2022-23 Wrestling Roster
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HWT
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184 lbs.
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Jaron Smith
- Weight:
- 285
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- HWT
- Major:
- Data Science
- Hometown:
- Columbia, MD
- High School:
- Oakland Mills HS
Jaron In The News:
2022-23 (GRADUATE):
- 2023 NCAA Qualifier, going 1-2 in Tulsa with a win over Oklahoma State's Konner Doucet.
- Represented Maryland at 2023 Big Ten Championships.
- Went 3-0 in Maryland's opening weekend quad meet, including a thrilling 7-3 decision over Duke's Jonah Nisenbaum to preserve Maryland's first shutout win since 2014 (11/5).
- Earned a 6-1 decision over Pittsburgh's Jake Slinger to lift the Terps from a 15-16 deficit and give them their first ranked win since 2013 (11/18).
- Topped No. 31 Jacob Bullock (Indiana) on 01/09 and No. 26 Cory Day (Binghamton) on 2/17.
- Beat Purdue's Hayden Copass (a 2023 NCAA Qualifier) to lift the Terps to a 19-18 comeback victory over Purdue.
- Finished 14-13 on the season with a rank of #26 (Intermat).
2021-22 (GRADUATE):
- Seventh-place at 2022 Southern Scuffle.
- Went 1-2 at the 2022 NCAA Championships with a victory over Utah Valley's Evan Bockman.
- Defeated Illinois' Matt Wroblewski twice at the 2022 Big Ten Championships.
- Third-place at 2021 Clarion Open.
- Won twice during Terp's doubleheader against Drexel and Duke (12/4).
- Won final two duals of the dual season including a first period pin of American's Melvin Mancia.
- Defeated then-No.6 Patrick Brucki of Michigan (1/30).
2020-21 (REDSHIRT SENIOR):
- Wrestled in 10 matches, competing in seven duals at 197 pounds.
- Made his season debut against Michigan (1/10).
- Wrestled against Minnesota (1/16).
- Competed against Northwestern and Nebraska (1/23).
- Lost in sudden victory against Ohio State (1/31).
- Earned his first win of the season with a 5-3 decision over Indiana’s Nick Willham (2/14).
- Wrestled against Penn State (2/22).
- Represented Maryland at the Big Ten Championships and earned a 4-0 decision over Indiana’s Nick Willham (3/6).
2019-20 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR):
- Served as Maryland’s primary starter at 197 pounds, wrestling in 14 of 19 dual matches.
- Finished his redshirt junior campaign with a 12-9 record.
- Ranked first on the team in Big Ten dual wins (4).
- Ranked second on the team in dual wins (9) and technical falls (2).
- Went 2-0 with wins over American’s Will Jarrell and Abe Correa-Medina to earn first place at the American Round Robin (11/9).
- Earned a win over Maryland’s Niko Cappello at the Black Knight Invite (11/17).
- Posted four consecutive wins in dual competition (12/6-1/10).
- Beat Navy’s Jacob Koser (12/6).
- Beat Rutgers’ Jordan Pagano – then ranked No. 14 in the nation – via a first period fall in Maryland’s Big Ten opener (12/7).
- Earned a major decision over Pitt’s Kellan Stout (12/20).
- Beat Fresno State’s Ryan Reyes (1/10).
- Went on another four match winning streak, three of those wins coming in Big Ten competition (1/26-2/21).
- Earned a win over Indiana’s Nick Willham (1/26).
- Posted a victory over Illinois’ Matt Wroblewski (2/9).
- Beat Illinois’ Lucas Davison – then ranked No. 16 in the country – via a first period fall (2/16).
- Named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week (2/18).
- Beat George Mason’s Ramses Montalvo (2/21).
- Represented Maryland at the Big Ten Championships (3/7)
2018-19 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR):
- Won three matches before missing remainder of the season due to injury.
- Won by major decision in first bout of the season over Jared Florell (Purdue) at Princeton Open (11/4).
- Stuck Hofstra's Trey Rogers in the first period at the Princeton Open (11/4).
- Medical redshirt
2017-18 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE):
- Won two dual matches before missing the remainder of the season due to an injury.
- Defeated Luke Funck of Campbell, 11-3 (11/12).
- Topped Philip Stolfi of George Mason with an 11-3 major decision (11/12).
2016-17 (SOPHOMORE):
- Served redshirt season after missing majority of the year due to injury.
- Went 4-1 at the Southeast Open, finishing second in the freshman/sophomore 184-pound bracket (11/6).
- Defeated Shorter’s Hank Turner 4-0, beat Army’s Noah Stewart 8-3, pinned Elijah Seay at 2:52 and knocked off Army’s Alex Hopkins 4-1 to advance to SEO Final (11/6).
2015-16 (FRESHMAN):
- Ended first collegiate season 9-13 overall.
- Won first collegiate match at Bearcat Open by decision (10-3) over Grayson Shepperd (11/8)
- Finished 3-2 at the Wolfpack Open (11/22).
- Turned some heads in his dual match debut at the Grapple at the Garden, pinning No. 18 Jeff Koepke of Illinois at 4:14 (11/29).
- Posted his second fall in two matches with an overtime fall over Drexel’s Stephen Loiseau at 8:14 (12/5).
- Won three straight Big Ten matches January 8-15.
- Pinned Wyatt Wilson (Indiana) at 6:01 (1/15).
Before Maryland:
- A two-time state champion and four-time placer with a third and fifth place finish.
- Placed fourth in the 2015 NHSCA Senior Nationals.
- Notched a career high school record of 129-22.
Personal: Majoring in math.
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