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2015 All-American | Three-time Pac-12 Champion

As a Redshirt Senior (2016-17)

  • Team captain
  • 12-4 overall and 2-1 in duals at 174 pounds
  • Finished with 108 career wins, ranking eighth all-time in program history
  • Won the Roadrunner Open (Nov. 20)
  • Finished sixth at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite (Dec. 2-3)

As a Redshirt Junior (2015-16)

  • Team captain, recorded a 27-8 record at 165 pounds
  • Earned an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships in Madison Square Garden
  • Finished 3-2 at the national tournament
  • Made history as the first Cardinal wrestler to win three Pac-12 titles
  • Went 13-2 record in duals
  • Has eight major decision wins and four falls on the year
  • Finished as the runner-up at the Hokie Open (Nov. 8) and the Reno Tournament of Champions (Dec. 20)
  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2014-15)

  • Garnered All-America honors with an eighth-place finish at 165 pounds at the NCAA Championships in St. Louis, Mo.
  • Became the 17th All-American in school history, just the seventh underclassman to do so
  • Won his second straight Pac-12 title at the conference championships (March 1) in Corvallis, Ore.
  • Became the first Cardinal to win back-to-back conference titles since Tanner Gardner (2007-08)
  • Just the second Cardinal to win conference titles in his freshman and sophomore seasons, joining Dave Lee (1985-86)
  • Served as one of three team captains and Stanford's starter at 165 pounds (34-7)
  • Went 12-1 in duals and tied for the team lead with four falls
  • Won the Reno Tournament of Champions (Dec. 21)
  • Runner-up at the Roadrunner Open (Nov. 16)
  • Finished third at the Keystone Classic (Nov. 23)
  • Won 13 consecutive matches from Jan. 10 to March 19
  • All seven losses came at the hands of ranked opponents
  • Went 9-0 against conference opponents

As a Redshirt Freshman (2013-14)

  • Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year (third in program history)
  • Stanford's starter at 165 pounds, compiling a 35-8 overall record and 18-2 mark in duals
  • NCAA qualifier, went 2-2 in his first postseason appearance
  • Became the third Cardinal freshman and first since 1993 to win a Pac-12 title, doing so at Stanford's Maples Pavilion (March 2)
  • His 35 wins tied Matt Gentry, Stanford's only NCAA Champion, for the second-most wins by a rookie in school history
  • Recorded a team-best 15 straight wins to start the season, tying for the 10th-best winning streak in program history
  • Won the Roadrunner Open (Nov. 17)
  • Placed sixth at the Reno Tournament of Champions (Dec. 22)
  • Finished 3-2 at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2)
  • Knocked-off sixth-ranked Dan Yates, 6-3, in a dual at Michigan (Nov. 24)
  • Posted a 4-1 decision over No. 20 Austin Wilson against Nebraska (Nov. 30)
  • Went undefeated in Pac-12 duals

As a Freshman (2012-13)

  • Redshirted his first season on The Farm
  • Competed unattached at 165 and 174 pounds
  • Compiled a 15-3 record
  • Had a nine-match winning streak from Nov. 10 to Dec. 16
  • Captured the Roadrunner Open title (Nov. 10)
  • Placed sixth at the Reno Tournament of Champions (Dec. 16)
  • Finished first at the California Collegiate Open (Feb. 2) at 174 pounds

High School

  • A 2012 graduate of Ronald E. McNair High School in Stockton, Calif.
  • Captained his team from 2010-12
  • Team was two-time TCAL champions (2009 and 2010)
  • Squad finished 14th in the California state tournament in 2011
  • Divisional runners-up in 2009 and 2012
  • Three-time individual state placer (2010-12), the first in school history
  • NHSCA sophomore national champion in 2010
  • A freestyle All-American in 2010
  • A greco-roman All-American in 2011
  • Folkstyle All-American (2010 and 2011)
  • Held high school's record for takedowns (185) and pins (40) in a season in 2011
  • Named team MVP from 2010-12
  • Also played soccer and ran cross country

Personal

  • Son of Paul and Lynn Wilson
  • Has five sisters - Laurie, Sarah, Abby, Sadie and Lexi
  • Paul wrestled for Biola University
  • His uncle, Gary Swanson, played football at Cal Poly
  • Born in Fresno, Calif.
  • Hobbies include playing piano, reading fantasy and fiction, and playing chess
  • Full name is James William Wilson
Career Numbers
YearRecordDual RecordDual PointsFallsTechnical Falls
2013-1435-818-26041
2014-1534-712-14040
2015-1627-813-25641
2016-1712-42-1712
Totals108-2745-6163134