Seth Gross

2025-26 Team USA Ranking: No. 3 at 61 kg/134.5 pounds

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

Residence: Bismarck, N.D.

Regional Training Center: MATPAC WC 

Club: Titan Mercury WC

High School: Apple Valley, Minn. (Apple Valley High School)

Born: March 15, 1996

Senior World Teams 

2022 Senior Worlds (Fifth at 61 kg)

Age-Group World Teams

2016 U20 Worlds (Eighth at 60 kg), 2012 U17 Worlds (13th at 58 kg)

Career Highlights 

• 2022 World Team member
• Two-time age-group World Team member
• 2018 NCAA National champion
• Two-time NCAA All-American

Career Biography

2025: U.S. Open runner-up

2023: Placed fourth at Senior Nationals

2022: Placed fifth at World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia … World Cup team member … Gold medalist at Zouhaier Sghaier Tournament Ranking Series event in Tunis, Tunisia … Gold medalist at Bill Farrell Memorial International … Final X champion … Senior World Team Trials Challenge champion

2021: Placed fourth at Senior World Team Trials

2019: Gold medalist at Bill Farrell Memorial International

2018: Bronze medalist at Bill Farrell Memorial International

2017: Placed fifth at U.S. Open

2016: Placed eighth at U20 World Championships in Macon, France … UWW Junior World Team Trials champion … UWW Junior Nationals runner-up

2012: Placed 13th at U17 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan … 

College: 2018 NCAA Division I National champion … 2017 NCAA Division I National runner-up … Four-time NCAA National qualifier … Two-time Big 12 champion … 2015-16 Big 12 Championships runner-up … Placed third at 2020 Big Ten Championships … Finished third in 2017-18 for NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler

High School: Minnesota high school state champion at three different weight classes: 120 pounds in 2012, 132 as a junior and 138 as a senior … Posted a career prep record of 153-15, including a 48-2 mark his senior season

USA Wrestling Age-Group: 2013 Junior Nationals champion … 2013 Junior Folkstyle Nationals runner-up … 2013 Northern Plains Junior Regionals champion … 2012 USA Wrestling Cadet Freestyle Nationals champion … 2012 USA Wrestling Cadet Greco-Roman Nationals runner-up … Placed fifth at 2012 USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals … 2011 Cadet Freestyle Nationals champion … Finished fifth at 2011 Cadet Folkstyle Nationals … Placed fourth at 2010 Kids Folkstyle Nationals … Finished second at 2010 Kids Northern Plains Freestyle Regionals … Placed fifth at 2010 Kids Northern Plains Greco-Roman Regionals … 2009 Northern Plains Regional runner-up … 2008 Kids Folkstyle Nationals bronze medalist … 2008 Northern Plains Regional champion … 2007 Kids Greco-Roman Nationals bronze medalist … 2007 Northern Plains Regional champion in freestyle and Greco-Roman … 2006 Kids Nationals runner-up in freestyle and Greco-Roman … Placed fifth at Kids Folkstyle Nationals … 2006 Northern Plains Regional champion … Finished fifth at 2005 Kids Greco-Roman Nationals

Awards: 2017 Big 12 Championships Outstanding Performer … 2017-18 Hodge Trophy Finalist … 2017-18 Big 12 Conference Wrestler of the Year