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2024-25 Wrestling Roster

Caroline Sherman / RIT Athletics

Matthew Grant

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 149
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Onaway, Mich.
  • Highschool Onaway
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2024-25:
  • Recorded a 7-9 record
  • Finished fifth in Open Division at New York State Collegiate Open
  • Finished fourth at SUNYAC Championships

2023-24:
  • Co-Captain

2022-23:
  • Recorded a 14-14 record
  • Placed second at 149-lb. at New York State Intercollegiate Open

Before RIT:
  • Wrestled for Onaway High School
  • Four-time finisher at the MHSAA State Tournament, including a 2nd place finish in 2-18
  • Three-time MHSAA Dual States qualifier.
  • Graduated fourth in his class, was his high school’s National Honors Society president.
 
Personal:
  • Mechanical Engineering major
  • Son of Nancy and Mark Grant
  • Has one sibling, Maggie
  • Born in Detroit, MI
  • Hobbies include hiking, fishing, and reading.
  • Best advice ever received: “Make your own luck.”
  • Person who has had most influence on his career: His father, who has been his wrestling coach since kindergarten.
  • Got a 10x10 wrestling mat as his first Christmas gift. “I have basically grown up on a wrestling mat.”
  • Favorite athletic-related moment: Winning team regionals in high school for the third time in a row in front of a home crowd.
  • Favorite team: Detroit Lions.
  • Favorite athlete: Matthew Stafford.
  • Was a member of the Quiz Bowl team in high school and would sometimes show up to games with a black eye from wrestling.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First Year

    5'8" 141 lbs
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    5'8" 141 lbs
  • 2022-23Junior

    5'8" 141 lbs
  • 2023-24Junior

    5'8" 149 lbs
  • 2024-25Senior

    5'9" 149 lbs