Malik Amine

Class:
Fifth Year
Position:
149
Weight:
null
Hometown:
Brighton, Mich.
High School:
Detroit Catholic Central

Fifth-Year Senior (2018-19)
• NCAA Qualifier, 149 pounds
• Posted a 1-2 record at NCAA Championships (March 21-23); earned a pigtail win over Chattanooga's Tanner Smith, 9-2
• Earned an NCAA at-large bid after placing eight at the Big Ten Championships (March 9-10)
• Went 8-4 in dual meets
• Earned an 11-9 dual decision over Maryland's Alfred Bannister (Deb. 15); also rallied to beat Bannister, 5-3, at the Big Ten tournament
• Capped U-M's comeback win at Arizona State with a 5-3 decision over #11 Josh Maruca in the final bout (Jan. 5)
• Posted a 2-2 record at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Nov. 30-Dec. 1)
• Opened the season with a 10-2 major decision over Central Michigan's Dresden Simon (Nov. 11)

Senior/Junior (2017-18)
• NCAA Qualifier, 149 pounds
• Posted a 1-2 record in NCAA Championships debut (March 15-17)
• Earned an NCAA at-large bid after placing 10th at the Big Ten Championships (March 3-4)
• Went 5-4 in Big Ten duals
• Used a third-period cradle to rally to a 6-4 decision against Minnesota's #16 Steve Bliese (Jan. 21)
• Pinned Wisconsin's Cole Martin (2:20, Jan. 19); also earned bonus with a 10-2 major decision vs. Indiana's Davey Tunon (Jan. 5)
• Posted a 4-2 record at the Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30)
• Went 3-1 at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 5) before withdrawing with injury

Junior/Sophomore (2016-17)
• Defeated Lehigh's #11 Laike Gardner, 5-4, on a late takedown (Jan. 29)
• Pinned Northwestern's Shayne Oster (0:48) in dual-meet debut (Jan. 22)
• Also competed in two open tournaments
• Captured the 149-pound title at the Purple Raider Open (Jan. 15) with a 4-0 recordl defeated Notre Dame's Taylor Misuna, 3-2, in the championship match
• Claimed fifth place at the Cleveland State Open (Dec. 17) with a 5-1 mark

Sophomore/Freshman (2015-16)
• Competed unattached in three open tournaments
• Made varsity debut at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2), posting a 2-2 record
• Claimed eighth place at the Cleveland State Open (Dec. 12) with a 3-2 mark
• Posted a 4-1 record en route to a third-place finish at the season-opening Eastern Michigan Open (Nov. 7)

Freshman (2014-15)
• Redshirted season; competed unattached in five open tournaments
• Posted a 1-0 mark at the Edinboro Open (Feb. 7) before withdrawing due to injury
• Claimed third place at the Alma Open (Jan. 24) with a 4-1 mark
• Went 1-2 at the Cleveland State Open (Dec. 13) and 2-2 at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 2)
• Earned a 4-1 decision over Michigan State's Mark Bozzo in collegiate debut

Prep
• Graduated from Detroit Catholic Central High School (2014)
• Captured back-to-back Michigan state titles, winning at 145 pounds (2014) and 140 pounds (2013)
• Four-time Michigan state placewinner, also claiming second place at 135 pounds (2012) and fifth place at 112 pounds (2011)
• Career prep record of 159-29
• Listed by InterMat as the nation's No. 20-ranked 145-pound wrestler
• Honor Roll

Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts
• Born on July 4, 1995
• Son of Mike and Marcy Amine
• Father was an NCAA finalist and four-year letterwinner at Michigan (1986-89) and uncle, Sam, also wrestled at Michigan (1988-90)
• Brother, Myles, and cousin, Jordan, are currently on the Michigan wrestling team
• Also has a sister, Marissa

Year	Overall	Dual	Tourney	Falls	TF	MD	Big Ten	NCAA
2014-15 (RS)	8-7	0-0	8-7	2	1	0	--	--
2015-16	9-5	0-0	9-5	0	1	2	--	--
2016-17	11-5	2-4	9-1	4	1	0	--	--
2017-18	16-14	7-6	9-8	3	1	3	dnp	dnp
2018-19	12-11	8-4	4-7	0	2	2	8th	dnp
Totals	44-31	9-10	35-21	9	4	5