2023-24 Wrestling Roster
Derek Fields
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Brunswick, Ohio
- High School:
- Brunswick High School
- Major:
- Sport Management
All Time Accolades
2x NCAA Qualifier (2024 & 2025)
1x NWCA Scholar All-American (2025)
3x All-ACC Academic Team (2023, 2024, & 2025)
4x ACC Academic Honor Roll (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 & 2024-25)
2024-25 - REDSHIRT JUNIOR
• Competed solely at 165 lbs once again...finishing 14-14, 6-7 in duals, 4-2 in the ACC, 2-6 against ranked opponents, and four bonus point wins
• Second-time NCAA Qualifier...went 0-2...first round loss was to No. 4 seed Terrell Barraclaugh who went on to place 5th and earn All-American status...consolation loss was by one point to No. 20 seed Gunner Filipowicz of Army West Point
• Finished fourth at ACC Championships...defeated No. 6 Aidan Wallace of Duke and No. 4 seed Jared Keslar of Pitt
• Wrestled in three tournaments during the regular season: Battle at The Citadel (1st place), Journeymen's Collegiate Classic (Pool A - 2nd place), and Cliff Keen Invitational
• Tallied two ranked wins during the regular season over No. 25 Evan Maag of Campbell and No. 29 Aidan Wallace of Duke
• Named a NWCA Scholar All-American for the first time
• Listed on the All-ACC Academic Team for the third time
• Named to the 2024-25 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2023-24 - REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
• First entered the Wolfpack lineup at 165 for Collegiate Duals in December. Two statement wins earned him the starting nod thereafter, a technical fall over Northern Iowa's Evant Yant and a 4-1 decision over No. 21 Isaac Wilcox of Ohio State.
• Won the Patriot Open at 165 pounds after going 5-0 in one day; included an upset pin (3:28) over South Dakota State’s #15 Tanner Cook in the semi-finals.
• Finished the season 17-6, 8-2 in duals, 4-1 in ACC action, with three ranked wins.
• Placed third at his first ACC Championships
• Earned an at-large bid for the 2024 NCAA Championships in Kansas City
• Named to the 2023-24 All-ACC Academic Team for the second time and the 2023-24 ACC Academic Honor Roll for the third time.
2022-23 - REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Featured in the starting lineup at 165 lbs for four duals (Central Michigan, Binghamton, Army, and Virginia), going 4-1...His only loss to 17th-ranked Justin McCoy of Virginia
• Saw action at Journeymen's Collegiate Classic and Midlands Championships
• Wrestled in two open tournaments - the Zingo National Collegiate Open and was champion at the Appalachian Open
• Reached the third place bout at 74 kg at the 2022 U20 World Team Trials.
• Placed eighth at the 2022 U.S. Open at 74 kg in U20 Freestyle.
• Named to the 2022-23 All-ACC Academic Team for the first time and the 2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll for the second time.
2021-22 - FRESHMAN
• Redshirted the season at 157 pounds.
• Competed in seven open tournaments, going 24-9.
• Second place at the King Open and the Appalachian State Open. Six podium finishes overall.
• Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prep
• Placed third at Ohio D1 state championships at 160 pounds as a senior.
• Ohio state championships were cancelled his junior year, he was competing at 152 pounds.
• Third at NHSCA Junior Nationals.
• Placed eighth at 2020 Super 32 at 160 pounds
• Advanced to the finals of the 2019 Cadet World Team Trials in freestyle at 65 kg.
• Fargo All-American in Cadet freestyle.
Rankings
• #46 overall recruit and #7 at 160 pounds by FloWrestling
• #33 overall recruit and #7 at 160 pounds by MatScouts
Personal
• Older brother Matt was also a member of the NC State Wrestling team, and has moved onto law school.
• Studying Sport Management