North Carolina State University Athletics
2026-27 Wrestling Roster
Matty Singleton
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Moreland, Ga.
- High School:
- Woodward Academy
- Weight:
- 174
All Time Accolades
1x All-American (2025) - 7th place
2x NCAA Qualifier (2026 & 2025)
2x ACC Champion (2026 & 2025)
1x ACC Academic Honor Roll (2023-24)
2025-26 // REDSHIRT JUNIOR
• Competed in the lineup at 174 lbs...finishing 19-5, 13-3 in duals, 4-1 in the ACC, 7-3 against ranked opponents during the regular season, and had seven bonus point wins
• Went 3-2 in his second trip to NCAAs, falling in the blood round as the No. 6 seed...defeated (27) Collin Carrigan of North Carolina in the first round...second round loss was to (11) MJ Gaitan of Iowa State...stayed alive by earning two more wins in the backside of the bracket over (21) Lenny Pinto of Rutgers and (13) Carter Baer of Binghamton...was eliminated with a loss to (9) Beau Mantanona of Michigan in the blood round
• Earned his second ACC Championship as the No. 2 seed...took out Stanford's Collin Guffey, North Carolina's Collin Carrigan, and Virginia Tech's Sergio Desiante to defend his title
• Tallied seven ranked wins during the regular season over No. 10 Jared Simma (Northern Iowa), No. 18 Alex Facundo (Oklahoma State), No. 23 Sergio Desiante (Virginia Tech), No. 9 Lenny Pinto (Rutgers), No. 31 Logan Messer (George Mason), No. 27 Nick Hamilton (Virginia), and No. 31 Sergio Desiante (Virginia Tech) again
• Recorded seven bonus point wins (two falls, one technical fall, and four major decisions)
2024-25 - REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
• Bumped up to 174 lbs to step into the lineup for the season...finishing 22-9, 10-3 in duals, 4-2 in the ACC, 4-7 against ranked opponents, and nine bonus point wins
• Earned All-American status with a seventh place finish in his first trip to NCAAs...went 5-2...second round loss was to Dean Hamiti of Oklahoma State who went on to win the national title...stayed alive by earning three straight wins in the backside of the bracket over (20) Danny Braunagel of Illinois, (6) Brevin Cassella of Binghamton, and (24) Lennox Wolak of Virginia Tech...a loss to (5) Simon Ruiz of Cornell kept him lower on the podium but he was able to defeat (7) Danny Wask of Navy to earn seventh place
• Earned his first ACC Championship...took out 2024 All-American and three-time NCAA Qualifier Lennox Wolak of Virginia Tech, three-time NCAA qualifier Josh Ogunsanya of North Carolina, and three-time NCAA qualifier Luca Augustine of Pitt
• Wrestled in two tournaments during the regular season: Journeymen's Collegiate Classic and Cliff Keen Invitational
• Tallied four ranked wins during the regular season over No. 25 Dom Baker of Campbell, No. 13 Jackson Turley of Rutgers, No. 11 Simon Ruiz of Cornell, and No. 20 Lennox Wolak of Virginia Tech
• Was the second highest leader on the team in technical fall wins with five (behind Isaac Trumble who had seven)
2023-24 - SOPHOMORE
• Redshirted the season.
• 79kg Bronze Place finish at U20 Worlds in August 2023
• Named to the 2023-24 ACC Academic Honor Roll for the first time.
2022-23 - FRESHMAN
• Split time in the Wolfpack lineup at 165 pounds as a true freshman.
• Placed fourth at his first ACC Championships with losses coming from the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds.
• Stepped into the starting lineup for the Virginia Tech dual and defeated 20th-ranked Connor Brady in overtime (6-4 SV)
• Saw action at Journeymen's Collegiate Classic round robin and Collegiate Duals against Lehigh and Northern Iowa
• Competed and won the F&M Lehman Open
Personal
• Has an orange cat named Zuko (from Avatar the Last Airbender)
Prep
• Four-time Georgia state champion, finished with a career record of 213-3.
• Georgia 5A state champion at 182 pounds as a senior, 182 pounds as a junior (5A), 160 pounds as a sophomore (4A), and 138 pounds as a freshman (4A).
• 2022 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award Winner for the state of Georgia.
• Wrestled for the USA all-stars in the Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic.
• Placed seventh at 79 kg at the 2022 U.S. Open in U20 Freestyle.
• 2021 Don Buchannan Tournament champion at 173 pounds. Downed #6 Rowley (Wisconsin commit) 3-0 in the final.
• 2021 Knockout Classic Champion.
• Represented the U.S. at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Columbia. Wrestled at 77kg in Greco-Roman.
• 2021 Super 32 Champion at 170 pounds.
• 2021 Junior World Team member in Greco-Roman at 77 kg. Competed at the World Championships in Ufa, Russia.
• 2020 Super 32 finalist.
• Runner-up at Fargo in 2019 in 16U division of both freestyle and Greco-Roman.
• Two-time NHSCA national champion.
Prep Rankings
• #10 overall recruit and #1 at 182 pounds by FloWrestling. Also ranked #13 in the pound for pound rankings.
• #13 overall recruit and #2 at 180 pounds by MatScout. Also ranked #10 in the pound for pound rankings for the upcoming season.