2019-20 Wrestling Roster

Matt Lavengood

  • Weight 125
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Durango, Colo.
  • Highschool Durango
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2019-20: NWCA Scholar All-America ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic … D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award recipient ... Competed in the second semester to notch an 8-5 overall record … Went 4-2 in RMAC duals … Produced 25 dual points … Had two falls … Finished fourth at NCAA Super Region VI Championships.

2018-19: NWCA All-Academic ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Team’s starter at 125 … Went 11-10 overall including 7-6 in duals and 3-4 vs. the RMAC … Placed fourth at NCAA Super Region VI Championships.

2017-18: Redshirted … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member.

2016-17: RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … NWCA Honorable Mention All-Academic … Named Mines’ Most Improved Wrestler … Went 15-14 overall and 5-6 in duals … Started 11 times at 125 in duals … Had a major, a tech fall, and tied for a team-best seven falls among his 15 victories … Hit his fastest pin in 51 seconds … Generated 16 dual points … Earned the RMAC’s #1 play of the week in January after erasing a 14-3 deficit to beat Colorado Mesa’s Thomas Tawata 16-14 in sudden victory … Placed fourth at RMAC Championships.

2015-16: Hastings College Cusatis Open runner-up … Rocky Mountain Collegiate Open third-place finisher … Went 10-7 overall at 125 pounds … Earned six dual-meet starts, going 2-4 with 10 points … Made five pins.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner and two-time team captain (2013-15)...Four-time state qualifier, two-time regional champion (2012, 2015) and 2015 CHSAA 4A runner-up at 120 pounds...Twice named all-conference (2011-12, 2014-15)...Two-time team MVP (2013-15)...Lettered three seasons in football...Second team all-conference selection (2014)...Two-time academic all-state in both football and wrestling (2013-15)...National Honor Society member (2014-15)...Four-year Honor Roll selection (2011-15).

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    125 lbs
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    125 lbs
  • 2017-18Junior

    125 lbs
  • 2018-19Redshirt Junior

    125 lbs
  • 2019-20Redshirt Senior

    125 lbs