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Sterling Dias - Women's Wrestling - University of Iowa Athletics

Sterling Dias

Height 4-11
Weight 103 lbs.
Class RS So.
Hometown Las Vegas, Nevada
High School SLAM Academy

2023-24 Redshirt Freshman at Iowa

  • Season record of 31-4
  • 11-2 against ranked opponents
  • Ranked nationally in the top five of her weight class for the entire season
  • Undefeated Dual Record (10-0)
  • Scored 45 points in dual competition
  • 2023 Soldier Salute Champion 
  • 2023 Bearcat Open champion
  • 2024 NCWWC Regional Runner-Up
  • 2024 National Championships Runner-Up
  • Recorded 10 technical falls and 14 pins
  • Her fastest pin this year was notched at 22 seconds
  • NWCA Region Five Wrestler of the Month 
  • Letterwinner

2022-23 Unattached

  • Missouri Valley Open Champion
  • Soldier Salute Champion in 2022
  • 2023 Bearcat Open champion

High School

  • Ranked No. 23 pound-for-pound wrestler nationally
  • 2016 Pan-American Schoolgirl Champion in Medellin, Colombia
  • 2017 Pan-American Schoolgirl Champion in Santiago, Chile
  • 2018 Cadet World Bronze Medalist in Zagreb, Croatia
  • 2018 Fargo National Champion and Outstanding Wrestler – First female Fargo Champion in Nevada
  • 2019 Cadet and Junior Folkstyle Champion in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • 2019 Fargo National Champion
  • 2019 Cadet World Silver Medalist in Sofia Bulgaria
  • 2020 Super 32 Champion in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
  • 2022 NIAA All Girls Nevada State Championship at 106 pounds
  • 2022 Runner-up at the Ayala Women’s Wrestling Invitational

Personal

  • Born on August 19, 2003
  • Daughter of Renalyn and Leroy Dias
  • Has two brothers – Steele and Sylver
  • Majoring in Exercise Science