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2026-27 Wrestling Roster

Brayden Roberts

Brayden Roberts

  • Weight Class:
    149
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Mineral Wells, W.Va.
  • High School:
    Parkersburg South
  • Prev School:
    West Virginia
  • Major:
    Business Finance

Summary

Biography

2026-27:

  • Placed third at 149 pounds at the season-opening Hurst Invitational in Erie, Pa. (Nov. 1).
  • Pinned Drexel’s Patrick Kelly in 2:21 and Edinboro’s Gaven Suica in 3:50, and earned a 19–2 technical fall over Mercyhurst’s Lane Snyder (4:36).
Background:
  • Attended West Virginia University from fall 2020 through spring 2023
  • Registered 24-13 record and 10 pins among reserves at 149 pounds and made one start (at Ohio) as sophomore with Mountaineers in 2021-22
  • Scholar All-American as freshman in 2021, WVU's first in 12 years
  • Graduated from Parkersburg South High School in 2020
  • Competed on varsity wrestling team for four seasons, captaining team as junior and senior
  • Three-time state champion
  • Team won four straight  West Virginia Class AAA state championships
  • Helped Team Schutt finish second at 2019 National High School Coaches Association National Duals, claiming 145-pound title
  • Named Team Schutt’s Most Outstanding Wrestler following NHSCA National Duals
  • Competed for Patriots Wrestling Club at 2019 Greco Roman World team trials in Akron, Ohio, finishing third at 71 kg (156 pounds)
  • Became second wrestler from West Virginia to earn Greco National Championship, at 2018 USMC Cadet and Junior Nationals in Fargo, N.D.

Personal:
  • Son of Deanna and John Roberts
  • Has brother Connor and sister Kassandra
  • Is his own favorite athlete
  • Business finance major
  • Born Aug. 5, 2002

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Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Redshirt Junior

    5'9" 157 lbs
  • 2024-25Redshirt Sophomore

    5'9" 157 lbs
  • 2025-26Redshirt Junior

    5'11" 165 lbs
  • 2026-27Graduate Student

    149 lbs
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