2023-24 Wrestling Roster
Max Shaw
- Weight:
- 197
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
- High School:
- Thomas Jefferson
2023-24: Competed at 197 pounds in fifth season as a Tar Heel • Earned a career-high 20 victories throughout the year • Began year with a technical fall versus Queens' Richard Kuhn and decision over Oregon State's Mason Christiansen at the Carolina Duals (11/2) • Had two wins at WrangleMania (11/11) • Began the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational with back-to-back victories (12/1) • Recorded two-straight major decisions over Morgan State (12/16) and Appalachian State (12/17) • Began the season with 11-straight dual victories • Began 2024 with a decision over Penn's No. 25 Cole Urbas (1/12) • Secured three consecutive ACC dual wins to close the regular season • Defeated No. 14 Mac Stout of Pitt by decision (2/9) • Represented the Tar Heels at the 2024 ACC Championships as the No. 3 seed • Won two matches at the ACC Championships on way to finishing runner-up (3/10) • Earned the No. 15 overall seed entering the 2024 NCAA Championships in Kansas City • Defeated Virginia's No. 31 Krystian Kinsey at the national tournament • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll
2022-23: Competed at 197 pounds during fourth season in Chapel Hill • Collected 16 victories throughout the season • Began the season with three victories at the Southeast Open to secure a third place finish (11/5) • Defeated Campbell's Levi Hopkins by decision at the Battle at Bragg (11/11) • Claimed a 3-2 decision over Michigan's Jaden Bullock at Doubles on the Diamond at Boshamer Stadium (11/13) • Collected a major decision against Central Michigan's Cade Dallwitz at the Collegiate Wrestling Duals in New Orleans (12/19) • Earned two technical falls at the F&M Open (1/6) • Defeated Harvard's Michael Doggett by major decision in the Carolina dual victory (1/14) • Claimed three decisions at the Last Chance Open to secure the 197 pound title (2/19) • Represented the Tar Heels at the 2023 ACC Wrestling Championships (3/5) • Earned the No. 32 seed for the 2023 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Tulsa, Okla. • Defeated No. 33 Cole Urbas of Penn by decision to begin the NCAA Championships
2021-22: Compiled an 11-10 overall record and a 4-6 dual record at 197 pounds • Earned his first dual win of the season against Levi Hopkins from Campbell • Went 5-0 at the F&M Open to take the title at 197 • Notched an impressive 16-1 technical fall against Kaden Russell from Duke • Picked up two wins at ACC Championships
2020-21: Garnered an 8-4 record for the Tar Heels at 197 pounds • Earned two major decisions to start the season against Jack Trautman of Gardner-Webb (Jan. 10) and Kaden Russell of Duke (Jan. 22) • Notched wins over Kaden Russell (Duke), Andy Smith (Virginia), and Nick Reenan (NC State) to finish second at the ACC championships • Picked up a 5-3 decision over Colin McCracken of Kent State at NCAA Championships
2019-20: Finished freshman season 15-5 at 184 pounds • Won both the Pembroke Classic and Newberry Open • Went 3-1 at the National Collegiate Open to finish fourth, losing only to 2019 national finalist Max Dean of Cornell
Personal/Prep: Max Shaw is the son of Shannon and Christian Shaw • Born on March 6, 2001 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Played football and wrestled in high school, earning all-state status as a running back • 2019 WPIAL wrestling champion • Father, Christian, wrestled at Clarion
| Year | Overall | Dual | ACC | MD | TF | Fall |
| 19-20 | 15-6 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 20-21 | 8-4 | 4-2 | 2-3 | 1 | - | - |
| 21-22 | 11-10 | 4-6 | 1-3 | 1 | 4 | - |
| 22-23 | 16-12 | 5-6 | 0-3 | 3 | - | 1 |
| 23-24 | 20-7 | 15-2 | 3-2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Career | 70-39 | 28-17 | 6-11 | 11 | 9 | 5 |
