Parents: JULIE AND PABLO FACUNDO
Major: RECREATION, PARK AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT
CAREER NOTES:
Athletic: NCAA Qualifiers (2023)...Pan American Games U20 Champion (2022).
2023-24 / OLYMPIC REDSHIRT SEASON:
Season: Olympic redshirt season, did not compete.
2022-23 / REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Posted 19-6 overall record...Had five majors, a tech and a pin...Earned trip to NCAA Championships as a qualifier in 2023.
Lock Haven (11/11): Impressive 27-12 tech fall (5:35) over Lock Haven’s Aiden Gaugler in Penn State debut. Black Knight (11/20): Went 3-0 with a major to take title at 165, downed teammate Matt Lee in an all-PSU final. Rider (12/2): Majored Hunter Mays 13-4 in New Jersey. Lehigh (12/4): Posted 6-2 win over Brian Meyer. Oregon State (12/11): Hard-fought 3-2 win over #24 Matthew Olguin in Rec Hall. Collegiate Duals (12/19-20): Majored CMU’s Tracy Hubbard 16-7, then posted 5-2 win over North Carolina’s Nicholas Fea. Lost close 4-2 bout to #3 David Carr of Iowa State. Michigan (1/20): Beat #5 Cameron Amine with riding time edge in first tie-breaker, winning 5-5 (TB1; rt. crit.) in BJC Dual. Michigan State (1/22): Takedown in extra time to post 3-1 (sv) win over #25 Caleb Fish in Rec Hall. Iowa (1/27): Took #13 Patrick Kennedy to tie-breaker before dropping close 2-1 (tb) decision. Ohio State (2/3): Notched 4-1 win over #12 Carson Kharchla in Columbus. Indiana (2/5): Majored Robert Major 20-9. Rutgers (2/10): Rolled up 10 takedowns in 25-12 major over Luke Gayer. Maryland (2/12): Pinned Lucas Cordio at 5:38. Clarion (2/19): Posted 16-10 win over Cam Pine in dual finale.
Big Ten Championships (3/4-5): Placed seventh at first Big Ten tournament. Went 4-2 overall. Beat Stony Buell of Purdue and Nick South of Indiana. Took down #25 Dan Braunagel of Illinois 3-1 in seventh-place match.
NCAA Championships (3/16-18): Went 0-2 in first trip to nationals, losing matches to #20 Holden Heller of Pittsburgh and #4 Julian Ramirez of Cornell.
2021-22 / REDSHIRT SEASON:
Season: Wrestled in open tournaments...Went 11-3 wrestling unattached...Had three pins and six majors.
HIGH SCHOOL / PERSONAL:
Michigan-native Facundo was a four-time Michigan State Champion at Davison High School...Won title with unbeaten record as a freshman...Claimed titles in sophomore and junior years...Went unbeaten once again to win fourth straight crown as a senior...Honored with 2021 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award (only second Michigan wrestler to win the honor)...Helped guide Davison to team state title in 2021...Competed in the Who’s #1 All-Star event three straight seasons (2018, 2019, 2020)...Two-time member of the U.S. Cadet World Team (2018, 2019)...Has one older brother, Marcos...Considering a kinesiology major at Penn State.
FACUNDO MATCH-BY-MATCH
2022-23
Date Wt. Result Opponent Place Rec
11/11 165 W, 27-12 Aiden Gaugler, Lock Haven (TF; 5:35) dual 1-0
11/20 165 W, 10-4 Tyler Lillard, Indiana BK 2-0
11/20 165 W, 7-3 Tracy Hubbard, Central Michigan BK 3-0
11/20 165 W, 10-2 Matt Lee, Penn State (major) BK (1st) 4-0
12/2 165 W, 13-4 Hunter Mays, Rider (major) dual 5-0
12/4 165 W, 6-2 Brian Meyer, Lehigh dual 6-0
12/11 165 W, 3-2 #24 Matthew Olguin, Oregon State dual 7-0
12/19 165 W, 16-7 Tracy Hubbard, Central Michigan (major) dual 8-0
12/19 165 W, 5-2 Nicholas Fea, North Carolina dual 9-0
12/20 165 L, 2-4 #3 David Carr, Iowa State dual 9-1
1/20 165 W, 5-5 (tb1; rt.) #5 Cameron Amine, Michigan dual 10-1
1/22 165 W, 3-1 (sv) #25 Caleb Fish, Michigan State dual 11-1
1/27 165 L, 1-2 (tb) #13 Patrick Kennedy, Iowa dual 11-2
2/3 165 W, 4-1 #12 Carson Kharchla, Ohio State dual 12-2
2/5 165 W, 20-9 Robert Major, Indiana (major) dual 13-2
2/10 165 W, 25-12 Luke Gayer, Rutgers (major) dual 14-2
2/12 165 WBF Lucas Cordio, Maryland (5:38) dual 15-2
2/19 165 W, 16-10 Cam Pine, Clarion dual 16-2
3/4 165 W, 7-2 Stony Buell, Purdue B1G 17-2
3/4 165 L, 1-3 #12 Carson Kharchla, Ohio State B1G 17-3
3/4 165 W, 3-1 Nick South, Indiana B1G 18-3
3/4 165 L, 2-3 #33 Bubba Wilson, Nebraska B1G 18-4
3/5 165 W, 3-1 #25 Dan Braunagel, Illinois B1G (7th) 19-4
3/16 165 L, 3-5 #20 Holden Heller, Pittsburgh NCAA 19-5
3/16 165 L, 2-12 #4 Julian Ramirez, Cornell NCAA 19-6
CAREER STATISTICS
Year Overall Duals (B1G) TRN (B1G/NCAA) F TF M PTS
2021-22 Redshirt season
2022-23 19-6 13-2 (6-1) 6-4 (3-2/0-2) 1-0 1-0 5-1 48
2023-24 Olympic redshirt season
Career 19-6 13-2 (6-1) 6-4 (3-2/0-2) 1-0 1-0 5-1 48