CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• NWCA Scholar All-American (2024)
• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten (2024, 2025)
• Team award winner: Joe Patacsil Leadership (2025)
2024-25 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
• Stats
• Significantly improved to go 10-3 as Purdue’s starting 184-pounder before suffering a season-ending leg injury at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite
• Opened the season unranked before climbing to a career-high mark of No. 26 in the InterMat rankings
• Compiled a perfect 5-0 record in duals
• Took third place at the Tiger Style Invite, going 3-1
• Stuck the first two pins of his career, first beating Brixan Burgess at the 4:40 mark in the season-opener at Gardner-Webb
• Earned two ranked wins over Princeton’s then-No. 27 Mikey Squires (9-3 decision) and Binghamton’s then-No. 19 Will Ebert (5-2 decision)
• Named Academic All-Big Ten for the second time as part of a program record tally of 15 Boilermakers to receive the honor in 2025
• Won Purdue Wrestling's Joe Patacsil Leadership award at the team awards banquet
2023-24 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Stats
• Posted a 10-19 record in his first full season of collegiate action
• Competed at the 2024 Big Ten Wrestling Championships
• Picked up six dual wins and five bonus point wins
• Beat No. 24 Caleb Hopkins of Campbell in a 12-3 major decision at the Cliff Keen Invite
• Secured an impressive 5-1 decision over Iowa’s Aiden Riggins in Carver-Hawkeye Arena
• Took fourth at the Clarion Open in his first tournament as a Boilermaker, beating NCAA qualifier Ryder Rogotzke of Ohio State in his opening match
• Led the team in reversals with six on the season
• Named a NWCA Scholar All-American
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors
2022-23 / AS A FRESHMAN / AT WISCONSIN
• Compiled an 8-8 record in unattached competition, earning two pins and a tech fall
• Earned his first career victory with a 4-3 decision over Iowa State’s MJ Gaitan in a dual match at the Battle in the River City
• Took third at the Don Parker Open, going 4-1 on the weekend
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-time individual Oregon state champion
• Chosen as the Outstanding Wrestler at his final high school state tournament in 2022
• Three-time team Oregon 5A State Champion (2019, 21, 22)
• Two-time World Team member (2018 and 2021)
• Won a silver medal at the Cadet Freestyle World Championships
• Took the bronze medal at the U15 Freestyle World Championships
• Named Oregon’s representative for the 2022 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
• Earned a runner-up finish at the 2020 Super 32 tournament
• Placed third at the 2019 Reno Tournament of Champions
• Varsity Record: 154-10
PERSONAL
• Major: Law & Society
• Birthday: Jan. 3, 2004
• Hometown: Corvallis, Oregon
• Instagram: @james_rowley1
• X/Twitter: @JamesRow_1
• NWCA Scholar All-American (2024)
• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten (2024, 2025)
• Team award winner: Joe Patacsil Leadership (2025)
2024-25 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
• Stats
• Significantly improved to go 10-3 as Purdue’s starting 184-pounder before suffering a season-ending leg injury at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite
• Opened the season unranked before climbing to a career-high mark of No. 26 in the InterMat rankings
• Compiled a perfect 5-0 record in duals
• Took third place at the Tiger Style Invite, going 3-1
• Stuck the first two pins of his career, first beating Brixan Burgess at the 4:40 mark in the season-opener at Gardner-Webb
• Earned two ranked wins over Princeton’s then-No. 27 Mikey Squires (9-3 decision) and Binghamton’s then-No. 19 Will Ebert (5-2 decision)
• Named Academic All-Big Ten for the second time as part of a program record tally of 15 Boilermakers to receive the honor in 2025
• Won Purdue Wrestling's Joe Patacsil Leadership award at the team awards banquet
2023-24 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Stats
• Posted a 10-19 record in his first full season of collegiate action
• Competed at the 2024 Big Ten Wrestling Championships
• Picked up six dual wins and five bonus point wins
• Beat No. 24 Caleb Hopkins of Campbell in a 12-3 major decision at the Cliff Keen Invite
• Secured an impressive 5-1 decision over Iowa’s Aiden Riggins in Carver-Hawkeye Arena
• Took fourth at the Clarion Open in his first tournament as a Boilermaker, beating NCAA qualifier Ryder Rogotzke of Ohio State in his opening match
• Led the team in reversals with six on the season
• Named a NWCA Scholar All-American
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors
2022-23 / AS A FRESHMAN / AT WISCONSIN
• Compiled an 8-8 record in unattached competition, earning two pins and a tech fall
• Earned his first career victory with a 4-3 decision over Iowa State’s MJ Gaitan in a dual match at the Battle in the River City
• Took third at the Don Parker Open, going 4-1 on the weekend
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-time individual Oregon state champion
• Chosen as the Outstanding Wrestler at his final high school state tournament in 2022
• Three-time team Oregon 5A State Champion (2019, 21, 22)
• Two-time World Team member (2018 and 2021)
• Won a silver medal at the Cadet Freestyle World Championships
• Took the bronze medal at the U15 Freestyle World Championships
• Named Oregon’s representative for the 2022 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
• Earned a runner-up finish at the 2020 Super 32 tournament
• Placed third at the 2019 Reno Tournament of Champions
• Varsity Record: 154-10
PERSONAL
• Major: Law & Society
• Birthday: Jan. 3, 2004
• Hometown: Corvallis, Oregon
• Instagram: @james_rowley1
• X/Twitter: @JamesRow_1