Cohlton Schultz Season 2020-21

Career Summary: Five-time All-American, four-time Pac-12 champion, four-time US Open/Senior Nationals champion, 10-time World Team member
5x NCAA All-American (HWT -- 2021/4th, 2022/2nd, 2023/7th 2024/6th, 2025/3rd)
First five-time All-American in Sun Devil Wrestling history
Career record: 109-18
4x Pac-12 Champion (HWT -- 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Big 12 Championship finalist (HWT/2025)
2x NWCA Scholar All-American (2023, 2024)
USA Wrestling's 2023-24 Greco-Roman Wrestler of the Year
2023 Final X 130 kg champion over Adam Coon (Makes Third USA Wrestling Senior World Team).
2023 US Open 130 kg GR Champion
2022 Gorriaran Award winner
    - Most pins in least amount of time at NCAA Championships
2022 Pac-12 Wrestler of the Year
2022 ASU Most Outstanding Wrestler
2022 US Open 130 kg GR Champion
2022-23 USA World Senior Greco-Roman Team Member
    - 2022 Final X Champion
    - Round of 16 at Senior World Championships   
2021-22 USA World Senior Greco-Roman Team Member
    - Round of 16 at Senior World Championships
2021 NCAA All-American (HWT, Fourth Place)
2020 Olympic Team Trials runner-up
2020 Senior National champion
2019 Senior Nationals champion
2019 U20 World silver medalist
2018 U20 Junior bronze medalist
2017 U17 World Champion



--“He makes everyone around him better”  (by Cole Bradley, ASU State Press/Nov. 11, 2020)
--Ponderosa's Cohlton Schultz: A once-in-a-generation wrestler who just may be the state's best (by Ryan Casey, CHSSA/Feb. 20, 2019)
--Cohlton Schultz Going for NCAA Gold Against Gable Steveson



2024-25 (Redshirt senior):

• Became the first five-time All-American in Sun Devil Wrestling history at the 2025 NCAA Championships, where he placed third overall for the second top-four finish of his career
• Went 6-1 at his final NCAA Championships, beating, No. 24 Nolan Neves (North Carolina), No. 8 Luke Luffman (Illinois), No. 14 Gavin Hoffman, No. 5 Ben Kueter (Iowa), No. 3 Greg Kerkvliet and No. 7 Isaac Trumble in Philadelphia
• Finished the season 26-6, setting a career-best in wins
• Earned the 100th win of his storied collegiate career on Feb. 16 against Oklahoma, fittingly during his final match in Tempe. Finished his career with 109 wins as a Sun Devil
• Won 10 straight matches from early December-mid-February
• Led the team in falls (7) and bonus-point wins (14)
• Took second in the team's first trip to the Big 12 Championships, losing in the final to eventual national champion Wyatt Hendrickson (OSU)

2023-24 (Redshirt junior):

• Reached NCAA All-American honors for the fourth time in his career. Took 6th at the NCAA Championships, earning wins against Nash Hutmacher (Nebraska), Nathan Taylor (Lehigh) and Yaraslau Slavikouski (Rutgers)
• One of eight Sun Devils in team history to earn four-time All-American honors
• Won the fourth Pac-12 Championship title of his career, beating Josiah Hill (Little Rock) and Boone McDermott (Oregon State)
• One of seven in Pac-12 Conference history to win four conference titles
• Had a 12-match winning streak, claiming victories against Nathan Taylor (Lehigh), Yaraslau Slavikouski (Rutgers), Boone McDermott (Oregon State), Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State), Dayton Pitzer (Pittsburgh) and Josiah Hill (Little Rock), among others
• Earned his first win of the season against Jake Andrews (CSU Bakersfield) via tech fall, 17-2, for the 25th dual victory of his college career
• Made his season debut in the team's dual against No. 9 Iowa State at Hamilton High School against No. 3 Yonger Bastida
• Finished the season at 12-4
• One of six Sun Devils to earn NWCA Scholar All-American status

2022-23 (Redshirt sophomore):

• Finished the season 24-4 (10 falls & 3 major decisions)
• Became an NCAA All-American for the second straight season, earning seventh place.
• Became a Pac-12 champion for the second straight season in the 285 weight class.
  • Pinned Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly) to defend his Pac-12 title.
  • Earned a 17-2 tech-fall victory over Josiah Hill (Little Rock) to move into the championship match.
• Reached a 12-match winning streak over the course of the season with five pins to his name.
• Won his first match of the season over #7 Zach Elam (Missouri) by a major decision, 12-4 to secure the upset victory for the Sun Devils.
• Defended his spot on USA's Senior World Team by defeating Tanner Farmer in a best-of-three at 2022 Final X Stillwater, punching his ticket to Senior World Championships in Serbia. 

2021-22 (Redshirt Freshman): 

• 22-1 overall record. Gathered five major decisions, eight falls and two tiebreakers. Earned bonus points in 13 total matches.
• Advanced to the NCAA Heavyweight gold medal match in just his second NCAA tournament. Lined up opposite No. 1 Gable Steveson (Minnesota) who's won the Dan Hodge Trophy and is a Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion and NCAA Champion.
• Schultz claimed his second Pac-12 title with a 2-1 victory over Gary Traub (Oregon State) in the 2022 Pac-12 Championships
  • Swept the Pac-12 Tournament, defeating Oregon State’s Gary Traub (2-1) and Little Rock’s Josiah Hill (fall) to win his second Pac-12 crown and earn a spot at the NCAA Tournament (2 seed).
• Schultz advanced to the 2021 Senior World Championships after earning gold in the Greco-Roman 130 kg weight class at the USA World Team Trials. He beat out Brandon Metz, Tanner Farmer and Jacob Mitchell to earn his first spot on the senior World team. 
• Earned Pac-12 Wrestler of the week Nov. 30.
• Won out the Mountaineer Invitational, with three falls. Took all four at the Cowboy Open, including two falls.

2020-21 (Redshirt Freshman): 

• 2021 All-American
• Won his first collegiate match against Gabriel Beyer (Little Rock) on Jan. 2nd
• Claimed his first Pac-12 Championship title at 285 lbs. against Nathan Traxler (Stanford) in a 3-1 decision
• Placed fourth in his first year at the NCAA Tournament (5-2)
• Seeded No. 4 as a redshirt freshman on the grand stage
• Defeated two top-10 opponents in Ames, Iowa against Iowa State (Gannon Gremmel) and Northern Iowa (Carter Isley)
• Named Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week on Feb. 17
• Schultz is tied for team high in wins (10) and pinned three opponents this season -- the fastest fall coming against Nathan Traxler (Stanford) in :44 seconds at NCAA Championships
• Schultz competed in 19 matches this season for the Sun Devils -- finishing 17-2. His only two losses on the season come against Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) the third place finisher of heavyweight at NCAA Championships
• In the preseason polls, Schultz was ranked out of the top-10 in all of the major polls, but by his NCAA berth he was ranked in the top-5 by FloWrestling, TheOpenMat, InterMat, Trackwrestling and WIN Magazine
• Went 4-0 and was crowned champion of the 130 kg Greco-Roman weight class for his second championship at US Senior Nationals in October

2019-20 (Freshman):

• Redshirted
• Punched ticket to the US Olympic Trials after being crowned the 130 kg Greco-Roman champion at the US Senior Nationals in December
• Captured a silver medal at 130 kg at the 2019 Junior World Championships in Tallinn, Estonia
• Named 2019 Colorado High School Athlete of the Year by Colorado Sports Hall of Fame - Schultz will join some of the best athletes in Colorado history, which includes Lindsey Vonn, Bob Gebhard, Alonzo Babers, George Gwozdecky, Terry Miller and Erin Popovich.
• Competed in the Greco-Roman senior division at the Thor Masters Invitational in Nykøbing Falster, Denmark (January, 2020)
• Placed 2nd at HWT at Roadrunner Open on Nov. 24, falling to two-time NCAA qualifier AJ Nevills of Fresno State, 5-2
• Took home the title at heavyweight at the Northern Colorado Open (11/10), wrestling unattached
• Named TheMat.com Athlete of the Week on May 21

Previous:

• Rated No. 1 pound-for-pound recruit in the nation
• A 2019 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award winner, joining teammate Zahid Valencia as the only other Sun Devil to receive the award
• 2019 Greco-Roman Junior World silver medalist
• 2019 Senior Greco US runner up
• 2018 bronze medalist at the Greco Junior World Championships
• 2017 Greco Cadet World Champion
• Three-time Junior World Team member
• Two-time Cadet World Team participant
• A member of the U23 World Team in 2018
• Four-time Colorado state champion
• Ended his high school career with a 188-2 record, including 152 pins
• Undefeated during junior season

Personal:

• Majoring in Biological Sciences
• Completed the Cool Cat Cafe 808 Burger Challenge by eating eight burger patties in under 30 minutes
• Oct. 17 is officially Cohlton Schultz Day in Parker, Colorado
• Brother Trent wrestles at Northern Colorado
• Son of Rick and Christy Schultz & Jerry and Jessica Sanchez