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Austin Paradice
- Weight:
- 157
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Moultrie, Ga.
- High School:
- Colquitt County
- Joined the program in 2022-23
- Left after 2023-24 campaign
2023-24 (Redshirt Freshman)
- 12-5 Overall | 0-2 Dual | 0-0 SoCon | 0-2 vs. Ranked Opp. | Dual Scoring: 0-6.
- 0-2 in duals dropping decisions to #18 Peyten Kellar (Ohio) & #21 Tommy Askey (App St).
- Tied for second with four falls (Tice) and six reversals (Williams)...second in near falls (16).
- 7th at Southern Scuffle with a 1st period pin over Gavin Cagle (Virginia)...1st at App Open...3rd at SE Open
(Fr/So).
2022-23 (Freshman)
- Maintained redshirt status per NCAA guidelines.
- 5-3 mark in two tournament outings.
- Placed second at The Citadel Open in the fall and fourth at App State Open in the spring...latter was due to two medical forfeits after winning opening two matches.
- First career fall (6:40) was against Virginia's Nick Sanko at App State.
Prior to Chattanooga
- Wrestled for Benjy Scarbor at Colquitt County...198-27 for his high school career...3-time NHSCA All-American, 1-time each at Fargo Junior Nationals and U.S. Open.
- 2-time state champ (2021, 2022) and 4-time medalist finishing fourth in 2019 and runner-up in 2020.
- Placed nationally at NHSCA as a freshman (7th), junior (5th) and senior (3rd)...4th at Fargo as a senior in greco and fifth at U.S. Open.
- Graduated with academic honors and had more than 36 hours of dual enrollment college credit hours before steeping foot in a college classroom.
Personal
- Born Feb. 12, 2003...son of Jeremy and Leslie Paradice...younger brother, Logan.
- Parents were college athletes with dad playing baseball and mom softball.
- Left after 2023-24 campaign
2023-24 (Redshirt Freshman)
- 12-5 Overall | 0-2 Dual | 0-0 SoCon | 0-2 vs. Ranked Opp. | Dual Scoring: 0-6.
- 0-2 in duals dropping decisions to #18 Peyten Kellar (Ohio) & #21 Tommy Askey (App St).
- Tied for second with four falls (Tice) and six reversals (Williams)...second in near falls (16).
- 7th at Southern Scuffle with a 1st period pin over Gavin Cagle (Virginia)...1st at App Open...3rd at SE Open
(Fr/So).
2022-23 (Freshman)
- Maintained redshirt status per NCAA guidelines.
- 5-3 mark in two tournament outings.
- Placed second at The Citadel Open in the fall and fourth at App State Open in the spring...latter was due to two medical forfeits after winning opening two matches.
- First career fall (6:40) was against Virginia's Nick Sanko at App State.
Prior to Chattanooga
- Wrestled for Benjy Scarbor at Colquitt County...198-27 for his high school career...3-time NHSCA All-American, 1-time each at Fargo Junior Nationals and U.S. Open.
- 2-time state champ (2021, 2022) and 4-time medalist finishing fourth in 2019 and runner-up in 2020.
- Placed nationally at NHSCA as a freshman (7th), junior (5th) and senior (3rd)...4th at Fargo as a senior in greco and fifth at U.S. Open.
- Graduated with academic honors and had more than 36 hours of dual enrollment college credit hours before steeping foot in a college classroom.
Personal
- Born Feb. 12, 2003...son of Jeremy and Leslie Paradice...younger brother, Logan.
- Parents were college athletes with dad playing baseball and mom softball.
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