Cole Jackson

Height:
6-3
Weight:
285
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Redmond, OR
High School:
Ridgeview HS

Record entering 2024-25 season: Overall: 27-15; Duals: 0-2

2023-24-- Compiled a 14-10 record competing at 197 lbs... Placed second at the Road Runner Open against CSU Bakersfield's Jake Andrews, and earned a 11-4 mark...

2022-23 -- Did not compete in any duals or tournaments in second year at Cal Poly.

2021-22 -- Redshirt ... won three of eight matches in three open tournaments ... posted 2-2 mark for fourth place in Michigan State Invitational and 1-2 record for fourth place in Roadrunner Open ... all three wins were by decision.

High School -- A 2021 graduate of Ridgeview High School in Redmond, Oregon ... team captain and the Ravens' most valuable wrestler ... placed second in Division 5A at the Oregon state finals at 182 pounds in 2019 and placed third as a junior at 220 pounds in 2020 ... a Carey Larson Memorial Tournament champion, Jackson also won the 195-pound freestyle cadet title and was second in Greco at the 2019 Oregon Wrestling Association meet ... second and third in State Folkstyle and two-time freestyle state champion ... 2020 Freakshow champion and 2020 Western States champion ... Oregon National Team member in 2018 and 2019 ... named an Academic All-Star from 2017-21 at Ridgeview High School ... chose to further his academic and athletic careers at Cal Poly "because it is my dream school and it checks all the boxes for me. It has a great academic and athletic environment for me to grow in, the student population is big enough that I can always meet new people and small enough that it isn't a burden. It also helps that the area is unbelievably beautiful and only 10 minutes away from the beach. Cal Poly was the first school I visited and I was sold right when I stepped foot on campus."

Personal -- Son of Casey and Nazaree Jackson ... one sister, Lauren ... aunt Janet Ailstock played soccer for Oregon State and uncle Jesse Ailstock played football for Oregon State ... wants to work in variable-based financial fields ... hobbies include old-school powerlifting, climbing, hiking, traveling, watching movies, cooking, baking, meeting people, philosophy, learning about environmentally friendly technology, reading, mythology, ancient cultures, any kind of storytelling and "learning anything new" ... competed in hockey before stepping onto the wrestling mat ... in summer of 2022 traveled to Mexico and Yosemite National Park with his family ... born in Bend, Oregon ... majoring in Business Administration.