2017-18 Wrestling Roster

Dave Mayo (Appalachian, '83)
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Alan Clothier

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 184
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • Hometown Lawrence, Kan.
  • High School Lawrence

Biography

2018-19: Went 19-14, improving his career record to 47-25, and was named All-Southern Conference at 184 pounds … Tied for the league’s best record at 184 pounds with a 5-1 mark in SoCon duals, including a 5-4 (TB-1) decision against Campbell’s Chris Kober … SoCon Championship runner-up … Placed Xth at the Southern Scuffle, where he went 5-2 with an 8-5 decision against Lehigh’s Chris Weiler in the seventh-place match, and second at the Keystone Classic … Had an 8-8 record in App State’s duals, including a 5-1 stretch that included wins against Campbell and Duke (9-3 decision).

2017-18: Went 28-11 (team leader in wins) at 184 pounds as a redshirt freshman … Southern Conference dual record of 6-1, SoCon Tournament runner-up (to top-10 Bryce Carr of Chattanooga) and an automatic NCAA qualifier … Southern Conference all-freshman team ... Was tied entering the third period in both NCAA Championships losses in Cleveland … Went 10-3 overall in duals and ranked second on the team with seven major decisions in 2017-18 … Third place at the Keystone Classic, fifth place at the Hokie Open and sixth place at the Southern Scuffle … Entered the NCAA Championships at No. 26 in the coaches’ rankings and No. 28 in the RPI … Won by an 11-5 decision at Oklahoma and had a 16-5 win by major decision against Duke … Had close losses against NC State (3-2 vs. No. 3 Pete Renda) and UNC (5-3 vs. All-American Chip Ness).

2016-17: 3-2 record at 184 pounds and a fourth-place finish at the Appalachian Open as a redshirting freshman  ... Won his first two matches (15-0 technical fall, 11-0 major decision) before finishing 1-2 with a 12-2 major decision vs. Duke’s Araad Sarrami.

High School: Attended Lawrence High School … Finished with a 150-8 record, including 102 wins by fall and two state titles. … Two-time high school All-American ... Two-time Sunflower League wrestler of the year ... Three-year letterwinner in football and a four-year letterwinner in wrestling … Mamed first-team all-conference in football. Was a three-year starter at quarterback. 

Personal: Full name is Alan Edward Clothier … Born Oct. 9, 1997 … Son of Rebecca Clothier … Has one sibling: Evan.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    6'0" 184 lbs
  • 2017-18Redshirt Freshman

    6'0" 184 lbs