Career: Three-time NCAA qualifier and three-time SoCon finalist (2020, 2021, 2022) who won his first SoCon title in 2022 with a 3-2 decision in a 174-pound final against Campbell’s Austin Murphy (Flitz had the quicker escape in the matching 30-second TB-1 periods) ... Won a match at the NCAA Championships in 2022 … Finished with an 84-55 career record (61-24 in the last three seasons after being 23-31 in his first two competitive seasons) ... All-SoCon in 2020 and 2022 ... Ranked 20th by the Coaches Panel and No. 33 in the RPI in the last 2022 rankings from the NCAA ... Arrived at App State as a walk-on who didn’t win a high school state title in North Carolina ... NWCA All-Academic honors in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
 
2021-22: Automatic NCAA qualifier thanks to SoCon title at 174 pounds ... Went 17-8 in his final season ... Won a double-OT final against Campbell’s Austin Murphy at the SoCon Championship thanks to an escape in the first few seconds of the TB-1 period, then a longer ride in the second 30-second portion ... All-SoCon for the second time (also in 2020) thanks to a perfect 7-0 record in SoCon duals (including 2-1 win against Murphy of Campbell) ... At the NCAA’s, trailed 5-2 in the third period of his opening match but turned a 6-5 deficit into a 7-6 lead on a takedown of Cornell's Chris Foca with 13 seconds left and added two near-fall points for a 9-6 victory … Lost to third-seeded Logan Massa of Michigan (15-5) and Wyoming’s Hayden Hastings in the next two matches … Highlight of regular season was a 6-5 win against North Carolina’s Clay Lautt, who is ranked No. 8 in the country, meaning he has three ranked wins this season ... NWCA All-Academic honors.
 
2020-21: NCAA at-large qualifier and SoCon runner-up at 174 pounds … Completed SoCon Championship with a 14-3 record and ended season at 14-5 … Went 8-1 in App State’s duals, including 7-1 in its SoCon duals … Two close losses at NCAAs, with a 7-5 decision and a 3-3 overtime match that was decided by riding time difference … In opening dual of the season, posted a 6-4 (SV-1) decision against then-No. 10 Daniel Bullard of NC State — each had a takedown during a first period that ended 3-all, both had an escape over the final two periods and Flitz got in on a single leg 13 seconds into the first OT period before securing the takedown 12 seconds later … Two of three losses heading into NCAAs were to Campbell’s Austin Murphy (5-4 in the regular season and 9-3 in the SoCon final) … Reached the final with a 16-0 tech fall in the quarterfinals and a 6-3 decision against Gardner-Webb’s Evan Schenk in the semifinal round.
 
2019-20: Went 30-11 at 174 pounds and earned an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships that were canceled by the coronavirus pandemic … Went 7-0 in SoCon duals, beating top-20 opponent Neal Richards of VMI in the regular-season finale, and claimed the second automatic SoCon berth at 174 by finishing second at the league tournament … Lost to Richards, the 2019 SoCon Wrestler of the Year, in the final but bounced back to claim a true second place and the accompanying NCAA berth by winning an 8-5 decision against Campbell’s Austin Kraisser … Seeded No. 26 for the NCAAs … Ranked No. 23 by the RPI and No. 28 by the Coaches Panel following conference championship weekend … SoCon Wrestler of the Month for February … Had a 13-match winning streak late in the season and won 17 of his final 19 matches … Went 10-2 in App State’s duals … Notable victories came against VMI’s Richards (12-11 with three first-period takedowns), NC State’s Daniel Bullard (8-6 vs. No. 15 seed for NCAAs), Lock Haven’s Jared Siegrist (8-5 and then 4-2 in TB-2 period vs. No. 27 seed for NCAAs) and Duke’s Mason Eaglin (9-4 vs. No. 32 seed for NCAAs) … Against Siegrist in a dual at Varsity Gym, used a takedown with 12 seconds left in the Tiebreaker-2 period to break a tie … Also had two wins against Kraisser, who finished the year 24-8 … Took seventh at the Southern Scuffle, with help from first win against Siegrist, and fifth at the Keystone Classic … Second place at the Wolfpack Open.

2018-19: Had a 13-18 overall record and 6-9 dual record as the primary starter at 174 pounds … Went 3-2 in SoCon duals with wins against Chattanooga, Davidson and The Citadel … Had a 2-2 record at the SoCon Championships in Boone … Got the Mountaineers off to a strong start against Chattanooga with a 13-4 major decision in a 21-14 team win that helped App State secure a share of the regular-season title … Finished the season with six wins by major decision ... Member of the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2017-18: Went 10-13 overall at 165 pounds as a redshirt freshman, 3-7 in duals and 1-4 in App State’s first five Southern Conference duals … Flitz’s 3-0 start to the dual season included a 10-8 decision against UNC’s Clay Lautt … Fourth place at the Hokie Open and fifth place at the Keystone Classic … Won by major decision against Davidson in SoCon action … Of seven dual losses, four were by two points and two were by one point.

2016-17: Went 1-2 at 165 pounds with a 10-4 decision against West Virginia in three matches at the Appalachian Open as a redshirting freshman.

High School: Attended Piedmont High School in Monroe, N.C. … Four-year letterwinner in wrestling … An all-state wrestler, he finished third place at the 2016 state championships at 160 pounds (3-A) to cap a 51-4 season … Amassed a 164-26 career record.

Personal: Full name is Thomas Clarke Flitz … Born Feb. 19, 1998 … Son of Paige and Erik Flitz … Has three siblings: Daniel, Michael and Anna.