2025-26 Wrestling Roster
Roster
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
/ Wrestling
Alex Nini
- Weight:
- 149
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Allentown, N.J.
- High School:
- Christian Brothers Academy
2025-26 (International): Delivered a seventh-place finish in 65kg freestyle for Team Italy at the U20 World Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria (8/19).
2024-25 (Fr.): Made Big Ten dual debut against No. 1 Penn State (1/24) ... wrestled to a fifth-place finish competing unattached at F&M Open (1/10) ... picked up three wins, including a fall, competing attached at the Midlands (12/29-30) ... made collegiate dual debut with win against Clarion (12/13) ... made collegiate debut with a tech fall at the Journeymen Classic (11/10).
Prior to Rutgers: Four-time NJSIAA medal winner and three-time top four finisher in the state at CBA … state runner-up at 144 pounds as a senior in 2024 … two-time district and region champion … went 21-2 en route to district and region titles at 138 pounds, finishing third in the state in 2023 … collected 25 wins, district and region titles and finished fourth in the state at 120 pounds in 2022 … finished eighth in the state at 113 pounds during freshman season in 2021 … finished fifth at the Cadet World Championships in 2022 … competed for Team Italy at the Cadet World Championships … … the No. 23 141-pound signee in the country and the No. 117 overall recruit nationally by MatScouts … No. 45 overall prospect in the country and No. 9 in his weight class by FloWrestling … brother of current Rutgers wrestler Sebastiano Nini.
2024-25 (Fr.): Made Big Ten dual debut against No. 1 Penn State (1/24) ... wrestled to a fifth-place finish competing unattached at F&M Open (1/10) ... picked up three wins, including a fall, competing attached at the Midlands (12/29-30) ... made collegiate dual debut with win against Clarion (12/13) ... made collegiate debut with a tech fall at the Journeymen Classic (11/10).
Prior to Rutgers: Four-time NJSIAA medal winner and three-time top four finisher in the state at CBA … state runner-up at 144 pounds as a senior in 2024 … two-time district and region champion … went 21-2 en route to district and region titles at 138 pounds, finishing third in the state in 2023 … collected 25 wins, district and region titles and finished fourth in the state at 120 pounds in 2022 … finished eighth in the state at 113 pounds during freshman season in 2021 … finished fifth at the Cadet World Championships in 2022 … competed for Team Italy at the Cadet World Championships … … the No. 23 141-pound signee in the country and the No. 117 overall recruit nationally by MatScouts … No. 45 overall prospect in the country and No. 9 in his weight class by FloWrestling … brother of current Rutgers wrestler Sebastiano Nini.
| YEAR | OVERALL | DUALS (B1G) | TRN (B1G/NCAA) | MD (DUALS) | TF (DUALS) | F (DUALS) | FASTEST | DUAL PTS. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10-7 | 1-1 (0-1) | ---/--- | --- | 3 (0) | 1 (0) | 3:34 | 3 |
| CAREER | 10-7 | 1-1 (0-1) | ---/--- | --- | 3 (0) | 1 (0) | 3:34 | 3 |
Rutgers Wrestling Preview Show 2025-26
Thursday, October 23
Day in the Life of Head Coach Scott Goodale: Part 3
Thursday, October 23
Scott Goodale Preseason Press Conference
Tuesday, October 21
Day in the Life of Head Coach Scott Goodale: Part 2
Friday, October 17
