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AS A SOPHOMORE (2017-18): Tallied a 4-8 (.333) record, all in tournament action … Collected a pair of wins via pin … Went 0-2 against NCAA Division II competition … Placed fifth at the UCF Classic in early December … Compiled a 3-2 mark at the UCF Classic, including a pin of Miami’s Jordan Rogers.
 
AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2016-17): Compiled a 5-10 (.333) record, including a 4-8 mark in tournaments … Tallied three pins … Went 2-4 against NCAA Division II competition … Picked up first collegiate victory with a first-period pin of Limestone’s Vinny Oneto at the Pembroke Classic … Posted a 2-2 record at the Central Florida Open.
 
AS A FRESHMAN (2015-16): Competed in four tournaments as an unattached wrestler … Compiled a 1-8 (.111) record with one pin … Earned a trip to the podium at two tournaments … Placed fifth at the Panther Open and sixth at the Newberry Open … Registered a second period pin of teammate David Wilson at the Newberry Open.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Verona High School for coach Pete Foster … Registered a 26-14 (.650) mark as a prep senior and earned all-conference honors for the second-straight year … Helped lead Hillbillies to the conference title … Placed third at the district tournament for the second-straight year … Compiled a 25-10 (.714) record as a junior … Took home title honors at the Edison Tournament … Also lettered in baseball at Verona.
 
PERSONAL: The son of Elizabeth and Joseph Ballantyne … Has an older sister, Tyler, and a younger brother, Christopher … Maintained a 3.1 cumulative grade point average at Verona High School and graduated sixth in his 163-member senior class … A criminal justice major at UNCP.