Luca Augustine

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Weight:
174
Hometown:
Waynesburg, PA
High School:
Waynesburg Central

NCAA Qualifier (2023, 2024, 2025)
NCAA ELITE 90 Award Winner (2025)
ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year (2025)
ACC Runner-Up (2025)
ACC Medalist (2023, 2025)
NWCA Scholar All-American (2023, 2024, 2025)
All-ACC Academic Team (2023, 2024, 2025)
USA U20 Freestyle National Champion (2022)
U20 Pan-American Freestyle Champion (2022)
USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week (7/12/22)

2024-25 (174): Made third appearance at the NCAA Championships and advanced to the Round of 12 … Defeated No. 16 Lorenzo Norman of Stanford at NCAAs … Posted a 3-2 record in Philadelphia … Became the first Pitt student-athlete and the first ACC wrestler to earn the NCAA ELITE 90 Award – the award given to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average at the finals site for each of the NCAA's 90 championships … Posted a 20-9 record and was the No. 15 seed at 174-pounds in Philadelphia … Finished second at 174-pounds at the ACC Championships … Named the ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Defeated No. 16 Joshua Ogunsanya in the final seconds in Pitt’s dual against North Carolina … Won three matches at the Midlands Championship before being forced to medically forfeit the remaining two matches … Finished with a 20-9 record on the season and went 10-5 in dual meets.

2023-24 (174): Made his second appearance at the NCAA Championships and won his first match at nationals ... defeated No. 26 Benny Baker from Cornell at NCAAs ... posted a 15-8 record and was the No. 23 seed at NCAAs in Kansas City ... went 13-4 in duals for the Panthers against one of the toughest schedules in the country ... posted a perfect 3-0 day at the National Collegiate Duals with wins over No. 15 Tyler Brennan of Little Rock, No. 22 MJ Gaitan of Iowa State and Baker from Cornell ... split his four ACC bouts while battling through an injury ... his best conference win came against No. 13 Justin McCoy in Pitt's dual win over Virginia ... finished with two wins by major and one by technical fall with one pin ... maintained his nearly perfect GPA in his studies, earning NWCA Scholar All-America honors and All-ACC Academic Team selection for the second straight year ... recognized by his fellow Panthers as Gold Standard Teammate of the Year.

2022-23 (174): Qualified for the NCAA Championships in his first season as Pitt's 174-pound starter ... posted a 15-11 record and was the No. 28 seed at NCAAs in Tulsa ... finished third at the ACC Championship to book his first trip to nationals ... went 9-5 in duals for the Panthers, helping the team secure a share of the ACC dual title ... defeated No. 8 Clay Lautt in Pitt's dual victory over North Carolina ... beat No. 31 Jake Logan to help the Panthers knock off Lehigh at Fitzgerald Field House as well ... continued to excel academically, earning NWCA Scholar All-America honors and All-ACC Academic Team selection for the first time.

2021-22 (174): Posted a 12-5 record in open tournaments during his redshirt season ... competed at four tournaments, winning multiple bouts at each ... placed third at the Edinboro Open and Shorty Hitchcock Open ... earned a perfect 4.0 GPA during the Fall 2021 semester at the University of Pittsburgh ... won a U20 freestyle national title at 79 kilograms at the United States Open in Las Vegas ... brought home gold from the 2022 U20 Pan-American championships as well, earning USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week in July 2022.

HIGH SCHOOL: Came to Pitt as a Pennsylvania state champion ... as a senior for Waynesburg, won the PIAA Class AAA title at 172 pounds ... beat Trey Kibe by 3-2 decision to earn his first state title ... helped Waynesburg secure the team title as well as one of three PIAA champions from his high school in 2021 ... placed sixth in the state as a junior in 2020 ... four-time section champion and two-time WPIAL first-place winner ... went 125-25 during his prep career, including 50 wins by pin ... rated the No. 6 prospect nationally in his weight class by FloWrestling.

PERSONAL: Son of Jim and Holly Augustine ... majoring in biology.

By the Numbers
2024-25 (Pitt): 20-9 – 2nd at ACC, 3-2 at NCAA
2023-24 (Pitt): 15-8 - 5th at ACC, 1-2 at NCAA
2022-23 (Pitt): 15-11 - 3rd at ACC, 0-2 at NCAA
2021-22 (Unattached): 12-5
Career Record: 62-33
Career Record for Pitt: 50-28