2019-20 Wrestling Roster
Ben Lamantia
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- 149
- Weight:
- null
- Hometown:
- Commack, N.Y.
- High School:
- St. Anthony's
Graduate Student (2019-20)
• Competed in two dual meets and two tournaments at 149 pounds
• Posted a 2-2 record at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 6-7)
• Claimed fifth place at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 2) with a 4-2 record
Senior/Junior (2018-19)
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award
• Posted a 3-1 dual-meet record, including a 2-0 mark in Big Ten duals
• Defeated Lehigh's Kent Lane (9-7) -- up at 157 pounds -- in Michigan's home opener (Nov. 18)
• Beat Michigan State's Jaden Enriquez (13-5, Jan. 18) and Purdue's Parker Filius (11-4, Jan. 20) in Big Ten dual competition
• Competed in two tournaments at 149 pounds
• Posted a 2-1 record en route to second place at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 3), earning pins over Michigan State's Jaden Enriquez (8-1) and defeated Oklahoma's Davion Jeffries (3-2)
• Also wrestled at the Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-Dec. 30)
Junior/Sophomore (2017-18)
• Took third place at the Eastern Michigan Open (Nov. 11) with a 3-1 record
• Placed fourth at the Cleveland State Open (Dec. 16) with a 5-2 mark
• Also posted a 2-2 record at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 5)
• Fell to Iowa's #2 Brandon Sorenson in dual-meet debut (Jan. 27)
Sophomore/Freshman (2016-17)
• Competed in four tournaments
• Captured the 133-pound title at the Edinboro Open (Feb. 4) with a 4-0 record; defeated Michigan State's Lucas Hall, 6-3, in the final
• Took third place at the Alma Open (Jan. 21) with a 3-1 record
• Went 0-2 at the Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30)
• Claimed runner-up honors in season debut at the Cleveland State Open (Dec. 17) with a 3-1 record; narrowly fell to Virginia's Micky Phillippi, 7-5 TB, in the championship match
Freshman (2015-16)
• Redshirted season; competed unattached in six tournaments
• Captured the 133-pound title at the Cleveland State Open (Dec. 13) with a 4-0 record; won by medical forfeit in the championship match
• Took runner-up honors at the Purple Raider Open (Jan. 17) with a 4-1 record
• Claimed sixth place at the Edinboro Open (Feb. 6) with a 4-2 mark
• Also placed at Eastern Michigan Open (8th, Nov. 7) and Michigan State Open (3rd, Nov. 15)
• Posted a 2-2 record at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2) with a pair of bonus wins
• Earned an 8-0 major decision against Ohio's Zak Hassan in collegiate debut at the EMU Open
Prep • Graduated from St. Anthony's High School (2015)
• Two-time New York state placewinner, claiming second place at 126 pounds (2015) and third place at 120 pounds (2014)
• Career prep record of 158-14
• Took second place at NHSCA Senior Nationals (2015), fourth at Junior Nationals (2014) and seventh at Sophomore Nationals (2013)
• Three-time NYS Catholic High School Athletic Association (2013, '14, '15)
• Took seventh place at 2014 Super 32
• Served as St. Anthony's HS team captain as a senior
• Ranked as the nation's No. 13-ranked 126-pound wrestler by InterMat
• National Honor Society; Honor Roll
Personal
• Enrolled in Rackham Graduate School, pursuing a graduate certificate in real estate development
• Earned bachelor's degree in biopsychology, cognition and neuroscience in spring 2019
• Born on June 14, 1997
• Son of Joe and Melinda Lamantia
• Has a brother, Jon, and a sister, Sam
| Year | Overall | Dual | Tourney | Falls | TF | MD | Big Ten | NCAA |
| 2015-16 (RS) | 19-9 | 0-0 | 19-9 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -- | -- |
| 2016-17 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 10-4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2017-18 | 10-4 | 0-1 | 10-3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2018-19 | 5-4 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019-20 | 5-6 | 0-2 | 5-4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- |
| Totals | 49-27 | 3-4 | 46-23 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
