2023-24 Men's Wrestling Roster

Doug Pfeiler

Matthew Bartlett

  • Position 165/174
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 174
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Brakpan, Gauteng (South Africa)
  • High School Stoofberg HS

Biography

2023-2024: A senior member of the men’s wrestling squad…Bartlett competed in 25 matches at 197 pounds…He completed the season with an overall record of 16 wins and 9 losses…Bartlett currently has the 3rd most career wins with 56 wins, the 4th most career pins with 17 pins and the 9th highest career win percentage in Corban’s Men’s Wrestling history at .629…CCC Wrestler of the Week…CCC Academic All-Conference… Member of the 2023-24 Corban Men’s Wrestling program that completed the most successful season of competition since the inaugural season back in 2019-20. The team qualified six student-athletes for the 2024 NAIA National Championships, with yet another NAIA All-American title being earned via a runner-up finish in the 157-weight class. The program set new all-time records for most dual wins (6), fewest dual losses (3), best winning percentage for a single season (.667), most consecutive dual wins (5), and most team points in a single tournament (91.5). In addition, the team tied their highest finish in the NAIA Top 20 Coaches’ Poll (24th), and finished in the top 20 at the NAIA National Championships for their best finish in program history.

2022-23: Was a junior member of the 2022-23 Corban squad that crowned an individual CCC Champion and sent four wrestlers to the NAIA National Tournament. Finished with an overall record of 16-11, placing 7th in his weight class for the Cascade Collegiate Conference. CCC All-Conference selection and National Tournament Qualifier…
2021-22: Bartlett was a third-year member of the 2021-22 Warrior men’s wrestling squad… He competed in 18 matches this season in the 157 and 165 weight class… Finished with a 10-8 (W-L) record.

2020: Member of the squad that lost the majority of its season to the COVID-19 pandemic...

2019: Was a member of the inaugural Warrior men’s wrestling squad that sent two wrestlers to the NAIA National Championships and earned one individual CCC title… Competed in 15 matches unattached on the season… Finished with a 9-6 (W-L) tournament record…
Personal: Bartlett comes to Salem all the way from Brakpan, South Africa where he started wrestling at the age of eight. He is a four-time runner up at the African Championships and placed 12th at the World Championships in 2018, he is also a 23-time South-African champion.

He is currently planning on majoring in kinesiology and wants to further his education with a focus on biomechanics.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    157/165
    5'9" 0 lbs
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    157/165
    5'9" 0 lbs
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    157/165
    5'9" 0 lbs
  • 2022-23Junior

    174
    5'9" 174 lbs
  • 2023-24Senior

    165/174
    5'9" 174 lbs