2018-19 Wrestling Roster
Matthew Schmitt
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- 133
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Platte City, Mo.
- High School:
- Platte County High
2017-18 (r-Fr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
- Started at 133 pounds and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships
- Earned a 3-2 mark at the Big 12 Championship, placing fourth
- Maintained a top-20 national ranking throughout the season
- Ranked second on the team in wins, earning a 23-14 overall record and a 4-3 mark in Big 12 action
- Ranked second on the team with 28 match points
- Had six major decisions, four pins and one tech. fall
- Won a 4-3 decision over Utah Valley’s Durbin Loren (Nov. 3)
- Notched a 5-1 record at the Clarion Open for a third-place finish, earning major decisions over Virginia’s Scott Kiyono [12-2] and Lloren [14-2] and pinning Lock Haven’s Tyshawn White in 3:56 (Nov. 5)
- Went 4-1 at the Lindenwood Open to place third, collecting a 12-3 major decision over SIUE’s Lucas Bernal and winning by fall over Oklahoma’s Kristofer Hudson in 2:19 (Nov. 18)
- Claimed a 10-2 major decision over Brian Peska of Nebraska (Nov. 25)
- Competed at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, picking up a 12-3 major decision over Ty Schilling of Cal Poly and an 8-3 decision over Jens Lantz of Wisconsin (Dec. 1-2)
- Won a 4-2 decision over Jake Rubio of Oklahoma, as the Mountaineers defeated the No. 18 ranked Sooners for the first time in 32 years (Jan. 4)
- Collected a 3-1 decision in sudden victory over North Dakota State’s Cam Sykora, helping WVU top its third top-25 team of the season (Jan. 7)
- Earned his first victory over a ranked opponent, defeating No. 20 Ian Parker of Iowa State in a 4-2 decision in sudden victory (Jan. 21)
- Pinned Clarion’s Roshaun Cooley in 4:31 (Feb. 18)
- Picked up a 16-1 tech. fall over Fresno State’s Trevor Williams, a 9-2 decision over Northern Colorado’s Rico Montoya and a 6-2 decision over Cam Sykora at the Big 12 Championship (March 3-4)
- Went 2-2 at his first-ever NCAA Tournament, earning a 19-8 major decision over Duke’s Josh Finesilver and pinning Kent State’s Anthony Tutolo in 8:30 (March 15-17)
2016-17 (Fr.)
- Redshirted
- Competed at a pair of tournaments as an unattached wrestler at 125 pounds, posting a 6-1 overall mark
- Placed first at the Ohio Intercollegiate Open, winning by tech. fall, decision and major decision, respectively, to go 3-0 at the event
- Finished second at the Wolfpack Open, dropping a 5-0 decision to Josh Terao of American in the championship
Prep
- Ranked No. 13 at 126 pounds
- 2016 Fargo Greco Junior National Champion
- Three-time MSHSAA Class 3 State Champion
- 2015 MSHSAA Class 3 Wrestler of the Year
- MSHSAA Class 3 District 4 Wrestler of the Year as a freshman
- Eight-time Fargo All-American
- Runner-up at Junior Nationals at 113 pounds (freestyle) and 120 pounds (Greco)
- Took second at Cadet Nationals at 100 pounds (freestyle)
- Registered a trio of third-place finishes at Cadet and Junior Nationals
- Two-time Tulsa Nationals champion
- Three-time youth state champion
- USJOC Champion
Personal
- Son of David and Annette Schmitt
- Birthday is Oct. 21
- Has one brother, Myles, and one sister, Mycah
- Father wrestled at Southwest Missouri State – now Missouri State
- Majoring in accounting
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