Jay Aiello

2025-26 Team USA Ranking: No. 3 at 97 kg/214 pounds

Years on Team USA: 2 (2022-23, 2025-26)

Residence: Columbus, Ohio

Regional Training Center: Penn RTC

Club: Titan Mercury WC

High School: Chantilly, Va. (Westfield High School)

Born: July 13, 1998

Age-Group World Teams

2021 U23 Worlds (Bronze at 97 kg)

Career Highlights 

• U23 World bronze medalist
• U.S. Open runner-up
• Two-time World Team Trials runner-up
• NWCA All-American
• Four-time NCAA National Championship qualifier

Career Biography

2025: Bronze medalist at Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial Ranking Series event in Budapest, Hungary … Bronze medalist at Zagreb Open Ranking Series event in Croatia … Senior World Team Trials runner-up … U.S. Open runner-up

2024: Gold medalist at International D.A. Kunaev Tournament in Taraz, Kazakhstan … Silver medalist at Yasar Dogu in Istanbul, Türkiye … Bronze medalist at Bill Farrell Memorial International

2023: Silver medalist at Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France … Placed fifth at Zagreb Open Ranking Series event in Croatia … Bronze medalist at Bill Farrell Memorial International … Placed third at Senior Nationals … Finished fifth at U.S. Open

2022: Gold medalist in Poland Open … Finished fourth at Bill Farrell Memorial International … World Cup team member … Finished true third at Final X … World Team Trials runner-up … Finished third at U.S. Open

2021: Bronze medalist at U23 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia … UWW U23 Nationals champion

2019: Placed third at UWW U23 Nationals 

College: Four-time NCAA Nationals Championships qualifier … 2020 ACC champion … Two-time ACC runner-up … 2020 NWCA All-American … Three-time All-ACC

High School: 2016 Virginia state champion … First wrestler at Westfield High School to win all matches by pin on the way to state champion … Four-time letterwinner in wrestling … Washington Post First Team All-Met … Served as team captain as a senior … NHSCA Senior National champion … Two-time NHSCA All-American … Three-time letterwinner in football, playing defensive end and fullback … Lettered one year in baseball at third base and pitcher

Personal: Son of Jenni and Steve Aiello … Has three brothers, Frank, Stephen, David, who all wrestled at Wheaton College … Stephen was an All-American in 2014 … Frank and Stephen are assistant wrestling coaches at Wheaton