Beau Mantanona

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Position:
174
Hometown:
Bermuda Dunes, Calif.
High School:
Palm Desert

Pronunciation

Junior/Sophomore (2025-26)
• NCAA All-American, 174 pounds
• Claimed seventh place at the NCAA Championships (March 19-21) with a 4-2 record
• Pinned Iowa State's #11 MJ Gaitan (2:59) in the medal round
• Defeated NC State's #6 Matty Singleton, 11-8, in the NCAA bloodround; also earned a 7-3 decision over Oklahoma State's #8 Alex Facundo
• Placed fifth at the Big Ten Championships (March 6-7) with a 3-2 mark
• Defeated Rutgers' #20 Lenny Pinto, 7-5, in the medal round
• Posted a 25-9 season record, including an 11-4 mark in dual meets
• Earned bonus points in 13 of 25 wins; shared the team lead with six pins, plus three technical falls and four major decisions
• Rallied for a 6-3 overtime win on the road against Iowa's #3 Patrick Kennedy (Feb. 13)
• Claimed an 11-3 major decision against Rutgers' #10 Lenny Pinto (Jan. 16)
• Placed third at the CKLV Invitational (Dec. 5-6) with a 6-1 record; avenged earlier loss with a 6-3 decision over South Dakota State's #24 Moses Espinoza-Owens in the third-place match
• Also pinned Iowa State's #8 MJ Gaitan (3:50) at CKLV
• Opened the season with a 16-1 tech fall over VMI's Beau Lewis in 174-pound debut (Nov. 9)

Sophomore/Freshman (2024-25)
• NCAA Qualifier, 165 pounds
• Posted a 2-2 record at the NCAA Championships (March 20-22); narrowly fell to Missouri's #9 Cam Steed, 4-1 SV, in the blood round
• Defeated Indiana's #27 Tyler Lillard, 7-3, and Illinois' #11 Braeden Scoles, 8-5, in the first two rounds of the NCAA Championships
• Placed third at the Big Ten Championships (March 8-9) with a 4-1 mark; defeated Minnesota’s #5 Andrew Sparks by decision, 2-1, in the third-place bout
• Opened Big Tens with two first-period pins – against Wisconsin's #13 Cody Goebel (:30) in the opening round and Minnesota's #5 Andrew Sparks (1:29) in the quarterfinals
• Recorded a career-best 17 wins, including a team-high five pins
• Named Big Ten Freshman Wrestler of the Week (Jan. 23) after beating Northwestern's #18 Max Mayyfield (4-3, Jan. 17) and Minnesota's #9 Andrew Sparks (7-4, Jan. 19); also earned a ranked win over Indiana's #14 Tyler Lillard (8-5, Jan. 26) in dual action
• Took third place at the Bobby Kauffman Open (Jan. 4) with a 4-1 mark; pinned Lehigh's Richie Grungo (4:22) in the third-place bout
• Missed first-semester competition due to injury

Freshman (2023-24)
• Redshirted season; competed in three tournaments and three dual meets at 165 pounds
• Earned a ranked dual win over South Dakota State's #30 Tanner Cook, 4-2, in dual-meet debut (Jan. 4)
• Went 6-1 en route to third place at the Midlands Championships (Nov. 29-30)
• Avenged an earlier season loss with a 4-1 overtime decision over Northwestern's #18 Maxx Mayfield in the third-place match at Midlands; also defeated Michigan State's #10 Caleb Fish
• Claimed second place at the Cleveland State Open (Dec. 9) with a 4-1 record; pinned three consecutive opponents to reach championship bout
• Placed fifth in collegiate debut at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 11) with a 4-2 mark; pinned Michigan State's Andrew Chambal (6:55) in first collegiate match

Prep
• Graduated from Palm Desert High School (2023)
• Captured the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) state 150-pound title as a senior (2023)
• Three-time CIF State placewinner; also took runner-up at 138 pounds (2022) and third at 106 pounds (2020)
• Posted a career prep record of 125-5
• Pinned Tyler Kasak (2:32) in the 145-pound match at Flowrestling's 2022 Who's Number One
• Captured titles at Super 32 (2021) and Doc Buchanan (2022, '23)
• Member of the 2021 U.S. Cadet freestyle world team (60kg) in Budapest, Hungary
• Two-time Fargo placewinner, including a 2022 freestyle finalist at 145 pounds
• Graduated Cum Laude from PDHS
• Ranked as the No. 14 overall recruit by FloWrestling and No. 1-ranked 152-pound wrestler

Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts; undeclared major
• Born on July 27, 2004
• Son of Anthony and Lisa Mantanona
• Has five siblings, Anthony Jr., Troy, Brock, Mila and Cru
• Brothers Anthony (2017-22) and Troy (2020-22) wrestled at the University of Oklahoma