Joey Palmer

Position:
125
Height:
5-5
Weight:
125
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Covington, Wash.
High School:
Tahoma HS

2016 NCAA Participant (133)
2016 Pac-12 HM All-Academic

2014 NCAA Participant (133)

OREGON STATE

2016-17
Season-long starter at 133 pounds, won Pac-12 Championship and went 3-2 at NCAAs, just missing All-American honors ... Led team with 29 wins (29-7) and 46 team points ... Took fourth place at Reno Tournament of Champions ... Earned Bill Brickey "Most Dedicated" Award and Robin Reed "Outstanding Wrestler" Award ... Garnered second-team Pac-12 All-Academic honors ... Finished career with 88-48 record.

2015-16
Season-long starter at 133 pounds, took second at Pac-12 Championships, earned at-large NCAA bid and went 2-2, with two one-point losses ... Went 26-12 to improve lifetime record to 59-41 ... Was 12-5 in duals and scored 47 team points ... Took first place at Mike Clock Open ... Earned honorable-mention Pac-12 all-academic honors.

2014-15
Redshirted and went 20-1 in open tournaments at 133 pounds, with four pins, a technical fall and nine major decisions ... Took first at Mike Clock, Reno Tournament of Champions, Clackamas Open and California Collegiate ... Only loss was to Danny Sabatello of Purdue ... Earned team's Hardest Worker Award.

2013-14

Competed at 125 and 133 lbs. and earned a starting spot for the Beavs ... Finished the season with an 18-12 overall record ... Earned Pac-12 wins against Cal State Bakersfield and Boise State during conference competition ... Tallied two straight wins at the National Duals, including a fall ... Went 4-0 at the Mike Clock Open (first), 4-2 at the Reno Tournament of Champions (fourth), 1-2 at the Southern Scuffle, and 3-1 at the California Collegiate Open (second) ... Placed third at the Pac-12 Championships with a decision victory and two falls over his opponents, giving him an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament ... Went 0-2 at the NCAA Championships ... Tallied 11 decisions, three major decisions, one tech fall, and three pins on the season.

2012-13
Went 15-17 overall during true freshman season ... Wrestled in 13 total dual meets as a 125-pounder, going 5-8 and winning three straight to close out the regular season ... Went 10-9 in tournament competition ... Was 10-15 in matches that resulted in decisions, had three major decisions as well as a tech fall and a pin ... Went 3-1 at the Pac-12 Championships in Tempe, Ariz., finishing in third place at 125 lbs. ... Picked up first collegiate dual victory with a 15-4 major decision at Air Force (Jan. 11) ... Started at 125 lbs. for OSU in both National Dual Regional meets versus Michigan and Virginia Tech ... Won first two matches of collegiate career during Mike Clock Open (Nov. 11), including a pin (6:21) against Central Washington's Dustin Baumsgard the first ever time he took to the mats in an OSU singlet.

TAHOMA HIGH SCHOOL

Won two state titles ... Named 4A region 3 wrestler of the year ... Member of the 4A StateChampionship Team ... Earned a 3.6 GPA while inside the classroom.

CLUB

Competed for the Bear Claw Wrestling Club in Maple Valley, Wash., for head coach Chris Feist.

PERSONAL

Son of Jenny and Darm Palmer ... Has an older brother... Favorite athlete is Muhammed Ali ... Majoring in Human Development and Family Sciences.