2019-20 Wrestling Roster

TJ Shelton

  • Weight 184
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Meeker, Colo.
  • Highschool Meeker
  • Major Petroleum Engineering

Biography

2019-20: NWCA Scholar All-America ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award recipient ... Went 7-4 at 174 and 184 in an injury-shortened season … Was 1-1 in duals … Had one fall … Tied for first at the CMU Open … Was sixth at the UNK Open in the Elite bracket.

2018-19: NWCA All-Academic ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Was 3-0 starting at 184 before suffering a season-ending injury.

2017-18: NWCA All-Academic ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Went 14-6 as a redshirt freshman at 174 … Produced 40 team dual points, second-best on the team … His seven pins also ranked second for Mines … Was a team-best 9-1 in duals … Won the Hastings Cusatis Open … Finished sixth at RMAC Championships.

2016-17: Redshirted.

High School: One of the top high school wrestlers in Colorado state history … Was the 19th wrestler in Colorado history to win four consecutive state titles … 2016 Colorado 2A/3A Wrestler of the Year … Won as a freshman at 160 pounds and then three more times at 170 … Held a career record of 146-11 … All-state in wrestling, track & field, and football at Meeker … Earned all-state in football at running back, safety, and linebacker … Was the 2013 state champion in the 100-m dash and 2014 silver medalist in the 100 and 200 … Two-time Denver Post Colorado Student-Athlete of the Week … 2015 Western Slope League Football Player of the Year … Nominated for the CHSCA All-State football game … Class president … Four-year highest honor roll student … National Honor Society officer … Graduating high school with an associate's degree from Colorado Northwestern Community College.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    174 lbs
  • 2017-18Redshirt Freshman

    174 lbs
  • 2018-19Redshirt Sophomore

    184 lbs
  • 2019-20Redshirt Junior

    184 lbs