Virginia Tech great Ty Walz enters his fourth season on staff at his alma mater. He’s currently a member of the United States’ senior men’s freestyle national team at 97 kg.
In his first season on the bench, Walz helped lead the Hokies to their second straight ACC title and their sixth consecutive top 10 finish at the NCAA Championships. His individual work in the wrestling room helped Jared Haught on his run to the NCAA finals at 197 pounds.
As a resident athlete with the Southeast Regional Training Center, won a bronze medal at the U23 World Championships in Poland in 2017. He was the second Virginia Tech wrestler to make a World Team and win a medal in international competition, joining Devin Carter. Walz has won gold medals at the 2018 Bill Farrell Memorial Open and the 2019 Dave Schultz Memorial International and also claimed a silver medal at the 2018 Cerro Pelado in Cuba.
Walz was the 2017 ACC Champion at heavyweight and was a three-time All-American for the Hokies from 2015-17, placing seventh once and fourth twice. At the time of his graduation, Walz’s 109 career wins ranked 10th in program history and his .784 career winning percentage tied for 11th.
