Gardner-Webb University Athletics

2011-12 at Gardner-Webb: Posted an overallrecord of 15-12 on the season at 197 pounds ... Was fourth on theteam in wins with 15 ...Was 9-6 in dual match action and 4-1 inSouthern Conference action ... Named Southern Conference Wrestlerof the Week on February 8th ... Posted a fall at 5:30 over AireolHarper of NCCC at the UB Quad Meet in Buffalo, N.Y.  Alsoearned a fall over Keith Dahlheimer of Shippensburg at 4:22 at theWolfpack Open ... Tallied a pin at 2:06 over Josiah Huyard ofMillersville in dual match action ... Recorded a technical fall winof 19-3 over Eddie Isola of Davidson ... Went 3-3 at the 2011 NavyClassic with wins over Isaiah Cromwell of Franklin & Marshall,Benjamin Hatef of Navy and Colin Ely of Franklin & Marshall ...Defeated Darren Hankins of Virginia Tech 5-1 at the 2012 SouthernScuffle ... Also posted wins over Urayoan Garcia of VMI, JohnWeakley of Campbell and Brian Self of Duke in dual match actionduring the regular season ... Blanked Beau Wenger of Ohio 6-0 inthe final home match of the season ... Posted a 12-3 major decisionwin over Paul Weiss of Appalachian State at the 2012 SouthernConference Championships ... Also defeated Garcia of VMI 3-0 at thechampionships, taking third-place overall at 197 pounds ... Wasranked 23rd overall in the nation at 197 poundsby DICollegewrestling.net in their Division Ipreseason rankings .... Received national honorable mentionpreseason recognition at 197 pounds by Wrestling USAMagazine ... Also received regional honorable mentionrecognition in the Wrestlingreport.com AtlanticRegion preseason rankings at 197 pounds.

2010-11 at Gardner-Webb: Took first-place inthe197-pound weight class at the 2011 East Regional Championships... Went 0-2 at the 2011 NCAA National Championships ... Recorded a24-16 overall record on the season ... Was 12-9 overall in dualmatch action on the year ... Took third-place at the 2010 DavidsonOpen ... Was second on the team with 24 wins ... Posted four pinfall wins, two technical fall victories and two major decision wins... Posted a pin fall win at 4:56 over Aaron Thompson of Liberty atthe 2011 East Regional Championships ... Scored a pin fall win at2:36 over Beau Wenger of Ohio at the 2010 Southern Scuffle ...Picked up back-to-back pin fall wins over Josh Price of St. Andrewsand Jordan Denmark of Anderson University at the 2010 Davidson Open... Scored a 15-0 technical fall win over Christopher Gill of VMIin dual match action ... Posted a 20-5 tech fall win over JohnCastellano of SMC at the Davidson Open ... Picked up an 11-3 majordecision victory over Nick Rees of Belmont Abbey at the MountaineerDuals ... Scored a 13-1 major decision win over John Nichols ofCampbell at the East Regional Championships ... Recorded a 3-1sudden victory in overtime over Charlie Wolff of Davidson at 285 indual match action.

2009-10 at Gardner-Webb: Posted a 15-14 record on theseason ... Recorded a 7-7 dual match record on the year ... Tiedfor fifth overall on the team with 15 total wins ... Posted threepin fall victories on the season ... Recorded one technical fallwin and one major decision win on the year ... Saw action at 197and at the heavyweight position for GWU ... Was 0-3 at theheavyweight spot for the Bulldogs on the year ... Took third-placeoverall at 197 at the 2010 NCAA East Regional Championships ...Finished in first-place at 197 at the 2009 Davidson Open, pickingup a 22-5 technical fall win over Kenneth Lindsey of UNC Pembroke... Took fourth-place at 197 at the 2009 N.C. State Open with a 3-2record ... Picked up a pin fall win at 5:48 over Corey Sullivan ofNewberry ... Also defeated Christian McLean of N.C. State 6-2 andAnthony Tortora of Hofstra 3-2 at the N.C. State Open ... Recordeda 2-2 record at the 2009 Hokie Open, picking up a pin fall win at3:58 over Dion Mosley of VMI ... Defeated Tim Miller of VirginiaTech 3-1 in overtime at the ACC Challenge ... Also picked up a 4-1win over Josh Wood of Utah Valley in dual match action ... Pickedup a pin fall win over Charles Fox of Princeton at 4:45 at the 2009Southern Scuffle ... Recorded a 10-0 major decision win overChristian McLean of N.C. State and a 6-2 win over Paul Glover ofAppalachian State in GWU's home opener ... Went 2-0 at the197-pound weight class at the East Regional Duals, picking up a 3-1overtime win over Liberty's Brandon Johnson and a 16-0 technicalfall win over Justin Sparrow of Campbell ... Shut out JustinBuchanan of Duquesne with a 3-0 win in GWU's win over theDukes.

2008-09 at Gardner-Webb: Redshirted ...Posted a 2-6 record at 197 for the Bulldogs ... Won by pin fall at197 against Davidson at the Bulldog Duals ... Picked up a winversus Campbell.

High School: Three-time NHSAA All-American ... Thethird-ranked wrestler in the state of Ohio at 215 ... Won the statechampionship his senior season posting a 42-0 mark at 215 pounds... Placed seventh in the state his junior season and eighth hissophomore year ... Two-time medal winner at the AAU Nationals ...Posted an impressive 143-36 record at Berkshire H.S. ... Tallied 54pins for his career ... Won three invitational tournaments hissenior season ... Won the Chagrin Valley Conference and was namedMVP ... Was the sectional and district champion ... Lake/GeaugaCounty Wrestler of the Year ... News Herald 2008 Wrestler of theYear ... Plain Dealer Seven County All-Star wrestling team member... Captained the football and wrestling teams his senior season... Earned honorable mention all-state honors in football and wasfirst-team all district his senior season.

Personal: Born July 1, 1989 in Burton, Ohio ... Sonof Ray and Beth Porter ... Majoring in Business Administration.