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MITCHELL PORT
ASSISTANT COACH FOURTH SEASON EDINBORO 2015
2019-20 season, as he won the 197-pound title at the conference tournament to cap an undefeated season at 32-0. Adams, a two-time NCAA Qualifier, was the nation’s second-seeded wrestler heading into the NCAA Tournament. The 197-pound grappler finished his redshirt sophomore campaign with several postseason accolades, most notably earning National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) All-America First Team honors, as well as becoming the program’s first Big 12 Wrestler of the Year award winner.
Two-time NCAA finalist Mitchell Port is in his fourth season at West Virginia University and was announced as an assistant coach on April 17, 2018. WVU placed 10th at the 2020 Big 12 Wrestling Championship before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Noah Adams’ performances highlighted the
In Port’s first season in Morgantown, he helped five Mountaineers qualify for the 2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, marking the first time since 2014 that five grapplers earned themselves a spot at nationals. As a team, West Virginia earned four dual-match wins and placed ninth at the 2019 Big 12 Wrestling Championship. Port previously served as an assistant at Edinboro and played an integral part in the Fighting Scots’ success over three seasons, assisting with the production of 12 Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) champions, 14 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) champions, 19 NCAA Qualifiers and one NCAA All-American. Port also helped the team to back-to-back PSAC Championships (2016-17), as well as a first-place finish at the 2017 EWL Championships. A three-time All-American for Edinboro, Port concluded his wrestling career with a 132-17 record at 141 pounds, finishing as an NCAA finalist as a sophomore and senior and taking home third place as a junior. Port’s runner-up finish in 2015 helped Tim Flynn’s Fighting Scots to their highest-ever finish at nationals, placing third, with a record-tying four wrestlers earning All-America honors. Port’s senior leadership also garnered him WrestlingReport.com’s Pennsylvania Collegiate Wrestler of the Year accolades. The Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, native became a three-time All-American after reaching the NCAA finals for the second time in three
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years. Seeded second at the 2015 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, Port won his first four matches, including a 9-4 decision over No. 7-seed Anthony Ashnault of Rutgers in the quarterfinals and a 14-2 major decision over No. 11-seed Chris Mecate of Old Dominion in the semifinals. Port then dropped an 11-5 decision to top-seeded, four-time national champion Logan Stieber of Ohio State in the finals. Port capped his senior campaign with a 36-2 record, posting 13 falls, two tech falls and nine major decisions. He won his fourth straight PSAC title, along with a third EWL crown, and picked up his second Midlands Championships title. After redshirting his freshman year, Port enjoyed an outstanding first season as the starter at 141 pounds (2011-12). He ended the year with a 30-10 record, reaching the round of 12 at the NCAA Championships. He also finished second at the EWL Championships and won his first PSAC crown. Port’s second trip to nationals resulted in a run to the title match after a 7-6 upset over top-seeded Hunter Stieber of Ohio State in the semifinals. However, Port suffered a 4-3 setback to No. 2-seed Kendric Maple of Oklahoma in the 141-pound championship match. He ended his redshirt sophomore season with a 34-4 record and was named the EWL and PSAC Wrestler of the Year. He also won his first EWL crown and second PSAC title. In 2013-14, Port became a two-time All-American with a third-place finish at 141 pounds. He ended the year with a 32-1 record, notching 13 falls. He claimed his second EWL and third PSAC title, earning EWL Wrestler of the Year honors for the second time. He also won his first Midlands Championships crown. Port graduated from Edinboro in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in individualized studies. In addition, Port was inducted into the Bellefonte High School Wrestling Hall of Fame on Jan. 10, 2017. He is the winningest wrestler in Red Raider history with 156 career victories.
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