2024-25 Wrestling Roster
Caleb Dowling
- Weight:
- 157
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Port Royal, Pa.
- High School:
- Saint Joseph’s Catholic Academy
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
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
