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: Has a 38-16 career record ... 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.

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