Wrestling

Lenny Pinto

Weight184 lbs
ClassRedshirt Freshman
HometownStroudsburg, Pa.

Honors & Awards

  • NCAA Qualifier (2023, 2024)
  • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Spring 2022)

2023-24 (Sophomore)

NCAA Championships – DNP (2-2) – 184 pounds

  • First Round: No. 5 Pinto tech. fall No. 28 Caleb Hopkins (CAMP) 25-8 (7:00)
  • Second Round: No. 5 Pinto dec. No. 12 Jaden Bullock (MICH) 4-2
  • Quarterfinals: No. 4 Trey Munoz (ORST) dec. No. 5 Pinto 5-3
  • Round of 12: No. 9 Bennett Berge (SDSU) dec. No. 5 Pinto 13-8

Big Ten Championships – 3rd (3-1) – 184 pounds

  • First Round: BYE
  • Quarterfinals: No. 2 Lenny Pinto (NEB) dec. No. 10 Roman Rogotzke (IND) 14-7
  • Semifinals: No. 3 Bernie Truax (PSU) dec. No. 2 Lenny Pinto (NEB) 4-2
  • Cons. Semifinals: No. 2 Lenny Pinto (NEB) dec. No. 4 Ryder Rogotzke (OSU) 15-9
  • Third-Place Match: No. 2 Lenny Pinto (NEB) dec. No. 5 Jaden Bullock (MICH) 4-1 SV-1

Regular Season - 184 pounds

  • 24-6 overall record (11-1 dual record)
  • Bonus points: three pins, three technical falls, three major decisions 
  • Placed sfirst at the Navy Classic and fourth at the Cliff Keen 

2022-23 (Redshirt Freshman)

NCAA Championships – DNP (1-2) – 184 pounds

  • First Round: No. 20 Neil Antrassian (UVU) dec. No. 13 Pinto 11-6
  • Cons. First Round: No. 13 Pinto dec. No. 29 Deanthony Parker (NDSU) 7-1
  • Cons. Second Round: No. 14 Will Feldkamp (CLAR) pinned No. 13 Pinto (4:30)

Big Ten Championships – 5th (4-2) – 184 pounds

  • First Round: No. 7 Pinto (NEB) pinned No. 10 Tyler Dow (WIS) (1:46)
  • Quarterfinals: No. 2 Kaleb Romero (OSU) dec. No. 7 Pinto (NEB) 4-3
  • Cons. Second Round: No. 7 Pinto (NEB) dec. No. 9 Dylan Connell (ILL) Injury default
  • Cons. Quarterfinals: No. 7 Pinto (NEB) dec. No. 6 Layne Malczewski (MSU) MFF
  • Cons. Semifinals: No. 4 Mitch Finesilver (MICH) dec. No. 7 Pinto (NEB) 8-2
  • Fifth-Place Match: No. 7 Pinto (NEB) pinned No. 8 Brian Soldano (RUT) (1:09)

Regular Season - 184 pounds

  • 24-11 overall record (10-3 dual record)
  • Bonus points: six pins, one technical fall, eight major decisions 
  • Placed second at the Navy Classic and sixth at the Cliff Keen Invite 

2021-22 (Redshirt)
Regular Season - 174 pounds

  • 0-0 overall record

Before Nebraska

  • 2020 Pennsylvania state champion at 170 pounds
  • Ranked No. 5 in his weight class by Intermat
  • Totaled a school record of 44 wins in the 2020 season
  • Earned gold in freestyle at the 2019 Fargo Cadet National Championships and bronze in Greco-Roman
  • 2019 NHSCA sophomore champion and a Super 32 All-American
  • Ranked as the No. 16 overall wrestler in 2021 by Flowrestling
Year Overall Dual Pins TF MD NCAA Big Ten
2021-22* 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 -- --
2022-23 24-11 10-3 6/4 1 8 DNP (1-2) 5th (4-2)
2023-24 24-6 11-1 3/0 3 3 DNP (2-2) 3rd (3-1)
Career 45-16 21-4 9 4 11 3-4 7-3