Suriano attended Bergen Catholic High School and is one of the most accomplished wrestlers in the history of New Jersey. He accumulated 8 NJSIAA overall state titles, 4 individuals and 4 team championships, being the first NJ wrestler to do so. He also graduated undefeated with a record of 159 victories and no defeats.
Freshman: Compiled 16 victories and 3 defeats with notable wins over that season's NCAA champion and finalist Darian Cruz and Ethan Lizak, that season's B1G runner-up Tim Lambert and eventual NCAA DII runner-up Jose Rodriguez. He was the third seed at the NCAA's, however, he suffered a serious injury in a dual match against Nick Piccininni and was unable to compete at the Big Ten Conference championships and at the NCAA championships.
2017-18
Sophomore: After his injury, Suriano decided to transfer from PSU to Rutgers University for multiple reasons and started wrestling as a Scarlet Knight. He had a highly successful run as a sophomore, ending the season with 25 wins and a lone loss and compiling notable victories during regular season over eventual three-time All-American Sebastian Rivera and eventual two-timers Ronnie Bresser and Zeke Moisey. At the Big Ten Championships, he won his first bout, however, he decided to medical forfeit his next matches and was eliminated of the tournament. Entering the NCAA's undefeated, he made his way to the finals by defeating four opponents, including the defending champion Darian Cruz and other two seeded wrestlers. At the finals, he faced the heavily accomplished Spencer Lee, whom he ended up losing to, becoming the runner-up of the tournament.
2018-19
2019-20
OlympicRedshirt: Suriano did not compete in college in this year as a result of taking an Olympic redshirt year to compete in freestyle in an attempt to make the US Olympic Team for 2020. Suriano remains to have a year of eligibility to wrestle for the Rutgers.
Freestyle career
Suriano never competed at international freestyle tournaments prior to the Olympic redshirt he took after winning the NCAA Championship in 2019. He has expressed that he isn't interested in freestyle competition as much as he is in mixed martial arts and expects to start a career in the sport after the 2020 Olympics and his last year competing in collegiate wrestling.
2019
In his first freestyle competition after arriving to Rutgers University, he faced 2019 Pan American ChampionJoe Colon at the annual eventBeat The Streets. He downed Colon 3 points to 1 in a big upset. At the prestigious Bill Farrell Memorial, Suriano dropped down to 57 kilograms and went on to beat two opponents by technical fall before losing to 2018 NCAA champion Seth Gross. Suriano beat every opponent he faced at the consolation bracket, placing third. Suriano then competed at the US Nationals and placed fourth. He lost in the quarterfinals but was able to win every wrestleback in the consolation bracket until the bronze-medal match, in which he forfeited. Due to the result, he qualified for the 20' US Olympic Team Trials.
2020
Suriano was scheduled to wrestle at the 2020 US Olympic Team Trials Challenge Tournament on April 4–5 at State College, Pennsylvania. However, the event was postponed along with the 2020 Summer Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Both competitions are now scheduled to take place in 2021.
Freestyle record
! colspan="7"| Senior Freestyle Matches ! Res. ! Record ! Opponent ! Score ! Date ! Event ! Location ! style=background:white colspan=7 | Fort Worth, Texas ! style=background:white colspan=7 | New York City, New York ! style=background:white colspan=7 | New York City, New York
NCAA record
! colspan="8"| NCAA Championships Matches ! Res. ! Record ! Opponent ! Score ! Date ! Event ! style=background:white colspan=6 |2019 NCAA Championships at 133 lbs ! style=background:white colspan=6 |2018 NCAA Championships at 125 lbs
Stats
! Season ! Year ! School ! Rank ! Weigh Class ! Record ! Win ! Bonus
