6), fourth in wins over ranked opponents (5) and tech fall wins (5), and was fifth in Big Ten winning percentage (.750, 6-2)
NWCA Scholar All-American
Academic All-Big Ten honoree
Named Most Dedicated and winner of Most Falls at annual team banquet

2022-23 • REDSHIRT SENIOR

Went 16-16 in his first season at heavyweight for the Maroon & Gold
Went 1-2 in his first trip to the NCAA Championships, earning pigtail win over Princeton's Travis Stefanik.
Earned at NCAA at-large bid to compete in his first career NCAA Championships
Went 3-3 at the Big Ten Championships to place 10th at heavyweight.
Defeated four ranked opponents throughout his senior season.
Went 6-8 in dual competition on the season, splitting time between 197 pounds and heavyweight.
Defeated Iowa's Bradley Hill by 5-0 decision in front of a sold-out Maturi Pavilion crowd. (2/3)
Rolled to a 7-3 decision over Matt Wroblewski of Illinois in Gophers' win over the Illini (1/28)
Earned first conference win with a 4-3 over Ryan Vasbinder (Michigan State) on Jan. 15
Sixth-place finisher at the Southern Scuffle, reaching the semifinals at heavyweight.
Defeated Juan Mora by 6-2 decision in road dual against North Dakota State
Moved up to heavyweight against Oklahoma State, defeating #16 Konnor Doucet 2-1 in tiebreakers to help Minnesota defeat the Cowboys.
Earned first dual win of the season against Augustana with 4-1 decision over Zach Peterson.
Made season debut in the rankings on Nov. 15, slotted in at #28 at 197 pounds
Won the Bison Open with a 3-0 record, defeating #27 Owen Pentz (North Dakota State) by 7-0 decision in the finals.
Academic All-B1G Selection

2021-22 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR

Went 10-5 on the season, competing in three invitationals
Placed 5th at the Edinboro Open with one fall and one major decision
Took 8th place at the Southern Scuffle with a 3-3 record
Defeated #18 Owen Pentz (North Dakota State) by fall in second round of Southern Scuffle
Took 3rd Place at UNI Open in December with three major decisions
Academic All-Big Ten pick

2020-21 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE

Finished the season with a 4-8 record on the season
Went 1-2 at first Big Ten Championships, pinning Andrew Salemme (Wisconsin) in his lone win
Closed out the regular season with back-to-back conference wins against Wisconsin and Northwestern
Academic All-Big Ten selection

2019-20 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN

Went 9-12 in his first season, going 3-7 in dual competition on the year
Bumped up to heavyweight for Michigan dual to compete against Big Ten finalist Mason Parris
Earned first career dual victory on Jan. 31, 2020 with 6-2 decision over Jarod Florell (Purdue)
Made first career dual appearance against CSU-Bakersfield on November 1
Letterwinner

2018-19 • FRESHMAN

Earned a 12-7 record during his redshirt campaign
Took 5th Place at Daktronics Open and UNI Open
Went 3-1 at Bison Open to place third
National Collegiate Open champion

HIGH SCHOOL:

Two time WIAA State Champion for Boyceville High School
Four-time Wisconsin state finalist
Gained All-American Honors from USA Wrestling and NHSCA
Four-time All-American, All-State, All-Conference
Four-time Wrestling Wrestling All-State Academic Team Member
Attended Boyceville High School, coached Jamie Olson and Corey Day

PERSONAL:

Son of Harry and Kathy Joles
Has two siblings
Mother played volleyball at the University of Montana.

YEAR	OVERALL W-L	DUAL W-L	BIG TEN W-L	PINS	TFs	MDs	B1G FINISH	NCAA FINISH
2018-19	12-7	0-0	0-0	1	0	5	---	---
2019-20	9-12	3-7	1-3	0	0	2	---	---
2020-21	4-8	3-6	3-6	0	0	1	DNP	---
2021-22	10-5	0-0	0-0	3	0	4	---	---
2022-23	16-16	6-8	3-5	1	0	2	10th	DNP
2023-24	23-10	10-3	6-2	5	5	5	5th	DNP
CAREER	62-51	22-24	13-16	9	5	14	---	2x NCAA NQ