CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Purdue's 12th two-time All-American (2023, 2025)
• 2023 NCAA Runner-Up (125 lbs.)
• 2025 NCAA Fourth Place (125 lbs.)
• Third-best win percentage in program history (115-26, .816)
• Tied for fifth-most wins in school history (115)
• Tied Purdue record for wins at NCAA Championships (14)
• Four-time NCAA qualifier (’22 – 133, ’23-’25 – 125)
• 2024 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Champion (125 lbs.)
• Purdue's 18th member of the 100-win club
• 16th four-time Big Ten placewinner in school history ('22 – 7th, '23 – 3rd, '24 – 4th, '25 – 3rd)
• First four-time CKLV placewinner in Purdue history
• 2025 Top-10 Hodge Trophy candidate (FloWrestling)
• Two-time Big Ten Wrestler of the Week
• 2022 U.S. Open Champion (57 kg)
• 2018 Cadet World Champion (51 kg)
• 17th-most takedowns in Purdue history (259)
• Ninth-most back points in program history (229)
• Four collegiate tournament titles
• Finished his career with 26 straight dual match wins, by far the longest streak by a Boilermaker since at least 2000
• 53-7 (.883) career record in bonus point matches
• Purdue's third four-time NWCA Scholar All-American
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten
• Team award winner: Most Dominant ('24 & '25), Most Dedicated ('25), Outstanding Wrestler ('23 & '24), Joe Patacsil Leadership ('23), Freshman of the Year ('22)
2024-25 / AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR
• Stats
• Became the 12th two-time All-American in school history with a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships (125 lbs.), cementing himself as one of the greatest Boilermakers of all time
• Posted a 31-3 (.912) record, the fourth-best single-season win percentage in Purdue history
• Went 5-2 at nationals to tie Arnold Plaza (1947-50) for the most career NCAA tournament wins in Purdue history (14)
• Purdue's first multiple-time All-American since Ben Wissel (2005-06)
• Held the best record in the nation among all weight classes at the end of the regular season (23-0)
• Posted the first undefeated regular season by a Boilermaker since Chris Fleeger in 2003
• Was listed by FloWrestling as a top-10 candidate for the Dan Hodge Trophy, awarded annually to the nation’s most dominant wrestler
• Did not surrender a single takedown the entire regular season, racking up 66 of his own. Finished the year with 81 takedowns and 8 allowed
• Key contributor to Purdue’s best finish (13th/66) at the NCAA Championships since 1992
• Won bronze at the Big Ten Championships, joining teammate Joey Blaze as the first Purdue duo to finish top-three in the conference since 2020
• Became the 16th four-time Big Ten placewinner in school history
• 2024 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational champion, the fifth CKLV title in program history
• 2024 Tiger Style Invitational champion
• Two-time Big Ten Wrestler of the Week, Purdue’s first since Dylan Lydy in 2019, following his title wins at CKLV and Tiger Style
• Was the consensus top-ranked wrestler at 125 for 15 straight weeks, the longest a Boilermaker had been ranked No. 1 since at least 2003
• Finished tied for third in the nation with 13 technical fall victories
• His 13 tech falls were in all likelihood the most in a season in school history, though the statistic was not officially tracked by Purdue before 2000
• Led team in matches (34), wins (31), dual wins (14), Big Ten dual wins (6), ranked wins (17), major decisions (7), tech falls (13), bonus point wins (22), total points (397), points per match (12.0), point differential (+305), dual points (63), takedowns (81), back points (117), two-point nearfalls (4), three-point nearfalls (3), four-point nearfalls (25), first-period points (230) and second-period points (108)
• Became the 18th wrestler in Purdue history to reach 100 wins, doing so with a 17-4 major decision over Nico Calello at Kent State
• Tied Scott Hinkel for the ninth-most back points in a season in Purdue history (117)
• Outscored opponents 397-92 in total points and 117-4 in back points
• Steamrolled through a talented 125-pound bracket at CKLV with ranked wins over No. 12 Vincent Robinson, No. 4 Troy Spratley and No. 11 Eddie Ventresca to win the title
• Became the first four-time CKLV placewinner in school history
• Went 17-3 against ranked opponents
• Earned the No. 2 seed at NCAAs, the highest seed for a Purdue wrestler since Chris Fleeger in 2003 and the first No. 2 seed since Charles Jones in 1992
• 22 of his 31 wins came via bonus points, good for a bonus rate of 71%
• Began the season with 11 consecutive bonus point wins
• Registered the fastest tech fall of his career in the dual at Illinois, defeating Caelan Riley 19-1 in just 2:32
• Earned NWCA Scholar All-American recognition for the fourth time, just the third four-timer in program history
• Named Academic All-Big Ten for the third time as part of a program record tally of 15 Boilermakers to receive the honor in 2025
• Won the Purdue Athletics Golden Pete Award for Male Social Media Star
• Won Purdue Wrestling's Most Dominant and Most Dedicated awards at the team awards banquet
2023-24 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR
• Stats
• Posted a 28-8 record in his third season with the Boilermakers, registering 12 bonus point wins and 13 dual wins
• Was the unanimous No. 1-ranked wrestler at 125 pounds for two different periods of time in the season. He was only the second Boiler to be unanimous since InterMat began their rankings in 1998
• Earned the No. 4 seed at the NCAA tournament for the second straight season. He is the first Boiler to earn a top-five seed in back-to-back years since Chris Fleeger in 2002-03
• Went 2-2 at NCAAs, dropping a blood round match to No. 2 seed Luke Stanich of Lehigh
• Took fourth at the Big Ten Championships, going 3-2 highlighted by a sudden victory pin of No. 16 Michael DeAugustino of Michigan. It was Ramos’ third career climb up the Big Ten podium
• Racked up a career-best 13 match win streak from Dec. 2, 2023 to March 9, 2024, encompassing the entirety of Big Ten dual season where he went 8-0. Across those 13 wins, he outscored opponents 111-31 and had a 24:2 takedown ratio. Five of the wins came against ranked opponents, including victories over No. 1 and No. 2
• He became the first Boilermaker to go a perfect 8-0 in B1G duals without missing a single match in 21 years
• Became the first ever Boilermaker to win a match in the annual NWCA All-Star Classic, defeating then-No. 1 Anthony Noto in a 10-2 major decision in front of a sold-out Rec Hall in College Station. He was the fourth wrestler in program history to compete in the event and the first under Ersland
• His other win over a No. 1 ranked wrestler came in his 4-1 win over Drake Ayala in the dual meet at Iowa. Ramos had three such victories in his career, two of them against Hawkeyes
• Finished the year leading the team in at least 23 categories including: matches (36), wins (28), dual wins (13), ranked wins (13), bonus point wins (12), B1G wins (14), longest win streak (13), times scoring first (23), takedowns (52), and total points (249)
• Had the second-most wins over D1 opponents of anyone in the Big Ten at the end of the regular season
• Set a new career high in points scored in a match (was also tied for the most by a Boiler this season) in his opening round win over Columbia’s Sulayman Bah 21-4 (4:37)
• Also set a new career fastest fall with a 0:17 pin of Columbia’s No. 22 Nicholas Babin in the third place match at the Clarion Open
• Finished seventh in a loaded field at the Cliff Keen Invitational. He became the seventh Boiler to climb the podium three times at the annual Vegas tournament, doing so in as many attempts
• Had outscored opponents in back points 96-12 across his two seasons wrestling at 125. He was 48-4 this year
• Went 12-0 in bonus point matches this season, taking three majors, four techs and five pins
• Earned two Purdue Wrestling team awards as he was given the Outstanding Wrestler and Most Dominant awards
• Named a NWCA Scholar All-American for the third straight season, just the ninth Boiler to make it a trio of NWCA academic awards
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the second time
2022-23 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
• Became the 60th All-American in Purdue wrestling history, the first national placewinner of the Tony Ersland era
• Runner-up at the NCAA Championships, the ninth Boilermaker to take second on the national stage
• Became the 13th NCAA finalist in program history, the first since Chris Fleeger in 2006
• Pulled off the biggest upset in collegiate wrestling history by knocking off No. 1 seed and three-time champion Spencer Lee in the semifinals with a pin in the closing seconds
• Finished with the most wins of all the NCAA qualifiers at 125 pounds with 35. He had the second most wins of any qualifier at any weight
• Had the most wins of any Big Ten wrestler of the 2022-23 season
• His 35-5 record puts him in a tie for the 10th best win percentage and 12th most wins in a single season in program history
• Took third at the 2023 Big Ten Championships going 5-1 with a tech fall, fall and a major decision among his wins
• Led the team in at least 19 categories, including matches (40), wins (35), ranked wins (15), bonus point wins (14) and first period points (111)
• Went 13-2 in dual competition, improving to 25-5 in his career
• Finished as the runner-up at the 2022 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, taking down the No. 22 and No. 10 ranked wrestlers in the country on his way to the final
• Won the 125-pound title at the 2023 Southern Scuffle. He won all five of his matches, beat two ranked opponents and registered a major and a fall
• Took the title at the 2022 Clarion Open, winning four of his five matches with bonus points (two falls and two tech falls)
• Set new career highs in major decisions (5), tech falls (3) and falls (6)
• Went 15-3 in matches against ranked opponents
• Improved to 23-8 in his career against Big Ten opposition
• Opened the season on a 12-match win streak
• Did not give up a takedown in 75% of his matches
• Finished the season with the No. 2 ranking on FloWrestling. Held the No. 3 spot at 125 on Intermat for a month
• Named an NWCA Scholar All-American for the second straight year
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors
2021-22 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Finished 21-10 in his first collegiate season at 133 pounds, including a 12-3 dual record
• Named Purdue’s Most Outstanding Freshman
• Ranked in 13-of-16 InterMat polls on the season at 133, and earned his highest individual ranking of the season from FloWrestling at No. 17
• Qualified for the NCAA Championships with an automatic bid at the Big Ten Championships
• Posted nine wins over ranked opponents on the season, good for second most on the roster
• Opened the season with six straight non-conference dual victories, including a ranked win over No. 24 Richie Koehler of Rider
• Placed eighth at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Invitational, going 3-3 with a fall
• Earned a 5-3 sudden-victory win over Iowa State’s Ramazan Attasauov
• Finished 5-3 in Big Ten duals, including wins over No. 25 Kyle Burwick of Wisconsin and No. 27 Jake Gliva of Minnesota
• Placed seventh at the Big Ten Championships, knocking off No. 15 Joe Olivieri of Rutgers in the opening round, 7-5, beating No. 8 seed Dominick Serrano of Nebraska to secure a podium spot, and topping Jake Gliva of Minnesota in the seventh-place match
• Posted a 3-2 record at the NCAA Championships, defeating No. 7 Lucas Byrd by fall in the opening round, avenging a pair of losses to No. 8 seed Rayvon Foley of Michigan State with a 9-6 decision and scoring a 4-1 decision over No. 13 Kai Orine of North Carolina State
• Won the 2022 U.S. Open at 57 kg in Las Vegas, becoming Purdue’s first wrestler to win the event in at least 25 years
• Finished fourth at the U.S. World Team Trials at 57 kg
BEFORE PURDUE
• Signed with the University of Minnesota in 2018, attending school there for two semesters in 2019-20
• Injured during his lone season with the Golden Gophers, redshirting the season
• Took an Olympic redshirt in 2020-21, training and competing with the Gopher Wrestling Club
• Placed third at the 2021 UWW Junior Freestyle Championships at 57 kg
• Took seventh at the 2021 U23 Freestyle National Championships at 57 kg
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year varsity letterwinner at Lockport High School
• 2019 3A Illinois state high school champion at 120 pounds
• 2019 Lockport High School Athlete of the Year
• Won the Illinois state championships in freestyle and Greco-Roman in 2018
• Placed third at the 2018 high school state tournament at 113 pounds, and placed fifth at 106 pounds in 2017
• Finished as the runner-up in freestyle and Greco at Fargo in 2017
• Two-time placewinner at the Cheesehead Invitational and Walsh Ironman
NATIONAL RANKINGS
• Ranked the No. 72 overall recruit in the nation in 2019 by FloWrestling
• Ranked No. 55 overall in the Class of 2019 by InterMat
• Ranked the No. 44 overall recruit in the country by The Open Mat
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Matthew James Ramos
• Pronounced: RAY-mohs
• Major: Selling & Sales Management
• Birthday: April 27, 2001
• City Born: Naperville, Illinois
• Parents: Chris and Shelley Ramos
• Siblings: Sister – Brittany, brother – Brandon
• Instagram: @matt_ramos1
• X/Twitter: @Matt_Ramos2
• Purdue's 12th two-time All-American (2023, 2025)
• 2023 NCAA Runner-Up (125 lbs.)
• 2025 NCAA Fourth Place (125 lbs.)
• Third-best win percentage in program history (115-26, .816)
• Tied for fifth-most wins in school history (115)
• Tied Purdue record for wins at NCAA Championships (14)
• Four-time NCAA qualifier (’22 – 133, ’23-’25 – 125)
• 2024 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Champion (125 lbs.)
• Purdue's 18th member of the 100-win club
• 16th four-time Big Ten placewinner in school history ('22 – 7th, '23 – 3rd, '24 – 4th, '25 – 3rd)
• First four-time CKLV placewinner in Purdue history
• 2025 Top-10 Hodge Trophy candidate (FloWrestling)
• Two-time Big Ten Wrestler of the Week
• 2022 U.S. Open Champion (57 kg)
• 2018 Cadet World Champion (51 kg)
• 17th-most takedowns in Purdue history (259)
• Ninth-most back points in program history (229)
• Four collegiate tournament titles
• Finished his career with 26 straight dual match wins, by far the longest streak by a Boilermaker since at least 2000
• 53-7 (.883) career record in bonus point matches
• Purdue's third four-time NWCA Scholar All-American
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten
• Team award winner: Most Dominant ('24 & '25), Most Dedicated ('25), Outstanding Wrestler ('23 & '24), Joe Patacsil Leadership ('23), Freshman of the Year ('22)
2024-25 / AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR
• Stats
• Became the 12th two-time All-American in school history with a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships (125 lbs.), cementing himself as one of the greatest Boilermakers of all time
• Posted a 31-3 (.912) record, the fourth-best single-season win percentage in Purdue history
• Went 5-2 at nationals to tie Arnold Plaza (1947-50) for the most career NCAA tournament wins in Purdue history (14)
• Purdue's first multiple-time All-American since Ben Wissel (2005-06)
• Held the best record in the nation among all weight classes at the end of the regular season (23-0)
• Posted the first undefeated regular season by a Boilermaker since Chris Fleeger in 2003
• Was listed by FloWrestling as a top-10 candidate for the Dan Hodge Trophy, awarded annually to the nation’s most dominant wrestler
• Did not surrender a single takedown the entire regular season, racking up 66 of his own. Finished the year with 81 takedowns and 8 allowed
• Key contributor to Purdue’s best finish (13th/66) at the NCAA Championships since 1992
• Won bronze at the Big Ten Championships, joining teammate Joey Blaze as the first Purdue duo to finish top-three in the conference since 2020
• Became the 16th four-time Big Ten placewinner in school history
• 2024 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational champion, the fifth CKLV title in program history
• 2024 Tiger Style Invitational champion
• Two-time Big Ten Wrestler of the Week, Purdue’s first since Dylan Lydy in 2019, following his title wins at CKLV and Tiger Style
• Was the consensus top-ranked wrestler at 125 for 15 straight weeks, the longest a Boilermaker had been ranked No. 1 since at least 2003
• Finished tied for third in the nation with 13 technical fall victories
• His 13 tech falls were in all likelihood the most in a season in school history, though the statistic was not officially tracked by Purdue before 2000
• Led team in matches (34), wins (31), dual wins (14), Big Ten dual wins (6), ranked wins (17), major decisions (7), tech falls (13), bonus point wins (22), total points (397), points per match (12.0), point differential (+305), dual points (63), takedowns (81), back points (117), two-point nearfalls (4), three-point nearfalls (3), four-point nearfalls (25), first-period points (230) and second-period points (108)
• Became the 18th wrestler in Purdue history to reach 100 wins, doing so with a 17-4 major decision over Nico Calello at Kent State
• Tied Scott Hinkel for the ninth-most back points in a season in Purdue history (117)
• Outscored opponents 397-92 in total points and 117-4 in back points
• Steamrolled through a talented 125-pound bracket at CKLV with ranked wins over No. 12 Vincent Robinson, No. 4 Troy Spratley and No. 11 Eddie Ventresca to win the title
• Became the first four-time CKLV placewinner in school history
• Went 17-3 against ranked opponents
• Earned the No. 2 seed at NCAAs, the highest seed for a Purdue wrestler since Chris Fleeger in 2003 and the first No. 2 seed since Charles Jones in 1992
• 22 of his 31 wins came via bonus points, good for a bonus rate of 71%
• Began the season with 11 consecutive bonus point wins
• Registered the fastest tech fall of his career in the dual at Illinois, defeating Caelan Riley 19-1 in just 2:32
• Earned NWCA Scholar All-American recognition for the fourth time, just the third four-timer in program history
• Named Academic All-Big Ten for the third time as part of a program record tally of 15 Boilermakers to receive the honor in 2025
• Won the Purdue Athletics Golden Pete Award for Male Social Media Star
• Won Purdue Wrestling's Most Dominant and Most Dedicated awards at the team awards banquet
2023-24 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR
• Stats
• Posted a 28-8 record in his third season with the Boilermakers, registering 12 bonus point wins and 13 dual wins
• Was the unanimous No. 1-ranked wrestler at 125 pounds for two different periods of time in the season. He was only the second Boiler to be unanimous since InterMat began their rankings in 1998
• Earned the No. 4 seed at the NCAA tournament for the second straight season. He is the first Boiler to earn a top-five seed in back-to-back years since Chris Fleeger in 2002-03
• Went 2-2 at NCAAs, dropping a blood round match to No. 2 seed Luke Stanich of Lehigh
• Took fourth at the Big Ten Championships, going 3-2 highlighted by a sudden victory pin of No. 16 Michael DeAugustino of Michigan. It was Ramos’ third career climb up the Big Ten podium
• Racked up a career-best 13 match win streak from Dec. 2, 2023 to March 9, 2024, encompassing the entirety of Big Ten dual season where he went 8-0. Across those 13 wins, he outscored opponents 111-31 and had a 24:2 takedown ratio. Five of the wins came against ranked opponents, including victories over No. 1 and No. 2
• He became the first Boilermaker to go a perfect 8-0 in B1G duals without missing a single match in 21 years
• Became the first ever Boilermaker to win a match in the annual NWCA All-Star Classic, defeating then-No. 1 Anthony Noto in a 10-2 major decision in front of a sold-out Rec Hall in College Station. He was the fourth wrestler in program history to compete in the event and the first under Ersland
• His other win over a No. 1 ranked wrestler came in his 4-1 win over Drake Ayala in the dual meet at Iowa. Ramos had three such victories in his career, two of them against Hawkeyes
• Finished the year leading the team in at least 23 categories including: matches (36), wins (28), dual wins (13), ranked wins (13), bonus point wins (12), B1G wins (14), longest win streak (13), times scoring first (23), takedowns (52), and total points (249)
• Had the second-most wins over D1 opponents of anyone in the Big Ten at the end of the regular season
• Set a new career high in points scored in a match (was also tied for the most by a Boiler this season) in his opening round win over Columbia’s Sulayman Bah 21-4 (4:37)
• Also set a new career fastest fall with a 0:17 pin of Columbia’s No. 22 Nicholas Babin in the third place match at the Clarion Open
• Finished seventh in a loaded field at the Cliff Keen Invitational. He became the seventh Boiler to climb the podium three times at the annual Vegas tournament, doing so in as many attempts
• Had outscored opponents in back points 96-12 across his two seasons wrestling at 125. He was 48-4 this year
• Went 12-0 in bonus point matches this season, taking three majors, four techs and five pins
• Earned two Purdue Wrestling team awards as he was given the Outstanding Wrestler and Most Dominant awards
• Named a NWCA Scholar All-American for the third straight season, just the ninth Boiler to make it a trio of NWCA academic awards
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the second time
2022-23 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
• Became the 60th All-American in Purdue wrestling history, the first national placewinner of the Tony Ersland era
• Runner-up at the NCAA Championships, the ninth Boilermaker to take second on the national stage
• Became the 13th NCAA finalist in program history, the first since Chris Fleeger in 2006
• Pulled off the biggest upset in collegiate wrestling history by knocking off No. 1 seed and three-time champion Spencer Lee in the semifinals with a pin in the closing seconds
• Finished with the most wins of all the NCAA qualifiers at 125 pounds with 35. He had the second most wins of any qualifier at any weight
• Had the most wins of any Big Ten wrestler of the 2022-23 season
• His 35-5 record puts him in a tie for the 10th best win percentage and 12th most wins in a single season in program history
• Took third at the 2023 Big Ten Championships going 5-1 with a tech fall, fall and a major decision among his wins
• Led the team in at least 19 categories, including matches (40), wins (35), ranked wins (15), bonus point wins (14) and first period points (111)
• Went 13-2 in dual competition, improving to 25-5 in his career
• Finished as the runner-up at the 2022 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, taking down the No. 22 and No. 10 ranked wrestlers in the country on his way to the final
• Won the 125-pound title at the 2023 Southern Scuffle. He won all five of his matches, beat two ranked opponents and registered a major and a fall
• Took the title at the 2022 Clarion Open, winning four of his five matches with bonus points (two falls and two tech falls)
• Set new career highs in major decisions (5), tech falls (3) and falls (6)
• Went 15-3 in matches against ranked opponents
• Improved to 23-8 in his career against Big Ten opposition
• Opened the season on a 12-match win streak
• Did not give up a takedown in 75% of his matches
• Finished the season with the No. 2 ranking on FloWrestling. Held the No. 3 spot at 125 on Intermat for a month
• Named an NWCA Scholar All-American for the second straight year
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors
2021-22 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Finished 21-10 in his first collegiate season at 133 pounds, including a 12-3 dual record
• Named Purdue’s Most Outstanding Freshman
• Ranked in 13-of-16 InterMat polls on the season at 133, and earned his highest individual ranking of the season from FloWrestling at No. 17
• Qualified for the NCAA Championships with an automatic bid at the Big Ten Championships
• Posted nine wins over ranked opponents on the season, good for second most on the roster
• Opened the season with six straight non-conference dual victories, including a ranked win over No. 24 Richie Koehler of Rider
• Placed eighth at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Invitational, going 3-3 with a fall
• Earned a 5-3 sudden-victory win over Iowa State’s Ramazan Attasauov
• Finished 5-3 in Big Ten duals, including wins over No. 25 Kyle Burwick of Wisconsin and No. 27 Jake Gliva of Minnesota
• Placed seventh at the Big Ten Championships, knocking off No. 15 Joe Olivieri of Rutgers in the opening round, 7-5, beating No. 8 seed Dominick Serrano of Nebraska to secure a podium spot, and topping Jake Gliva of Minnesota in the seventh-place match
• Posted a 3-2 record at the NCAA Championships, defeating No. 7 Lucas Byrd by fall in the opening round, avenging a pair of losses to No. 8 seed Rayvon Foley of Michigan State with a 9-6 decision and scoring a 4-1 decision over No. 13 Kai Orine of North Carolina State
• Won the 2022 U.S. Open at 57 kg in Las Vegas, becoming Purdue’s first wrestler to win the event in at least 25 years
• Finished fourth at the U.S. World Team Trials at 57 kg
BEFORE PURDUE
• Signed with the University of Minnesota in 2018, attending school there for two semesters in 2019-20
• Injured during his lone season with the Golden Gophers, redshirting the season
• Took an Olympic redshirt in 2020-21, training and competing with the Gopher Wrestling Club
• Placed third at the 2021 UWW Junior Freestyle Championships at 57 kg
• Took seventh at the 2021 U23 Freestyle National Championships at 57 kg
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year varsity letterwinner at Lockport High School
• 2019 3A Illinois state high school champion at 120 pounds
• 2019 Lockport High School Athlete of the Year
• Won the Illinois state championships in freestyle and Greco-Roman in 2018
• Placed third at the 2018 high school state tournament at 113 pounds, and placed fifth at 106 pounds in 2017
• Finished as the runner-up in freestyle and Greco at Fargo in 2017
• Two-time placewinner at the Cheesehead Invitational and Walsh Ironman
NATIONAL RANKINGS
• Ranked the No. 72 overall recruit in the nation in 2019 by FloWrestling
• Ranked No. 55 overall in the Class of 2019 by InterMat
• Ranked the No. 44 overall recruit in the country by The Open Mat
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Matthew James Ramos
• Pronounced: RAY-mohs
• Major: Selling & Sales Management
• Birthday: April 27, 2001
• City Born: Naperville, Illinois
• Parents: Chris and Shelley Ramos
• Siblings: Sister – Brittany, brother – Brandon
• Instagram: @matt_ramos1
• X/Twitter: @Matt_Ramos2