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Jax Forrest
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- High School:
- Bishop McCort
Honors & Awards
NCAA Champion (2025-26)
NCAA All-American (2025-26)
NCAA Qualifier (2025-26)
Big 12 Champion (2025-26)
Big 12 Most Outstanding Wrestler (2025-26)
TheOpenMat NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year (2025-26)
World Team Trials Champion (2026)
Senior World Team Member (2025)
U23 World Champion (2025)
U.S. Open Champion (2025)
Pan-American Champion (2025)
Cowboy Need to Know: Became a true freshman national champion in less than four months from leaving high school.
2025-26 (Freshman Year): Made the jump to collegiate wrestling during the second semester of his senior year in high school … Completed an undefeated season as a freshman, joining his teammate, Vega, as the first undefeated true freshman since 1947 … Ended his freshman campaign with a 19-0 record, going 6-0 in duals … Defeated No. 2 Ben Davino (OHST) with a 5-2 decision to claim the national title at 133 pounds … A part of the first team to have three true freshman national champions … Contributed 26 team points at the NCAA Championships, breaking Pat Smith’s freshman record from 1990 (25) … Made an elite Cowboy debut, pinning Oklahoma’s Carter Schmidt in just 47 seconds, the fastest pin by a Cowboy in 2025-26 … His signature dual wins came against Iowa’s ninth-ranked Drake Ayala, where he won 19-3 (TF, 6:07), and against Virginia Tech’s No. 6 Aaron Seidel (Dec., 10-9) … Won the 133-pound title at the Big 12 Championships, cruising by Arizona State’s Kyler Larkin via a 15-2 major decision … His dominance at the Big 12 Championships earned him Big 12 Most Outstanding Wrestler, becoming the first freshman to take the award since 2021 … Named by TheOpenMat as the NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year … Finished runner-up for the Hodge Trophy … Led the Cowboys in bonus-point wins (15), tech falls (11) and near falls (8) … A couple of month’s following the individual title, he won the Senior World Team Trials to wrestle at Final X.
High School: Top pound-for-pound recruit in the 2026 class according to FloWrestling … U23 World Champion … Youngest American Senior World team member of all time … 2025 Pan-American Gold medalist … 2025 US Open champion … 2022 U17 World Silver medalist … Two-time PIAA class AA state champion for Bishop McCort … Swept NCAA Champion Vito Arujau at Final X for a spot on the senior world team … Two Super 32 titles … Two Fargo Junior Freestyle titles … Seventh four-time PowerAde champion.
Personal: Son of Howard and Kim Forrest … Brother of Jaylyn, Jessie, Jovie, Jaeger, Jude and Jamison … Father was a state champion wrestler and later coached at Bishop McCort … One of his younger brothers, Jamison, wrestled with him at Bishop McCort… Studying business … Known for his “Funky” style of wrestling.
Jax Forrest Year-By-Year
NCAA Champion (2025-26)
NCAA All-American (2025-26)
NCAA Qualifier (2025-26)
Big 12 Champion (2025-26)
Big 12 Most Outstanding Wrestler (2025-26)
TheOpenMat NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year (2025-26)
World Team Trials Champion (2026)
Senior World Team Member (2025)
U23 World Champion (2025)
U.S. Open Champion (2025)
Pan-American Champion (2025)
Cowboy Need to Know: Became a true freshman national champion in less than four months from leaving high school.
2025-26 (Freshman Year): Made the jump to collegiate wrestling during the second semester of his senior year in high school … Completed an undefeated season as a freshman, joining his teammate, Vega, as the first undefeated true freshman since 1947 … Ended his freshman campaign with a 19-0 record, going 6-0 in duals … Defeated No. 2 Ben Davino (OHST) with a 5-2 decision to claim the national title at 133 pounds … A part of the first team to have three true freshman national champions … Contributed 26 team points at the NCAA Championships, breaking Pat Smith’s freshman record from 1990 (25) … Made an elite Cowboy debut, pinning Oklahoma’s Carter Schmidt in just 47 seconds, the fastest pin by a Cowboy in 2025-26 … His signature dual wins came against Iowa’s ninth-ranked Drake Ayala, where he won 19-3 (TF, 6:07), and against Virginia Tech’s No. 6 Aaron Seidel (Dec., 10-9) … Won the 133-pound title at the Big 12 Championships, cruising by Arizona State’s Kyler Larkin via a 15-2 major decision … His dominance at the Big 12 Championships earned him Big 12 Most Outstanding Wrestler, becoming the first freshman to take the award since 2021 … Named by TheOpenMat as the NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year … Finished runner-up for the Hodge Trophy … Led the Cowboys in bonus-point wins (15), tech falls (11) and near falls (8) … A couple of month’s following the individual title, he won the Senior World Team Trials to wrestle at Final X.
High School: Top pound-for-pound recruit in the 2026 class according to FloWrestling … U23 World Champion … Youngest American Senior World team member of all time … 2025 Pan-American Gold medalist … 2025 US Open champion … 2022 U17 World Silver medalist … Two-time PIAA class AA state champion for Bishop McCort … Swept NCAA Champion Vito Arujau at Final X for a spot on the senior world team … Two Super 32 titles … Two Fargo Junior Freestyle titles … Seventh four-time PowerAde champion.
Personal: Son of Howard and Kim Forrest … Brother of Jaylyn, Jessie, Jovie, Jaeger, Jude and Jamison … Father was a state champion wrestler and later coached at Bishop McCort … One of his younger brothers, Jamison, wrestled with him at Bishop McCort… Studying business … Known for his “Funky” style of wrestling.
Jax Forrest Year-By-Year
| Year | Overall | Dual | vs. Ranked | Fall | MD | TF | Quick |
| 2025-26 | 19-0 | 6-0 | 11-0 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0:47 |
| Career | 19-0 | 6-0 | 11-0 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0:47 |
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