Austin Collins of Wray, Colorado was a three-time Colorado state champion and four-time state finalist with a career record of 168-6 for Wray High School.

The son of Amy and Greg Collins, he will continue his wrestling career at the University of Wyoming.

Collins won gold in freestyle and Greco-Roman at the U15 Pan American Championships and received the Golden Boot as the Outstanding Wrestler in Greco-Roman while helping the United States win team titles in freestyle and Greco-Roman in 2023. He finished fourth in Greco-Roman at Junior Nationals while finishing third in Greco-Roman and fifth in freestyle at the U17 US Open in 2025. Collins went undefeated and won the U16 Greco-Roman national title while finishing fourth in folkstyle and seventh in freestyle in 2024. He had runner-up finishes in U16 folkstyle and Greco-Roman in 2023.

He also lettered in football earning all-conference honors three times while being all-state as a junior and senior after earning honorable mention honors as a sophomore.

A member of National Honor Society, he was academic all-state in both football and wrestling as a junior and senior while being named Most Outstanding SWAF Student in 2024 and 2025. Collins received academic letters and was a member of the high honor roll all four years while achieving excellence in English and math.

Collins received the Congressional Record award which was presented to him by Colorado District 4 United States Representative Greg Lopez.

Collins was president of student body council as a junior and senior after serving as reporter in 2024. He was president of class student council as a freshman and sophomore and served as a representative as a junior and vice president as a senior. Collins was secretary for the Future Business Leaders of America while also being a member of RHO Kappa, and Family Career and Community Leaders of America.

He was named student of the month by the Lions Club and KRDZ and was student of the year as a sophomore and junior.

He volunteered as a museum cleaner with the Book Buddies library program while also donating his time to the Wray Veterans Day celebration, the Lions Club breakfast, and as a walker at a senior citizen home. Collins also volunteered as both a youth football and youth wrestling coach.