Dylan Evans

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Weight:
165
Hometown:
Pittsburgh, PA
High School:
Chartiers Valley

NCAA Qualifier (2025, 2026)
NWCA Scholar All-American (2025)
All-ACC Academic Team (2026)

2025-26 (157/165): Placed fifth at the ACC Championships and was selected for his first NCAA Championship at 157… Won two matches at the national tournament in Cleveland … Finished with a 4-2 record in ACC dual meets. His two losses came against Ethen Miller (VT) and then No. 10 Daniel Cardenas (Stanford) ... Went 4-0 at the Midlands Championships en route to earning the 157-pound title ... Defeated Mekhi Neal by a 19-4 technical fall in the Maryland dual, marking his first match back at 157 pounds after missing the previous two duals ... Defeated No. 29 Dylan Elmore by a 9-1 major decision in the Navy dual ... Turned a strong runner-up finish at 165-pounds, dominating his way through the bracket at the Navy Classic. He won three consecutive matches by bonus points, opening with a technical fall, major decision and a fall. In the finals, he dropped a 5-2 decision to No. 32 Leandro Araujo (Nebraska).

2024-25 (157): Took over as Pitt’s 157-pound starter and finished second on the team with 22 wins … Finished with a 22-9 record with a 12-3 mark in dual meets … Placed fourth at the ACC Championships … Selected as the No. 24 seed for the NCAA Championships … went 1-2 in Philadelphia, picking up a win in sudden victory over Sonny Santiago of North Carolina … Went 3-0 at the Journeymen Classic … Finished in fifth-place at the Midlands Championships … Picked up a ranked win over No. 10 Rafael Hipolito in Pitt’s dual at Virginia Tech … Earned NWCA Scholar All-American honors.

2023-24 (157): Wrestled 30 times during a strong redshirt season while competing mostly unattached ... finished 18-12 and won multiple matches at six different open tournaments ... made his Pitt dual debut against Cornell's Meyer Shapiro at the National Collegiate Duals ... placed third at the Franklin & Marshall Open with a season-best 5-1 outing ... won seven times with bonus points, including four technical falls and two pins.

HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time PIAA Class 3A champion ... won his first state title at 152 pounds as a junior in 2022 ... repeated as Pennsylvania state champion in 2023 at 160 pounds ... named to the 2023 Cliff Keen Wrestling USA Senior All-American Team ... won a WPIAL title in 2022 ... four-time PIAA place-winner, taking fourth at states as a 138-pound sophomore and eighth as a 126-pound freshman ... finished his prep career with 139 victories for Chartiers Valley ... earned two section titles for the Colts ... won 59 matches by pin in high school versus just one pin against, coming as a freshman ... also earned 25 technical fall victories without being teched himself ... represented Team Pennsylvania at the 2023 Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic ... also competed at national tournaments, becoming a Fargo All-American and Super 32 medalist ... placed second in Fargo in 2022.

By the Numbers
2025-26 (Pitt): 23-10 - 5th at ACC, 2-2 at NCAA
2024-25 (Pitt): 22-9 – 4th at ACC, 1-2 at NCAA
2023-24 (Unattached): 18-12
Career Record: 63-31
Career Record for Pitt: 45-20