2025-26 Wrestling Roster
Kole Brower
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Moline, Ill
- High School:
- Moline
- Major:
- Middle Grades Education
- Position:
- 141
2025-26
- Went 4-12 overall
- Academic All-Big Ten
2024-25
- Went 6-3 overall
- Recorded four falls, fastest fall was 1:17
- Academic All-Big Ten
2023-24
- Went 6-5 overall, 1-3 in duals and scored three dual points
- Recorded one fall and one tech. fall
- Academic All-Big Ten
2022-23
- Went 9-3 overall, 1-0 in duals and scored three dual points
- Only true freshman to appear and score in a dual
- Recorded three falls and two major decisions, fastest fall (3:07) at the Michigan State Open
Career Record
| Year | Overall | Dual | Conference | Falls | TF | MD | Big Ten | NCAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23* | 9-3 | 1-0 | -- | 3 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2023-24 | 6-5 | 1-3 | -- | 1 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- |
| 2024-25 | 6-3 | -- | -- | 4 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- |
| 2025-26 | 4-12 | 0-8 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 16-20 | 1-11 | 0-4 | 6 | 1 | -- |
*Redshirt Season
High School
- 2x IHSA 3a State Champion
- 2x Fargo All-American
Personal
Son of Kevin and Jackie Brower.
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