West Virginia University Athletics

2024-25 (5th)

• Fourth place finisher at Southeast Open (HWT)
• Finished 11-9 overall, including three wins against Big 12 opponents
  • Defeated Oklahoma's No. 19 Juan Mora in sudden victory, 8-5
• Finished his career with 89 wins
• Season cut short due to injury

2023-24 (r-Sr.)

• Sixth-place finisher at the Big 12 Championship
• Team's Iron Mountaineer
• Team Captain
• Posted a 20-12 record as a starter at heavyweight
• Captured a pair of victories in the consolation round over Wyoming's Kevin Zimmer (6-4) and Utah Valley's Chase Trussell (4-1 (SV1)) at the Big 12 Championship
• Shorty Hitchcock Classic Champion (Nov. 18)
• Claimed three pins and one technical fall on his to defeating Columbia's Billy McChesney by a 4-1 decision in the finals of the SHC
• Southeast Open runner-up (Nov. 4)
• Pinned Utah Valley's Jack Forbes in 3:34 in the SEO seminal match
• Pulled off a 20-5 technical fall over Chattanooga's Kaleb Snodgrass (7:00) in the opening match at the SEO
• Recorded a 2-2 record at the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29)
• Earned a 14-2 major decision over Oregon State's Charles Hastriter at the KKMC
• Claimed a 15-0 technical fall over Billy McChestney to clinch the team's 22-21 victory over Columbia at the Cage Fury Fighting Championships "Battle on the Boardwalk" (Jan. 7)
• Scored a 10-2 major decision over Xavier Doolin in the team's 31-9 road-win over RV Northern Colorado (Dec. 10)
• Picked up two technical falls in the team's sweep of Kent State, Cleveland State and Duke (Nov. 12)
• Nationally ranked in the top 33 at heavyweight throughout the season by several publications
• Earned the No. 7 seed in the heavyweight bracket at the Big 12 Championship

2022-23 (r-Jr.)

• NCAA Qualifier
• Eighth-place finisher at the Big 12 Championship
• Team Captain
• Posted a 21-14 record as a starter at heavyweight, including a 10-5 record in duals and five ranked wins
• Claimed a 6-3 decision over No. 20 Boone Mcdermott of Rutgers at the NCAA Championships
• Captured a 17-3 major decision over Wyoming’s Terren Swartz in the consolation round of the Big 12 Championship
• Southeast Open runner-up (Nov. 5)
• Scored a 3-1 decision over top-33 Brandon Whitman of North Carolina in the SEO semifinals
• Registered a 14-3 major decision over Newberry’s Devon Rice to open the SEO
• Third-place finisher at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open (Nov. 13)
• Pinned Army-Prep’s Evan Anderson in 2:21 in JKBO third-place match
• Picked up a 11-2 major decision over Binghamton’s Cory Day in the JKBO quarterfinals
• Pinned Sullivan County’s Ryan Elifesen in 4:52 to open the JKBO
• Went 3-2 at the 58th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30)
• Pinned Clarion’s Austin Chapman in 2:16 to secure the 24-18 victory over Clarion (Feb. 17)
• Knocked off No. 12 Tyrell Gordon of No. 14 Northern Iowa by a 7-4 decision (Feb. 5)
• Outlasted No. 18 Josh Heindselman of Oklahoma by a 3-1 decision (Jan. 20)
• Pinned Ohio’s Jacob Padilla (2:20) in the 28-9 victory over Ohio (Dec. 6)
• Nationally ranked in the top 33 at heavyweight throughout the season by several publications
• Earned the No. 5 seed in the heavyweight bracket at the Big 12 Championship
• Earned the No. 25 seed in the heavyweight bracket at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships

2021-22 (r-So.)

• NCAA Qualifier
• Seventh-place finisher for the second straight year at the Big 12 Championship
• Team’s Most Improved Wrestler
• Team Captain
• Started in every dual and posted a 20-11 record at heavyweight, including a 7-5 record against Big 12 competition
• Led the team with 35 dual takedowns
• Third on the team with five victories over ranked opponents
• Sixth-place finisher after going 5-1 at the Clarion Open (Nov. 7)
• Pinned No. 18 Brandon Metz of North Dakota State in 1:28 (Jan. 29)
• Defeated No. 20 Owen Trephan of NC State by a 6-5 decision (No. 21)
• Outlasted No. 17 Josh Heindselman of Oklahoma, 3-2, in the first dual of the season (Nov. 13)
• Closed out the season ranked in the top 30 of several wrestling publications
• Earned the No. 5 seed in the heavyweight bracket at the Big 12 Championship
• Earned the No. 27 seed as an at-large berth in the heavyweight bracket at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships

2020-21 (r-Fr.)

• Seventh-place finisher at the Big 12 Championship after defeating Northern Colorado’s Dalton Robertson by a 10-8 decision (March 7)
• Scholar All-American Team member (WVU: first time since 2009)
• Registered a 10-6 record as the starter at heavyweight, including three major decisions and one win over a ranked opponent
• Recorded a 2-1 record at the Mountaineer Quad, including a 13-4 major decision over Ohio’s Jordan Earnest (Jan. 10)
• Defeated Robert Winters by a 4-3 decision in the team’s win over No. 17 Northern Colorado (Jan. 31)
• Earned a 16-2 major decision over Missouri’s Seth Nitzel at the Cowboy Challenge (Feb. 14)

2019-20 (Fr.)

• Redshirted and wrestled unattached in four tournaments at heavyweight
• Posted an 8-8 record with two tech. falls and one pin
• Opened the season with a 6-4 win in sudden victory over Cleveland State’s Collin Kelly at the Clarion Open (Nov. 3)
• Collected a trio of wins at the Findlay Open, earning a 9-6 decision over West Liberty’s Chase Logan, an 18-3 tech. fall victory over Bellarmine’s Gerald Seeney and a win by fall (0:23) over Edinboro’s Shane Noonan (Nov. 16)
• Went 3-2 at the Shorty Hitchcock Memorial Open, topping Army’s Brandon Phillips in a 7-3 decision, Greensboro’s Brandon Williams in a 5-2 decision and Navy’s Riley Smith in a 7-4 decision (Jan. 11)
• Registered a 16-1 tech. fall victory over Buffalo’s Will Leonard at the Edinboro Open (Feb. 1)

Prep

• Posted a 139-16 career record at Central York High
• Four-time Pennsylvania state qualifier and two-time state medalist, placing third in 2019 and finishing fourth in 2018
• Three-time sectional and regional champion (2017-19)
• GameTimePa Co-Wrestler of the Year (2019)
• Two-time NHSCA Duals All-American
• Two-time Junior AAU Olympic Games All-American, placing first and second in the event
• Super 32 All-American 
• Placed seventh at the Super 32 Challenge (2017)
• FloNationals and Disney Duals All-American

Personal

• Son of Damon and Stephanie Cadwallader
• Birthday is April 6
• Has one brother and one sister
• Majoring in sport management
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll