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Matt Okaiye
- Weight:
- 197
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Waterford, Mich.
- High School:
- Waterford Kettering
Bio
2017-18 (Redshirt Junior) 0-4 Overall, 0-2 Duals, 0-2 Open Tournaments: Made first appearance of the season at the MSU Open ... Started in first dual of the season at heavyweight against Franklin & Marshall and No. 24 North Carolina at the South Beach Duals.
2016-17 (Redshirt sophomore) 5-11 Overall, 2-9 Duals, 3-2 Open Tournaments: Started 12 duals in first season in the starting lineup ... was sixth at the MSU Open ... lone fall of the season was in 2:10 over Tyler Worthing of Bloomsburg ...
2015-16 (Redshirt freshman) 7-5 Overall (2-2 at 184, 5-3 at 197), 0-0 Duals, 7-5 Open Tournaments: Logged one fall and one major decision ... had four-match win streak ... was second in the freshman/sophomore division of the MSU Open ... only fall of the season was a 1:45 pin of Noah Maisonneuve of Indiana Tech at the MSU Open ...
2014-15 (Redshirt) 1-3 Overall, 0-0 Duals, 1-3 Open Tournaments: Posted his first collegiate victory at the Ashland Open with a fall over West Liberty’s Matt Dixon in 3:51.
PREP: Took runner-up as a senior at the 2014 MHSAA Division 1 State Championships at 215 pounds . . . Finished his senior season with a 40-2 record . . . Placed third at 215 pounds at the 2013 MHSAA Division 1 State Championships . . . Defeated Adam Myers of Clarkston by major decision, 15-3, in the third-place match . . . Finished the season with a 49-4 record . . . Named one of the top wrestlers in the Class of 2014 by MichiganGrappler.com . . . Placed seventh at the 2012 MHSAA State Championships as a sophomore; finished the year with a 35-13 record.
PERSONAL: Sociology major ... son of Karla and Anthony Okaiye.
2016-17 (Redshirt sophomore) 5-11 Overall, 2-9 Duals, 3-2 Open Tournaments: Started 12 duals in first season in the starting lineup ... was sixth at the MSU Open ... lone fall of the season was in 2:10 over Tyler Worthing of Bloomsburg ...
2015-16 (Redshirt freshman) 7-5 Overall (2-2 at 184, 5-3 at 197), 0-0 Duals, 7-5 Open Tournaments: Logged one fall and one major decision ... had four-match win streak ... was second in the freshman/sophomore division of the MSU Open ... only fall of the season was a 1:45 pin of Noah Maisonneuve of Indiana Tech at the MSU Open ...
2014-15 (Redshirt) 1-3 Overall, 0-0 Duals, 1-3 Open Tournaments: Posted his first collegiate victory at the Ashland Open with a fall over West Liberty’s Matt Dixon in 3:51.
PREP: Took runner-up as a senior at the 2014 MHSAA Division 1 State Championships at 215 pounds . . . Finished his senior season with a 40-2 record . . . Placed third at 215 pounds at the 2013 MHSAA Division 1 State Championships . . . Defeated Adam Myers of Clarkston by major decision, 15-3, in the third-place match . . . Finished the season with a 49-4 record . . . Named one of the top wrestlers in the Class of 2014 by MichiganGrappler.com . . . Placed seventh at the 2012 MHSAA State Championships as a sophomore; finished the year with a 35-13 record.
PERSONAL: Sociology major ... son of Karla and Anthony Okaiye.
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