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Josh Rodriguez

  • Height 5-3
  • Weight 125
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Guadalupe, Calif.
  • High School Righetti HS

Biography

2017, 2016, 2015 NCAA Wrestling Championships Qualifier
2017 Big 12 Wrestling Championships (Second Place)
2016 Big 12 Wrestling Championships (Third Place)
2015 NCAA West Region Most Outstanding Wrestler
2015 NCAA West Region 125 Champion
2015 All-Western Wrestling Conference First Team
2014 Pan-Am Juniors 60kg Greco-Roman Champion
2014 Pan-Am Juniors Greco-Roman Most Outstanding Wrestler
2014 FILA Junior Nationals 60kg Greco-Roman Champion

2016-17 SEASON (Senior):
NCAA qualifier at 125 pounds ... Went 2-2 at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships ... Had 7-6 record in three NCAA appearances ... Runner-up at the Big 12 Wrestling Championships, dropping a sudden-victory-1 decision ... Compiled a 25-4 record including 18-1 in duals with six pins, nine tech falls and three major decisions ... Career record of 103-37 including 46-14 in duals with 16 pins ... Won the Bison Open title with a 3-0 record.

2015-16 SEASON (Junior): NCAA qualifier at 125 pounds ... Went 3-2 at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in New York City ... Improved to 5-4 in two NCAA appearances ... Placed third at the Big 12 Wrestling Championships in Kansas City ... Compiled 3-1 record in KC including major decision over Wyoming's 16th-ranked Drew Templeman in third place match ... Finished with 36-10 record including 9-1 in duals ... Collected seven pins, seven tech falls and seven major decisions ... Won the Bison Open (11-14-15) with a 4-0 record ... Placed third at the Reno Tournament of Champions (12-20-15) after winning six of seven matches and the Warren Williamson/Daktronics Open (11-1-15) with a 4-1 record ... Went 3-2 and finished fourth at the Midlands Championships (12-29/30-15) ... Went 4-2 at the Cliff Keen Invitational (12-4/5-15).

2014-15 SEASON (Sophomore): NCAA qualifier at 125 pounds … Went 2-2 at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in St. Louis including wins over Dom Forys of Pitt and 13th-ranked Ben Willeford of Cleveland State ... Compiled a 20-8 overall record including 10-3 in duals with one pin and three major decisions … Named the NCAA West Regional/Western Wrestling Conference Most Outstanding Wrestler after navigating through a bracket that included five NCAA Championship participants … Earned all-WWC first team honors … Compiled 4-2 record at the Midlands Championships … Went 2-2 at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational.

2013-14 SEASON (Redshirt): Wrestled unattached at 125 pounds ... Went undefeated at 17-0 with 10 major decisions, a pair of pins and one tech fall in four tournaments ... Won the North Country Open (2-1-14) with a 4-0 record and three major decisions ... Posted four major decisions in capturing the MSU Moorhead Dragon Open (12-7-13) ... Went 4-0 to take the Bison Open (11-9-13) ... Defeated No. 10 Tim Lambert of Nebraska 3-1 to complete 5-0 run through the Warren Williamson/Daktronics Open (11-3-13) ... Competing at 60kg (132), he swept the Greco-Roman and Freestyle titles at the Pan-Am Juniors and was named Outstanding Wrestler ... Won the Greco-Roman 60kg (132) championship at the FILA Junior Nationals and placed fifth in the Freestyle competiton.

2012-13 SEASON (Freshman): Went 22-15 overall and 9-9 in dual competition with two pins ... Won the Bison Open (11-10-12) with a record of 4-0 wrestling unattached ... Competed unattached and finished third at the Warren Williamson/Daktronics Open (11-4-12) with a record of 4-1 ... Defeated No. 10 Brian Owen of Boise State via a 3-2 decision in the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (11-30,12-1-13). 

HIGH SCHOOL: Won 120-pound national title in folkstyle division at the 2012 Senior Nationals in Virginia ... California high school state runner-up at 112 pounds as a junior in 2011 ... Fourth-place finisher at 126 in the 2012 California state tournament as a senior ... Led Righetti High School to an undefeated dual record over his junior and senior seasons, going 103-10 individually in that span ... Posted a record of 52-6 as a senior in 2011-12, winning league and CIF championships and finishing as a masters runner-up ... Went 51-4 as a junior, claiming league, CIF, and masters titles ... Also competed in cross country.

PERSONAL: Son of Angel Rodriguez and Jennifer Llanera ... Has two brothers, Anthony and Matthew ... Majoring in sport management with a minor in business.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    5'3" 133 lbs
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    5'3" 125 lbs
  • 2014-15Redshirt Sophomore

    5'3" 125 lbs
  • 2015-16Junior

    5'3" 125 lbs
  • 2016-17Senior

    5'3" 125 lbs