chattanooga MOCS

- Transfer from Clarion in 2021
- Southern Scuffle Placer: 2022 (3rd) & 2023 (2nd)
- 3x NCAA Qualifier: 2022 (133), 2023 (133), 2024 (125)
- 2x SoCon Champion: 2023 (133), 2024 (125)
- SoCon Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler: 2023
- All-SoCon: 2022, 2023, 2024
- May 2024 graduate (Exercise Science)

2023-24 (Senior)
- NCAA Qualifier...All-SoCon...SoCon Champion at 125.
- No. 21 in the RPI and No. 25 in the final NWCA Coaches Poll...best ranking was No. 14 (WrestleStat).
- 17-4 Overall | 8-1 Dual | 5-1 SoCon | 1-2 vs. Ranked Opp. | Dual Scoring: 31-4.
- 22 seed at NCAA Championships...3-time NCAA Qualifier (1st at 125)....went 1-2 with two close decision losses in the round of 32 (#11 Cooper Flynn-Va Tech) and consolation round two (#28 Diego Sotelo-Harvard) sandwiching a controlling performance in the consolation opener (#27 Max Gallagher-Penn).
- Led the squad in major decisions (10), reversals (8) and riding time bonus (14).
- Won 125 at Clarion Open in field that included then-No. 1 Matt Ramos (Purdue).
- Dean's List and A.D. Honor Roll.

2022-23 (Junior)
- 22-8 for the season...13-5 in duals, 9-3 in tournaments.
- All-SoCon and SoCon Champion at 133...SoCon Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler...NCAA Qualifier (2-2).
- 16-1 against unranked competition, 6-7 against ranked opponents...top ranked win was No. 16 Ramazan Attasauov of Iowa State in the Southern Scuffle and No. 16 Joe Heilmann of Rutgers in opening NCAA bout.
- Runner-up in Southern Scuffle to 2nd-ranked Daton Fix (Oklahoma State).
- Team leader in wins and third in dual points scored (48)...second on the squad in first takedowns with 18, one fewer than fellow NCAA Qualifier and SoCon Champ Rocky Jordan...eight reversals were tops on the Mocs charts.
- Dean's List and A.D. Honor Roll.

2021-22 (Sophomore)
- 25-9 at 133 pounds...posted a 14-5 mark in duals and a 10-4 record in tournaments...7-1 in SoCon competition.
- All-SoCon at 133 pounds...finished 2nd place at SoCon Tournament, earned first career bid to NCAA Championships as No. 19 seed... went 0-2.
- Wrestled back from an opening match defeat to finish third at Southern Scuffle. 
- Dean's List and A.D. Honor Roll.

Prior to Chattanooga
- Competed in one season at Clarion (2019-20) and went 2-6 with both wins coming by decision. 
- 2-time state champion and 2-time runner up in high school with a 197-4 career record at Beech High School.
- Flo and Virginia Beach All-American as a junior...39-0 as a senior and was the Virginia Beach National Champion... 

Personal
- Born Feb. 28, 2001...four siblings, Dillon, Meghan, Jayla and Blake.
- Majoring in Exercise Science.

Palmer's Career Stats
2019-20 (CU): 2-6 | 0-3 Dual (141) | 2-3 Tournament
2020-21: Did not compete at Clarion
2021-22 (133): 25-9 | 14-5 Dual | 11-4 Tournament
2022-23 (133): 22-8 | 13-5 Dual | 9-3 Tournament (1 title)
2023-24 (125): 17-4 | 8-1 Dual | 9-3 Tournament (2 titles)  
Career: 66-27 | 35-14 Dual | 31-13 Tournament (3 titles)