All-American | Three-time Pac-12 Champion

As a Redshirt Junior (2015-16)

• Team captain, holds a 24-6 record at 165 pounds
• Made history as the first Cardinal wrestler to win three Pac-12 titles
• Holds a 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)

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 and just the seventh underclassman
• 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