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2025-26 Wrestling Roster

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James Joplin

James Joplin

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Greensboro, N.C.
  • Prev School:
    North Carolina State University

Summary

Biography

2025-26: NCAA NATIONAL RUNNER-UP...ALL-AMERICAN...FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE...NCAA SUPER REGION II CHAMPION...Went 18-4 overall and 13-1 in dual competition...Finished second at the NCAA Championships to earn his third career All-American honor...Won his third NCAA Super Region II title, becoming the first three-time regional champion at his weight in program history...Won Conference Carolinas Lower Weight Most Outstanding Wrestler honors at the conference championship...Recorded 11 bonus-point victories.

2024-25: FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE...NCAA QUALIFIER...Went 15-8 overall and 11-4 in duals...Recorded seven bonus-point victories...Placed second at the Midwest Classic...Qualified for his third NCAA Championship after winning the Super Region II title...Helped Lander capture its fourth straight Super Region II Championship and fifth straight conference championship.

2023-24: All-American - 125 lbs (3rd)...Super Region II Champion...First Team All-Conference...Conference Carolinas Tournament MOW (Lightweight)...Midwest Classic Champion...31-1 Overall...17-0 in duals...7-0 in conference duals...19 bonus point wins...eight TFs...seven pins

2022-23: finished fourth at the NCAA Div. II National Championships... named an All-American... National Qualifier... Super Region II Champion at 125... named to the All-SACC First Team... 2023 NWCA Div. II Scholar All-American... finished third at the Midwest Classic.. went 22-4 overall... went 11-1 in duals... went 6-0 in the SACC... recorded nine wins by decision, three by major decision... three by tech fall and seven by pin...

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Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior

  • 2025-26Graduate Student

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