Hunter Bolen Season 2022-23

Two-time NCAA All-American
Four-time NCAA Qualifier
2020 ACC Champion
2020 VaSID Wrestler of the Year
2018 ACC Freshman of the Year
2018 VaSID Freshman of the Year
 
2021-22: Finished with 23-7 record... Went 1-2 at 2022 NCAA Championship with victory over No. 18 Abe Assad (6-3).. Placed third at ACC Championship to qualify for NCAA Championships... Won Southeast Open claiming three falls, one tech fall, and one major decision... Placed third at Southern Scuffle... Claimed decision victory over No. 8 Jeremiah Kent of Missouri to help Tech upset No. 3 Missouri. 

2020-21: All-American… Placed seventh at 2021 NCAA Championships… Went 4-2 in second NCAA Championships… Defeated Binghamton’s Louie DePrez by 6-3 decision in NCAA Seventh Place Match… Beat Rocky Jordan of Ohio State in the NCAA wrestlebacks to earn his second straight All-American honor… Placed second at the 2021 ACC Championships… No. 1 seed for 2021 ACC Championships after undefeated regular season… Went 8-0 during dual schedule, including 5-0 in ACC play… Beat NC State’s Trent Hidlay for the third time in his career in dual match… Won an 8-3 decision over North Carolina’s Clay Lautt… Opened the season with a 4-3 decision over Campbell’s Caleb Hopkins.

2019-20: All-American… NCAA Qualifier… ACC Champion… Was the top seed at the ACC Championships and defeated NC State’s Trent Hidlay 2-1 in the final to claim his first ACC title and secure an automatic qualification to the NCAA Championships… Beat Virginia’s Michael Battista by a 17-0 technical fall in 5:52 to reach the ACC final… Went 24-2 and finished the season with the No. 1 ranking from InterMat… Placed third at the Cliff Keen Invitational after a 5-1 showing, including going 4-1 over ranked opponents… Won the title at the Navy Classic after going 5-0, including two wins over ranked opponents… Claimed a 8-1 decision over Ohio State’s Zach Steiner to help Tech pull the upset over the No. 3 Buckeyes… Won a 15-3 major decision against Northwestern’s Jack Jessen at the Mat on the Mound ...Won by decision over Dylan Wisman of Missouri, helping Tech upset the ninth-ranked Tigers 29-10
 
2018-19: Redshirted… Named by The Open Mat as one of the top redshirts in the country ... Went 13-1 at open tournaments … Went 3-0 at the Hokie Open with two tech falls and a 4-2 decision over 2019 All-American Chip Ness (North Carolina) … Placed first at the Wolfpack Open, beating all of his opponents by bonus points … Defeated Jacobe Smith (Oklahoma State) by a 3-1 decision at the Southern Scuffle … Fell to Shakur Rasheed (Penn State) in the Southern Scuffle finals by a 4-1 decision to place second.

2017-18: NCAA qualifier … VaSID All-State first team ... Earned an automatic bid to nationals after placing second at the ACC Championships … One of 16 true freshmen to compete at the NCAA Championships … Posted a 20-9 record during the regular season … Was the number one seed at 174 pounds at the ACC Tournament … Defeated No. 19 Daniel Bullard of NC State in dual meet action, 5-3, and at the ACC Championship, 7-4 … Beat 13th-ranked Ethan Ramos of North Carolina, 14-6, in a dual … Registered an 18-3 tech fall in 4:57 against Pitt’s Austin Bell … Pinned West Virginia’s Parker VonEgidy in 4:48 … Went 3-2 at the Cliff Keen Invitational … Went 2-2 at the Southern Scuffle … Claimed the 174-pound title at the Appalachian State open, where he went 5-0 … Went 3-0 at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic.
 
High School: Lettered four times for Coach Leroy Close at Christiansburg HS … Four-time district champion … Four-time region champion … Three-time state champion … Two-time Fargo All-American.
 
Personal: Born April 2, 1998 in Roanoke, VA … The son of Brett and Amy Bolen … Has two older sisters, Livy and Hannah … Majoring in business management.