2022-23 Wrestling Roster
Cover, Matt
Matt Cover
- Weight:
- 285
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Bay Village, Ohio
- High School:
- Bay
Bio
Awards
2023-24 Second Team All-Ivy
2023-24 NCAA qualifier
2022 NCAA qualifier
2022 All-Ivy League honorable mention
At Princeton
2023-24
Earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships after finishing 4th at the EIWA Championships ... went 0-2 at the NCAA Championships ... held a 17-11 overall record, competing at 285 ... competed in eight regular season duals with a 5-4 record ... placed 3rd at the Princeton Open ... 5th place at the Navy Classic ... win over ranked Indiana opponent Nick Wilhelm in the first dual of the season ... Went 0-2 at the 2024 NCAA Championships in Kansas City
2021-22
Earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships after finishing fifth at the EIWA Championships in his EIWA meet debut ... had the 32nd seed at the NCAAs and came up short in two decisions at the meet ... won three consolation matches after an opening loss to finish fifth at the EIWAs ... had wins in the dual-match lineup against Columbia, Harvard, Brown and Rider ... took third at the 2021 UWW Junior Nationals and was eighth at the 2021 U23 nationals ... had a 7-10 record on the season with Princeton.
2020-21
Season canceled due to COVID-19.
2019-20
Competed at the Princeton Open and the Franklin & Marshall Open, winning three times at the F&M meet and once at the Princeton meet ... had a 4-4 record on the season.
Before Princeton: Captain three years … School's all-time leader in wins (171 and pins (110) … Set the single-season record for wins (46) twice …. Ohio State Qualifier three times … Placed third at states twice in 2017-18 and 2018-19 … Team was conference dual champions all four years and won the conference tournament twice … Named the Great Lakes Conference Most Valuable Wrestler and All-Ohio in back-to-back years (2018-19) … Earned the team's Most Valuable Wrestler, Most Pins and Most Wins Awards in junior and senior campaigns … Lettered in football as a sophomore and junior … Member of the Positive Coaching Alliance ... Member of the National Honor Society … Made the honor roll all four years … Academic All-Ohio twice.
Personal: Son of Keri and Ryan … Has a sister, Merideth, and brother, Mason.
2023-24 Second Team All-Ivy
2023-24 NCAA qualifier
2022 NCAA qualifier
2022 All-Ivy League honorable mention
At Princeton
2023-24
Earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships after finishing 4th at the EIWA Championships ... went 0-2 at the NCAA Championships ... held a 17-11 overall record, competing at 285 ... competed in eight regular season duals with a 5-4 record ... placed 3rd at the Princeton Open ... 5th place at the Navy Classic ... win over ranked Indiana opponent Nick Wilhelm in the first dual of the season ... Went 0-2 at the 2024 NCAA Championships in Kansas City
2021-22
Earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships after finishing fifth at the EIWA Championships in his EIWA meet debut ... had the 32nd seed at the NCAAs and came up short in two decisions at the meet ... won three consolation matches after an opening loss to finish fifth at the EIWAs ... had wins in the dual-match lineup against Columbia, Harvard, Brown and Rider ... took third at the 2021 UWW Junior Nationals and was eighth at the 2021 U23 nationals ... had a 7-10 record on the season with Princeton.
2020-21
Season canceled due to COVID-19.
2019-20
Competed at the Princeton Open and the Franklin & Marshall Open, winning three times at the F&M meet and once at the Princeton meet ... had a 4-4 record on the season.
Before Princeton: Captain three years … School's all-time leader in wins (171 and pins (110) … Set the single-season record for wins (46) twice …. Ohio State Qualifier three times … Placed third at states twice in 2017-18 and 2018-19 … Team was conference dual champions all four years and won the conference tournament twice … Named the Great Lakes Conference Most Valuable Wrestler and All-Ohio in back-to-back years (2018-19) … Earned the team's Most Valuable Wrestler, Most Pins and Most Wins Awards in junior and senior campaigns … Lettered in football as a sophomore and junior … Member of the Positive Coaching Alliance ... Member of the National Honor Society … Made the honor roll all four years … Academic All-Ohio twice.
Personal: Son of Keri and Ryan … Has a sister, Merideth, and brother, Mason.
Princeton Athletics 2023-24 Highlights
Tuesday, June 04
Highlights from 2022 Gary Walters ’67 PVC Awards Banquet
Wednesday, June 22
Princeton Athletics 2021-22 Highlights
Monday, June 06
Out of Office with John Mack - Quincy Monday and Grace Stone
Monday, February 28
