Nick Zanetta

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Weight:
141
Hometown:
Pittsburgh, Pa.
High School:
Keystone Oaks

Career Highlights
2018 NCAA Qualifier
2018 Third Place ACC Championship
All-ACC Academic

2017-18: Went 21-12 overall with an 8-7 mark in duals … Qualified for the NCAA Championships where he went 2-2 … Placed third at the ACC Championship after going 3-1 … Recorded three pins, two major decisions and one tech fall on the season … Earned three victories over ranked opponents … Defeated Lehigh’s No. 11 Luke Karam via a 3-2 overtime victory at ACC Championship … Recorded a 6-4 decision over Michigan State’s No. 11 Javier Gasca at Las Vegas Invite … Topped No. 11 Luke Karam via a 6-1 decision at Lehigh dual.

2016-17: Placed fourth at the ACC Championship with wins over Kevin Norstrem (Virginia Tech) and Zach Finesilver (Duke) … Won in a 9-4 decision over Iowa State’s John Meeks … Placed third at Mat Town Open II after going 3-1 … Went 3-0 at the Pitt Duals with one win by major decision over Hunter Costa of Davidson, 14-3 … Placed eighth at Midlands after going 5-3 – was knocked out by Iowa’s Topher Carton in a 4-1 decision … Placed eighth at the Cleveland State Open after finishing 4-2 … Defeated Josh Heil of Campbell in a 6-4 decision at the Mountaineer Duals.

2015-16: Dropped a 4-0 decision to No. 17 Brock Zacherl of Clarion … Lost to No. 17 Rick Durso of Franklin & Marshall by decision (4-10) to conclude Pitt Duals with a 1-2 record … Runner-up at the Lock Haven Classic with a 2-1 record … Went 3-2 at the Nittany Lion Open … Finished 2-2 at the Keystone Classic, including a major decision over Indiana’s Tommy Cash (16-4) … Went undefeated to win the East Stroudsburg Open (5-0), including three major decisions and a pin of Army West Point’s Jack Lucie (0:19) … Recorded two technical falls at the Terrapin Duals over Bruno Gerardi of Kutztown (16-0) and Josh Cornell of West Liberty (15-1).

2014-15: Started off the season with a 6-4 sudden victory over Bloomsburg's Andy Schutz ... Topped Bucknell's Zach Valley in a 5-1 decision ... Recorded one win in the Keystone Classic, a 5-2 decision over Appalachian State's Payton Shuford ... Placed fourth at the Cleveland State open, going 6-2 with six straight wins ... Won five of his matches by decision, including two in a shutout, and also recorded a tech fall, 15-0 win against Cleveland State's Bobby Vedda ... Competed at the Southern Scuffle, adding two wins with a 3-2 decision over Tyler Kesserling (Central Michigan) and a 15-3 major decision over Tyler Ziegler (Gardner Webb) ... Recorded two wins at the Pitt Duals, starting with a 5-3 decision over Duke's Mitch Finesilver and his first ranked win of the year over No. 12 Mitch Devoy of Drexel ... Competed at 141 pounds for the first time in his career and defeated Justin Van Hoose (Virginia), 5-4 ... Recorded his first official fall against Clarion's Matt Liggett in 3:43 ... Posted a 3-1 decision over West Virginia's Cory Stainbrook ... Competed in the ACC Championships.

2013-14: 10-5 record competing in open tournaments at 133 pounds...undefeated in bonus-point matches with one fall, one technical fall and one major decision...finished second at the Simonson Open...went 3-2 at the Southern Scuffle and 4-2 at the Edinboro Open.

High School: Two-time state runner-up...three-time state qualifier...amassed a 132-26 record at Keystone Oakes high school...two-year Almanac All-Star...named a Pittsburgh Tribune Review All-Star in 2013...member of the Dapper Dan WPIAL Team...Won the American Legion Athletic Award his senior year...a National Honor Society member.

Personal: Son of Jay and Patti ... has two siblings, J.J, a former All-American wrestler for Mercyhurst University, and Anthony, a four-time NCAA qualifier and three-time EWL champion at Pitt.