Jay Borschel Class: Freshman
Weight: 174 lbs.
High School: Linn-Mar
Hometown: Marion, Iowa
High School: Lettered four times for Coach Doug Streicher at Linn-Mar High ... A four-time Iowa state champion at the 3A level, becoming one of just 16 Iowa wrestlers ever to win four state titles ... Posted a career record of 163-1 with 95 falls in four years ... Was named Co-Outstanding Wrestler at the state meet his senior year ... Earned All-America honors with a fourth-place finish at the 2005 High School National Championships ... Won four state titles at four different classes: 103 pounds as a freshman, 125 pounds as a sophomore, 152 pounds as a junior and 171 pounds as a senior ... This marks the greatest span of weight classes covered by any four-time Iowa state wrestling champion ... Named the 2005 Linn County Athlete of the Year ... The Gazette's 2005 Male Athlete of the Year ... A three-time Mississippi Valley Conference champions and two-time outstanding wrestler at the conference meet ... A four-time Mississippi Valley first-team all-conference selection ... Named Metro Wrestler of the Year four times by The Gazette ... Named to the conference all-academic team his junior and senior years ... Named a 2005 All-American by USA Wrestling ... The 2003 Intermat National Sophomore of the Year ... A 2004 ASICS honorable mention All-America selection ... Won the 2005 Wally Prather/Linn-Marr High School Athletic Spirit Award ... Named to Wrestling USA Magazine's Scholastic All-American team.
Personal: James Jay Borschel III was born September 19, 1986 in Macomb, IL ... The son of Jim and Carol and Borschel ... Majoring in biochemistry.
- INTEGRITY - SERVICE - HONOR - EXCELLENCE - STRONG TOGETHER
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