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Josh Edmond

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Detroit, Mich.
  • Highschool Detroit Catholic Central
  • Weight 141

Biography

YEAR WEIGHT OVERALL RECORD DI RECORD DUAL RECORD FALLS TECH FALLS MAJOR DECISIONS CONF FINISH NCAA FINISH
2020-21 141 10-0 10-0 1-0 0 0 2 N/A N/A
2021-22 149 17-11 17-11 9-6 0 2 4 5th DNP
2022-23* 141 4-2 4-2 0-0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
2023-24 141 18-10 18-10 6-6 1 2 4 3rd DNP
2024-25 141 13-12 13-12 8-7 0 2 2 DNP DNP
CAREER 58-33 58-33 24-19 1 6 12

*Redshirt season 

Career Stats | Mizzou Marketplace

CAREER HONORS

  • Three-Time NCAA Qualifer: 2022, 2024 and 2025
  • 2024-25 Iron Man Award Winner
  • 2025 Academic All-Big 12

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2024-25)

  • 2025 NCAA Qualifier (No. 23 seed, 141 pounds)
  • Academic All-Big 12
  • NWCA Scholar All-American
  • Iron Man Award Winner
  • Tiger Style Invite Champion (141 pounds)
  • Ended his season 13-12 overall as the 141-pound starter and went 8-7 in dual matches
  • Started the season ranked No. 13 at 141 pounds
  • Runner up at the Cougar Clash (Dec.7) with a 2-1 record, dropping the finals match to Vance Vombaur (MINN) in a close 4-3 match
  • Totaled three ranked wins throughout the season, defeating No. 15 Danny Pucino (ILL), No. 13 Haiden Drury (UVU) and No. 30 Jordan Titus (WVU)
  • Did not place at the Big 12 Championship, earning an at-large bid to his third NCAA tournament

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2023-24)

  • 2024 NCAA Qualifier (No. 21 seed, 141 pounds)
  • Third place at Big 12 Championship (141 pounds)
  • Cougar Clash Champion (141 pounds)
  • Tiger Style Most Improved Wrestler Award
  • Went 6-6 in duals as the 141-pound starter
  • Claimed first place in the Cougar Clash (Dec. 2)
  • Registered his first career victory by fall at the Big 12 Championship, pinning Darren Green of Cal Baptist in 3:29
  • Finished third at the Big 12 Championship in the 141-pound bracket, going 4-1 at the tournament and earning the automatic NCAA bid
  • Was one win away from becoming an All-American, falling in the blood round of the NCAA Tournament after going 3-2 

REDSHIRT SEASON (2022-23)

  • Finished his redshirt year with a 4-2 record wrestling unattached
  • At The Midlands, he ended on a high note with a second-place finish
  • En route to the 141-pound final at The Midlands (Dec. 29), knocked off No. 13 Frankie Tal Shahar of Northwestern

SOPHOMORE (2021-22)

  • Finished fifth at the Big 12 Championships, March 5-6 (149 pounds)
  • NCAA Qualifier (No. 26 seed at 149 pounds)
  • Started for the Tigers at 149 pounds, going 6-6 in dual action
  • Finished as runner-up at the Southern Scuffle, Jan. 1-2, going 4-1 
  • Delivered key bonus points in Missouri’s dual at Utah Valley, Jan. 29, winning by 20-5 technical fall against Utah Valley’s Sam Edelblute
  • Recorded two bonus-point victories at the Big 12 Championships, winning by 19-4 technical fall against Utah Valley’s Cameron Hunsaker in the first round and a 17-8 major decision over Air Force’s Dylan Martinez in the fifth-place match

FRESHMAN (2020-21)

  • Did not lose a bout during his first season in Columbia, wrestling to a perfect 10-0
  • Made collegiate debut at North Dakota State Quadrangular (Jan. 3), taking down No. 24, NDSU’s Dylan Droegemueller in a 14-5 major decision
  • Won each extra match throughout true freshman season, highlighted by a 13-5 major decision against Northern Illinois’ Dillon Nichols (Jan. 23)
  • Went 2-0 at the Cowboy Challenge Tournament, Feb. 14, claiming victories by a decision and an injury default

BEFORE MIZZOU

  • Nation's No. 48 pound-for-pound wrestler according to FloWrestling
  • No. 1-ranked senior on Michigan Grappler's state big board
  • OpenMat rates him as the nation's No. 28-ranked recruit at any weight class
  • High School record of 117-3
  • Two-time State Champion
  • Freestyle National Champion
  • United World Wrestling Cadet Freestyle All America
  • Super 32 All American
  • Other national finishes include: seventh at the 2018 UWW Cadets, double All-American finish in Fargo in 2018 (fourth/eighth) 
  • Eighth at Super 32 in 2018
  • Third at the 2017 USAW Folkstyle Nationals
  • Wrestled for coach Mitch Hancock at Detroit Catholic Central

Personal

  • Full Name: Joshua Douglas Edmond 
  • Birthdate: April 10, 2002
  • Son of Anthony and Lisa Edmond
  • Majoring in Business administration

Edmond on Choosing Tiger Style
"I picked Tiger Style because it's the best place for me to build, not only as a wrestler but as a person. I'm excited for future."

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    141 lbs
  • 2021-22Freshman

    149 lbs
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    0 lbs
  • 2023-24Redshirt Sophomore

    141 lbs
  • 2024-25Redshirt Junior

    141 lbs
  • 2025-26Redshirt Senior

    141 lbs