Ian Oswalt

Position:
141 lbs
Height:
5-8
Class:
Sophomore
Concentration:
Sociology
Hometown:
Lower Burrell, Pa.
High School:
Burrell

2024-25: Finished the season with an 18-9 overall record at 141 pounds ... Went 2-4 in Ivy League competition and 3-3 in dual meets ... Totaled five falls, two major decisions, one tech fall, and one sudden victory ... Fastest fall was 2:08 against Harvard's Jameson Garcia (Feb. 21) ... Defeated Harvard's Dante Frinzi and finished in fifth place at the Ivy Championships (Mar. 9) ... Won two matches at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 4-5) ... Won four matches and finished in fifth place at the Kent State Open (Dec. 20) ... Won three matches at the Clarion Open (Nov. 3) ... Won all five matches that he wrestled in at A Better Way Athletics Patriot Ope (Dec. 8).

2023-24: Posted an 11-18 overall record on the season at 141 pounds ... Posted a 2-4 record in Ivy League competition ... Totaled two falls, one tech fall, and one major decision on the season ... Fastest fall was 1:04 against Sean Solis (North Dakota State) at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2) ... Defeated Brandon Sauter (Franklin & Marshall) via fall 1:09 at the Sheridan Tournament (Dec. 22) ... Defeated Kaden Keiser (Appalachian State) via tech fall 15-0 1:27 at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2) ... Earned a victory against Jackson Sichelstiel (Davidson) via major decision 9-1 (Jan. 11) ... Picked up an Ivy League victory against Lorenzo Frezza (Columbia) via decision 9-8 at the Clarion Open (Nov. 5) ... Defeated Tyler Vazquez (Princeton) via decision 11-6 (Feb. 4) ... Wrestled in the Black Knight Invitational (Nov. 19) and the EIWA Championship (Mar. 8-9).

2022-23: Earned the EIWA Academic Achievement Award ... Competed for the Bears in the EIWA Championships ... Posted six wins on the season ... Registered four wins in dual matches ... Finished with one major decision.

2021-22: Did not compete.

Before Brown: Medaled at the Pennsylvania State Championships all four years … Reached the state finals twice … Ranked No. 17 overall in the state of Pennsylvania in the PA Power Rankings … Won four straight district titles … Placed three times at the Powerade Championships … Won the Ronald Garrison Outstanding Senior WPIAL Wrestling award … Garnered Wrestler of the Year accolades … Selected for the Dapper Dan WPIAL All-Star Team … Compiled a 166-24 career record … Wrestled for head coach Josh Shields … Competed on the club level for The Mat Factory … Also competed in cross country and tennis … National Honor Society and Distinguished Honors student.

Personal: Ian is the son of Dana and Brian Oswalt … Has two siblings Quinn and Eliza; Eliza played basketball at Mercyhurst University … Entered Brown undecided on a concentration but plans to pursue a career as a pharmacologist.

Why Brown? “The open curriculum at Brown fits my learning style best, and it also will help me attain my academic and career goals. The wrestling staff at Brown is also very talented and will help push me to reach my goal of becoming a national champion. The location and campus were also what I was looking for in my life as a student-athlete.”