Matt Finesilver

Matt Finesilver_NCAA Championships_3.18.22

Photo by: Geoffrey Riccio

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Sam Janicki

Matt Finesilver takes down an Iowa State wrestler during the 2018-19 NCAA tournament

Position:
174
Weight:
null
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Greenwood Village, Colo.
High School:
Cherry Creek

2021-22: Duke's starter at 174 pounds ... NCAA qualifier ... Led the team in wins with a 29-9 overall record ... Opened the season a perfect 20-0 ... Tallied 17 bonus point victories on the year ... Went 6-8 against ranked opponents overall ... Won the title at 174 pounds at the Battle at The Citadel with a win over Air Force's Sam Wolf ... Went back-to-back with a title at the Mountaineer Invitational, defeating Kent State's Michael Ferre in the final ... Won his first three ranked matchups in dual match play, including a win over No. 14 Mickey O'Malley (Drexel) ... Took home his 11th consecutive dual match win over No. 33 Thomas Flitz (Appalachian State) ... Won his last three dual matches, including two in the ACC over Justin Phillips (Virginia) and Hunter Kernan (Pittsburgh) ... Placed fourth at ACC's with a narrow loss to No. 5 ranked Hayden Hidlay ... Won two matches at the NCAA Championships, advancing to the round of 16 over No. 20 Hayden Hastings (Wyoming) and defeating No. 14 Chris Foca (Cornell) in the wrestlebacks ... All-ACC Academic Team … NWCA Scholar All-America ... NSCA All-American.

2020-21: Missed the season due to injury.

2019-20: Redshirt season.

2018-19: Duke’s starter at 174 pounds … NCAA qualifier … Ranked second on the team in wins with a 25-9 overall record … ACC runner-up at 174 pounds … Ranked second on the team in dual scoring with 37 points … Went 3-0 at the Hokie Open to win the 174-pound title ... Recorded 14 bonus point victories, six of which came in dual matches ... Garnered runner-up honors at the Keystone Classic … Fell to No. 2 Mark Hall in the title match by a narrow 6-4 decision … Took fifth at the Southern Scuffle … Defeated No. 8 seed Marcus Coleman by a 10-2 major decision in the fifth-place match … Beat Coleman again his opening match at NCAA Championships … Went 3-7 against top 20 foes … Beat No. 17 AJ Pedro of Brown by 13-2 major decision and No. 19 Spencer Cary from Navy by a 5-0 score … Bested 20th-ranked Daniel Bullard in NC State dual … Also earned ACC victories against Virginia, Pittsburgh and North Carolina … All-ACC Academic Team … NWCA Scholar All-America.

2017-18: Competed at 174 pounds … NCAA qualifier … Became the fourth Duke true freshman to qualify for the NCAA Championships, joining his brothers Josh and Mitch … Posted a 26-11 overall record … Went 10-1 in duals and 4-1 against ACC foes … Registered two falls … Won the freshman and sophomore division of the Hokie Open in his first collegiate action … Took fifth at the Keystone Classic and eighth at the Southern Scuffle … Upset No. 20 Daniel Bullard of NC State in the dual against the Wolfpack … Dominated 18th-ranked Forrest Przybysz of Appalachian State 15-1 to help the Blue Devils to the victory … Lone ACC loss came against No. 15 Ethan Ramos of North Carolina … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Before Duke: A four-year letterwinner at Cherry Creek High School ... Wrestled at weights from 113 to 152 during his scholastic career ... Compiled a 151-33 career record at Cherry Creek ... Won a career-best 49 matches and lost just four his senior campaign ... A four-time state qualifier and three-time state finalist ... Won the state title at 132 pounds his junior season ... Was the state runner-up as a sophomore at 113 pounds and again as a senior at 152 pounds ... Garnered high school All-America honors ... Qualified for NHSCA senior nationals three times ... Garnered Cherry Creek's Male Athlete of the Year Award ... Posted a 40-5 record as a junior.

Personal: Son of Steve and Brendan Finesilver ... Twin brother Josh is also a members of the Duke wrestling team … Older twin brothers Mitch and Zach were members of the Duke wrestling program as well (2014-2018) ... Mitch is a two-time NCAA qualifier and Zach a 2016 NCAA qualifier.