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Wrestling Names 2023-24 Captains
October 19, 2023 | Wrestling
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The North Carolina wrestling program has named four captains for the 2023-24 season.
Gavin Kane, Lachlan McNeil, Jayden Scott, and Max Shaw have been named to the leadership panel prior to the campaign.
Kane, a junior from Milton, Ga., collected his first All-America honor last season with an eighth-place finish at the 2023 NCAA Championships. The Tar Heel 184-pounder enters the campaign ranked sixth in the preseason rankings, following a 25-win effort a season ago.
McNeil, from Toronto, Ontario, also earned his first ever All-America finish a season ago, with a fourth-place finish at 141-pounds at the NCAA Championships. The redshirt-sophomore collected 27 wins last season and enters the campaign as the fourth-ranked wrestler in his respective weight class.
A redshirt-freshman, Scott competed at 149-pounds during his first season in Chapel Hill. The Henrietta, N.Y. product collected 14 victories as a true freshman, including a perfect 4-0 mark on his way to winning the Appalachian State Open.
Entering his redshirt-junior season, Shaw returns for the Tar Heels after qualifying for the NCAA Championships for the second time in his career. The Pittsburgh, Pa. native earned 16 wins a season ago, including an opening round win at the national tournament in Tulsa.
The Tar Heels begin the 2023-24 campaign on Nov. 2, welcoming Greensboro College, Queens, and Oregon State to Carmichael Arena for the Carolina Duals.
Gavin Kane, Lachlan McNeil, Jayden Scott, and Max Shaw have been named to the leadership panel prior to the campaign.
Kane, a junior from Milton, Ga., collected his first All-America honor last season with an eighth-place finish at the 2023 NCAA Championships. The Tar Heel 184-pounder enters the campaign ranked sixth in the preseason rankings, following a 25-win effort a season ago.
McNeil, from Toronto, Ontario, also earned his first ever All-America finish a season ago, with a fourth-place finish at 141-pounds at the NCAA Championships. The redshirt-sophomore collected 27 wins last season and enters the campaign as the fourth-ranked wrestler in his respective weight class.
A redshirt-freshman, Scott competed at 149-pounds during his first season in Chapel Hill. The Henrietta, N.Y. product collected 14 victories as a true freshman, including a perfect 4-0 mark on his way to winning the Appalachian State Open.
Entering his redshirt-junior season, Shaw returns for the Tar Heels after qualifying for the NCAA Championships for the second time in his career. The Pittsburgh, Pa. native earned 16 wins a season ago, including an opening round win at the national tournament in Tulsa.
The Tar Heels begin the 2023-24 campaign on Nov. 2, welcoming Greensboro College, Queens, and Oregon State to Carmichael Arena for the Carolina Duals.
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