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2025-26 Wrestling Roster

Cooper Flynn

  • Weight 125
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Seymour, Tenn.
  • Prev School Minnesota
  • Highschool McDonogh School

Biography

- Joined the program in the summer of 2025
- Transfer from Minnesota with one year of eligibility remaining
- 2-time NCAA Qualifier: 2024, 2025

Virginia Tech/Minnesota
- Began collegiate career at Virginia Tech (2021-23) before a season at Minnesota.
- NCAA qualifer for both programs: 2024 (1-2) and 2025 (2-2).
- 58-23 career mark, 19-6 in duals.
- No. 15 in final NCAA Coaches Ranking of 2024-25.
- 16-8 for the Golden Gophers with a 7-8 mark against ranked competition. 
- Won the Cougar Clash and was runner-up in the Mountaineer Invitational in 2024-25.
- 2025 NWCA Scholar All-American.
- 2-time ACC Wrestler of the Week at Va Tech.
- Won the Wolfpack Open (2021-22), Dave Lehman Open (2021-22) and Purple Raider Open (2022-23) at Va Tech.
- Finalist in the Southeast Open (2021-22 & 2022-23) and Keystone Classic (2022-23).
- 8-5 in conference duals: 3-3 (Minnesota) & 5-2 (Va Tech).
- Finished second at 2024 ACC & 7th at 2025 Big Ten Championships.

Prior to College
- 4-year letter winner for Pete Welch at McDonogh High School in Maryland...2-time team captain.
- 2-time Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association champion.
- MIAA runner-up...Maryland Wrestler of the Year.
- 2020 Super 32 Champion.
- 3-time placer at Fargo.
- 2020 Prep National Champion.
- 2019 Walsh Ironman finalist.
- Finished third at Beast of the East.
- No. 3 ranked 126-pounder in the class of 2021 according to FloWrestling.
- No. 22 ranked overall recruit in the class of 2021 according to FloWrestling.

Personal 
- Son of Christie and Travis Flynn.
- Sister, Saydie, is a 2-time Universal Dance Assocation All-American, UDA state champion and national finalist.

Flynn's Career Stats
2021-22 (Va Tech): 13-3 | 0-0 Dual
2022-23 (Va Tech): 14-6 | 3-2 Dual
2023-24 (Va Tech): 15-6 | 9-1 Dual
2024-25 (Minny): 16-8 | 7-3 Dual            
Career (4 seasons): 58-23 | 19-6 Dual