Career: Record of 59-42, with a 13-10 record in duals and a 10-5 mark in SoCon duals … Third place at the 2025 SoCon Championship at 133 pounds and fourth place at the 2024 SoCon Championship at 125 pounds ... NWCA Division I Scholar All-American in 2024 and 2025 … Pinnacle Award winner in 2025 (highest GPA on the title-winning team at the SoCon Championship).
2024-25: Went 18-13 overall, including a 5-6 record in duals and a 3-4 mark in SoCon duals ... Suffered hard-to-swallow upset loss in a SoCon quarterfinal but stormed back to take third with three straight wins: a first-period fall, an 8-6 decision to avenge a regular season loss to Campbell's Logan Heil and a 5-0 shutout of The Citadel's George Rosas … Wrestling against No. 2 seed Blake Boarman from Chattanooga in a true second place match for a second NCAA berth at 133 pounds, Boarman won 4-1 on an overtime takedown of the fourth-seeded Bellis … Had a top-33 RPI ranking during the regular season ... Had close ranked SoCon losses by scores of 5-2 (overtime) and 14-11 while also losing 7-3 to a returning NCAA qualifier and 11-7 against league co-champion Campbell ... Of 12 regular season losses, seven were by four points or less to wrestlers with a top-33 ranking or NCAA experience ... Opened dual schedule with a 7-5 decision against NC State’s Troy Hohman at 133 pounds, breaking a 2-2 tie with an escape and a point for an illegal hold early in the third, then gaining separation on a takedown with 53 seconds left ... Dropped first match at the Southeast Open but took fifth at 133 pounds with a 4-2 record, including a win against 2024 NCAA qualifier Dyson Dunham of VMI (5-2 decision) ... Opened Mountaineer Invitational with 7-6 loss to No. 10 Tyler Wells of Minnesota ... Held 7-1 lead in 11-8 overtime loss to No. 25 Jett Strickenberger from West Virginia ... Had ranked win (overtime takedown of No. 17 Brett Ungar from Cornell) and a pin (against Northwestern) while going 2-2 at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational ... Went 4-0 to win Wilkes Open title ... Won by tech fall at Bellarmine and major decision against The Citadel ... Entered Campbell dual with a 3-3 record in SoCon duals, with two tight losses to ranked opponents and another loss to a returning NCAA qualifier.
2023-24: Went 23-14 with eight pins as a first-year starter at 125 and placed fourth at the SoCon Championships … NWCA Division I Scholar All-American ... Posted a 7-1 record in SoCon duals ... Went 2-2 at the SoCon Championships with two wins by fall and two losses to ranked opponents … Placed fourth at Southern Scuffle (reached semifinals by going up 11-2 on 15th-ranked Brayden Palmer of Chattanooga, who suffered an injury on final takedown) ... Also beat Palmer in the App State-Chattanooga dual, winning a 10-0 major decision ... Had an RPI ranking of No. 25 in the next-to-last RPI release ... Had six pins and nine major decisions as part of 16 bonus-point wins in regular season.
2022-23: Went 10-7 overall at 125 pounds ... Had three pins and one major decision ... Placed fifth at the Keystone Classic and Appalachian Open.
2021-22: Went 8-7 as a true freshman who wrested at 125 and 133 pounds … Had five pins in his eight victories … Had a 6-5 record at 125 and went 2-2 at 133 during the Mountaineer Invitational, with a second-period pin against VMI’s starter … Won a 10-0 major decision in a dual extra at Duke.
High School: State runner-up in Iowa as a senior after winning a state title in Illinois as a sophomore in 2019 … Posted a 120-18 record over his final three prep seasons and went 142-30 overall … In 2021, placed second at the 3-A championships in Iowa to cap a 24-2 season at Dubuque Hempstead … As a junior, placed fifth in the 2-A bracket of the 113-pound division at the Illinois state championships and finished the season with a 52-5 record while wrestling for Bloomington High … Won the state 2-A title at 106 pounds as a sophomore and went 44-11 that season … A 9-1 decision in the 2019 state final gave Bloomington just its fourth state champion … Was also on the all-area team as a freshman wrestling at 106 pounds and going 22-12.
