2017-18 Wrestling Roster
Parker VonEgidy
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 174
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Marshville, N.C.
- High School:
- Piedmont High
- Prev School:
- Missouri
2016-17 (Jr.)
- Placed fourth at 184 pounds at the Big 12 Championship
- Compiled a 9-15 overall mark and went 4-4 in Big 12 action
- Claimed an 8-4 win over Oklahoma’s Andrew Dixon and defeated UNC’s Elijah Kerr-Brown, 11-9, at the Journeymen Northeast Collegiate Classic (Nov. 13)
- Topped Cam Jacobson of rival Pitt in a 10-7 decision (Dec. 11)
- Won a 5-3 decision against Iowa State’s Carson Powell in sudden victory to help WVU to its first-ever Big 12 win (Feb. 12)
- Defeated Zen Ikehara of Air Force, 5-2, and Powell, 4-2, before dropping the third-place match at the Big 12 Championship (March 4-5)
- Went 8-4 as the starter at 174 pounds
- Was 5-1 in dual matches before suffering a season-ending injury in December
- Recorded a trio of major decisions over Drexel’s Nicholas Elmer (9-1), Campbell’s Matt Olauson (12-4) and Arizona State’s Preston McCalm (11-2) at the Mountaineer Quad (Nov. 8)
- Won a 9-7 decision over No. 19 Davonte Mahomes of Michigan and defeated Muhamed McBryde in a 7-5 decision at the Northeast Duals (No. 15)
- Went 3-3 to finish sixth at the Joe Parisi Open (Nov. 21)
- Sat out the fall semester after transferring to WVU from Missouri
- Compiled a 7-12 mark at 174 pounds
- Finished the season with three major decisions and one pin
- Won a 9-7 decision over Lock Haven’s Tyler Wood in his debut with the Mountaineers (Dec. 19)
- Recorded an 18-5 major decision over Grand Canyon’s Austin Trujillo (Jan. 3)
- Topped Arizona State’s Ray Waters in a 14-4 major decision (Jan. 4)
- Went 3-0 to win the Roger Denker Open (Jan. 25), pinning Missouri Valley’s Riley Boomer in 3:03 to take first
- Competed in six tournaments at 174 pounds in his redshirt season
- Finished seventh at the Warren Williams/Daktronics Open after picking up his first three wins of his collegiate career, the first of which came by a pin at 1:57
- Was named the champion of the freshman/sophomore division at the Joe Parisi Open, winning all four of his matches
- Lost only one match at the Kaufman-Brand Open, finishing third overall
- Took fifth and sixth place at the UNI and Grand View Opens, respectively, going 5-5 throughout both tournaments
- Picked up 18 wins overall on the season, including two pins and six major decisions
- Ended his high school career with a record of 227-15
- Won three state titles – at 152 pounds his sophomore year, 170 pounds his junior year and 182 pounds his senior year
- Took sixth place at state his freshman year
- Helped his team win the North Carolina state title his junior season after finishing as the runner-up his freshman and sophomore year
- Placed second in the freestyle bracket at the 2011 Fargo Asics Nations in the 170-pound division
- Was a six-time high school all-American and four-time all-conference selection
- A four-time letterwinner for the wrestling program as well as a one-year letterwinner for the football team
- Full name is Weston Parker VonEgidy
- Son of Wesley and Cheryle VonEgidy
- Birthday is March 29
- Has on brother, Cory
- Majoring in multidisciplinary studies
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