Parents: KERRI AND WAYNE NEVILLS
Major: SECURITY AND RISK ANALYSIS
CAREER NOTES:
Academic: Academic All-Big Ten (2021).
2021-22 / JUNIOR SEASON:
Season: Went 3-2 overall with one pin...Spent first semester as a member of the Penn State football team.
Southern Scuffle (1/1-2): Went 3-2 overall with a pin in Chattanooga.
2020-21 / SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Season: posted a 4-1 mark in shortened 2020-21 season, all in Big Ten duals.
Indiana/Northwestern (1/30): Went 2-0 in opening day tri-dual at Northwestern...Pinned Indiana’s Rudy Streck (1:14) in the day’s opener and then closed out Penn State’s day with a 24-9 (4:58) tech fall over NU’s Brendan Devine. Wisconsin (2/2): Downed Peter Christensen 4-3. Michigan (2/14): Suffered first loss off the year, a 12-2 defeat to #2 Mason Parris. Ohio State (2/19): Closed out team win at Ohio State with 3-2 victory over #16 Tate Orndorff.
2019-20 / TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Went 13-4, making dual meet debut in January and going 7-3 in dual meets.
Mat-Town (12/1): Posted a 3-0 mark with two falls to win the tournament. Wilkes Open (12/22): Won his second open tournament by going 3-0 with a fall and a tech fall. Illinois (1/10): Made Nittany Lion dual debut with a 6-3 victory over Luke Luffman. Northwestern (1/12): Rolled to an 8-1 win over Jacob Heyob in his second dual as the Lion starter. Rutgers (1/19): Recorded first fall in Rec Hall, pinning Alex Esposito at the 2:24 mark in the first period. Nebraska (1/24): Clinched Penn State’s 20-18 dual meet victory with 4-0 shutout of #15 Christian Lance in dual’s final bout in Lincoln. Maryland (2/2): Rolled to a 21-6 tech fall (6:07) over Parker Robinson in Rec Hall. Wisconsin (2/7): Picked up forfeit victory in Madison. American (2/23): Majored Niko Camacho 10-2.
Big Ten Tournament (0-1): Suffered an injury in his first Big Ten tournament bout and was forced into an injury default loss to Rutgers’ Alex Esposito.
HIGH SCHOOL / PERSONAL:
Competed at Clovis High School...Earned seven varsity letters at Clovis High School...Four-year wrestling team captain...Won four-straight California state championships...Finished prep career with a superb 169-1 overall record...Helped lead Clovis to California state team title...Has three brothers, all of whom wrestle(d) in college; oldest brother, Zach, at Stanford, older brother, Nick, who was an All-American at Penn State, and older brother, A.J.
NEVILLS MATCH-BY-MATCH
2021-22
Date Wt. Result Opponent Place Rec
1/1 285 W, 7-2 Bowen McConville, South Dakota St. Scuffle 1-0
1/1 285 L, 0-1 Hunter Catka, Virginia Tech Scuffle 1-1
1/1 285 WBF Brayden Ray, Duke (6:01) Scuffle 2-1
1/1 285 W, 4-3 Deonte Wilson, North Carolina St. Scuffle 3-1
1/2 285 L, 3-5 Tyrie Houghton, North Carolina State Scuffle 3-2
2020-21
Date Wt. Result Opponent Place Rec
1/30 285 WBF Rudy Streck, Indiana (1:14) dual 1-0
1/30 285 W, 24-9 Brendan Devine, Northwestern (TF) dual 2-0
2/2 285 W, 4-3 Peter Christensen, Wisconsin dual 3-0
2/14 285 L, 2-12 #2 Mason Parris, Michigan dual 3-1
2/19 285 W, 3-2 #16 Tate Orndorff, Ohio State dual 4-1
2019-20
Date Wt. Result Opponent Place Rec
12/1 285 WBF Greg Hodulick, Buffalo (2:45) LHU 1-0
12/1 285 W, 3-0 Victor Lacombe, Lehigh LHU 2-0
12/1 285 WBF Cole Rickert, Pittsburgh (1:42) LHU (1st) 3-0
12/22 285 W, 17-2 Keegan Connely, Scranton (TF; 7:00) Wilkes 4-0
12/22 285 WBF Roger Horton, Wilkes (4:05) Wilkes 5-0
12/22 285 W, 8-2 Josh Walls, Millersville Wilkes (1st) 6-0
1/10 285 W, 6-3 Luke Luffman, Illinois dual 7-0
1/12 285 W, 8-1 Jacob Heyob, Northwestern dual 8-0
1/19 285 WBF Alex Esposito, Rutgers (2:24) dual 9-0
1/24 285 W, 4-0 #15 Christian Lance, Nebraska dual 10-0
1/31 285 L, 0-7 #3 Tony Cassioppi, Iowa dual 10-1
2/2 285 W, 21-6 Parker Robinson, Maryland (TF; 6:07) dual 11-1
2/7 285 W, forf. Forfeit, Wisconsin dual 12-1
2/9 285 L, 5-13 #1 Gable Steveson, Minnesota dual 12-2
2/15 285 L, 4-5 Gary Traub, Ohio State dual 12-3
2/23 285 W, 10-2 Niko Camacho, American (major) dual 13-3
3/7 285 L, inj.def. Alex Esposito, Rutgers (3:29) B1G 13-4
Seth Nevills Season 2021-22
Position285
ClassJunior
HometownClovis, Calif.
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