RISING STAR smith Kolton

By Jennifer Jordan

In just second grade, Kolton Smith is already a wrestling champion. Weighing 46 pounds and wrestling on the 8u team for the Florida Scorpions Wrestling Club for the past 19 months, Kolton already has an incredible win-loss record of 81-33.

Kolton is also a baseball player and plays first base for Plant City Little League. Playing baseball for four years, Kolton was inspired to wrestle and play baseball due to his father wrestling in high school and his mom playing softball. A hard worker who isn’t afraid to wrestle in heavier weight classes, Kolton gets honor roll every nine weeks at school. He not only enjoys wrestling and baseball but also loves watching the Tampa Bay Lightning.

On the weekend of January 20, Kolton went to Oklahoma to attend the Tulsa Nationals. Hyperextending his elbow in the quarter-finals, Kolton still came in sixth place overall out of 23 of the toughest kids in the nation. A Super 32 Champion, Kolton has also won the Hardest Worker in the Room Award from his team and is an Alpha Authentics Champion.

Hoping to be a Trinity Award Winner, which consists of winning the Tulsa Kick-Off, Tulsa Nationals, and Reno Worlds, Kolton said, “I want to be an Olympic qualifier in wrestling for Iowa, and a professional baseball player for the Tampa Bay Rays.”

With a love of being active and a determination to be the best, Kolton Smith’s athletic journey is sure to be a home run.