Wabash College sophomore James Day captured a third-place finish at 125 pounds in the 2024 NCAA Division III Wrestling National Championship Tournament finals to earn All-America honors for the first time in his career.
 
Day went 2-1 on Saturday after opening with two wins in Friday's first day of competition. The sophomore faced top-seeded Joziah Fry from Johnson and Wales in Saturday's championship semifinal round. Fry, the eventual national champion, sent Day to the consolation bracket, where the sophomore rallied for a pair of victories.
 
Day's first win came against third-seeded Zac Blasioli from Millikin. Day scored an escape in the second period of their 125-pound bout, then added a point for over one minute of riding time to earn a 2-1 victory. Day took on Jacob Decatur from Baldwin Wallace for the second time in the tournament, defeating him 5-1 in Friday's quarterfinal match. Day scored the only point of the match with an escape in the second period for the 1-0 victory to capture the third-place finish.
 
Wabash scored a total of 16.5 points as a team at the 2024 championships to finish in a tie for 20^th place out of 66 teams competing at the event.
 






James Day placed 3rd and scored 12.5 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - James Day (Wabash) won by decision over Jalen Dunson (Wisconsin-Whitewater) (Dec 7-6)
• Quarterfinal - James Day (Wabash) won by decision over Jacob Decatur (Baldwin Wallace) (Dec 5-1)
• Semifinal - Joziah Fry (Johnson and Wales ) won by tech fall over James Day (Wabash) (TF-1.5 3:37 (18-2))
• Cons. Semi - James Day (Wabash) won by decision over Zac Blasioli (Millikin) (Dec 2-1)
• 3rd Place Match - James Day (Wabash) won by decision over Jacob Decatur (Baldwin Wallace)  (Dec 1-0)