Voinovich medical redshirt denied, Iowa career over
Ross Bartachek spoke with Voinovich, who says he is done as an Iowa wrestler and has taken a job at Mitch King's financial advisor office.
Victor Voinovich's medical redshirt has been denied and his career at Iowa is over, per Ross Bartachek, who spoke with the wrestler directly.
Voinovich missed all of the 2024-25 season, then came back and finished the 2026 season as Iowa's postseason starter. Bartachek reports he has recently accepted a job at Mitch King's financial advisor office.
That is the whole story as it stands. Nobody has said why the waiver was denied, and there is no word from Voinovich or from Iowa on an appeal.
What Bartachek reported
The report is a single line from a conversation with Voinovich himself, which is about as direct as this kind of news gets. Bartachek wrote that Voinovich "confirmed that his medical redshirt has been denied and his time as a wrestler at Iowa has come to an end." The job at King's office reads like a wrestler who already knows the answer and has moved on rather than one waiting on a ruling.
confirmed that his medical redshirt has been denied and his time as a wrestler at Iowa has come to an end
Why it matters for Iowa
The Hawkeyes planned around a returning postseason starter and now have a lineup hole to fill instead. A wrestler who sat out an entire season and still came back to hold the spot in March is not a small subtraction from a roster, and Iowa gets no extra year of him to bank on.
The piece worth watching is whether anything changes on the eligibility side. Waiver decisions have been overturned before, and until Iowa or Voinovich says otherwise, the only public word is that the denial stands and he is done.
Our take: the detail that tells you how final this is has nothing to do with the paperwork. Wrestlers fighting a denial do not usually have a job lined up when the news breaks. Voinovich's version of the story, as relayed by Bartachek, is a wrestler closing the door rather than knocking on it.
One thing to watch. Whether Iowa or Voinovich addresses an appeal, or whether the denial is the last word on it.