West Virginia University Athletics

2024-25 (5th)

• Big 12 Champion at 165 pounds
• NCAA All-American
• Placed third at the NCAA Championships
• Program leader in wins (135)
• Tied first in program history with 17 wins at the NCAA Championships
• Second in program history with 26 career pins
• Finished the season 35-2 overall
  • Defeated Northern Iowa's No. 18 Jack Thomsen by major decision, 15-2, on Feb. 2
  • Defeated Missouri's No. 10 Cam Steed by decision, 10-8, on Jan. 26
  • Beat Oklahoma State's No. 6 Cameron Amine by decision, 5-1, on Jan. 19
  • Defeated Appalachian State's No. 19 Will Miller by fall on Nov. 22
• Led the team in technical falls on the year with 14
• Led the team in takedowns with 95
• Nationally ranked in the top four throughout the season
• Southeast Open champion (165)
• Became just the third Mountaineer to earn a win at the NWCA All-Star Classic
• Cliff Keen Invitational Champion
• Team’s Most Outstanding Wrestler
• Team’s Takedown leader
• Team’s Wins leader
• NWCA Scholar All-American
• 2025 Winter Academic All-Big 12 Team

2023-24 (Sr.)

• NCAA All-American
• NWCA Scholar All-American
• Seventh-place finisher at the NCAA Division I Championships (March 21-23)
• NCAA Qualifier
• Fourth-place finisher at the Big 12 Championship (March 9-10)
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Team’s Mountain Man 
• Team’s Most Takedowns (102)
• Team Captain
• Posted a team-high 32-9 record as a starter at 165 pounds, including 11 wins over ranked opponents 
• Outlasted No. 10 Antell Taylor of Nebraska with a 2-1 decision in the seventh-place match of the NCAA Championships
• Claimed an 8-2 decision over No. 3 Julian Ramirez of Cornell in the consolation round of the NCAA Championships
• Earned a 15-2 major decision over No. 25 Maxx Mayfield of Northwestern in the blood round to earn All-America status at the the NCAA Championships 
• Pinned  No. 30 Domonic Baker of Campbell (2:06) in the opening consolation round of the NCAA Championships 
• Scored a 19-2 technical fall over No. 14 Giano Petrucelli of Air Force in the consolation semifinals of the Big 12 Championship
• Pinned No. 30 Cael Carlson of Oklahoma (4:13) in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Championship
• Shorty Hitchcock Classic Champion (Nov. 18)
• Accumulated five falls - three pins & two techs - toward a 5-0 record at the SHC
• Ken Kraft Midlands Championships runner-up (Dec. 29-30)
• Secured four bonus-point wins, including a pin over No. 13 Caleb Fish of Michigan, to reach the finals of the KKMC
• Third-place finisher at the Southeast Open (Nov. 4)
• Registered four bonus-point victories toward a 4-1 record at the SEO
• Logged a 5-1 decision over No. 3 Izzak Olejnik of Oklahoma State in the team's dual (Jan. 14)
• Picked up a pair of bonus-point victories over No. 17 Giano Petrucelli of Air Force (9-0 major) and Derek Matthews of RV Northern Colorado (19-0 tf) in the team's road sweep (Dec. 8 & Dec. 10)
• Pinned No. 13 Cael Carlson of Oklahoma  (6:04) in the team's dual (Dec.3)
• Two-time WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Jan. 16 & March 25)
• Nationally ranked in the top 33 at 165 pounds throughout the season by several publications
• Earned the No. 3 seed in the 165-pound weight bracket at the Big 12 Championship 
• Earned the No. 9 seed in the 165-pound weight bracket at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships

2022-23 (Jr.)

• U23 Men’s Freestyle WTT All-American
• Fifth-place finisher at U23 World Team Trials (163 pounds - 74kg)
• NWCA Scholar All-American
• NCAA Qualifier
• Sixth-place finisher at the Big 12 Championship
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Team’s Most Falls Award (9)
• Team’s Most Takedowns Award (80)
• Team Captain
• Led all starters with a 24-6 overall record as the starter at 165 pounds, including six wins over ranked opponents
• Recorded a 4-3 decision over Drexel's Evan Barczak at the NCAA tournament (March 16-18)
• Pinned No. 15 Gerrit Nijenhuis of Oklahoma (4:38) in the first round of the Big 12 Championship (March 4-5)
• Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open Champion (Nov. 13)
• Pinned No. 10 Julian Ramirez of Cornell in 1:59 in the JKBO finals
• Scored a 11-2 major decision over Binghamton’s Dimitri Gamkreilidze in the JKBO semifinals
• Registered back-to-back pins over Army Prep’s Gunner Filipowicz (5:41) and Binghamton’s William Ebert (2:54) to begin his journey at the JKBO
• Fourth-place finisher at the Southeast Open (Nov. 5)
• Pinned North Carolina’s Michael Goldfeder (5:35) in his first match of the season at the SEO
• Went 2-2 at the 58th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30)
• Pinned top-33 Holden Heller (3:43) in the 24-11 victory over No. 21 Pitt (Jan. 8)
• Collected a 8-2 decision over No. 17 Gerrit Nijenhuis of Oklahoma (Jan. 20)
• Posted a 6-2 decision over No. 21 Wyatt Sheets of No. 12 Oklahoma State (Jan. 22)
• Scored a 5-2 decision over No. 23 Austin Yant of No. 14 Northern Iowa (Feb. 5)
• Closed out the team’s final three duals with three bonus wins (major decision, tech. fall and pin) in the team’s wins over RV Air Force (Feb. 10), Clarion (Feb. 17) and Lock Haven (Feb. 19)
• Captured three bonus-point victories (two major decisions and one pin) in the team’s sweep of Glenville State, Edinboro and Northern Colorado at the Mountaineer Quad (Nov. 20)
• Nationally ranked in the top 33 at 165 pounds throughout the season by several publications
• Earned the No. 4 seed in the 165-pound weight bracket at the Big 12 Championship 
• Earned the No. 14 seed in the 165-pound weight bracket at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships

2021-22 (So.)

• U23 Men’s Freestyle WTT All-American
• U23 World Team Trials runner-up (163 pounds - 74kg)
• NCAA All-American
• NWCA Scholar All-American
• Eighth-place finisher at the NCAA Division I Championships
• First WVU grappler to reach All-America status at 165 pounds
• Sixth wrestler from the state of West Virginia to be named an All-American
• NCAA Qualifier
• Big 12 runner-up
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• WVU’s Big 12 Champions for Life representative (Marvel)
• Team’s Most Outstanding Wrestler
• Team Captain
• Led the team with a 28-6 overall record as the starter at 165 pounds, including a 10-3 record against Big 12 competition
• Picked up nine wins in 15 opportunities against ranked opponents
• Claimed an 11-3 major decision over No. 19 Justin McCoy of Virginia to secure his spot on the podium to close out the NCAA tournament (March 17-19)
• Posted a 3-0 record, including two major decisions, to seal a spot in the finals of the Big 12 Championship (March 5-6)
• Clarion Open Champion  (Nov. 7)
• Recorded a 5-0 record to capture the 165-pound crown at the Clarion Open 
• Southern Scuffle runner-up (Jan.1-2)
• Knocked off No. 7 Luke Weber of North Dakota State by a 13-5 major decision in the semifinals of the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 2)
• Rattled off 17 consecutive wins heading into the finals of the 165-pound bracket on day two of the prestigious Southern Scuffle (Jan. 2)
• Outlasted No. 9 Austin Yant of  No. 22 Northern Iowa for a 4-2 sudden victory (Feb. 5)
• WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Dec. 6, Dec.13, & March 21)
• Nationally ranked in the top 33 at 165 pounds throughout the season by several publications
• Earned the No. 2 seed in the 165-pound weight bracket at the Big 12 Championship
• Earned the No. 9 seed in the 165-pound weight bracket at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships

2020-21 (Fr.)

• NWCA Scholar All-American
• Scholar All-American Team member (WVU: first time since 2009)
• NCAA Qualifier
• Fourth-place finisher at the Big 12 Championship
• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
• Registered a 16-6 overall record as the starter at 165 pounds, including four major decisions and one pin
• Recorded seven wins over ranked opponents for second on the team
• Posted a 3-2 record at the NCAA Championships toward a berth into the round of 12 (March 19)
• Kicked off his rookie campaign with a 3-0 record at the Mountaineer Quad, which included a 13-4 major decision over Virginia Tech’s Jordan Florence and a 9-0 major decision over Ohio’s No. 22-ranked Colt Yinger (Jan. 10)
• Recorded a 8-5 decision in the team’s win over No. 17 Northern Colorado (Jan. 31)
• Pinned Missouri’s Martell Boone in 6:28 in the first match of the Cowboy Challenge (Feb. 14)
• Nationally ranked in the top 33 at 165 pounds throughout the season by several publications
• Earned the No. 2 seed in the 165-pound weight bracket at the Big 12 Championship
• Earned the No. 21 seed in the 165-pound weight bracket at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships

Prep

• Top-35 recruit out of  Oak Glen High School
• Racked up 179 wins, with all but 46 of them ending in pins
• Became the Golden Bears’ first four-time state champion, winning titles at 120, 132, 138 and 152 pounds, respectively
• Was the 19th wrestler in West Virginia history to claim four state titles
• Two-time West Virginia Class A/AA State Championships’ Most Outstanding Wrestler (2018 and 2020)
• Four-time Ohio Valley Athletic Conference (OVAC) finalist and three-time champion (2018-20)
• Two-time National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) champion, earning the crown in 2017 and 2019
• Two-time Super 32 All-American
• Super 32 Challenge finalist (2019)
• Three-time Ironman All-American
• Defeated current teammate Caleb Rea in the 132-pound finals at the 2018 state tournament
• Also was coached by Jim Akerly, a former WVU All-American (1985-88), at Quest School of Wrestling

Personal

• Son of James and Treena Hall
• Birthday is July 13
• Has one sister
• Majoring in pre-sport management
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll