2024-25 Wrestling Roster
Austin Cooley
- Weight:
- 197
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Somerset, Mass.
- High School:
- Wyoming Seminary
- Prev School:
- Pittsburgh
2024-25 (r-Sr.)
- Finished his career 34-26 overall
- Went 3-4 for the season
2023-24 (r-Jr.)
- Posted a 14-11 record as a starter at 197 pounds
- Competed at the Big 12 Championship (March 9-10)
- Fifth-place finisher at the Southeast Open (Nov. 4)
- Recorded back-to-back falls - pin and tech - in the first two rounds of the SEO
- Competed at the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30)
- Scored a 12-3 major decision over Luke Cochran of Central Michigan in his opening match of the KKMC
- Picked up a 10-4 decision over No. 29 Julien Broderson of Iowa State in the team's dual (Feb. 2)
- Gained two conference victories in the team's road sweep over Air Force and RV Northern Colorado (Dec. 8 & Dec. 10)
- Nationally ranked in the top 33 at 197 pounds throughout the season by several publications
- Earned the No. 8 seed in the 197-pound weight bracket at the Big 12 Championship
2022-23 (r-So.)
- NCAA Qualifier
- Seventh-place finisher at Big 12 Championship in this postseason debut
- Registered a 17-11 record as a starter at 197 pounds
- Sealed a 8-2 decision over Calvin Sund of Air Force in the seventh-place match (March 4-5)
- Recorded back-to-back decisions over Caden Gerlach of Cal Baptist (4-3) and Xavier Vasquez of Noprthern Colorado (4-1) on his way to the seventh-place match
- Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open runner-up (Nov. 13)
- Southeast Open runner-up (Nov. 5)
- Went 2-2 at the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30)
- Captured three bonus-point victories (two major decisions and one tech. fall) in the team’s sweep of Glenville State, Edinboro and Northern Colorado at the Mountaineer Quad (Nov. 20)
- Nationally ranked in the top 33 at 197 pounds throughout the season by several publications
- Earned the No. 8 seed in the 197-pound weight bracket at the Big 12 Championship
- Earned the No. 31 seed in the 197-pound weight bracket at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
2021-22 (Summer)
- U23 Men’s Freestyle WTT All-American
- Fifth-place finisher at the U23 World Team Trials (202 pounds - 92kg)
2020-21 (r-Fr.) - At Pittsburgh
- Posted a 4-4 in his second season with the Panthers
- Made first start and led off the dual against No. 4 Virginia Tech on the road (Feb. 12)
2019-20 (Fr.) - At Pittsburgh
- Won two matches unattached at the Michigan State Open, before suffering a season-ending injury.
Prep
- Two-year letterwinner at both Somerset Berkley Regional (2015-16) and Wyoming Seminary (2017-18)
- MA Division 3 State Champion and Runner-up at the All-State Meet as a sophomore (2016)
- Fifth-place finisher as a freshman at MIAA Division 3 State championship (2015)
- Two-time Massachusetts State qualifier
- Two-time Fargo All-American
- Prep National Champion (2019)
- Third-place finisher as a junior at the Prep Nationals (2017)
- Ranked No. 3 in the country by FloWrestling to end the 2018 season and No. 5 at 195 pounds in July of 2018
- Assisted the Blue Raiders towards their first team MIAA Division 3 state championship (2015)
Personal
- Son of Mike and Tracy Cooley
- Birthday is Feb. 28
- Has one brother
- Majoring in communications
2025-26 Wrestling Schedule Release Video
Friday, October 03
NCAA Wrestling Championships Recap
Friday, March 28
Greg Jones Ceremony Feb. 23
Wednesday, March 12
WRES: NCAA Recap
Tuesday, March 26
