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2024-25 Greco-Roman Wrestling Roster

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Payton Jacobson

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Elkhorn, Wis.
  • Highschool Elkhorn

Biography

- 2024 Paris Olympian
- 2024-25 USA Wrestling Athlete of the Year
- 2024-25 Senior World Team and U23 World Team
- 2024-25 All-American
- 2024-25 Senior U.S. Open National Champion at the U.S. CLAW Open in Las Vegas
- 2025 Pan-Am Championships Gold Medalist
- 3rd place at the 2024 Valamar Cup in Croatia
- 5th place at 2024 U23 World Championships in Albania
- 1st place at the 2021-22 World Team Trials
- 3rd place at the 2021-22 U23 World Team Trials
- Named to the 2021-22 USAW National Team
- 3rd place at the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament
- 3rd place at the 2020-21 World Team Trials
- 3rd place at the 2020-21 U20 Open
- 3rd place at the 2020-21 Senior U.S. Open


Before NMU: Placed second 2021 Pan-Am Championships...Placed second at the 2021 Junior World Team Trials...Placed first at the 2020 Junior National Championships...Placed first at the 2020 Austrian Junior Open.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    5'6"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2023-24Junior

    5'6"
  • 2024-25Senior

    5'6"