North Carolina State University Athletics
2011-12 Wrestling Roster
Colton Palmer
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Durham, N.C.
- High School:
- Riverside HS
- Weight:
- 157
• Has a career record of 38-32 with three pins
2010-11
• Tied for the team lead in victories, finishing with a 26-13 record and a team-best nine pins
• Won a career-high nine consecutive matches from Jan. 5 through Jan. 22
• Posted a 13-6 decision Jan. 8 over 16th-ranked Vince Salminen of South Dakota State
• Finished second a week later at the Pembroke Classic
• Finished fifth at the Southern Scuffle, winning six of eight bouts
2009-10
• Went 5-8, including a 4-7 mark at 157 pounds
• Appeared in two matches at 149
2008-09
• Redshirted
2007-08
• Moved into the lineup at midseason for the Wolfpack and put together a 7-11 record with one fall
• Went 3-7 at 157, 2-1 at 165, and 2-3 at 149
High school
• Set a national records for wins in a season and career with a perfect 95-0 campaign to capture the 2007 North Carolina 4-A state championship at 145 pounds, his second state championship in three years
• Finished his career with an incredible mark of 289-4, a winning percentage of .986
• Went 58-1 as a junior in 2005-06, the one loss a medical default in the regional finals of the state tournament for a compression fracture in his neck
• The loss ended a 121-match winning streak
• Won the state championship at 125 pounds as a sophomore in 2004-05 and finished with a perfect 61-0 record
• Went 74-3 as a freshman in 2003-04
• Won 214 of his last 215 high school matches, the one loss being the medical default in the regional finals his junior year
• Last actual loss to an opponent was in the state tournament his freshman year, 2003-04
Personal
• Has two older brothers who wrestled collegiately, Austen Palmer at Iowa State and Brandon Palmer at William Penn
• Majoring in communication with a public and interpersonal communication concentration