Holden Heller

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Weight:
165
Hometown:
Riverwoods, IL
High School:
Marian Catholic
Prev School:
Hofstra

Career Highlights
NCAA Qualifier (2021, 2023, 2024)
EIWA Champion (2021)
NWCA Scholar All-American (2021)

2023-24 (165): Selected a Pitt team captain for his final collegiate season ... went 14-9 and appeared in his third NCAA Championships ... beat No. 24 Stoney Buell from Purdue by pin at nationals in Kansas City ... posted a 12-5 record in duals against one of the toughest schedules in the country ... started the season 7-0, including wins at Ohio State and Lehigh to help Pitt pull off dual upsets away from home ... also strung five consecutive wins together in February, highlighted by a fall over North Carolina's Isaias Estrada ... also beat Estrada at the ACC Championship ... scored five victories with bonus points ... honored on Senior Night before Pitt's win over Virginia.

2022-23 (165): Instantly established himself as a valuable starter at 165 pounds in his first season at Pitt ... finished with a record of 16-8 and qualified for the NCAA Championships for the second time in his career after finishing third at the ACC Championship ... posted a 10-3 record in duals, including a perfect 5-0 mark in ACC duals, to help Pitt secure a share of the ACC regular season title ... earned ranked wins over No. 17 Joshua Ogunsanya of Columbia, No. 15 Justin McCoy of Virginia and No. 25 Connor Brady of Virginia Tech in dual victories for the Panthers ... at NCAAs in Tulsa, upset No. 13 Alex Facundo of Penn State and avenged a regular-season defeat against West Virginia's No. 14 Peyton Hall before having to injury default in the Round of 16 ... was ranked throughout the entire season and reached as high as No. 14 in the InterMat polls.

PRIOR TO PITT (2018-22): Three-year starter for the Hofstra Pride from 2019-21 ... redshirted in 2021-22 ... 2021 EIWA Conference champion at 157 pounds and competed at the 2021 NCAA Championships in St. Louis ... named NWCA Scholar All-American after his standout 2021 campaign ... also advanced at the EIWA Championships in 2019 and '20 ... three-time EIWA Academic Achievement Award recipient ...

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Marian Catholic near Chicago ... spent two years of high school at Deerfield and another at Montini ... three-time Illinois state placewinner and four-time state qualifier ... took fourth in Illinois each of his final three years of high school ... named his team's Most Valuable Wrestler as a junior.

PERSONAL: Born Sept. 26, 1999 ... son of Mark and Nancy Heller ... brother, Reece, transferred with him from Hofstra to Pitt in 2022 and is the established starter for the Panthers at 184 pounds ... other brother, Sage, wrestled at Hofstra ... finance major.

By the Numbers
2023-24 (Pitt): 14-9 - 4th at ACC, 1-2 at NCAA
2022-23 (Pitt): 16-8 - 3rd at ACC, 2-2 at NCAA
2021-22 (Unattached): 10-5
2020-21 (Hofstra): 8-2 - 1st at EIWA, 0-2 at NCAA
2019-20 (Hofstra): 12-24
2018-19 (Hofstra): 15-11
Record for Pitt: 30-17
Career Record: 75-49