John Borst Season 2017-18

2020 NCAA Qualifier
 
2020-21: Wrestled five matches at heavyweight, accumulating a 4-1 record on the year… Defeated North Carolina’s Andrew Gunning by 3-1 decision in dual match… Won two matches by technical fall, outscoring opponents 32-0 in the two matches… Opened season with a 6-3 decision victory over Campbell’s Taye Ghadiali.

2019-20: NCAA Qualifier… Placed third after a 3-1 showing at the 2020 ACC Championships to secure an automatic qualification to the NCAA Championships…  Defeated Andrew Gunning of North Carolina in the third place match at ACCs… Went 9-5 in dual matches in his first season starting at heavyweight… Earned bonus points in eight matches…  Placed seventh at the Cliff Keen Invitational after going 5-2 and defeating No. 14 Brian Andrews of Wyoming in the seventh-place match… Finished second at the Navy Classic after going 4-1
 
2018-19: Went 12-10 and started in two duals for the Hokies at 285 … Went 2-2 at the Cliff Keen Invitational … Went 4-1 at the F&M Open picking up a tech fall and major decision… Went 4-1 at the Appalachian Open picking up a tech fall and major decision.

2017-18: Redshirted … Went 21-5 wrestling unattached … Had eight bonus point victories … Went 4-0 at the Hokie Open … Pinned Ohio’s Aaron Naples in 1:06 … Went 3-2 at the Wolfpack Open … Took the 197 pound title at the Storm Open where he went 5-0 … Won by tech fall, 20-5, over West Virginia’s Sean Mullican in 4:30 at the Southern Scuffle … Defeated Duke’s Alec Schenk with an 8-3 decision at the Southern Scuffle … Went 4-1 at the Edinboro Open … Beat Arizona State’s Cade Belshay with a 5-1 decision.
 
High School: Three-time Virginia state champion … Wrestled at Sherando HS for Pepper Martin … No. 24 prospect in the country by Flo, ranked 4th at 195 by Flo and Intermat … 2016 NHSCA Junior Champion … Flo Nationals All American . . 2016 UWW World Team Trials 3rd Greco … 2016 Fargo Freestyle Runner up … 2016 Super 32 Champion … 2016 Beast of the East Champion … Named 2017 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award winner for the southeast region of the United States … Finished high school with a record of 211-18 with 164 falls.
 
Personal: Majoring in multimedia journalism