Chattanooga Wrestling Adds 5 Transfers to 2025-26 Roster

First Look

The Chattanooga Mocs wrestling room is a work in progress, both literally and figuratively. Construction on what is to become one of the premier preparation facilities in the nation are well underway and due to be completed close to the start of the school year. That room got a serious competition boost with Coach Kyle Ruschell’s announcement of five transfers enrolled for the 2025-26 season.

 

First Take

"We talk all the time about high aspirations for this program. We want our guys working for the highest honors, National Champions, All-Americans. If they’re striving for those, all the other goals fall into place. We’re especially proud of the number of transfers we have who are coming home to Tennessee." – Coach Kyle Ruschell on the transfers coming into the program

 

Resources

2025-26 Roster

 

The Breakdown

Cooper Flynn (Seymour, Tenn.)

Weight: 125 – Previous School: Minnesota – Senior

• 2-time NCAA Championships qualifier with a 3-4 record in the event.
• Ranked No. 15 in final NCAA Coaches Rankings.
• Won the Cougar Clash and was runner-up in the Mountaineer Invitational.
• Earned seven ranked wins en route to a 16-8 record. All eight losses were against fellow ranked opposition.
• NWCA Scholar All-American.

 

Hunter Mason (Greeneville, Tenn.)

Weight: 141 – Previous School: Virginia Tech – Sophomore

• 21-14 in two seasons with the Hokies, one a redshirt.
• Five of his eight 2024-25 wins included bonus points.
• 2024 Southeast Open Champion including a semifinal win over former Moc and NCAA Qualifier Isaiah Powe.
• Third-place endings in the Patriot and App State Opens in his first campaign (2023-24).
• Former 4-time undefeated Tennessee State Champion at Greeneville High School.

 

Billy Meiszner (Orland Park, Ill.)

Weight: 149 – Previous School: Kent State University – Junior – Pronounced: MIZE-ner

• Coming off a 16-7 season with the Golden Flashes.
• 2024-25 wins over NCAA Qualifiers: Carson DesRosier (The Citadel) & Andrew Clark (Rutgers).
• 2024 Navy Classic Champion.
• 28-13 in last two years at Kent State.

 

Carter Neves (Dayton, Ohio)

Weight: 285 – Previous School: Ohio State – RS Freshman – Pronounced: Neeves

• Spent one season at Ohio State as a redshirt in 2024-25.
• 2024 National Prep Champion after runner-up finish in 2023 at Blair Academy.
• 2022 State Champion in Ohio after runner-up finish in 2021 at Graham High School.
• Won the Walsh Ironman, the Beast of the East and the Escape the Rock tournaments and did not surrender a single offensive point during the 2023 season.
• Finished third in freestyle at the U20 UWW Junior Nationals and the U.S. Open Juniors in 2023 after a runner-up finish at the U17 World Team Trials in 2021.
• Ranked seventh in his class at 285.

 

Mason Reiniche (Soddy-Daisy, Tenn.)

Weight: 165 – Previous School: Oregon State – Senior – Pronounced: Ren-ish

• 2024 fourth-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships.
• 36-20 career record with the Beavers.
• Co-champion at 2023 Southeast Open.
• Third-place at the 2025 Cyclone Open and fourth in 2024 Michigan State Open.
• Prepped at the Baylor School where he was a 3-time state champ (2016, 2018, 2019).
• 3-time runner-up at National Prep Championships (2017, 2018, 2019).

 

Final Thoughts

"Our priority in the transfer market was to bring in high-level competition at a variety of spots. Naturally that focus was also on spots where we lost starters. Along with our incoming freshmen and the returners in the room, we’re very excited about the season to come." – Coach Ruschell on the roster to date

 

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