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2023-24 Wrestling Roster

Jake Francksen-Small

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Merrill, Iowa
  • High School Le Mars Community
  • Major Exercise Science

Biography

2023-24: NAIA Championships qualifier ... Second Team All-GPAC ... Dr. Noordewier Academic Achievement Award winner ... represented the wrestling team on NWC's Student-Athlete Leadership Team (SALT) ... went 19-12, finishing third on the team in wins ... five wins by fall ... two tech falls ... 181 match points ... NAIA Scholar Athlete.

2022-23 (Junior): Represented NWC & GPAC at the NAIA National Convention on the Association of Student-Athletes (ASA) ... NWC George Dunlop Sportsmanship Award Winner ... All-Conference Honorable Mention ... was fourth on the team in wins (14) ... three pins, 141 match points, six decisions ... NAIA Scholar Athlete.

High School: four year letter winner for Le Mars Community High School; voted two-time Most Valuable Wrestler; District Champion his junior year; two-time state qualifier; Academic All-state; honor roll student; class valedictorian. 

Signing Day Release

Personal: son of Lori Francksen and Brad Small; brother to Tanner and Hanna.
Favorite Bible Verse: 2 Timothy 4:7

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    165
    165 lbs

  • 2021-22Freshman

    174
    174 lbs

  • 2022-23Sophomore

    174
    174 lbs

  • 2023-24Senior

    174
    6'0" 0 lbs