[1] In 2008, while he was in high school, he was featured on the television show The Real Winning Edge, where the episode focused on overcoming challenges to compete at the highest level.
[1][2] In 2008 he began riding at the North Texas Equestrian Center and trained six days a week under Kai Handt.
[1] Wentz competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in September, where he finished fourth in the Grade 1b individual championship event.
He was narrowly defeated by Austrian Pep Puch who finished with 4.695 points ahead of Wentz in earning a bronze medal.
[4] He earned his selection to the Paralympic Games at the Gladstone, New Jersey-hosted 2012 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships where he rode his horse, Richter Scale,[1][4] in the freestyle event and scored 72.899% for a first-place finish.