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2024-25 Men's Wrestling Roster

Gabby Mattei '25

Ryan Fairchild

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Nazareth, Pa.
  • Highschool Nazareth

Biography

Honors
• Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll, 2024 and 2025
• All-Centennial Conference second team, 2024

Career Statistics
Year W-L MD TF Pin Fastest
2022-23 20-15 6 1 10 0:23
2023-24 21-10 4 1 11 0:28
2024-25 18-6 3 3 9 0:24
Totals 59-31 13 5 30 0:23

Tournament Places
2024 Tonee Ellis Memorial – 1st
2024 Centennial Conference Championships – 2nd
2022 Alvernia Invitational – 2nd
2025 Centennial Conference Championships – 3rd
2024 Will Abele Invitational – 3rd
2023 Alvernia Invitational – 4th
2023 Under Armour Invitational – 4th
2022 Petrofes Invitational – 4th
2023 Petrofes Invitational – 5th
2025 Messiah Open – 6th
2025 NCAA Mideast Regional – 7th
2024 NCAA Mideast Regional – 7th

Career Highlights
2024-25
• Shook off midseason injury to place at both conferences and regionals
• Tied for team lead in pins
• Finished fifth on the team in wins
• Ranked as high as No. 6 in region 
• Became 11th wrestler in program history to record 30 career pins
• Recorded 16-8 major decision in consolation final to place third at Centennial Conference Championships
• Won final bout of season on major decision to place seventh at regionals
• Went 3-0 at Viriginia Duals, including pin of regionally ranked opponent in only 30 seconds
• Overcame 16-3 deficit to pin opponent from Apprentice School

2023-24
• Had a strong sophomore season
• Led the Mules in pins and tied for second on the team in wins
• Was ranked as high as fourth at 184 in the Mideast Region
• Placed in five tournaments
• Reached Centennial Conference final with pin in 41 seconds and sudden victory
• Scored late takedown in regulation and another in overtime for dramatic 8-5 win vs. regionally ranked Ursinus opponent
• Went 3-2 at Mideast Regional, needing only 1:34 total for his two pins
• Recorded three first-period pins and major decision en roue to third-place finish at Will Abele Invitational
• Pinned regionally ranked opponent from Delaware Valley
• Fastest win of season came in 28 seconds vs. Scranton

2022-23
• Had an impressive rookie season
• Finished second on the Mules in pins and placed in three tournaments
• Also tied for third on the team in major decisions
• Of his 20 wins, only one was by decision
• Pinned the eighth-ranked 184-pounder in Division III vs. Alvernia
• Went 2-1 at Alvernia Invitational to place second in first career tournament
• Pinned two opponents in 39 seconds or less en route to fourth-place finish at the Petrofes Invitational
• Recorded key pin in third-to-last bout in 20-19 win against Delaware Valley
• Scored a major decision at the NCAA Mideast Regional 

Personal
• Earned four letters in wrestling at Nazareth Area High School
• Served as team captain
• Placed eighth at 160 at states as a senior
• Also was district champion and regional champion
• Mother is Lisa Fairchild
• Born Oct. 24, 2003
• A public health major and business administration minor

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

  • 2023-24Sophomore

  • 2024-25Junior