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2020-21 Wrestling Roster

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Benjamin Barton

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 157
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Louisville, Ky.
  • Highschool Trinity High School

Biography

2020-21: Earned an at-large berth to the NCAA Championships…Seeded No. 22 at 157 pounds in St. Louis…Went 1-2 at the NCAA Championships, including an 8-7 decision over No. 27 Connor Brady from Virginia Tech…Made the SoCon podium for the third time in his career, reaching the 157 finals, where he took App State's Cody Bond to overtime…Also defeated VMI's Blake Showers with an 18-7 major decision in the SoCon semifinals…Fashioned an 11-4 overall record during the season, going 8-1 in duals and 6-1 in SoCon matchups…Won his first nine bouts of the season…Total six bonus point victories…Ranked as high as No. 24 nationally in the 157 individual polls…Named the SoCon Wrestler of the Week on January 9 after going 2-0 to open the 2021 season at No. 8 Virginia Tech, including a 7-4 decision over then-No. 25 Connor Brady, as well as a 2-0 decision over Clayton Ulrey in an extra match…Topped Appalachian State’s Cody Bond 5-4 during the regular season…Posted tech fall wins in CU shutouts over VMI and Davidson…Also notched a tech fall against Bellarmine’s Clayton Catanzarite, 22-6 (5:00)…Picked up a 19-6 major decision over The Citadel’s Grant Speer…Added a 16-5 major decision over Gardner-Webb’s Taylor Parks…Also defeated Ohio’s Jordan Slivka with a 5-2 decision…Named Preseason All-SoCon at 157 pounds…

2019-20: Named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll…Posted a 3-2 record with a pin and a major decision in an injury shortened season…Went 2-2 at the Southern Scuffle, opening the tournament with a pin over Drexel’s Felix Belga (6:23)…

2018-19: Claimed the 157 pound SoCon Championship, posting an 8-2 decision over Appalachian State's Angel Najar in the semifinals before claiming a 4-1 decision over Davidson's Tony Palumbo to gain an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships…Went 0-2 in the NCAA Championships…Registered an 8-5 overall record on the season, going 4-1 in dual matches, all in SoCon bouts…Went 2-2 at the Wolfpack Open, his first action of the season on the mat…Returned to win 4-of-5 SoCon outings, closing the regular season with falls over VMI’s Darren Ostrander (6:18) and Davidson’s Tony Palumbo (2:46)…

2017-18: Named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll…Went 10-9 on the year before a season-ending injury…Posted a 3-2 dual mark…Posted a 3-2 mark in the Reno Tournament of Champions and the Southern Scuffle…Won three of his first four duals on the season, including an 11-7 decision over Kyle Springer from Eastern Michigan in his season debut…

2016-17: Went 15-13 during the season, including 5-5 in dual matches and 3-3 in SoCon competition… He collected two falls on the year, six major decisions and five decision wins. He picked up a fall (1:38) victory over Aidan Conroy of Davidson in the wrestlebacks of the SoCon Championships… He picked up major decision wins over Stevan Smith (VMI, Feb. 18, March 4), Aidan Conroy (Davidson, Feb. 2), Dylanger Potter (Chattanooga, Jan. 28), Zach Kelly (Bucknell, Jan. 13), and Landon Goforth (King, Nov. 6)… Finished his SoCon tournament with a victory over Tyler Buckiso in SV1 in the consolation finals…

Prep/Personal: Four-year member at Trinity HS... He finished the final two seasons of his prep career at the 152-pound class, where his team finished third (junior) and fourth (senior) at states... He won individual state title at during those two years... During his senior year he finished with a 44-4 record, including 24 pins... He finished in the top-5 of most takedowns at his HS…
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    5'9" 149 lbs
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    5'9" 149 lbs
  • 2018-19Junior

    5'9" 157 lbs
  • 2019-20Senior

    5'9" 157 lbs
  • 2020-21Redshirt Senior

    5'9" 157 lbs