Colton Palmer

	Class: RS Senior
	Hometown: Durham, N.C.
	High School: Riverside HS

Weight:
157

03/17/2012

Little Finishes Career as an All- American

Darrius Little finished eighth at the NCAA Tournament to claim All- America honors

03/16/2012

Little Advances at NCAA's

No. 8 Darrius Little is 3-1 at the NCAA Tournament

03/08/2012

Wrestling Sends Five to NCAA's

NC State will have five wrestlers competing in the NCAA Tournament

03/03/2012

Four Wrestlers Claim NCAA Automatic Bids at ACC's

Darrius Little and Matt Nereim finish second, while Coltin Fought, Colton Palmer, and Quinton Godley claim third

03/03/2012

Four Wrestlers Claim NCAA Automatic Bids at ACC's

Darrius Little and Matt Nereim finish second, while Coltin Fought, Colton Palmer, and Quinton Godley finish third

• Has a career record of 38-32 with three pins

2010-11
• Tied for the team lead in victories, finishing with a 26-13 record and a team-best nine pins
• Won a career-high nine consecutive matches from Jan. 5 through Jan. 22
• Posted a 13-6 decision Jan. 8 over 16th-ranked Vince Salminen of South Dakota State
• Finished second a week later at the Pembroke Classic
• Finished fifth at the Southern Scuffle, winning six of eight bouts

2009-10
• Went 5-8, including a 4-7 mark at 157 pounds
• Appeared in two matches at 149

2008-09
• Redshirted

2007-08
• Moved into the lineup at midseason for the Wolfpack and put together a 7-11 record with one fall
• Went 3-7 at 157, 2-1 at 165, and 2-3 at 149

High school
• Set a national records for wins in a season and career with a perfect 95-0 campaign to capture the 2007 North Carolina 4-A state championship at 145 pounds, his second state championship in three years
• Finished his career with an incredible mark of 289-4, a winning percentage of .986
• Went 58-1 as a junior in 2005-06, the one loss a medical default in the regional finals of the state tournament for a compression fracture in his neck
• The loss ended a 121-match winning streak
• Won the state championship at 125 pounds as a sophomore in 2004-05 and finished with a perfect 61-0 record
• Went 74-3 as a freshman in 2003-04
• Won 214 of his last 215 high school matches, the one loss being the medical default in the regional finals his junior year
• Last actual loss to an opponent was in the state tournament his freshman year, 2003-04

Personal
• Has two older brothers who wrestled collegiately, Austen Palmer at Iowa State and Brandon Palmer at William Penn
• Majoring in communication with a public and interpersonal communication concentration

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NC State Wolfpack

Little Finishes Career as an All- American

Little Advances at NCAA's

Wrestling Sends Five to NCAA's

Four Wrestlers Claim NCAA Automatic Bids at ACC's

Four Wrestlers Claim NCAA Automatic Bids at ACC's

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