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Alex Hornfeck

  • Weight:
    157
  • Class:
    Fifth Year
  • Hometown:
    Mars, Pa.
  • High School:
    Mars Area HS
  • Instagram:
    ahornfeck
  • Twitter:
    HornfeckA

Summary

Biography

2021-22 (r-Jr.)

  • Seventh-place finisher at Big 12 Championship
  • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
  • Started in every dual and recorded 14 wins at 157 pounds
  • Took eighth at the prestigious Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2)
  • Generated a tech. fall over the Citadel’s Alden Lenz on day one of the prestigious Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1)
  • Recorded a 12-1 major decision over VMI’s Riley Simon (Dec. 12)
  • Finished fourth at the Clarion Open (Nov. 7)
  • Registered back-to-back tech. falls over Slippery Rock’s Dylan Mullen (T - 4:09) and Clarion’s Jalin Hankerson (T - 3:21) to open the season

2020-21 (r-So.)

  • Academic All-Big 12 First Team
  • Scholar All-American Team member (WVU: first time since 2009)
  • Finished sixth at the Big 12 Championship
  • Earned a berth into the Round of 16 at the Big 12 Championship 
  • Posted an 7-9 record at 157 pounds, including two major decisions
  • Tallied a 2-1 record to begin the season, including a 11-1 major decision over Kent State’s Ian Senz 
  • Captured a 6-1 decision over Brody Lamb in the team’s victory over No. 17 Northern Colorado (Jan. 31)
  • Registered a 11-2 major decision against Oklahoma State’s Daniel Manibog at the Cowboy Challenge (Feb. 14)
  • Defeated Utah Valley’s Danny Snediker via a 15-0 tech. fall (March 6)

2019-20 (r-Fr.)

  • Academic All-Big 12 First Team
  • Team’s Rookie of the Year
  • Team’s Iron Mountaineer award winner
  • Posted an 18-16 record at 157 pounds, going 8-8 in dual action
  • Earned eight major decisions, two tech. falls and one pin
  • Opened the season with a second-place finish in his respective weight bracket at the Southeast Open, picking up a 15-0 tech. fall victory over Appalachian State’s Giuseppi Insera, an 8-0 major decision over VMI’s Will Lawrence, a 10-0 major decision over teammate Walker Heard and a 10-2 major decision over unattached wrestler Tony Negron (Nov. 3)
  • Went 2-2 in his division at the Mountaineer Invite, earning wins over Gardner-Webb’s Taylor Parks and Duke’s Eric Carter, and finished fourth (Nov. 9)
  • Defeated Jimmy Fate in a 5-2 decision at Northern Colorado (Nov. 16)
  • Registered a trio of wins at the Mountaineer Quad, topping VMI’s Will Lawrence in a 9-0 major decision, Hofstra’s Holden Heller in a 5-0 decision and Edinboro’s Peter Pappas in a 7-2 decision (Dec. 22)
  • Notched two wins at the prestigious Southern Scuffle with a 7-5 decision over Campbell’s Ben Barton and an 18-0 tech. fall victory over teammate Hunter Jones (Jan. 1-2)
  • Bested Northern Iowa’s Paden Moore in a 7-3 decision (Feb. 14)
  • Earned a 6-4 win in sudden victory over Iowa State’s Grant Stotts (Feb. 15)
  • Helped WVU defeat Wyoming with a 9-1 major decision over No. 33 Dewey Krueger, his first win over a ranked opponent (Feb. 22)
  • Posted a 4-1 victory over Utah Valley’s Jed Loveless (Feb. 23)
  • Placed eighth in the 157-pound pool at the 2020 Big 12 Championship with wins over Air Force’s Trey Brisker and Utah Valley’s Jed Loveless (March 7-8)

2018-19 (Fr.)

  • Redshirted and wrestled unattached in six open tournaments at 149 pounds
  • Posted a 19-9 overall record, racking up six major decisions, three tech. falls and one pin
  • Opened the season with wins over Gardner-Webb’s Taylor Parks and Kent State’s Hunter Yackee at the Clarion Open (Nov. 3)
  • Scored a 17-2 tech. fall victory over Pitt’s Will Kaldes, a 12-1 major decision over Columbia’s Riley Jacops and a 6-5 decision over Lock Haven’s Brock Port at the Mat Town Open I (Nov. 25)
  • Went 3-2 at the Cleveland State Open, picking up wins over Michigan’s Nick Lombard, Kent State’s Kody Komara and Finger Lakes Prep’s Tanner Cook (Dec. 15)
  • Registered a 2-2 record at the F&M Open, defeating Navy’s Chris Hisey in a 7-3 decision and Pitt’s Dallas Bulsak in a 5-2 decision (Jan. 5)
  • Posted a 6-1 mark, including four bonus victories, at the Edinboro Open (Feb. 2)
  • Went 3-1 at the Mat Town Open II, earning wins over Lock Haven’s Jonathan Ross, unattached wrestler Daniel Colse and Cornell’s Jonathan Furnas (Feb. 24)

Prep

  • Was a four-year starter and two-time team captain at Mars Area High
  • Finished with a 127-21 record, becoming the first wrestler in program history to capture 100 wins
  • Qualified for three PIAA Class 3A State Championships, earning an eighth-place finish as a senior
  • Two-time WPIAL sectional champion (2017-18)
  • Was the 2015 Freshman of the Year at Mars Area High
  • Earned MVP recognition at Mars Area High twice (2017-18)
  • Placed third at the 2014 PAWF Cadet Freestyle Tournament

Personal

  • Son of William and Kristen Hornfeck
  • Birthday is Dec. 5
  • Has one brother and one sister
  • Majoring in civil engineering
  • Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
  • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

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Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    149 lbs
  • 2019-20Redshirt Freshman

    149 lbs
  • 2020-21Redshirt Sophomore

    0 lbs
  • 2021-22Redshirt Junior

    157 lbs
  • 2022-23Redshirt Senior

    157 lbs
  • 2023-24Fifth Year

    157 lbs
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