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Carter Young
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Stillwater, Okla.
- High School:
- Stillwater
Bio
2024-25: The Cowboys’ 149-pounder started all but one of the squad’s regular-season matches … Picked up bonus point wins in his first two contests of the season against Utah Valley and Oregon State and tallied five on the season … Went 10-10 overall with fifth place finishes at the Michigan State Open and the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational.
2023-24 (Redshirt Year): Made appearances at the Lindenwood Open and Reno Tournament of Champions while in redshirt … Had six bonus-point wins as part of his 8-3 record at 149 pounds … Fell to teammate Jordan Williams in the Lindenwood Open finals.
2022-23: Went 15-14 in his second year as a starter at 141 pounds … Placed fifth at the Big 12 Championships to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships … Defeated No. 11 Clay Carlson at Big 12s before injuring his knee against No. 1 Andrew Alirez in the semifinals and being forced to injury default out of the match … Went 0-2 at the NCAA Championships while visibly dealing with the injury suffered at the conference tournament … Recorded the highest-ranked win of his career on December 4 against No. 3 Jake Bergeland of Minnesota … Collected three other wins over opponents ranked in the top-10 … Earned Big 12 Wrestler of the Week on January 31 for his 15-7 major decision over No. 8 Cael Happel and 3-0 decision over No. 19 Casey Swiderski … Pinned Justin Hoyle of Hofstra in 20 seconds at the Southern Scuffle, which marked the first fall of his career and is the 12th fastest fall in Scuffle history.
2021-22: Posted a 12-9 record overall and a 10-5 mark in duals as a true freshman in the OSU lineup … Went 1-2 and placed seventh at the Big 12 Championships, earning him an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament at 141 pounds … Made his NCAA Championships debut as the No. 25 seed, but went 0-2 … Recorded the first ranked win of his career against UNI’s No. 23 Cael Happel in a 10-6 decision … Picked up a major decision over OU’s Jacob Butler in his first home Bedlam match that clinched the team win for the Cowboys … Placed third at the 2021 Senior World Team Trials in September after he defeated two former national champions at the event, including a 15-12 decision over Seth Gross to claim bronze ... Named a Scholar All-American by the NWCA.
High School: Wrestled his final three years at Stillwater High School under former Cowboy Ethan Kyle … Won three individual state championships, one at Sand Springs High School as a freshman and the other two as a Pioneer … Was a 2019 Fargo All-American.
Personal: Son of Chris and Christina Young … Has two siblings, Warren and Karenna … Majoring in Applied Exercise Science: Sport and Coaching Science at OSU.
2023-24 (Redshirt Year): Made appearances at the Lindenwood Open and Reno Tournament of Champions while in redshirt … Had six bonus-point wins as part of his 8-3 record at 149 pounds … Fell to teammate Jordan Williams in the Lindenwood Open finals.
2022-23: Went 15-14 in his second year as a starter at 141 pounds … Placed fifth at the Big 12 Championships to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships … Defeated No. 11 Clay Carlson at Big 12s before injuring his knee against No. 1 Andrew Alirez in the semifinals and being forced to injury default out of the match … Went 0-2 at the NCAA Championships while visibly dealing with the injury suffered at the conference tournament … Recorded the highest-ranked win of his career on December 4 against No. 3 Jake Bergeland of Minnesota … Collected three other wins over opponents ranked in the top-10 … Earned Big 12 Wrestler of the Week on January 31 for his 15-7 major decision over No. 8 Cael Happel and 3-0 decision over No. 19 Casey Swiderski … Pinned Justin Hoyle of Hofstra in 20 seconds at the Southern Scuffle, which marked the first fall of his career and is the 12th fastest fall in Scuffle history.
2021-22: Posted a 12-9 record overall and a 10-5 mark in duals as a true freshman in the OSU lineup … Went 1-2 and placed seventh at the Big 12 Championships, earning him an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament at 141 pounds … Made his NCAA Championships debut as the No. 25 seed, but went 0-2 … Recorded the first ranked win of his career against UNI’s No. 23 Cael Happel in a 10-6 decision … Picked up a major decision over OU’s Jacob Butler in his first home Bedlam match that clinched the team win for the Cowboys … Placed third at the 2021 Senior World Team Trials in September after he defeated two former national champions at the event, including a 15-12 decision over Seth Gross to claim bronze ... Named a Scholar All-American by the NWCA.
High School: Wrestled his final three years at Stillwater High School under former Cowboy Ethan Kyle … Won three individual state championships, one at Sand Springs High School as a freshman and the other two as a Pioneer … Was a 2019 Fargo All-American.
Personal: Son of Chris and Christina Young … Has two siblings, Warren and Karenna … Majoring in Applied Exercise Science: Sport and Coaching Science at OSU.
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