Brock Mantanona

Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Position:
184
Hometown:
Bermuda Dunes, Calif.
High School:
Palm Desert

Pronunciation

Sophomore/Freshman (2025-26)
• NCAA All-American, 184 pounds
• Claimed fifth place at the NCAA Championships (March 19-21) with a 4-2 record
• Pinned Oklahoma's #20 Brian Soldano (2:40) in the NCAA quarterfinals; also cruised to a 13-5 major decision over Ohio State's #12 Dylan Fishback
• Placed third at the Big Ten Championships (March 6-7) with a 4-1 mark
• Earned a 4-1 overtime decision against Illinois' #17 Chris Moore in the third-place match; also defeated Moore 4-1 in the quarterfinals
• Posted a 23-8 season record, including an 11-4 mark in dual meets
• Earned bonus points in 14 of 23 wins with two pins, six technical falls and six major decisions
• Used a late takedown to edge Ohio State's #7 Dylan Fishback, 4-1, on the road(Feb. 1)
• Claimed a 16-3 major decision against Rutgers' #15 Shane Cartagena-Walsh (Jan. 16)
• Took second place at the CKLV Invitational (Dec. 5-6) with a 4-1 record; fell to Frankling & Marshall's James Conway, 5-0, in the final
• Earned back-to-back CKLV wins over Cal Poly's #21 Caesar Garza (17-7) and Oklahoma's #13 Brian Soldano (18-5)
• Went 2-1 at the National Duals Invitational (Nov. 15), including a 10-8 decision over Nebraska's #6 Silas Allred
• Opened the season with a 24-9 tech fall over VMI's Gideon Gerber in 184-pound debut (Nov. 9)

Freshman (2024-25)
• Redshirted season; appeared in two tournaments, two dual meets at 165 pounds and one at 174 pounds
• Posted a 12-3 record and a 3-0 mark in dual meets; scored bonus points in nine wins, earning two major decisions, five technical falls and two pins
• Named Big Ten Freshman Wrestler of the Week (Nov. 27) after beating Virginia's #12 Nick Hamilton by major decision (11-3, Nov. 24)
• Bumped up and used a third-period takedown to beat Central Michigan's #7 Alex Cramer by decision, 9-8, in U-M’s dual finale (Feb. 23)
• Placed second in collegiate debut at the Clarion Open (Nov. 3) with a 4-1 mark; pinned Bucknell's Creed Thomas (2:04) for first collegiate win
• Earned a ranked dual win over Columbia's #25 Cesar Alven by technical fall, 18-3, in dual-meet debut (Nov. 17)
• Also took seventh place at the CKLV Invitational (Dec. 6-7) with a 5-2 record; pinned Hofstra's Kyle Mosher (2:53) in the seventh-place bout

Prep
• Graduated from Palm Desert High School (2024)
• Two-time California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) state champion, winning at 150 pounds as senior (2024) and 126 pounds as a sophomore (2022)
• Three-time CIF State finalist; also took runner-up at 138 pounds (2023)
• Posted a career prep record of 115-3, including a 29-0 senior year
• Captured two titles at the Doc Buchanan tournament (2023, '24); Super 32 finalist in 2022
• Captured a bronze medal at 65kg freestyle at the 2023 U17 World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey
• Two-time Fargo finalist, claiming the U16 freestyle title at 132 pounds (2022) and taking second at 113 pounds (2021)
• Named the California recipient of the 204 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
• Honor Roll
• Ranked as the No. 9 overall recruit by FloWrestling, No. 10 by MatScouts and the No. 1-ranked 150-pound wrestler

Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts; undeclared major
• Born on February 28, 2007
• Son of Anthony and Lisa Mantanona
• Has five siblings, Anthony Jr., Troy, Beau, Mila and Cru
• Brother Beau is a current member of the Michigan wrestling team
• Brothers Anthony (2017-22) and Troy (2020-22) wrestled at the University of Oklahoma