Aiden Riggins

Weight:
165
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Janesville, Iowa
High School:
Waverly-Shell Rock
Prev School:
Iowa

YEAR	WEIGHT	RECORD	DUAL RECORD	FALLS	TECH FALLS	MAJOR DECISIONS	^TAKEDOWNS FOR (AGAINST)	CONF. FINISH	NCAA FINISH
*^%2022-23	157/165/174	6-3	1-0	0	0	0	N/A	-	-
^%2023-24	174/184	11-12	3-7	0	3	1	N/A	DNP	-
2024-25	165/174	17-19	4-12	0	3	7	36 (39)	4th	R16
2025-26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CAREER	-	34-34	8-19	0	6	8	36 (39)	-	-

*Redshirted (Record includes only attached matches from season)
^Takedown tally does not include open tournaments
^%at Iowa

Awards & Accomplishments
NCAA Qualifier (2025)
2025 Big 12 Championship (Fourth Place)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F24)
NWCA Scholar All-American (2024)
Academic All-Big Ten (2024)

2024-25
NCAA Qualifier … earned an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships thanks to a fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship as the No. 8 seed … went 3-2 at the NCAA Championships and reached the Round of 16 as the No. 30 seed … scored 2.5 points at the national tournament, the second-most points of any Cyclone … defeated two top-15 seeds at the NCAA Championships – No. 13 Will Miller (App State) and No. 14 Drake Rhodes (South Dakota State) … started the season at 174 pounds before descending to 165 pounds … had a slow start to the season but came on strong late … finished with a 17-19 record, including a 4-12 mark in dual action … led the team with seven major decisions … recorded 10 bonus-point victories (three tech falls, seven major decisions).

2023-24 (at Iowa)
Represented Iowa at 184 at the Big Ten Championships ... posted a 12-13 record wrestling at 174 and 184 pounds ... scored 10 dual points ... tallied five bonus-point victories (one major decisions, four technical falls) ... placed fifth at the Luther Open.

2022-23 (at Iowa)
Took advantage of the NCAA’s new redshirt rule which allows freshmen to wrestle on up to five countable dates and maintain their redshirt status ... went 6-5 as an attached wrestler and 11-5 overall, competing at 157, 165 and 174 pounds ... Flanagan Open champion ... placed third at Cyclone Open and was sixth at Soldier Salute ... made varsity dual debut at Purdue, posting a 9-4 decision over Stoney Buell.

High School
Prepped at Iowa High School wrestling powerhouse Waverly-Shell Rock ... No. 25 recruit nationally on MatScouts’ 2022 Big Board ... two-time state champion (152 pounds as a junior, 160 pounds as a senior) and four-time placewinner ... state runner-up at 132 pounds as a sophomore and third at 106 pounds as a freshman ... posted a 170-4 record during his prep career, including a 37-0 record as a junior and 47-0 record as a senior ... four-time conference champion, leading the Go-Hawks to four team titles ... helped team to three team state titles (2019-21) and a third place finish (2022) ... team also won two dual meet titles and finished second twice ... holds school records for most technical falls in a season and career ... 2022 junior Fargo champ and 2021 runner-up ... runner-up at U15 World Team Trials and Cadet World Team Trials ... coached by Eric Whitcome and Josh Meier.