Joey Dance of Christiansburg will be representing the US at the Junior Worlds this September in Thailand.

Joey wrestled in the 121lbs weight class and entered as the number one seed based on his win last month at the FILA Junior Nationals and his Fargo national championships.

He defeated fellow Virginian, Caleb Richardson in the best of 3 match finals 2-0; winning 5-0, 1-0 and 1-0, 1-0.

Joey, a rising senior, is a 3 time Virginia State champion from Christiansburg, VA and has been a VT commit since his Freshman year. He reaffirmed that commitment a few wees ago.