2017-18 Wrestling Roster
Ethan Ramos
- Weight:
- 174
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Hawthorne, N.J.
- High School:
- Hawthorne
2016-17: Finished 20-9 on the year with a 12-2 mark in duals at 174 pounds • Had 10 bonus-point wins, including five pins • Earned All-ACC honors for the third consecutive year with a runner-up finish at the ACC Championships • Was an automatic qualifier for the NCAA Championships for the third straight season • Took fourth at the Southern Scuffle, pinning No. 3 Casey Kent of Penn in the process • Also had ranked wins over No. 17 Nick Wanzek of Minnesota, No. 20 Micah Barnes of Nebraska and No. 9 Lelund Weatherspoon of Iowa State.
2015-16: Finished 22-5 on the year with a team-best 16-2 mark in duals • Had 14 bonus-point wins, including three pins • Capped a perfect ACC season by claiming the 2016 ACC title at 174 pounds • Beat Virginia Tech's Zach Epperly 3-2 in the final • With the automatic bid, made his second straight appearance at the NCAA Championships, where he earned the No. 4 seed • Took second at 174 at the 2016 Southern Scuffle • Was ranked as high as No. 2 nationally by InterMat.
2014-15: Earned All-America honors as a redshirt freshman with his sixth-place finish at the 2015 NCAA Championships • Helped lead the Tar Heels to a tie for 24th place in the team competition • Opened nationals with a pin of Oregon State's Seth Thomas • Also defeated Nebraska's Austin Wilson and Northwestern's Pierce Harger • Finished 31-11 overall and 15-2 in duals • Won 14 straight in duals until falling to eventual NCAA champion Alex Dieringer of Oklahoma State • Had five wins over ranked foes, highlighted by a sudden victory win over No. 2 Nick Sulzer of Virginia • Lost just twice between Nov. 30 and Feb. 20 • Started the season by winning the Hokie Open with a perfect 4-0 performance • Was a perfect 5-0 in ACC duals before falling to Sulzer in the conference title match, 5-2 • Also took sixth at the Roadrunner Open and seventh at the Southern Scuffle • Had three pins, six major decisions and three tech falls on the year.
2013-14: Finished 13-9 in his redshirt season • Had two wins by major decision and two pins • Finished third at the Citadel Open and sixth at the Wolfpack Open.
Prep: Attended Hawthorne High School in Hawthorne, N.J. • Virginia Beach NHSCA Junior Wrestling national champion • Flo National runner-up • Team captain and four-time district champion • Also a state champion in 2013 and a fourth-place finisher in 2012 • Had 141 career wins, including 42 as a senior • Also competed in football, where he was a two-time second-team all-state performer, track and field and cheerleading • National Honor Society member.
Personal: Ethan Adrian Ramos is the son of Gisele and Benny Ramos • Born April 3, 1995, in Paterson, New Jersey • Twin brother wrestles at Shippensburg University • Married former UNC swimmer Katie Munch in the offseason.
