2023-24 Wrestling Roster

Josiah Gehr

  • Weight 141
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Stevens, Pa.

Biography

2023-24 Season – Fifth Year
NCAA All-American … Academic All-MAC Team … MAC Academic Honor Roll … Fourth Place in NCAA Championships … Runner-up 141 lbs. NCAA Regionals … 141 lbs. MAC Champion … Appeared in 30 matches for the Falcons … Tallied 149.5 team points with a 26-4 record … Totaled 51 takedowns, 40 nearfalls, 14 escapes, 12 falls, and seven reversals.

2021-22 Season – Senior
MAC Academic Honor Roll … Academic All-MAC … Champion at Messiah Invitational (141 lbs.) … Champion at Petrofes Invitational (141 lbs.) … Runner-Up at MAC Championships (141 lbs.) … Third Place at Pete Wilson Invitational (141 lbs.) … Runner-Up at NCAA Mideast Regional (141 lbs.) … Seventh Place at NCAA National Championships, earning All-American honors at 141 lbs. … Went 36-6 on the season with 15 falls … Finished the year with 63 takedowns, 52 nearfalls, 23 reversals, and 21 escapes

2021 Season – Junior
Wrestled in six matches for the Falcons, earning a 4-2 record … totaled four takedowns, three reversals, and five escapes … earned one fall.

2019-20 Season – Sophomore
Wrestled 42 matches for the Falcons… Recorded a 32-10 record with five falls… Claimed the 133 lbs. title at the Messiah Invitational… Claimed the 133 lbs. title at the Jim Crytzer Invitational… Finished second at 133 lbs. at the Petrofes Invitational… Finished fourth at 133 lbs. at the MAC Championships

2018-19 Season - Freshman
National Championship qualifier in the 125-pound weight class…Named Rookie of the Year in the MAC…Wrestled in 43 matches for the Falcons…36-7 record… Led the team with 11 falls…Led the team with 165 team points…Led the team with 24 reversals…Second on the team with 53 nearfalls…Tied for second on the team with 81 takedowns… first at Petrofes Invitational…third at Messiah Invitational…fourth at Roger Williams Invitational.

High School
Ranked as the #98 high school recruit from PA by papowerwrestling.com…3X State Qualifier…122-36 career record, including 35-7 as a senior
Year Record Conference Region NCAA Pins Takedowns Nearfalls Reversals Escapes
2018-19 36-7 - 1st NQ 11 81 53 24 25
2019-20 32-10 4th 6th - 5 74 66 26 17
2020-21 4-2 - - NQ 1 4 2 3 5
2021-22 36-6 2nd 2nd 7th 15 63 52 23 21
2023-24 26-4 1st 2nd 4th 12 51 40 7 14
Career 134-29 - - - 44 273 213 83 103

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    125 lbs

  • 2019-20Sophomore

    125 lbs

  • 2020-21Junior

    133 lbs

  • 2021-22Senior

    133 lbs

  • 2023-24Fifth Year

    141 lbs