[6] During the 2020-21 season Hidlay won his first ACC title revenging the previous year's final loss with a 3-1 win against Hunter Bolen.

[7] Hidlay then capped off his 10-2 season with a runner up finish at the NCAA tournament losing to Penn State's Aaron Brooks in the finals 3-2.

Hidlay wrapped up his final season of college wrestling moving up to 197lb and finished with a 28-1 record and capturing his fourth ACC title.

[13] In 2023, Hidlay won the Bill Farrell Memorial International defeating former three-time NCAA champ Alex Dieringer from Oklahoma State in the finals.

[15] In 2024, Hidlay took silver at the Polyak & Varga Memorial Ranking Event losing to world champion Hassan Yazdani in the finals.