Winter 2006-2007 Wrestling Roster
Matt Anderson
- Position:
- 149/157
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- South Plainfield, N.J.
- High School:
- South Plainfield
- Major:
- Psychology
Why Lehigh?: “Lehigh to me is clearly the best combination of athletics and academics. I feel the Lehigh Wrestling program has the best group of coaches in the entire country. Our coaching staff cares not only on making their wrestlers the best possible wrestler they can be, but more importantly making them into the best person they can be. Also, Lehigh has the most amazing support from Alumni, fans and just simply those who share the love of the sport. Being that wrestling is more a lifestyle than it is a sport, we wrestlers depend on things such as our coaches and our support.”
In 2004-05: Qualified for second consecutive NCAA Tournament wrestling at 149 pounds…will move up in weight for the 2005-06 season… Placed third at EIWA’s, going 4-1 with three bonus wins…In most impressive stretch of the season posted four consecutive bonus wins in duals against Brown, Harvard, Maryland and Virginia, wrestling up a weight class in two of those bouts.
In 2003-04: Emerged as the starter when Tommy Rohn went down with an injury, and did well, posting a 16-14 record as a starter and placing fourth at EIWAs … defeated No. 8 Matt Storniolo of Penn State in dual meet, perhaps his best win on the season …fourth place finish at EIWA earned him a wild-card entry to NCAAs where he gained valuable experience … was 2-2 at Junior Worlds, including a 10-0 tech fall while wrestling at 163.
In 2002-03: 5-4 in deferred freshman year.
In Secondary School: Career record of 127-5, going 103-2 his last three seasons with the only losses in NJ state finals … as a sophomore he placed first at 103, as a junior was second at 119 and during his senior campaign placed second at 130 behind a four-time state place winner.
Personal: Son of parents James Anderson and Linda Sikel… step-mother Pamela Anderson and step-father Ekrem Sikel…has two sisters, Kristin (23) and Amanda (14)…has one brother, Inan (10)…played soccer for South Plainfield and enjoys surfing, fishing and traveling.
CAREER RECORD
Overall Dual PCT BW Tournaments
2002-03 deferred eligibility
2003-04 16-14 13-10 .533 7 4th EIWA
2004-05 15-7 11-4 .682 9 3rd EIWA
2005-06 5-3 0-0 .625 1 WVU Open, PSU Open
Total 36-24 24-14 .600 17
