Hokie ClubThree-time NCAA Qualifier (2024, 2023, 2021)
Two-time ACC Runner-Up (2024, 2021)
2023-2024: NCAA Qualifier... Round of 12 finisher at his third NCAA Championship... ACC finalist... Finished with a 17-8 with 12 of those victories coming via bonus point.
2022-2023: NCAA Qualifier... Finished the season with a 19-8 record... Recorded nine bonus point victories on the year en route to qualifying for the NCAA Championships for the second time in his career.
2021-22: Finished second at the Southeast Open… Went 3-1 at the Wolfpack Open… Went 2-2 at the ARMS Software/GMU Patriots Open… Went 2-2 at the Southern Scuffle… Recorded two falls, three tech falls and two major decisions on the year… Finished the season with a 10-6 record.
2020-21: NCAA Qualifier… Went 1-2 at first NCAA Championships… Defeated North Carolina’s Andrew Gunning in sudden victory for first career NCAA Championships win… Placed second at first ACC Championships… Upset second-seeded Quinn Miller of Virginia in ACC Semifinals to reach first ACC Championship… Went 10-4 as a true freshman at heavyweight… Wrestled in five dual matches at heavyweight… Defeated Brandon Whitman 4-3 in extra matches of North Carolina dual… Won his first career match via technical fall in the Campbell dual extra matches.
High School: Four-year letterwinner… Coached by Tom Ellis at Sun Valley High School… Wrestled at 195 pounds, 220 pounds and 285 pounds in his high school career… Two-time Pennsylvania state champion… Won 2019 Beast of the East… Wrestled for Lab Trained Wrestling Club under coach Greg Hagel… 2019 Cadet World Team member… 2019 Super 32 champion… Science National Honors Society member… Earned high school academic honor roll.
Personal: Hunter Thomas Catka… Born January 8, 2002… Son of Sean and Marcie Catka… Brother to Aislynn, Alena and Ryan… Planning on majoring in human nutrition, food and exercise (HNFE), with hopes of becoming a physical therapist or orthopedic surgeon.