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2023-24 Wrestling Roster

Tyler Hunt

  • Class Senior
  • Weight 141
  • Hometown Calhoun, Ga.
  • High School Dalton

Biography

2023-24 // Senior Year
Bumped back up to 141 pounds for senior campaign … Finished the season with a 3-3 record … Competed in the Navy Classic and Patriots Open.
 
2022-23 // Junior Year
Switched to 133 pounds during junior season … Recorded a 7-5 overall record and a 1-0 dual record … Finished in fifth place at the Navy Classic with a 4-1 record … Also competed in the Bearcat Open and Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational … Won lone dual contest of the season against Maryland’s Jackson Cockrell by a 7-3 decision.
 
2021-22 // Sophomore Year
Navy’s starter at 141 pounds for 10 of 11 dual matches, he posted an 8-14 overall record and a 2-8 dual record … Took first place at the Navy Classic, defeating InterMat nationally-ranked No. 25 Darren Miller of Bucknell in the championship match … Earned dual victories over Hofstra and Cleveland State … Defeated Justin Hoyle of Hofstra by a 6-4 decision in sudden victory for first collegiate dual victory … Went 1-2 at the EIWA Championship, defeating eighth-seeded Danny Coles of Princeton by a 7-5 decision.
 
2020-21 // Freshman Year
Navy wrestled a COVID-shortened season that did not include tournaments outside of the EIWA and NCAA Championships … Made appearances in eight “extra matches” over the course of the season where he put together a 6-2 record … Earned his first-collegiate victory by way of a 15-6 major decision over Clarion’s Seth Koleno which was also the first of five consecutive wins for Hunt.

High School
A 2019 graduate of Dalton High School in Dalton, Ga. … Four-year wrestling letter winner (3 at Sonoraville HS, 1 at Dalton HS) … Four-time Georgia State Champion - at Sonoraville HS 113 lbs in 2016, 120 lbs in 2017, 132 lbs in 2018; at Dalton HS 132 lbs in 2019 … Was undefeated his senior year (69-0) … 2019 National High School Coaches Association All-American (placed second) … 2018-19 Daily Citizen-News Wrestler of the Year.

Personal
Son of Greg and Randa Hunt … Majoring in history … Has earned USNA academic honors in one semester … Attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2019-20 academic year … Also received interest from Air Force, Stanford and Columbia … Father, Greg, served in the Marine Corp.
 
Career Numbers
YEAR OVERALL RECORD DUAL RECORD DECISION  MAJOR DECISION  TECHNICAL FALL FALL  FORFEIT  OVERTIME  VS. RANKED OPPONENTS 
2023-24 3-3 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022-23 7-5 1-0 3-5 3-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1
2021-22 8-14 2-8 4-12 1-2 0-0 1-0 2-0 1-1 1-6
2020-21 6-2 0-0 2-1 3-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1
Career 24-24 3-8 11-20 7-2 1-1 3-1 2-0 1-2 1-8

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    141 lbs
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    141 lbs
  • 2022-23Junior

    133 lbs
  • 2023-24Senior

    141 lbs