2024-25 Wrestling Roster
Josh Heindselman
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- Hwt
- Weight:
- null
- Hometown:
- Piedmont, Okla.
- High School:
- Piedmont
Graduate Student (2024-25)
• NCAA All-American, heavyweight
• Claimed seventh place at the NCAA Championships (March 21-23) with a 3-2 record; defeated Illinois' #8 Luke Luffman in the tiebreaker, 2-1, in the blood round to secure his first All-America honor
• Earned a 2-1 win against Iowa's #5 Ben Kueter in the seventh-place match to avenge his loss from the Big Ten medal round
• Placed fourth at Big Ten Championships (March 8-9) with a 3-2 mark; earned a win over Wisconsin's #14 Gannon Rosenfeld by technical fall (23-8, 5:32) in the opening round
• Also defeated Rutgers' #7 Yara Slavakouski, 2-1 SV, in the Big Ten quarterfinals and Illinois' #10 Luke Luffman, 7-3, in the consolation semis
• Posted a 26-6 record, including a 7-2 dual-meet mark and a team-leading 12 technical falls
• Defeated Maryland's #13 Seth Nevills (4-2, Jan. 10) in U-M dual debut
• Earned three ranked Big Ten dual wins, including a decision vs. Ohio State's #7 Nick Feldman (4-2, Feb. 1)
• Won the Midlands Championships heavyweight title (Dec. 29-30) with a 4-0 record; defeated Indiana's #29 Jacob Bullock, 5-4, in the final
• Opened his season with three straight tournament titles; also won the Cleveland State Open (Dec. 7) and Kent State Open (Dec. 20)
Prior to Michigan
• Graduated from University of Oklahoma (2024)
• Four-time NCAA qualifier at heavyweight; reached the NCAA Round of 12 in 2024
• Posted an 82-46 record over five seasons at Oklahoma
• Twice played top four at the Big 12 Championships (2021, '24)
• Captured 125kg gold at the 2021 Pan American Junior Championships
• Won the 125kg national title at 2020 UWW Junior Nationals; runner-up at 2021 UWW Juniors
• Four-time NWCA Scholar All-American; four-time Academic All-Big 12 first team
Prep
• Graduated from Piedmont High School (2019)
• Named the 2019 Oklahoma Wrestler of the Year
• Two-time Oklahoma state champion, winning at 220 pounds as junior (2018) and 285 as a senior (2019)
• Also placed second at 220 pounds as a sophomore (2017)
• Posted a 126-7 record over his last three prep seasons, including a perfect 43-0 mark senior season
• Two-time NWSCA Nationals All-American, placing fourth in 2018
• Three-time Fargo All-American
• Two-time Academic Oklahoma State Champion
• Ranked as the No. 11-ranked 285-pound wrestler by FloWrestling
Personal
• Currently enrolled in the School of Social Work
• Earned a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Oklahoma in spring 2024
• Born on March 16, 2001
• Son of Bryan and Melissa Heindselman
• Has two siblings, Will and Hadlea
| Year | Overall | Dual | Tourney | Falls | TF | MD | Conf. | NCAA |
| 2019-20 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 10-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2020-21 | 10-7 | 7-3 | 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4th | dnp |
| 2021-22 | 13-15 | 7-7 | 6-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | dnp |
| 2022-23 | 25-12 | 11-6 | 14-6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7th | dnp |
| 2023-24 | 24-8 | 9-3 | 15-5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4th | dnp |
| 2024-25 | 26-6 | 7-2 | 19-4 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 4th | 7th |
| Totals | 108-52 | 41-21 | 67-31 | 8 | 22 | 8 |
