Mac Stout

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Weight:
197
Hometown:
Mt. Lebanon, PA
High School:
Mt. Lebanon

NCAA All-American (2025)
ACC Champion (2025)
NCAA Qualifier (2024, 2025)
All-ACC (2025)
All-ACC Academic Team (2025)
NWCA Scholar All-American (2025)
Panthers’ Choice Awards Male Athlete of the Year (2025)

2024-25 (197): Completed an outstanding sophomore season by finishing seventh at the NCAA Championships and earning NCAA All-American honors at 197-pounds … Became the first Pitt sophomore to earn All-American honors since Tyler Nauman in 2010 … Earned the No. 6 overall seed at the NCAA Championships in Philadelphia … Faced brother, Luke Stout (Princeton), in the second round of the NCAA Championships and became the first set of brothers to meet at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships … Earned the No. 1 overall seed at 197-pounds and won his first ACC title with a 10-2 major decision over Nikolas Stemmet of Stanford … Led the team with 27 wins, finishing with a 27-4 overall record including a 14-1 mark in dual meets … Went a perfect 6-0 in dual meets against ACC opponents … Outscored opponents 53-3 in dual meet points at 197-pounds … Won 22 consecutive matches from December 20-March 20, including totaling 16 bonus-point victories … Claimed the 197-pound title at the Midlands Championship … Averaged more than 10 points per match …. Recognized by his fellow Panthers as the Gold Standard Teammate of the Year … Named the Panthers’ Choice Awards Male Athlete of the Year.

2023-24 (197): Took over as Pitt's starter at 197 pounds and led the team with 23 wins on the season ... finished 23-8 and advanced to the Round of 16 in his first NCAA Championships ... placed third at the ACC Championship to automatically book his trip to Kansas City for nationals ... posted a 13-5 record in duals against Pitt's elite national schedule ... won the Clarion Open to start the season for the second straight campaign ... proved to be one of the highest-scoring upperweights in the country, tallying 13 bonus-point wins ... earned five major decisions, four technical falls and four pins ... both of his victories at NCAAs were with bonus ... defeated No. 22 Luke Geog in Pitt's signature dual win at No. 5 Ohio State ... beat No. 12 Luke Surber of Oklahoma State in a dual at Fitzgerald Field House ... dominated No. 28 Jack Wehmeyer of Columbia and No. 22 Garrett Joles of Minnesota at NCAAs.

2022-23 (197): Went 8-3 during his redshirt season ... worked out daily with eventual NCAA champion Nino Bonaccorsi in Pitt's wrestling room ... with Bonaccorsi resting, made his debut as Pitt's lead 197-pounder at the Midlands Championships and posted four wins ... won the 197-pound title at the Clarion Open in his debut tournament ... injury defaulted out of the Edinboro Open and rehabbed for the remainder of the season.

HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time Pennsylvania state medalist and nationally heralded recruit from nearby Mt. Lebanon ... went 133-17 in his career for the Blue Devils, with 63 victories by fall ... as a sophomore, took second at 170 pounds at the PIAA Class 3A Championships ... as a senior, placed third at 189 pounds at PIAAs ... also won WPIAL titles as a sophomore and senior ... missed the 2021 postseason after suffering an injury at the Powerade Tournament.

PERSONAL: Son of Bryan and Jennifer Stout ... older brothers, Kellan and Luke, both wrestled collegiately ... Kellan transferred to Pitt from Penn State and qualified for the NCAA Championships ... Luke was a three-time NCAA qualifier for Princeton.

By the Numbers
2024-25 (Pitt): 27-4 – ACC Champion, NCAA All-American, 4-2 at NCAA
2023-24 (Pitt): 23-8 – 3rd at ACC, 2-2 at NCAA
2022-23 (Redshirt): 8-3
Career Record: 58-15
Career Record for Pitt: 54-14