Biography
2019-20: Named NWCA First Team All-American…Earned a No. 8 seed for the NCAA Championships…Claimed the 2020 SoCon title at 184 pounds, the first of his career, topping Chattanooga's Matthew Waddell with a 10-2 major decision in the title bout, posting three bonus point victories of the day…Registered a pair of pins at the SoCon Championships, starting with a 47-second victory over The Citadel's Cooper Youngblood, then pinning Gardner-Webb's Samuel Mora (4:52) in the semifinal round…One of five Camels named All-SoCon…Tabbed Academic All-SoCon…Also named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll…Earned the 184 pound No. 1 seed at the SoCon Championships…Ranked as high as No. 6 in the nation during the season (FloWrestling, The Open Mat), holding a No. 8 ranking in the season’s final NCAA Coaches’ Panel with an RPI rank of 11…Posted a 30-5 overall record with an 11-1 dual mark, while going an unblemished 6-0 in SoCon bouts…Collected eight major decisions, a tech fall and six pins throughout the season…Won 11 straight bouts to end the season, taking bonus points in his final six matchups…Named to the All-SoCon team…Only dual loss came against top-ranked Zahid Valencia of Arizona State at the Duals on the Diamond…Collected five wins over ranked opponents…Named SoCon Wrestler of the Week twice…Tabbed SoCon Wrestler of the Week after topping No. 6 Nino Bonaccorsi of Pitt 11-8 and Mason Kroening of Ohio in a 12-2 major decision…Named SoCon Wrestler of the Week for a second time after shutting out No. 14 Matthew Waddell 5-0, and locking in Campbell's 26-11 win over Chattanooga…Placed at the Southeast Open, Navy Classic, Reno Tournament of Champions and Midlands Championships…SE Open champion at 184, going 4-0, and defeating Chattanooga's Matthew Waddell 14-5 in a major decision in the title round…Finished fourth at the Navy Classic, starting the day 3-0 before falling against two ranked opponents…Placed fifth at Midlands, going 3-0 on day one before falling to No. 4 Taylor Lujan of Northern Iowa in an 11-3 major decision in the 184 semifinals, and took a 7-4 loss to Iowa's Cash Wilcke in the consolation semis, defeating No. 13 Noah Stewart of Army West Point for the second straight day to claim fifth with a 6-4 decision, making his second career appearance on the Midlands podium…Topped No. 21 Todd Small, 6-4 in extra time in Campbell’s win over No. 11 Iowa State…Started the season 9-0…Named Preseason All-SoCon…
2018-19: Earned his first NCAA Championships appearance, qualifying with a win in his true place match after the SoCon Championships…Named a NWCA Scholar All-American for the second straight season…One of two Camels tabbed SoCon Academic All-Conference…Also earned SoCon Academic Honor Roll accolades…Seeded 18th in the NCAA Championships, topped No. 31 Travis Stefanik from Princeton 8-4 to advance to day two of the tournament…Took a runner-up finished at the SoCon Championships for the second straight season…At the SoCon Championships, opened the day with a pin over Kyle Kretzer of the The Citadel (2:05), defeating Mountaineer Thomas Flitz 8-3, before falling in a 16-6 major decision to SoCon Wrestler of the Year Neal Richards from VMI, taking silver...Notched a 26-10 overall record on the season, including 5-1 dual mark, and a 3-1 SoCon ledger…Won the Navy Classic, going 5-0 in the tournament, including a second round pin over Ohio’s Logan Stanley (3:18), and a 12-6 decision over Edinboro’s Jacob Oliver in the title match…Overcame an opening round loss to finish fourth in the Midlands Championships, going 6-2 on the weekend…Also placed fourth at the Hokie Open, going 2-2…Named to the Preseason All-SoCon Team…
2017-18: Named to the NWCA Division I All-Academic team…Named to the Academic All-SoCon team…Also named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll…The SoCon runner-up at 174 pounds, falling 3-2 to Appalachian State's Forrest Przybysz for the conference title bout…Topped VMI's Cade Kiely with a pin (3:33) in round one, then, as the No. 3 seed, took down No. 2 seed Justin Lampe from Chattanooga in overtime, advancing to the finals with a 3-1 decision…Ranked No. 31 in the nation at 174 pounds by the NCAA coaches panel heading into the SoCon Championships…Went 20-10 on the season with a 4-2 SoCon record…Added as an alternate for the NCAA Championships, but did not see action…
2016-17: Finished with a 17-7 record on the year… He picked up three wins by fall and four by major decision… His fastest fall came at 3:00 against Kimball Bastian (Utah Valley, 1/1)… He also picked up a fall at 3:56 over Tommy Chisholm (Northern Colorado, 1/1) and Fox Baldwin (Virginia, 11/20) at 6:33… He picked up three major decision wins on Nov. 20, 2016, taking a 13-1 win over Brendan Burnham (Maryland), a 14-2 win over Joe Salvi (American) and an 8-0 win over Dean Drugac (Old Dominion)… He went 7-1 on December 18, 2016 at the Reno Tournament of Champions…
Prep/Personal: Four-year member of the Fountain Valley HS team... His team won the league championship all four years... During his senior year his team won the CIF Championship... During his senior year he finished third at states... He finished sixth at the Senior Nationals and eighth at Flo Nationals... During his senior year he finished with a 40-6 overall record including 25 pins... He completed HS with an overall record of 128-33...
