Matt Finesilver

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
184/197
Weight:
null
Hometown:
Greenwood Village, Colo.
High School:
Cherry Creek

Graduate Student (2022-23)
• CSC Academic All-America third team
• Academic All-Big Ten; Big Ten Distinguished Scholar; NWCA All-Academic Team
• NCAA Qualifier, 184 pounds
• Posted a 26-8 record, including a 13-2 dual-meet mark
• Posted a 3-2 record at the NCAA Championships (March 16-18); fell to Iowa State's #5 Marcus Coleman by decision, 4-3, in the bloodround
• Placed third at Big Ten Championships (March 4-5) with a 4-1 mark; earned wins over Iowa's #10 Abe Assad (fall, 4:19) and Nebraska's #15 Lenny Pinto (8-2) before winning by medical forfeit in the third-place match
• Registered a 13-2 dual-meet record, including a 6-2 mark in Big Ten duals
• Beat Oklahoma State's #11 Travis Wittlake, 2-0, at the Bout at the Ballpark (Feb. 3)
• Earned ranked Big Ten dual wins vs. Michigan State's #17 Layne Malczewski (10-4, Jan. 13) and Rutgers' #13 Brian Soldano (7-1, Jan. 27)
• Placed seventh at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 2-3) with a 4-2 record
• Posted back-to-back ranked wins against Campbell's #19 Caleb Hopkins (10-2, Nov. 11) and North Carolina's #12 Gavin Kane (4-0, Nov. 13)
• Claimed second place in U-M debut at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 5) with a 3-1 record
• Earned a pair of technical falls at the MSU Open, against Northern Illinois' Matt Zuber (15-0, 5:36) and Oklahoma's Tate Picklo (15-0, 5:12)

Prior to Michigan
• Graduated (twice) from Duke University (2021, '22)
• Three-time NCAA qualifier at 174 pounds (2018, '19, '22)
• Posted an 80-29 record over three seasons; went 29-9 in 2021-22 with 17 bonus wins
• ACC Championships finalist at 174 pounds in 2018-19
• Became the fourth Duke true freshman to qualify for the NCAA Championships in 2017-18
• NSCA All-American Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year Award recipient (2022)
• Two-time NWCA Scholar All-American; three-time ACC All-Academic Team

Prep
• Graduated from Cherry Creek High School (2016)
• Captured a Colorado state title at 131 pounds as a junior (2015)
• Three-time state finalist; took second at 113 pounds as a sophomore (2014) and at 152 pounds as a senior (2016)
• Career prep record of 151-33, including an 89-9 mark over his last two seasons
• Named Cherry Creek's Male Athlete of the Year

Personal
• Enrolled in the School of Social Work, pursuing a master's degree in social work
• Earned a bachelor's degree in sociology and a graduate degree from the Master of Management Studies program at Duke
• Born on April 15, 1998
• Son of Steve and Brenda Finesilver
• Twin brother Josh wrestled for Duke (), while older twin brothers, Mitch and Zach, were also Duke wrestlers (2014-18)