2013 NCAA Division I Qualifier (174)
2015-2016 at Gardner-Webb: A 2016 All-Southern Conference selection … Earned No. 2 seed in SoCon Championship tournament … Posted a 24-9 overall record, which included a perfect 7-0 mark in the SoCon … Went 11-4 in duals … Had a string of eight consecutive wins … Picked up key dual wins to lead Gardner-Webb to team wins over No. 25 Appalachian State and No. 24 Duke … Went 3-1 at the Cleveland State Open … Posted a 4-1 mark at the Southern Scuffle … Dropped opening match at 2016 SoCon Championships, but closed with three consecutive wins in consolation bracket … Ranked second on team with 29 takedowns … Led team with seven major decisions … Won three matches via pin fall and four via tech fall … Recorded 11 near falls … Tied for team lead with four reversals.
2014-2015 at Gardner-Webb: Southern Conference finalist at 184 pounds … Posted a 13-8 mark combined at 174 and 184 pounds as a redshirt sophomore … Went 2-1 at the 2015 SoCon Championships with a pair of decisions … Dropped a 6-1 decision in the title bout … Won two matches on the season via fall … Had three technical fall wins and one major decision … Went 5-2 at 184 pounds on the season … Moved up to that weight class in mid-January … Picked up three wins at 174 pounds wrestling at the Southern Scuffle … Picked up three wins at the 2014 Hokie Open … Advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2014 Cleveland State University Open.
2013-2014 at Gardner-Webb: Redshirted ... Was rated one of the nation's top non-starters at 174 pounds during his redshirt campaign ... Posted a 27-7 mark overall ... Listed No. 7 nationally in Flowrestling.org's non-starter rankings at 174 pounds ... Pinned nine opponents and had three major decisions ... Recorded three wins via tech fall ... Had a six-match win streak to open the season and four separate win streaks of six matches on the season ... Recorded major conference wins over wrestlers from North Carolina (2), Duke, Virginia, Michigan, Virginia Tech and Purdue.
2012-13 at Gardner-Webb: Was crowned as a Southern Conference Champion with his first-place finish at the 2013 Southern Conference Wrestling Championships at 174 pounds … Went 1-2 overall at the 2013 NCAA National Championships … Went 24-15 overall on the season … Posted a 5-5 dual match record on the year … Tallied a record of 2-3 in Southern Conference action on the season … Joined the GWU lineup at 174 pounds in January … Took third-place overall at 174 pounds at both The Citadel Open and the King College Open … Also earned a fourth-place finish at the Brute Invitational … Posted two pins and one technical fall win on the season … Posted a first round win over No. 9 seeded Nathaniel Brown of Lehigh 5-3 at the 2013 NCAA National Championship Tournament … Swept through the 174 pound bracket at the Southern Conference Championships with decisions over No. 3 Jake Residori of SIUE, No. 7 John Dommert of VMI and No. 1 John Lampe of Chattanooga … Registered pins over Miquel Gordon of Gardner-Webb at 2:36 at the CSU Open and over Ian Solcz of Davidson at 6:00 in Southern Conference dual meet action … Posted a 16-1 tech fall win over Jesse Masters of King College at the King College Open … Recorded a 9-1 major decision win over Tanner Saraceno of Limestone at The Citadel Open … Earned back-to-back major decision victories against Adam Schroeder of Franklin & Marshall and Kevin Matyas of Drexel at the Brute Invitational … Also recorded wins over Patrick Davis of N.C. State at the Wolfpack Open, Tj Cayruth of Newberry at the King College Open, Matthew O’Hara of Ohio State at the CSU Open, Caleb Wallace of Binghamton, Matt Mougin of Northern Illinois and Kort Leyrer of Cleveland State … Competed at 79 KG at both the 2013 ASICS (FILA) Junior Greco-Roman National Championships and the 2013 ASICS (FILA) Junior Freestyle National Championships in April ... Earned a spot on the 2012-13 Big South Presidential Honor Roll.
High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Union Grove High School in Stockbridge, Ga. ... Recorded 47 wins or more in each year on the mat for Union Grove ... Totaled 205 wins over his four-year career ... Went 49-1 as a senior ... Tallied 55 wins his junior year and 54 wins as a sophomore ... Was a State Champion his senior season at 160 pounds ... Was also a State Runner-Up both his junior and sophomore years ... Was a two-time Team MVP and two-time Wolverine Award winner ... Was a 2012 NWCA Dream Team selection ... Also played football for one year ... Won the Wrestling Scholar-Athlete Award ... Recipient of the 2012 Coca-Cola Scholar-Athlete Award.
