University of Iowa Athletics
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2023-2024 Redshirt Freshman at Iowa
- Season record of 31-1
- 12-1 against ranked opponents
- Ranked nationally in the top five of her weight class for the entire season
- 2023 Soldier Salute Champion
- 2024 NCWWC Region Five Champion
- 2024 NCWWC National Champion
- Undefeated dual record of 12-0
- Scored 46 points in dual competition
- Earned 21 technical falls and two pins
- January student-athlete of the month
- President’s List and Dean’s List honoree
- NWCA Scholastic All-American
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Academic all-Big Ten
- Letterwinner
2022-2023 Unattached
- Third place at 2022 Soldier Salute
- 2023 Bearcat Open champion
- 6th place at U20 National Championship in 2023
- 7th place at 2023 US Open Wrestling Championship
High School
- Ranked No. 12 recruit nationally at 112 pounds
- Two-time GIRLS Prep Wrestling champion
- National Prep All-American at Wyoming Seminary
- Placed seventh at the 2021 U23 World Team Trials
- Placed fifth at 2021 Junior Fargo
- Placed fourth at the 2021 Junior World Team Trials
- Placed first at the 2019 Flatz open in Austria
- Placed first at the 2019 Tallinn Open in Estonia
- Earned bronze at the 2019 Vorobyeva Cup in Russia
- Runner-up at the 2019 Super 32
- Finished second in 2018 and third in 2019 at the Cadet World Team Trials
Personal
- Born October 8, 2003
- Daughter of Annese and Sean Bayless
- Majoring in Human Physiology