2025-26 Wrestling Roster

Joseph Chapman

Cooper Foster

  • Position 125 pounds
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Newland, N.C.
  • High School Avery County

Biography

2025-26: SoCon All-Freshman team ... Posted a 19-16 overall record and took third place at 125 pounds at the SoCon Championships ... Had a 6-8 dual record and 4-4 mark in SoCon duals ... Placed third by winning 2-0 against reigning champion Gylon Sims from The Citadel ... Went 3-1 in Asheville, following quarterfinal loss to Sims with back-to-back first-period pins, including one against the No. 2 seed ... Finished season with six pins, three tech falls and two major decisions ... Posted a big 5-0 regular season shutout over Bellarmine’s Damion Ryan, who had been unbeaten against SoCon foes ... Held a 2-1 lead before a stalling penalty with less than a second left in regulation preceded a 5-2 overtime loss to Sims ... Won Mountaineer Open with a 3-0 record ... Picked up first dual win with a pin against Glenville State ... Earned first-minute pin against Presbyterian in SoCon debut.

High School: Two-time NHSCA All-American, three-time North Carolina state champion and a four-time state placer … Finished Avery County career with school-record 217 wins, going undefeated over his final three prep seasons after placing third as a freshman ... Attended same high school as App State head coach JohnMark Bentley.