2021-22 Wrestling Roster
Matt Stencel
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Weight:
- 285
- Hometown:
- Oregon, Ohio
- High School:
- Clay
2021-22: Wrapped up brilliant career by winning a record fifth Mid-American Conference title … went 20-6 with 11 pins … compiled 133-36 career record … qualified for the NCAA Championships for the fifth time in his career … named the MAC Wrestler of the Year and earned the Outstanding Wrestler Award at the MAC Championships … two-time All-American … finished 43-2 in his career against MAC opponents … won final 37 consecutive league matches … finished with a program record 74 career pins … ranks second in program history with 133 career wins.
2020-21: Finished 11-2, upping his career record to 113-30 … joined exclusive club in winning his fourth Mid-American Conference title, going 3-0 in the tournament … is just the ninth in the history of the league to accomplish the feat … recorded three pins on the season, upping his career total to 52, which is third in CMU history … qualified for the NCAA Championships for the fourth consecutive year … went 1-2 in the NCAA Championships.
2019-20: Earned First Team All-America honors from the National Wrestling Coaches Association, becoming CMU’s first repeat All-American since 2013 … named the MAC Wrestler of the Year … finished 30-4 … went 4-0 to win third-consecutive title at Mid-American Conference Championships (3/7-8) … ranked fourth nationally by flowrestling … seeded fifth at NCAA Championships … qualified for NCAA Championships for third-consecutive year … won 15 matches by pin, tying for second in the nation … closed the season on 13-match win streak … won 19 of final 20 matches on the season … of four losses, three came to Michigan’s Mason Parris and one to Iowa’s Anthony Cassioppi; Parris was seeded No. 2 and Cassioppi No. 3 for the NCAA Championships … went 4-1, losing to Cassioppi in the title match, at the Midlands Championships (12/28-29) … posted 4-0 record to win Appalachian State Mountaineer Open (11/9) … placed second at the Army Black Knight Invitational (11/17) and at the Michigan State Open (11/2), falling in the final at both events to Parris … enters final collegiate season (2020-21) with an 89-25 career record … ranks fourth in program history with 49 career pins … has three of the top-10 season pin totals in program history; his 19 pins in 2018-19 are the third-highest total; his 15 in 2017-18 and in 2019-20 are tied for sixth.
2018-19: CMU’s starter at 285 pounds … placed seventh to earn All-America honors at the NCAA Championships … finished with a 31-6 record including 13-0 in duals … led the nation with 19 pin victories … went 3-0 to place first at MAC Championships (3/8) … finished 4-2 at NCAA Championships, with one loss, 3-1, to eventual runner-up Derek White of Oklahoma State … also won four matches by major decision … went 6-1 to place third in Midlands (12/29-12/30) … won 18 consecutive matches, nine of them via pin, from Jan. 30 through the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships … finished second at the Michigan State Open (11/3), dropping the title match on a pin to Mason Parris of Michigan … bounced back to twice defeat Parris, both on a pin, later in the season.
2017-18: NCAA Championships qualifier at 285 pounds … Mid-American Conference champion … finished 28-17 … recorded team-high 15 pins … won two matches via major decision and one on a technical fall … went 4-2 with two pins in placing fourth at the Michigan State Open (11/5) … went 3-1 with two pins in placing second at the Eastern Michigan Open (11/11) … went 3-2 with two pins and a major decision at the Las Vegas Invitational (12/1-2) … posted two pins, one technical fall and one major decision in posting a 7-2 record to finish third at the Midlands Championships (12/29-30) … posted a first-period pin of Eastern Michigan’s Gage Hutchison in the title match at the MAC Championships (3/3-4) and finished the tournament 3-0.
2016-17: Finished 13-6 at heavyweight … recorded nine pins, and one major decision … went 4-0 to place first at the Alma Open (1/21) … went 4-1 at the Edinboro Open (2/4).
