Christian Carroll

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Elkhart, Indiana
High School:
Jimtown High School
Prev School:
Iowa State/Oklahoma State
Major:
Finance

Career Results:

Year	Overall	Dual	vs. Ranked	Falls	TFs	MDs
2025-26 (HWT)	23-9	10-2	12-8	1	6	7
2024-25 (197)	5-5	2-1	2-4	1	0	2
2023-24 (HWT)	2-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0
Career	30-15	12-3	14-12	4	6	9

Career Highlights:

2026 NCAA Qualifier (All-American) (Eighth) (4-3 record)
2026 Big 12 Championships Participant (1-2)
2026 Third-Place Finish at the Soldier Salute Tournament
2025 Second-Place Finish at the Cliff Keen Invite

2025-26 (Redshirt-Freshman): Carroll started at HWT, compiling a 23-9 record, which included a 12-8 mark against ranked competition. Carroll earned All-American status by way of an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. As the No. 18 seed, he won four consecutive bouts following a loss to No. 15 Brady Colbert (Army). Carroll’s backside tear included wins over No. 31 Brenan Morgan (Virginia), No. 16 Jimmy Mullen (Virginia Tech), No. 9 Cole Mirasola and No. 27 Hunter Catka (Rutgers). Carroll dropped matches to No. 7 Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State) and No. 10 David Szuba (Arizona State) en route to his eighth-place finish. Carroll was the highest-seeded HWT to All-American in Cleveland. He was the third consecutive Cowboy to win four straight at the NCAA Championships. NCAAs were a bounce back for Carroll who struggled at the Big 12 Championships. He went 1-2 in Tulsa as the No. 3 seed. Carroll enjoyed success at invitationals, placing second at the Cliff Keen Invite and third at the Soldier Salute Tournament. He was 10-2 in duals. Carroll enjoyed a nine-bout win streak at one point during the season. He was also a takedown and bonus-point machine. Carroll boasted a team-best 81 takedowns, and 14 of his wins were of the bonus-point variety.

Before Wyoming: Carroll spent one season at Iowa State. He only competed during the fall semester prior to sustaining a season-ending injury. Carroll owned a record of 5-5 and recorded a couple of impressive victories over Northern Iowa’s Wyatt Voelker (Big 12 Champion) and Stanford’s Nik Stemmet (NCAA qualifier). Carroll committed to Oklahoma State out of high school and redshirted as a HWT during his inaugural collegiate season, logging a record of 2-1.

High School: Carroll competed for Jimtown High School where he was named the nation’s No. 1 pound-for-pound recruit in the class of 2023. He was a member of the U20 United States World Team and participated in the U20 World Championships. Carroll claimed a 2023 U.S. Open title and was a U20 Freestyle national champion, which earned him a spot on the World Team. He competed in the U20 World Championships in Bulgaria. Carroll was also a two-time Super 32 champion and a junior freestyle national champion in 2021.

Personal: Carroll is majoring in finance.

Thursday, March 05

Tuesday, March 03

Friday, February 14

Thursday, January 09

Wrestling Set to Host Big Weekend of Events

Wednesday, October 21

Head coach Mark Branch coaches during the NCAA Championships in Cleveland, Ohio

Branch Announces 2026-27 Wrestling Schedule

Thursday, September 17

Austin Collins Earns Two All-Americans Honors at 2026 Junior Nationals

Thursday, July 16

Wrestlers Austin Collins and Sammy Sanchez Set to Compete at Junior Nationals

Thursday, July 09

Christian Carroll - 2026-27 Wrestling Roster

Roster

Antonio Avila

Derek Barrows

Blake Bartos

Justin Beauvais

Alex Berisha

Cole Brooks