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2024-25 Wrestling Roster

Seth Nevills

  • Weight 285
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position HWT
  • Major M.Prof.Studies: Management Studies
  • Hometown Clovis, CA
  • High School Clovis
  • Prev School Penn State
  • Instagram nevills_seth
  • Twitter NevillsSeth

Biography

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CAREER HONORS
  • 2024 & 2025 NCAA Qualifier
  • Two-time Big Ten Placer (8th in 2024, 7th in 2025)
  • 2025 NWCA Scholar All-American
  • 2025 Academic All-Big Ten
  • 2025 Hudson Taylor Award Winner
  • 2025 John C. McHugh Coach's Award Winner
2024-25 (GRADUATE): 
  • Posted a 21-9 overall mark in his final season at Maryland. Posted nine wins by decision, four major decisions, three tech falls and two pins. 
  • As a 13-seed in the NCAA Championships, won opening match against No. 20 Jordan Greer (Ohio) with a 5-0 decision and posted a 17-2 tech fall win over No, 19 Cory Day (Binghamton) in the Consolation Round 2. 
  • Earned career-best seventh-place finish at Big Tens thanks to a 3-2 outing including a first round win over No. 8 Jacob Bullock (Indiana)
  • 7-0 to start the season, with four wins by bonus points
  • First place at 285 pounds at 2024 Tiger Style Invite
  • Other wins include Seth Nitzel (Missouri), Will Jarrell (American), Dayton Pitzer (Pittsburgh)
2023-24 (GRADUATE): 
  • Finished the season 17-10 with two ranked wins in the regular season despite missing several weeks due to injury
  • NCAA Qualifier, won two matches
  • 8th place finisher at 2024 Big Ten Wrestling Championships with decisions over 12-seed Gannon Rosenfeld (Wisconsin) and 11-seed Jack Jessen (Northwestern). 
  • 2nd place at Tiger Style Invite (11/11).
  • Beat Will Jarrell (American), 6-2, in Maryland debut (11/02). 

BEFORE MARYLAND: 
  • Spent four seasons at Penn State University, amassing a 22-7 record in that time, including a 13-4 mark in dual meets.
  • Won Mat-Town and Wilkes Open as a true freshman.
  • Also played a season of football at Penn State.
  • Four-year varsity wrestling captain at Clovis High School, the same school as teammate Dario Lemus.
  • Compiled a 169-1 prep school record en route to four straight California state championships.
  • Was FloWrestling's tenth-ranked recruit in the nation when he committed to the Nittany Lions in 2017.

PERSONAL:
  • Resides in Maryland with his wife, Arisa.
  • Has three brothers, all of whom wrestled in college; oldest brother, Zach, at Stanford, older brother, Nick, who was an All-American at Penn State, and older brother, A.J.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Graduate Student

    Heavyweight
    285 lbs
  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    Heavyweight
    285 lbs