Josh Harkey

Height:
5-11
Weight:
285
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Laguna Niguel, CA
High School:
Dana Hills HS

Record entering 2024-25 season: Overall: 6-13; Duals: 0-2

2023-24 -- In fourth season at Cal Poly, went 0-4 overall and 0-2 in duals while wrestling at 285 pounds ... made dual debut at home against Duke (Nov. 3) ... competed at Tiger Style Invite.

2022-23 -- Did not compete in any duals or tournaments during third season at Cal Poly.

2021-22 -- Compiled 6-4 record competing in three open tournaments during redshirt season ... placed first in Menlo Open with 3-0 record including one fall ... also was 2-2 in Roadrunner Open and 1-2 in Reno Tournament of Champions ... three of his five wins were by fall, all in first period ... quickest fall was in just 32 seconds against Renato Bezerra-Filho of Menlo.

2020-21 -- Wrestled in five matches, including a pair of dual meets as well as two exhibition matches, in first season at Cal Poly ... lost a narrow 3-1 overtime match against Jarrod Snyder of CSU Bakersfield ... maintains extra year of eligibility moving forward due to COVID-19.

High School -- A 2020 graduate of Dana Hills High School ... earned a fifth-place finish at 195 pounds in the state finals as a senior, the first Dana Hills wrestler in 13 years to place in the state meet ... earned second straight CIF-Southern Section Coastal Division championship and another Coast View Conference title ... also finished fifth at CIF-Southern Section Masters Meet to qualify for state ... was a state meet qualifier and Freakshow Elite Champion as a junior ... was named to the All-Orange County First Team by The Register as a junior after finishing third in the CIF-Southern Section Masters Meet and winning the CIF-Southern Section Coastal Division title at 182 pounds ... placed second in the Coast View Athletic Association finals as well as in the Cossarek Classic with three falls under two minutes during his sophomore campaign ... chose to be a Mustang because "I have had my eyes set on Cal Poly since I was a sophomore in high school when I came to a camp here for wrestling."

Personal -- Son of Tony and Mina Harkey ... two brothers, Jacob and Zachary ... wants to be an entrepreneur or programmer ... hobby includes building computers ... majoring in business administration.