WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The National Wrestling Coaches Association announced its annual list of Scholar All-Americans on Wednesday. Six Purdue wrestlers earned the honor this season, tying the program high that was set in 2024.
This year’s honorees include redshirt junior Brody Baumann (General Management), junior Joey Blaze (Selling & Sales Management), redshirt senior Blake Boarman (M.S. in Sports Management), redshirt senior Hayden Filipovich (M.S. in Finance), redshirt sophomore Ashton Jackson (Selling & Sales Management) and redshirt junior James Rowley (Law & Society).
Filipovich became just the fourth four-time Scholar All-American in school history, joining Matt Ramos (2022-25), Parker Filius (2020-23) and Max Lyon (2019-22).
Baumann and Blaze each became three-time honorees after qualifying for their third straight NCAA Championships in March. Blaze finished in sixth place at 165 lbs to become
Purdue’s 13th two-time All-American. He and Ramos are the only Boilermakers to ever earn multiple All-America and Scholar All-America honors.
Rowley earned his second Scholar All-America nod, his first since 2023-24 after suffering an injury that cut his 2024-25 season short. Boarman and Jackson were both named Scholar All-Americans for the first time in their first seasons as regular starters in the Purdue lineup.
A total of 390 student-athletes representing 73 institutions were recognized for their academic success in the classroom while competing throughout the season.
NCAA wrestlers had to meet at least one of the following four criteria points to achieve NWCA Scholar All-American status.
- Top 8 at NCAAs and 3.0 GPA
- National Qualifier and 3.2 GPA
- Conference Qualifier and 3.5 GPA
- At least 15 matches with a 60% win record and 3.5 GPA
In addition to Purdue matching its program record of six Scholar All-Americans, the Boilermakers recently set a new school record with 17 Academic All-Big Ten selections.
Head coach Tony Ersland has now accounted for 39 of Purdue's 63 NWCA Scholar All-America award winners in addition to three of the four overall team honors. This year's team awards will be announced at a later date.