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Austin Matthews
- Weight:
- 165
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Greenville, Pa.
- Prev School:
- Reynolds HS
- Major:
- Sport Coaching
Bio
Redshirt Senior [2019-20]:
Granted extra year of eligibility after season...Transferred to UNC to attend graduate school.
Edinboro University
Redshirt Senior [2017-18]:
Redshirt Junior [2016-17]:
Redshirt Sophomore [2015-16]:
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Freshman [2013-14]:
High School
Matthews attended Reynolds High School. There he:
- Finished the season with a 10-9 record, going 1-5 in dual matches
- Competed at the Southern Scuffle, Reno Tournament of Champions and Northern Colorado Open
- Recorded three falls and one tech fall during the season
Granted extra year of eligibility after season...Transferred to UNC to attend graduate school.
Edinboro University
Redshirt Senior [2017-18]:
- Started in one dual match against Lehigh's Gordon Wolf
- Finished his career at Edinboro with at 41-16 record...
Redshirt Junior [2016-17]:
- Qualified for Nationals for third time, and second as a Fighting Scot while moving up to 165 lb
- Finished with a 20-9 record with 5 falls, 3 technical falls, and 4 major decisions
- Earned trip to Nationals with a second place finish at EWL Championships. He lost to fifth-ranked Chad Walsh of Rider, 9-5, in the finals
- Went on to go 2-2 at Nationals and picked up win in first match, a 5-2 decision over Cole Walter of Lehigh, before losing by fall in the first period to Walsh, the fifth seed. He advanced with a 10-1 major decision over South Dakota State’s Luke Zilverberg, before being eliminated by first-period fall by Brandon Womack of Cornell, the 13th seed
- Finished fourth at the Las Vegas Invitational, going 4-2. He upset 12th-ranked Keaton Subjeck of Stanford, 7-3, before losing to second ranked Isaac Jordan of Wisconsin. He also picked up another over a ranked wrestler with 7-5 win in sudden victory over Cornell’s Brandon Womack in the consolation semifinals. His tournament would end after droping a 7-2 decision to Branson Ashworth of Wyoming in the third place match
- Was third at the Southeast Open, defeating 17th-ranked Forrest Przybysz of Appalachian State, 8-2, in the consolation finals. He picked up biggest win of the year against seventh-ranked Chandler Rogers of Oklahoma State, prevailing by fall at 3:47.
Redshirt Sophomore [2015-16]:
- After missing over a year following knee surgery, returned to the mat in January and proceeded to qualify for Nationals for the second time at 157 lbs.
- Finished the year with a 12-6 record with three falls and four major decisions
- Was ranked 14th by InterMat and WIN Magazine, 15th by FloWrestling, and 17th by TheOpenMat.com and WrestlingReport.com
- Went 2-2 at Nationals while seeded 14th. He lost his first match by decision before winning twice, a 9-2 decision over Kamaal Shakur of Chattanooga and a win by fall at 4:51 over 13th-seed Edwin Cooper of Iowa. He would be eliminated by fifth-seeded Dylan Palacio of Cornell, 12-6
- Won his second EWL title, and first as a Fighting Scot, with an impressive upset of number one seed and 15th-ranked Chad Walsh of Rider, winning a 17-6 major decision. He won his three matches by fall and two major decisions
- Five of his six losses were to nationally-ranked wrestlers.
- Got off to a fast start as a Fighting Scot, winning his first nine matches before going down with a season-ending knee injury in mid-November … ended the year with a 9-0 record with two falls and three major decisions
- Climbed to fourth in TheOpenMat.com and seventh in InterMat’s rankings before going down
- Began Edinboro career with a first place finish at the Clarion Open, winning a 9-0 major decision over Cal Poly’s Colt Shorts in the finals. He posted a 6-0 decision over eighth-ranked Luke Smith of Central Michigan, along with an 8-6 decision over tenth-ranked Brian Murphy of Michigan.
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Freshman [2013-14]:
- Earned a trip to Nationals as a true Freshman after winning EWL Championship at 157 lbs.
- Was named EWL and PSAC Freshman of the Year
- 23-9 overall record with 6 falls on the season
- Matthews went 1-2 at Nationals
High School
Matthews attended Reynolds High School. There he:
- Posted a 174-17 record
- 4x PIAA Place-Winner
- State Champion at 152 lbs
- Won the Northwest Regional and District 10 Championships
- Runner up, placing 2nd at 138 lbs at State his Junior year
- Accumulated three Northwest Regional Titles
- His freshman year he placed eighth at the PIAA Class AA Championships
- Competed in the Dapper Dan Classic as a member of the Pennsylvania team
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