Corban Athletics

2024-2025: A junior member of the Corban men’s wrestling program…Runion competed in 21 matches this season with an overall record of 11 wins and 10 losses…Entered in the CCC Championship Tournament as the sixth seed for the 133 pound weight class with a record of 8-7, finishing in 2nd place…Competed in the NAIA National Tournament for the Warriors scoring 2.5 team points…Tied for ninth place in the Corban record books for most career pins with 12 pins…Member of the 2024-25 Corban Men’s Wrestling program that finished third at the CCC Championships, with two CCC Weight Class Champions. The team qualified nine student-athletes for the 2025 NAIA National Championships, with 3 NAIA All-American titles, with one of them being Corban’s first individual national champion in the 157- weight class. The program set new all-time records for most dual wins (10), highest winning percentage for a single season (.714), most team points in a single tournament (153.0) and holds the best all-time coaching record (16-7). In addition, the team had their highest finish in the NAIA Top 25 Coaches’ Poll (13th) and finished in eighth place at the NAIA National Championships for their best finish in program history.

2023-2024: A sophomore member of the men’s wrestling squad…Runion competed in 17 matches at 141 pounds…He completed the season with an overall record of 9 wins and 8 losses…Runion currently holds the 10th most career wins with 30 wins and the 10th most career pins with 10 pins… Member of the 2023-24 Corban Men’s Wrestling program that completed the most successful season of competition since the inaugural season back in 2019-20. The team qualified six student-athletes for the 2024 NAIA National Championships, with yet another NAIA All-American title being earned via a runner-up finish in the 157-weight class. The program set new all-time records for most dual wins (6), fewest dual losses (3), best winning percentage for a single season (.667), most consecutive dual wins (5), and most team points in a single tournament (91.5). In addition, the team tied their highest finish in the NAIA Top 20 Coaches’ Poll (24th), and finished in the top 20 at the NAIA National Championships for their best finish in program history.

2022-23: Was a freshman member of the 2022-23 Corban squad that crowned an individual CCC Champion and sent four wrestlers to the NAIA National Tournament. Finished with an overall record of 17-10, placing 6th in his weight class for the Cascade Collegiate Conference…

Personal: Runion joins the ranks of the Navy and Gold following a four-year high school career at Amity High School, where he was the first wrestler in school history to win back-to-back State Championships. He was honored as an All-American for his weight class as a three-time state finisher and was selected to the 2019-20 All Mid-Valley Wrestling team.

A degree in Sports and Recreational Management awaits Runion at Corban, as he plans to pursue a career in coaching after graduation.