2022-23 Wrestling Roster
Ed Scott
- Weight:
- 157
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- DuBois, Pa.
- High School:
- DuBois High School
All Time Accolades
2X ACC Champion (2022 & 2024)
4X NCAA Qualifier (2022, 2023, 2024, & 2025)
1X NCAA All-American (2023)
2X NWCA Scholar All-American (2021 & 2022)
2X ACC All-Academic (2022 & 2024)
Team Gold Medal in 2021 Junior Pan Am Games and Named Outstanding Wrestler
2024-25
• Wrestled solely at 157 lbs...finishing 14-8, 10-3 in duals, 5-1 in the ACC, 3-4 against ranked opponents, and 10 bonus point wins
• Qualified for NCAAs for the fourth year in a row...went 1-2...first round loss was to (11) Matty Bianchi of Little Rock, stayed alive by earning a technical fall over Stanford's (27) Grigor Cholakyan but eventually fell to (5) Brandon Cannon of Ohio State to close out his collegiate career
• Placed second at the 2025 ACC Tournament
• Wrestled in one tournament during the regular season: Journeymen's Collegiate Classic
• Tallied three ranked wins during the regular season over No. 21 Jason Kraisser of Illinois, No. 25 Dylan Evans of Pittsburgh, and No. 19 Sonnny Santiago of North Carolina
• Claimed a seventh place finish at the U.S. Open in Las Vegas in the Senior Freestyle division at 74kg in April
• Named to the 2024-25 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2023-24
• NCAA Qualifier and ACC Champion...Closed the season with a 23-7 record, 12-4 in dual action, with 14 bonus point wins and eight ranked wins during the regular season.
• Placed third at the 2023 Cliff Keen Invitational after going 7-1 at the tournament..Picked up four ranked wins over the two days, which included No. 20 Tommy Askey (App State), No. 6 Will Lewan (Michigan), No. 10 Trevor Chumbley (Northwestern), and No. 5 Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech)...Only loss at the tournament was to a ranked wrestler (No. 19 Peyten Kellar of Ohio).
• Secured his second ACC Championship with a major decision over VT's Andonian and a decision over UNC's Santiago.
• Went 2-2 at the 2024 NCAA Championships in Kansas City...Both victories were bonus point wins over the 29-seed and 13-seed.
• Named to the 2023-24 All-ACC Academic Team
2022-23
• Placed third at the ACC Championships
• Finished 5th at his second NCAA Championships...Earning him All-American status...Took out the third, sixth, and seventh seeds of the 157 pound weight class
• Collected five ranked wins during the regular season
• Placed 2nd at the Cliff Keen Invitational
• Posted another 23+ win season; tallied six pins over his opponents.
• Claimed an eighth place finish at the U23 U.S. World Team Trials at 70 kg.
2021-22
• First-time NCAA Qualifier. Was the #4 seed and went 2-2. Won his first two matches before falling in the quarterfinals to eventual runner-up Monday of Princeton, 5-3.
• ACC Champion. Entered as the #3 seed and scored three ranked wins. Started with a 5-2 decision over #29 Brady of Virginia Tech, before avenging his lone dual loss vs. #19 Keating of Virginia with a first-period pin. In the final, defeated former national champion #4 O’Connor of UNC with the bout’s lone takedown in the second period (3-2).
• Went 24-3 overall on the season, 12-1 in duals and 3-1 in ACC action. Was 8-1 vs. ranked foes and 17-1 in bonus point matches.
• Ranked 12th in D1 with eight pins on the season, and 16th with five tech falls.
• Named ACC Wrestler of the Week after defeating a pair of top-15 opponents and going 3-0 at the Collegiate Wrestling Duals. Highlight win was a first-period pin over #8 Young of Iowa.
• Placed first in the Wolfpack Wrestling Club Open.
• Advanced to the best-of-3 finals at the 2021 Junior World Team Trials at 70 kg. He went 5-0 in tournament action to reach the finals, outscoring his foes 52-18.
• Named to the ACC All-Academic Team and a 2022 NWCA D1 Scholar All-American.
2020-21
• Pack’s starter at 149 pounds as a true freshman.
• Went 6-6 on the season, 3-4 in duals. Five of six losses to ranked foes, four in the top-11.
• Missed an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships when he placed fourth at the ACC Championship. Both losses to ranked foes.
• Scored a 12-6 win over #22 Finesilver of Duke in the final dual of the season.
• Named the Most Outstanding Wrestler at the Junior Pan Am Championships after taking Gold in freestyle at 70kg.
• Named a 2021 NWCA Scholar All-American.
Prep
• Named to Amateur Wrestling News’ High School All-American Second-Team as a senior.
• Named a 2020 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award winner.
• Named a 2020 Wrestling USA Scholastic All-American.
• Two-time PIAA state champion, as a junior and senior. Went undefeated those two seasons with a 79-0 record.
• Finished his career with a 151-6 record, the most wins in DuBois area history. His 105 career pins was a record for District 9.
• Named to The Open Mat’s High School All-Senior second-team.
• Wrestled in the Collegiate Clarion Open in November. Advanced to the finals with three bonus point wins. Lone loss was 7-6 to #6 Brock Zacherl of Clarion.
• Placed third at state championships as a freshman.
• Four-time district and four-time regional champ.
• 2019 Powerade champion, Journeymen Fall Classic champion, Fargo Greco runner-up, Super 32 (4th).
• 2018 Powerade champion, NHSCA (3rd), Fargo Cadet Freestyle (5th), UWW Cadet World Team Trials (8th).
• 2017 Powerade (4th), FloNationals (4th), Fargo Cadet Greco (6th).
Rankings
• #19 overall recruit and #2 at 152 pounds by FloWrestling
• #29 overall recruit and #2 at 152 pounds by TheOpenMat
• #39 overall recruit and #3 at 152 pounds by by InterMat
Personal
• Majoring in Sport Management.