2025-26 Wrestling Roster

Taylor Newton

Jeremiah Price

  • Position 157 pounds
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown State Road, N.C.
  • High School Surry Central

Biography

Career: 59-35 career record following the 2025-26 season ... Made one dual start at 149 in 2023-24 before becoming a starter at 157 in 2024-25 … Third place at 157 pounds during the 2025 SoCon Championship.

2025-26: Posted a 21-19 record, including a 6-8 dual record and 2-4 mark in SoCon duals ... Opened SoCon Championships with an overtime victory against Davidson's Tanner Peake before dropping the next two matches, including one in overtime tiebreakers ... Had five major decisions, three tech falls and four pins ... Reached Southeast Open final after advancing via a medical forfeit against No. 17 Cody Chittum from Chattanoooga, then dropped a championship decision to No. 22 Charlie Millard from Minnesota ... Mountaineer Open finalist ... Won in Princeton dual thanks to last-minute takedown ... Won one match at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational ... Started the team win against Bellarmine with a 7-0 shutout against the eventual SoCon champion.

2024-25: SoCon All-Freshman Team honoree ... Went 28-10 overall record, including an 8-3 record in duals and a 7-1 mark in SoCon duals ... Third place at the 2025 SoCon Championship with a 3-1 record, with a quarterfinal win, semifinal loss and 8-3 decision against The Citadel’s Tyler Badgett before a 17-4 major decision against Gardner-Webb’s Drew Pepin in the third-place matchClosed regular season with a 5-3 decision against Campbell’s Chris Earnest, who had a top-33 RPI ranking ... Picked up a ranked win with a 5-2 decision in a dual matchup against The Citadel’s Badgett, who had edged Price eight days earlier at the Southern Scuffle ... Also had a ranked win by defeating 2024 SoCon finalist Tanner Peake of Davidson by a 6-5 score while posting a 3-1 record to place third at the Mountaineer Invitational ... Reached 6-1 in the SoCon with a win by fall against Davidson ... Improved to 5-0 in SoCon duals with a major decision against Presbyterian, a tech fall at Bellarmine (turning a 9-5 team deficit into a 10-9 lead in a 23-19 victory) and a major decision at Gardner-Webb ... Had a hand raised in a home dual at Varsity Gym for the first time vs. Duke, winning by a major decision ... Won by fall in the first period of the SoCon opener vs. VMI.

2023-24: Officially went 10-6 as a redshirting true freshman who wrestled attached during the first semester and made one attached appearing in the spring semester …  Finalist at the Appalachian Open with a 3-0 record before an uncontested final … Placed sixth at the Southern Scuffle with a 3-1 start, with three losses coming against two ranked opponents and a former NCAA qualifier … Placed third at the Battle at The Citadel, with a major decision against the SoCon finalist and an NCAA qualifier at 149 … Placed third at the Mountaineer Invitational with a 9-6 win against a ranked starter from Gardner-Webb and an overtime loss to another ranked opponent … Made dual debut against Cornell and dropped an 11-5 decision against a top-20 opponent … Had a 5-2 mark in unattached matches during the second semester.

High School: Four-time state champion in North Carolina (just the 12th in state history, a list that includes App State's Coach Bentley) … Career record of 161-3 in high school … State 2-A champion at 152 pounds as a senior with a 43-2 record, including a 4-0 mark with four pins at the state tournament … Won state final by fall in 3:14 … Named Most Outstanding Wrestler in the 2-A state tournament for the second straight year … … Won two titles at 152 pounds and his first two at 145 … Went 42-0 as a junior, 20-0 as a sophomore and 56-1 as a freshman … Represented Boone RTC while competing freestyle in the U20 division at the US Open Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas during the 2023 summer.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    149 pounds
  • 2024-25Redshirt Freshman

    157 pounds
  • 2025-26Redshirt Sophomore

    157 pounds