Minnesota Adds All-American Transfer Volk

Jore Volk is coming home! The 2024 NCAA All-American announced last night that he will return to his home state and transfer to the University of Minnesota. 

Volk earned All-American honors for Wyoming in 2024 as he finished seventh in the nation at 125 lbs. A few weeks earlier, Volk claimed a title at the Big 12 Championships which led to the #5 seed at NCAA’s. Volk fell in the opening round but battled back through the consolations to take seventh place. To lock up his spot on the podium, Volk needed a sudden victory win over top-seeded Big Ten champion Braeden Davis of Penn State. Volk finished his sophomore campaign with a 27-8 record. 

In 2024-25, Volk started the year with a pair of wins and then downed Tanner Jordan of South Dakota State at the NWCA All-Star Classic. The following week, he suffered a pair of losses to opponents from the Big 12 Oklahoma schools and was injured and lost for the year. 

Volk was tabbed the #64 overall recruit in the Class of 2022 after winning three Minnesota state championships and capturing a U20 world championship later that summer. He never redshirted at Wyoming - immediately jumping into the Cowboy lineup and notching a 25-11 record while qualifying for NCAA’s as the #21 seed. 

Volk will jump into a Minnesota lineup that features a returning of past All-Americans with Vance Vombaur (141) and Max McEnelly (184). The Gophers have a quality 125 lber returning in Cooper Flynn, as well. Flynn is a two-time national qualifier who joined Minnesota last offseason. He went 2-2 at the 2025 national tournament. To get both in the lineup, one of the two might be able to move up to 133 lbs, as starter Tyler Wells has a redshirt available. 

Volk should have two years of eligibility remaining as he missed the vast majority of the 2024-25 campaign with his injury.