West Virginia University Athletics

2019-20 (r-So.)

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Registered a trio of victories, including one win by fall, at heavyweight
• Competed in a trio of Big 12 duals
• Made an appearance at the Southeast Open to start the season (Nov. 3)
• Pinned Gardner-Webb’s Gabriel Pickett in 3:40 at the Mountaineer Invite (Nov. 9)
• Competed as an unattached wrestler at the Mat Town Open, picking up a 6-1 decision over Bucknell’s Eric Chakonis (Dec. 1)
• Participated in the heavyweight division at the prestigious Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2)
• Topped South Dakota State’s Blake Wolters in a 5-2 decision for his first Big 12 victory (Feb. 7)

2018-19 (r-Fr.)

• Finished the year with a 10-8 record at heavyweight
• Posted two pins and one major decision
• Claimed a fifth-place finish in the heavyweight division at the Hokie Open, capturing wins over Tennessee-Chattanooga’s Trevor Burns, King University’s Chris Vasquez, UNC-Pembroke’s Cade Smith and North Carolina’s Keaton Kluever (Nov. 4)
• Also participated in four open tournaments as an unattached wrestler
• Pinned Otterbein’s Nate Temple in 4:58 at the Ohio Intercollegiate Open (Nov. 11)
• Went 3-1 and defeated Kent State’s Jacob Cover in sudden victory at the Storm Open to place fifth in his respective weight bracket (Dec. 2)
• Posted a 2-2 record at the Cleveland State Open (Dec. 15)

2017-18 (Fr.)

• Redshirted and wrestled unattached in six tournaments at 197 pounds
• Posted a 7-12 mark, with one major decision and one pin
• Defeated Rider’s Connor Agostino in a 10-4 decision and Campbell’s Anthony Brownridge in sudden victory at the F&M Open (Jan. 6)
• Earned a 14-1 major decision over Edinboro’s Gordon Truesdale at the Edinboro Open (Feb. 3)
• Won a 3-2 decision over Kent State’s William Bolia at the Mat-Town Open II (Feb. 17)

Prep

• Two-time MPSSAA state champion (2016-17)
• Two-time all-county honoree
• Two-time team captain on the wrestling team
• Also was a team captain as a member of the football team
• Named to the all-county list as a defensive lineman
• Was a member of the National Honor Society
• Landed on the MSWA All-Academic First Team

Personal

• Son of Keith and Debra Mullican
• Birthday is Sept. 15
• Has one brother
• Majoring in exercise physiology
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll