2022-23 Wrestling Roster
Ira Jenkins
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- Hwt
- Weight:
- null
- Hometown:
- Whitehall, Mich.
- High School:
- Whitehall
Junior/Sophomore (2024-25)
• Competed in three tournaments and one dual at heavyweight
• Earned a quick pin (0:27) over Henry Ford College's Jaylen Jones in his first match of the Michigan State Open (Nov. 9)
• Made collegiate dual-meet debut against Duke's Connor Barket (Nov. 22)
• Also competed in the Clarion Open (Nov. 3) and the Bobby Kauffman Open (Jan. 4)
Sophomore/Freshman (2023-24)
• Competed in four open tournaments at heavyweight
• Posted an 11-6 record, including three falls and two technical falls
• Took second place at the Bobby Kaufman Open (Jan. 7) with a 3-0 record; withdrew prior to the championships final due to injury
• Claimed fourth place at the Cleveland State Open (Dec. 9) with a 2-2 mark
• Placed fifth and posted a 3-2 record the Michigan State Open (Nov. 11); earned a 15-0 technical fall over Wisconsin's Brooks Empey in season debut
• Also competed in the Midlands Championships (Nov. 29-30)
Freshman (2022-23)
• Redshirted season; competed in two open tournaments
• Claimed the heavyweight title in collegiate debut at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 5) with a 4-0 record; defeated Wisconsin's Brooks Empey, 4-0, in final
• Earned a 5-2 decision over Ohio State's Hogan Swenski in first collegiate bout at the MSU Open
• Also placed third and posted a 3-1 record in the Cleveland State Open (Dec. 11)
Prep
• Graduated from Whitehall High School (2022)
• Captured two Michigan state titles, winning at 285 pounds (2022) and 215 pounds (2021)
• Four-time Michigan state placewinner; also took third at 152 pounds (2019) and fifth at 171 pounds (2020)
• Posted the record for the first and second fastest state tournament runs in Michigan history (2021 districts-state: 7 minutes, 29 seconds, 2022 districts-state: 8 minutes, 6 seconds)
• Posted a 183-11 career prep record with 151 career pins
• Claimed the 2019 Preseason Nationals 170-pound title; placed seventh at 160 pounds in 2018
• Helped guide Whitehall to a MHSAA team state runner-up finish in 2021
• Also earned a varsity letter in football
• Named All-Conference at defensive end and a Division 3-4 all-state honorable mention
• Named 2022 Muskegon Area Sports Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete Award recipient
• National Honor Society; Distinguished Honors; three-year Whitehall class president
• Ranked as the No. 100 overall recruit by MatScouts and No. 14-ranked 285-pound wrestler
Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts; undeclared major
• Born on May 2, 2003
• Son of Thomas and Jessica Jenkins
• Has a younger brother, Wyatt
| Year | Overall | Dual | Tourney | Falls | TF | MD | Big Ten | NCAA |
| 2022-23 (RS) | 7-1 | 0-0 | 7-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- |
| 2023-24 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 11-6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | -- | -- |
| 2024-25 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 2-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- |
| Totals | 20-14 | 0-1 | 20-3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
