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United Ascent
North Carolina wrestling is ascending—and we’re covering every step.
United Ascent is RecruitNC’s weekly record of the people, performances and progress moving North Carolina wrestling forward.
View every United Ascent issueFargo 2026
Seven North Carolina Wrestlers Earn Fargo All-American Honors
Seven North Carolina wrestlers reached the podium at the 2026 Fargo Championships, adding another national achievement to the state’s growing wrestling résumé.
Congratulations to:
- Cam Johnson
- Braylen Yates
- Jake Amiott
- Iyanna Crawford
- Mia Pardo
- Devin Hord
- Rylynn Keziah
Fargo brings together many of the country’s top wrestlers in freestyle and Greco-Roman competition. Reaching the podium on that stage is a significant national accomplishment.
Commitment Watch
Eli Horton Commits to Roanoke College
One of North Carolina’s top Class of 2026 wrestlers is headed to the next level. Elijah “Eli” Horton has committed to continue his academic and wrestling career at Roanoke College.
Congratulations to Eli, his family and his coaches. RecruitNC wishes him continued success at the next level.
Recruiting
RecruitNC Athletes Can Track—and Share—Their Profiles
Every RecruitNC athlete profile has a unique link that athletes and families can share with college coaches by email, text or social media. Coaches do not need to log in to view the public portion of a profile.
Sensitive information—including GPA, contact information and other protected recruiting details—is available only to college coaches signed into verified accounts.
New: Who’s Viewing You
Athletes with claimed profiles now have a private analytics section showing:
- Total profile views and unique signed-in viewers
- Views from verified coaches
- Distinct coaches and college coaches viewing the profile
- Activity during the past 30 days
Only the athlete who owns the profile can see these statistics. Individual coach names and schools remain private so coaches can continue researching prospects freely.
RecruitNC Recruiting Activity
- 33 coaches have viewed athlete profiles
- 336 coach-generated profile views
- 124 different athlete profiles viewed by coaches
- 13 college coaches generating 189 views
- 88 different profiles viewed by college coaches
- 32 coach-generated views during the past 30 days
Activity through July 18, 2026.
Technology
North Carolina Wrestling History—Now Searchable with AI
For decades, North Carolina wrestling history has been scattered across old websites, PDFs, spreadsheets, brackets and archived record books. Finding information often meant knowing where to look—and manually searching through years of documents.
Data Dawg changes that.
RecruitNC is bringing North Carolina’s wrestling history into one searchable AI assistant. Instead of digging through PDFs and legacy websites, athletes, families, coaches and fans can ask a question in plain language and receive an answer in seconds.
Search across generations of available RecruitNC records, including:
- Athlete career histories, state results and national accomplishments
- State qualifiers, placers and champions
- High school wrestling history and notable alumni
- Fargo, NHSCA, Super 32 and NCHSAA results
- College commitments by class, gender and division
- Career wins leaders, awards and historical records
- Upcoming NC United Blue practices and calendar details
Try These Searches
- “Tell me about Bentley Sly.”
- “Who are Cary High’s state champions?”
- “Show me the 2026 Fargo results.”
- “Show me North Carolina’s NHSCA All-Americans from 2019.”
- “Show all men’s Division I college commits from 2025.”
- “Who has the most career wins in North Carolina history?”
- “When is the next Blue practice?”
Found something incorrect or incomplete? Tell Data Dawg: “Hey Data Dawg, you have this wrong…” RecruitNC will review the information and typically correct verified issues within hours.
Athlete Development
What Drives Rapid Improvement?
Why do some wrestlers suddenly make significant competitive jumps? Jim Bernthal explored that question through a survey of wrestling parents, athletes and coaches conducted over several months.
Despite the different perspectives represented, the responses were surprisingly consistent. This five-minute feature examines the factors that separate gradual development from rapid improvement.
Weekend Notebook
Several UNC Wrestlers Expected at Blue Practice
NC United Blue practice will be held Sunday, July 19, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. at Fetzer Hall, 210 South Road, Chapel Hill. Several UNC wrestlers are expected to be in the room.
Eligible wrestlers who are not monthly members can register for an individual drop-in practice through the NC United calendar.
View the calendar and register
Open the practice location in Google Maps
Wrestling Guild Sessions
- Cam Stinson — 10:45 a.m. Openings remain. Register for Cam’s session.
- Colton Palmer — 10:30 a.m. This session is full.
On Deck
NC United Plans Major Announcement
NC United expects to share major news this week. The announcement represents the largest development in the organization’s history—and potentially one of the most significant developments for North Carolina’s wrestling ecosystem.
Stay tuned. The ascent continues.