2025-26 Wrestling Roster
Ian Bush
- Weight:
- 184
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Cameron, W.Va.
- High School:
- Cameron HS
2024-25 (r-So.)
- NCAA Qualifier at 197 pounds
- Placed fourth at the Big 12 Wrestling Championships (197)
- Finished 21-14 overall for the season, including 9-6 against Big 12 opponents
- Was one of two starters to win at least 20 matches
- Nationally ranked in the top 33 multiple times throughout the season
- Southeast Open champion (184)
- Fifth place finisher at Midlands Championships
- Team’s Mountain Man
- Team’s Iron Mountaineer
- NWCA Scholar All-American
- 2025 Winter Academic All-Big 12 Team
- Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipient
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District At-Large Team
2023-24 (r-Fr.)
- NWCA Scholar All-American
- Team’s Co-Most Improved Wrestler
- Registered a 18-5 record and competed in seven opens as a reserve at 184 pounds
- Recorded 10 bonus-point victories - four major decisions, four tech. falls, and two pins
- Southeast Open Freshman/Sophomore Division Champion (Nov. 4)
- Third-place finisher at the Shorty Hitchcock Classic (Nov. 18)
- Competed at the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29)
- John Carroll Open Champion (Feb. 11)
- Mat-Town || Open runner-up (Jan. 28)
- Bobby Kauffman Open runner-up (Jan. 7)
- Earned a 3-0 record at the Patriots Last Chance Open (Feb. 25)
- Outlasted NCAA qualifier Caleb Hopkins of No. 22 Campbell for a 4-2 decision at the PLCO
2022-23 (Fr.)
- Redshirted and competed in two duals and the Edinboro Open at 184 pounds
- Fourth-place finisher at the Edinboro Open (Feb. 5)
- Made debut in the team’s 28-9 win over Ohio (Jan. 6)
Prep
- Four-year letterwinner for the Cameron Dragons
- Claimed a 147-12 overall record, including 105 falls
- Four-time West Virginia state qualifier (2019-2022)
- Two-time WV Class AA/A champion (2021 & 2022)
- WV Class AA/A runner-up (2020)
- Two-time WV AA/A Outstanding Wrestler (2021 & 2022)
- Four-time Region I A/AA champion
- Two-time OVAC Ron Mauck Tournament champion (2020 & 2022)
- OVAC Bill Welker Wrestler of Year (2022)
- NHSCA Virginia Beach Nationals All-American (2019)
Personal
- Son of Shawn and Jamie Bush
- Birthday is Jan. 14
- Has one sister
- Majoring in finance and accounting
- 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
