Biography
At Utah Valley University ...
GRADUATE - (2022-23): Finished the year 17-5 (5-1 in Big 12 duals) … placed fourth at the 2023 Big 12 Championships after going 3-1 in the tournament … recorded victories over Louis Rojas (CBU) and Scott Joll (West Virginia) … received an automatic berth to his fourth NCAA Tournament and was awarded the No. 15 seed … recorded a major decision in the first round over No. 18 seeded Oklahoma’s Tate Picklo … also defeated No. 33 seed John Worthing (Clarion) and No. 24 Harvard’s Phillip Congigliaro … tied for third on the team in overall wins … led UVU with six major decisions.
SENIOR ~ (2021-22): 2-0 overall record (2-0 in duals) at 165 pounds ... had his senior season cut short after suffering a season-ending knee injury in dual action vs. CSBU Bakersfield in November ... nationally ranked as high as seventh in his weight class by InterMat at 165 pounds ... won both of his matches on the season in dual competition ... hoping to get a medical waiver for the season and be back for the Wolverines in 2022-23 ... earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.
SENIOR/COVID YEAR ~ (2020-21): NCAA qualifier ... 2021 All-American after placing sixth at 174 pounds at the 2021 NCAA Championships ... won the second Big 12 title of his career after going a perfect 4-0 at the Big 12 Championships ... 19-2 overall record (6-0 in duals) at 174 pounds ... earned both NWCA Scholar All-American and First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors ... earned the highest national seed in program history as he entered the NCAA Championships as the No. 2 seed in his weight class ... also entered nationals undefeated on the season as he won his first 19 matches on the year ... became just the third wrestler in program history to reach the semifinal round at the NCAA Championships as he opened his 2021 run with three straight wins over No. 31 Jake Logan of Lehigh (9-6), No. 18 Dustin Plott of Oklahoma State (11-5) and No. 7 Kaleb Romero of Ohio State (6-0) ... dropped a hard fought 2-0 decision to the eventual national champion in No. 3 Carter Starocci of Penn State in the semifinals ... then dropped a tightly contested 5-4 decision to No. 4 Mikey Labriola of Nebraska in the consolation semis and had to take a medical forfeit to No. 5 Logan Massa of Michigan in the fifth-place match after sustaining an injury to finish sixth ... won nine bouts over ranked foes on the season (went 9-2) ... became the highest ranked UVU grappler in program history as he was ranked as high as No. 2 in his weight class on the season and fnished the year ranked third on the final NCAA Coaches Panel Ranking ... went a perfect 4-0 at the 2021 Big 12s with wins over Zack Gonzalez of Fresno State (12-2), No. 33 Anthony Mantanona (11-6), No. 29 Cody Surratt of Air Force (12-3) and Jackson Hemauer of Northern Colorado in the title match (6-2) ... also won a titles on the year at the Cal Poly Round Robin and the UVU Round Robin after going 3-0 at each event ... his 19 win led the team ... he also led the team in major decisions (7), tech falls (3) dual wins (6) and dual points (24) ... won one bout by fall, three by tech fall, seven by major decision and seven by decision.
MEDICAL REDSHIRT ~ (2019-20): Was awarded a medical redshirt after missing the majority of the 2019-20 season with an injury ... opened the season with a 2-0 record (2-0 duals) before sustaining a season-ending injury at the Journeymen Northeast Duals on Nov. 9 ... earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.
JUNIOR ~ (2018-19): NCAA qualifier ... 28-5 overall record (15-2 in duals) at 165 pounds ... earned NWCA Scholar All-American and First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors ... won the 2019 Big 12 Championships to become UVU's first Big 12 champion in program history ... earned an automatic bid to his second straight trip to the NCAA Championships after winning the Big 12s ... entered nationals as the No. 9 seed -- the second-highest seed in UVU history ... reached the Round of 12 to finish just one win shy of earning All-American honors after going 3-2 at the 2019 NCAA Championships with wins over No. 10 Branson Ashworth of Wyoming, No. 25 Cam Coy of Virginia and No. 33 Joe Smith of Oklahoma State ... went a perfect 3-0 to win the Big 12 Championship with a trio of gutsy wins over former All-American Joe Smith of Oklahoma State, No. 12 Bryce Steiert of UNI and No. 17 Andrew Fogarty of North Dakota State ... placed third at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite after compiling an impressive 7-1 record at the premier tournament ... earned Big 12 Conference Wrestler of the Week honors after taking third at the CKLV Invite with a trio of wins over ranked foes in No. 5 Logan Massa of Michigan, No. 9 Bryce Steiert of UNI and No. 12 Joey Genther of Illinois ... finished the season ranked ninth nationally on both the final NCAA Coaches' Panel ranking and the RPI ... was ranked as high as eighth nationally on the season by FloWrsestling ... defeated a total of 11 nationally ranked foes on the season in No. 5 Logan Massa of Michigan, No. 9 Bryce Steiert of UNI (three times), No. 10 Branson Ashworth of Wyoming, No. 12 Joey Gunther of Illinois, No. 17 Andrew Fogarty of NDSU, No. 18 Cam Coy of Virginia (twice), No. 20 Paul Fox of Stanford and No. 33 Joe Smith of Oklahoma State ... posted an impressive 11-1 record against Big 12 foes ... led the team in total wins (28), duals wins (15), Big 12 wins (11) and major decisions (6) ... finished the year with 19 wins by decision, six by major decision and two by tech fall.
SOPHOMORE ~ (2017-18): NCAA qualifier ... 26-9 overall record (11-0 in duals) at 165 pounds ... earned NWCA All-Academic Team honors ... finished the season ranked 16th on the RPI and 22nd on the Coaches Panel ... posted a 1-2 outing at his first trip to nationals with a 14-4 major decision over Quentin Perez of Campbell ... earned an automatic spot to nationals by placing sixth at the 2018 Big 12 Championships ... recorded second-place finishes at both the Clarion Open and the Wolfpack Open with identical 4-1 records ... had a strong run at the 2017 CKLV Invite by finishing one win shy of placing with a 4-2 record at the event ... notched a total of six wins over ranked foes on the season with victories over No. 12 Andrew Fogarty of NDSU (Dec., 5-3), No. 13 Keilan Torres of Northern Colorado (Dec., 3-1), No. 19 Brian Hamann of NC State (Dec., 6-4) No. 20 Lorenzo De La Riva of CSU Bakersfield (Dec., 13-9) and No. 24 and No. 27 Dewaylon Barnes of Oklahoma (Dec., 3-2 & 7-5) ... led the team in dual victories with a perfect 11-0 record ... also finished third on the team in wins with 26 and third against Big 12 foes with a 9-3 record ... picked up 16 wins by decision, four by major decision, four by tech fall and one by fall.
Before Utah Valley ...
Prepped at Mountain View High School in Meridian, Idaho ... captured the 152-pound state championship as a senior at Mountain View HS while wrestling for head coach Kevin Wood ... named District 3 Wrestler of the Year ... finished third at the state tournament both his sophomore and junior years ... posted a prep record of 149-49, including a 47-3 campaign as a senior...was 41-9 as a junior, 36-13 as a sophomore and 25-24 as a freshman ... four-year letterwinner ... also lettered three times in football, earning first-team all-state and first-team All-Southern Idaho Conference accolades in his final season ... named Academic All-SIC eight times.
Other College ...
Attended Boise State University from 2015-17 ... after redshirting the 2015-16 campaign, posted a 21-16 for the Broncos during his redshirt freshman season in 2016-17 ... Boise State's 165-pound starter that season and posted a 5-6 dual record ... reached the podium in three of the five tournaments he competed in ... earned honorable Mention Pac-12 All-Academic honors.
Personal ...
Graduated from Mountain View HS in Meridian, Idaho in 2015 ... birthday is April 5 ... plans to major in behavioral science at UVU ... enjoys watching and playing sports ... his brothers Andre and Adrian Jones run track at UVU ... has five siblings, Destini Bellamy, Brooklyn Jones, Aria Jones, Andre Jones and Adrian Jones ... son of Lisa Bowens and Adonis and Holly Jones.
