Wisconsin Badgers

2022-23 (Graduate): Placed 15th at IRA Championships rowing with the third varsity eight boat.

2021-22 (Senior): Academic All Big Ten. Finished middle of the pack (15/30) in the Men's Four Final race at the Princeton Chase (Nov. 7)...Rowed 4V and placed 4th in the Petite Final at the EARC Championships (May 15)... Rowed 3V and placed 11th at the 2022 IRA National Championships (Jun. 5)

2020-21 (Junior) : Fall season canceled due to Covid-19... Rowed three seat with the second varsity and took first place at Marietta College (April 3)...

2019-20 (Sophomore): Rowed three seat in novice 8A and took second place at Bald Eagle Invitational (Nov. 2) ... rowed three seat in novice 4A and took second place at Bald Eagle Invitational (Nov. 2) ... Spring season canceled due to Covid-19. 

2018-19 (Freshman): Rowed three seat with fifth varsity eight and took fifth place at Eastern Sprints...rowed four seat with novice eight and took first and rowed three seat with novice four B and took fifth at Bald Eagle Invitational...rowed four seat with novice eight and took first at North Star Regatta, and rowed three seat with novice four and took first place

High School: Swam for for years, earning four letters ... team captain ... named a National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association Academic All-American ... NISCA All-American honoree in the 200 freestyle relay ... WIAA All-State honors in the 500 freestyle as a sophomore ... WIAA All-State honors in the 200 freestyle, 100 freestyle, and 400 relay as a junior ... played volleyball for four years, earning four letters ... team captain ... WIAA Regional Champion and Big 8 all- conference honoree as a senior ... played baseball for three years, earning two letters

Personal: Parents are Stephanie Barth and Scott Barth ... father is a financial consultant and mother is a volleyball club owner ... has two siblings, Kaitlyn (twin sister) and Allyson ... Kaitlyn is a student-athlete on the swim team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln ... Allyson will play Division I volleyball at North Dakota State University ... parents were both student-athletes at Augustana University ... major is finance ... named to Dean's List for Fall 2020

Reason for choosing UW-Madison: I chose UW-Madison because it presented the ideal college experience at a top 50 public university with outstanding academic and athletic opportunities to thrive as a student-athlete. The communities I have been able to surround myself with have allowed me to develop in every aspect of my life.

What Wisconsin Rowing means to Josh: Wisconsin Rowing means the opportunity to challenge myself every single day to become a better teammate, competitor, and person. I value the opportunity to help contribute to an environment where success is inevitable.