chattanooga MOCS

CHATTANOOGA: 3-time NCAA Qualifier ... 50-27 career mark entering 2022-23.

2021-22 • JUNIOR SEASON II: Began the season at 184 before moving up to 197 ... SoCon Champion ...17-20 overall, 10-3 at 197 ... 11-7 dual record going 6-1 in the SoCon ... made second appearance in NCAA Tournament in third qualification.

2020-21 • JUNIOR SEASON: Runner-up at the SoCon Tournament where he earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships at 184 pounds ... 11-6 overall and 9-3 in dual action ... ranked in the top 25 for most of the season ... preseason All-SoCon at 184. 

2019-20 • SOPHOMORE SEASON:  Posted a 22-9 record at 184 ... 11-5 mark in dual action and 5-1 in SoCon matches ... ranked throughout the season ... earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships after placing second at the SoCon Tournament ... won the Appalachian Open ... did not compete due to the COVID-19 shutdown ... fourth place at the Southern Scuffle ... runner-up at the Southeast Open that included an 8-5 decision over Missouri's No. 14 Dylan Wisman.

PRIOR TO UTC:  Transfer from Oklahoma where he spent the previous two seasons ... redshirted the 2018-19 season ... competed at 184 pounds for the Sooners in 2017-18... compiled a 8-21 overall record (3-15 duals) in his freshman campaign … earned his first collegiate win by pinning Sacred Heart's Matt Fallon in just 39 seconds at the Journeymen/My House Northeast Duals … competed as an unattached individual at the Oklahoma City University Open on Nov. 5, placing first in the 184-pound bracket ... three-time Georgia State Champion from Gilmer High School in Gilmer, Ga. ... seven-time High School All-American ... placed third at the 2016 NHSCA Junior Nationals ... sixth-place finished at the 2016 Super 32 Challenge ... ranked No. 9 at 183 pounds by Intermat ... No. 85 overall recruit by Intermat.

PERSONAL:  Son of Mark and Lisa Waddell ... father played football at the University of West Georgia ... has three siblings (teammate Caleb, Rachel and Anna) ... Business major. 

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