2023-24: Went 3-3 overall at 133 … Placed fourth at the Appalachian Open with a 3-2 mark, including a win by fall.

2022-23: Redshirted as a true freshman ... Went 2-4 overall at 133 pounds when wrestling attached in the first semester (allowed under new redshirt rules) ... Placed fourth at the Mountaineer Invitational ... Competing unattached in the second semester, placed second at the Appalachian Open after opening the tournament with a 12-7 win against North Carolina's Jace Palmer and a second-period pin of North Carolina's Joey Melendez — those wrestlers split time as UNC's dual starters.

High School: Three-time state champion and four-time state finalist … Career record of 199-9 … 1-A state champion at 138 pounds as a senior, when he went 50-2 …. Helped Avery County win a team state title in each of his last three years (three state tournaments, two dual team titles) … State champ at 132 pounds as a junior and 120 pounds as a sophomore after being the state runner-up at 113 pounds as a freshman …. Went 28-0 as a junior, 58-3 as a sophomore and 52-4 as a freshman … Four-time regional champ.