West Virginia University Athletics

2024-25 (5th)

• Placed eighth at the Big 12 Wrestling Championships (157)
• Finished 10-8 overall, including four wins against Big opponents
• Ends his career at 70-27 overall
• NWCA Scholar All-American
• 2025 Winter Academic All-Big 12 Team

2023-24 (Sr.)

• WVU Male Gautt Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient
• NWCA Scholar All-American
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Competed at the Big 12 Championship (March 9-10)
• Posted a 22-8 overall record as the starter at 157 pounds, including 10 wins by tech. fall
• Picked up a 20-4 technical fall over Brooks Gable of Air Force at the Big 12 Championship
• Shorty Hitchcock Classic Champion (Nov. 18)
• Opened with back-to-back technical falls and ended with a major decision at the SHC
• Fifth-place finisher at the Southeast Open (Nov. 4)
• Captured four major decisions on his run at the SEO
• Third-place finisher at the Mat-Town Open II  (Jan. 28)
• Recorded a 3-0 performance at the Patriots Last Chance Open (Feb. 25)
• Collected three bonus-point wins in the team's sweep of Kent State, Cleveland State and Duke (Nov. 12)
• Nationally ranked in the top 33 at 157 pounds throughout the season by several publications
• Unseeded competitor in the 157-pound weight bracket at the Big 12 Championship

2022-23 (Jr.)

• NWCA Scholar All-American
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Team’s Most Wins Award (26)
• Registered a 26-7 record as a reserve at 157 pounds to lead the team in wins
• Southeast Open runner-up (Nov. 5)
• Purple Raider and Mat-Town II Open Champion (Jan. 15 & Jan. 29)
• Claimed back-to-back 20-2 tech. falls over Bloomsburg’s CJ Fritz and Edinboro’s Sully Allen, as well as a 14-4 major decision over BU’s William Morrow to clinch a spot in the championship match at M-T II
• Opened his championship run at the PRO with a 16-0 tech. fall over Lock Haven’s JT Hogan and a 14-1 major decision over Purdue’s Brennan Doyle
• Third-place finisher at the Bobby Kauffman Open (Jan. 8)
• Fifth-place finisher at the Cleveland State Open (Dec. 11)
• Knocked off No. 19 Derek Holschlag of Northern Iowa in sudden victory (Feb. 5)
• Picked up a 4-3 decision over Jack Ganos in the 20-18 victory over Air Force (Feb. 10)

2021-22 (So.)

• Fifth-place finisher after recording a 6-1 record at the Clarion Open (Nov. 7)
• Picked up a 16-0 tech. fall over Bloomsburg’s Josh Bonomo in Clarion
• Recorded a 10-2 major decision over Pitt’s Collin Mccorkle and 11-2 major decision against Kent State’s Aaron Ferguson

2020-21 (Fr.)

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
• Scholar All-American team member (WVU: first time since 2009)
• Registered a 6-3 record, including one major decision 
• Recorded a 6-2 decision over Nick Delph in the team’s 29-3 win against Bucknell (Jan. 17)
• Earned his lone major decision against No. 17 Northern Colorado’s Nick Knutson (Jan. 31)
• Went 2-0 against a pair of Northern Colorado wrestlers in Jimmy Fate and Mason Hulse (Feb. 7)

Prep

• Top-75 recruit out of Saint Joseph’s Catholic Academy
• Ended his high school career with a 163-20 record
• Became the Wolves’ first NCAA Division I wrestling commit and the second grappler in program history to earn over 100 wins
• Four-time Pennsylvania state medalist, earning a state title at 152 pounds his senior year (2020)
• Placed third at the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) Class AA State Championships in 2019, second in 2018 and fourth in 2017
• Three-time district and regional champion (2018-20)

Personal

• Son of Timothy and Renee Dowling
• Birthday is Feb. 23
• Has one brother
• Majoring in general business
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll