Matt McDonough
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May 12, 1990 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States |
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| Weight | 125.5 lb (57 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hawkeye Wrestling Club | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Tom Brands and Terry Brands | ||||||||||||||||||
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Matt McDonough (born May 12, 1990) is a two-time NCAA wrestling champion who attended the University of Iowa.
McDonough attended Linn-Mar High School in Marion, Iowa. His career high school record was 151-15. McDonough was a three-time high school wrestling state champion and four-time state placewinner for Linn-Mar under head coach Doug Streicher. As a freshman, McDonough was a teammate of Jay Borschel, four time Iowa state champion, undefeated NCAA champion (2009-2010) and subject of the non-fiction wrestling book Four Days to Glory.
Matt's dad, Mike was also a wrestler for Iowa back in the '70's.
McDonough made a surprise drop to 125 pounds as a freshman after competing his first year (when he was redshirting) at 133 pounds. After winning the starting spot in the Iowa Hawkeye lineup, McDonough went on a tear scoring 23 dual victories, won a Midlands title, and went 11-0 on his home mat at Carver–Hawkeye Arena. McDonough received his first loss and only loss on the year in the Big Ten conference finals where returning NCAA champion Angel Escobedo defeated him. McDonough ended his season by winning the NCAA title over fellow freshman Andrew Long, of Iowa State.
McDonough returned for his sophomore season at 125 pounds and went 27-2 on the year, with one of those losses coming from Brandon Precin of Northwestern in a dual. McDonough later avenged the loss at the Big Ten conference tournament where McDonough won his first conference title. At the NCAA championships, McDonough finished second after losing to Anthony Robles in the finals.
McDonough also repeated as Midlands champion.
McDonough returned to the top of the 125 pound weight class as a junior when he defeated Nico Megaludis in the NCAA finals 4-1, which also was his 100th career victory in college. McDonough won his second Big Ten conference title over Zach Sanders on Minnesota. He went 36-1 and for the third straight year won a Midlands title.
McDonough ended his career in a Hawkeye singlet with a 22-5 record, giving him a career record of 122-9. He made his fourth Big Ten conference finals, but was unable to win his third straight title. McDonough sustained a shoulder injury which prevented him from making the top eight, which cost him his fourth All-American honors.
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