Sam Latona Season 2023-24

2x NCAA All-American (125-pounds, 6th, 2021; 133-pounds, 7th, 2023)
3x NCAA Qualifier (125-pounds 2021, 2022; 133-pounds 2023)
2021 ACC Champion
2x ACC Finalist
2021 ACC Freshman of the Year
2021 All-ACC Academic Team
 
2022-23: All-American... Placed seventh at third NCAA Championships to earn All-American honors... Went 4-2 to secure second All-American honors... Defeated ACC Champion Kai Orine to help Tech secure regular season title and again to place seventh at NCAA Championships... Qualified for NCAA Championships for third time in career... 28-8 on the season... Dual meet victory over national champion Vito Arujau in only loss of Arujau's season... 

2021-22: Went 2-2 at second NCAA Championships as the No. 24 seed… ACC Finalist… No. 1 seed for ACC Championships… Went undefeated in conference dual meets… Southeast Open runner-up… Finished the season with a record of 14-9.

2020-21: All-American… Placed sixth at first NCAA Championships to earn All-American honors… Went 4-3 at first NCAAs… Fifth NCAA No. 2 seed in program history… ACC Champion… No. 1 seed for ACC Championships… Defeated Jakob Camacho in the first tiebreaker period to win his first ACC title… Went 14-3 in first season starting at 125 pounds… Won 12 straight matches from the start of the season through the second round of NCAA Championships… Pulled off a last-second takedown and near-fall to stun NC State’s Camacho at the buzzer to win the match and the dual on tiebreaker to claim the Hokies’ fourth ACC Dual Meet Title in program history… Won his first match competing for Virginia Tech in the season opener versus Campbell via 5-3 decision.
 
2019-20: Redshirted. Won the title at the Appalachian Open after going 3-0… Placed third at the 2020 Southern Scuffle after going 6-1 with his only loss coming to No. 4 Nick Piccininni of Oklahoma State… Won the title at the ARMS Software/GMU Patriots Open after going 4-0… Placed third at the Wolfpack Wrestling Club Open after going 4-1 with two major decisions and a tech fall… Finished first at the Southeast Open after going 3-0 in the 125 open division.
 
High School: Three-year letterwinner at Thompson High School … Two-time Fargo national champion … 2018 Super 32 finalist … 2017 Alabama state champion … Ranked sixth in the country at 120 pounds by both FloWrestling and Intermat … Ranked No. 51 on FloWrestling's Class of 2019 Big Board ... Two-time NHSCA national champion.
 
Personal: Born in Birmingham, Ala. … Son of Shannon and Norman Latona … Has two brothers, Dom and James … Majoring in business.