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Jaxon Smith
- Weight:
- 184
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- 184 lbs
- Major:
- Management Studies
- Hometown:
- Cartersville, GA
- High School:
- Woodland
CAREER HONORS
- 2025 All-American (Maryland's first All-American since 2019)
- 2023 NCAA Bloodround, 2024 & 2025 NCAA Qualifier
- Three-time Big Ten placer (Third in 2023, 4th in 2024, 4th in 2025)
- 2023 First-Team All-Freshman Team (Intermat)
- Three-time Academic-All Big Ten (2023, 2024, 2025)
- 2025 NWCA Scholar All-American
- 2025 Maryland Male Medal of Honor Winner
- 2025 Maryland Student-Athlete of the Year
- 2025 Hudson Taylor Award Winner
- 2025 Maryland Most Outstanding Wrestler
- 2025 U23 Pan-Am Championships Bronze Medal at 86kg
- 2025 U23 Nationals Runner-Up at 86kg
- Finished 5–0 overall before suffering a season-ending injury competing in the Journeymen Collegiate Classic, placing first, and two dual wins against the Citadel and Gardner-Webb
- Tallied four bonus-point victories (1 fall, 1 tech fall, 2 major decisions)
- All-American season, finishing sixth in NCAA Championship to become Maryland's first All-American since Youssif Hermida in 2019.
- Highest finish for a Terp at the NCAA Championships since Hermida in 2019.
- Became 21st All-American in Maryland wrestling history and first under head coach Alex Clemsen.
- Finished with a team-best tying 24 wins on the season, posting a 24-10 record including nine wins by decision, six by major decision, five pins and fourth technical falls.
- As No. 8 seed, defeated No. 14 DJ Parker (Oklahoma) in the Round of 12 by a 4-2 score, thanks to a beautiful super duck at the end of the second period, clinching All-American status. Less than an hour later, cruised past 12th-seeded Silas Allred of Nebraska 8-1 to lock up a top-six finish at NCAAs.
- Fourth place at Big Tens highlighted by wins over No. 5 seed Gabe Arnold (Iowa) and No. 3 seed Silas Allred (Nebraska)
- Defeated No. 11 Reece Heller (Pittsburgh), No. 19 Jaden Bullock (Michigan), No. 10 Edmond Ruth (Illinois) and No. 18 Shane Cartanga-Walsh (Rutgers) in the regular season.
- 8-0 to start the season, winning six of seven matches by bonus points, including four in duals.
- Took home 1st Place at the George Mason Patriot Open, beating two ranked opponents on the day including No. 9 Chris Foca (Cornell) in the championship match.
- After season, won Bronze in the U23 Pan-Am Championships in Mexico and finished as the runner-up in the U23 Nationals, winning five matches in Geneva, Ohio.
2023-24 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE):
- Finished the year 18-7 with a team-high 10 dual wins
- 2024 NCAA Qualifier, one won match at NCAAs
- Ranked as high as #3 at 197 throughout the year
- 4th place in 2024 Big Ten Championships and NCAA Championships qualifier. As a two-seed, he beat seven-seed John Poznanski (Rutgers) and defeated five-seed Garrett Joles (Minnestoa) by major decision.
- 2nd place at Cliff Keen Invitational, widely regarded as the most competitive regular season tournament. Defeated top-seeded and third-ranked Tanner Sloan (SDSU) in semifinal match.
- 2nd place in Tiger Style Invite (11/11).
2022-23 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN):
- 2023 NCAA Championship Quarterfinalist, pinning sixth-seed Issac Trumble to make the quarterfinals.
- 3rd place in 2023 Big Ten Championships, the highest finish for a Terp since 2019. As the sixth-seed, took out fifth-seeded Jacob Warner (Iowa) and third-seeded Zac Braunagel (Illinois) to earn the bronze.
- Went 3-0 in Maryland's quad match opening weekend, collecting one win by tech. fall and two majors.
- 2nd place in Tiger Style Invite (11/11), winning the first two bouts by fall, including the semifinal match over No. 8 Zac Braunagel.
- Defeated No. 26 Jacob Koser by 10-2 major decision in Navy dual (12/11).
- 4th place in 2023 Southern Scufffle, Scuffle Semifinalist.
- Came back from injury on 2/10 against Purdue to come up with big first-period pin when Maryland was down eight points with just two bouts remaining.
- Finished 23-8 with a team-high seven pins. Finished ranked #10 (Intermat).
- Third-Place at 2021 Clarion Open.
- 2021 Short Hitchcock Memorial Open Finalist.
- 2022 UVA Round Robin Champion.
- 2022 Edinboro Open Champion.
- 2022 MatTown Open Champion.
- Went 2-2 at 2022 Southern Scuffle.
- 2022 U20 US Open Champion.
- 2022 Pan-American Championships Gold Medalist.
- Attended and wrestled at Woodland High School in Cartersville, Georgia.
- #8 ranked 182-pounder in country per FloWrestling.
- #72 ranked senior in nation per FloWrestling Big Board.
- Helped lead Woodland to undefeated seasons and state championships in 2019 & 2020.
- Racked up a 100-1 career record in high school.
- Two-time Georgia state champion.
- Wrestled for club Level Up.
- Plans to become a civil engineer.
- Sister, Justice, played softball at Lincoln Memorial University
- Goldan Family Endowed Scholarship for Intercollegiate Athletics recipient
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