2024-25 Wrestling Roster

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Maximilian Leete

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Danvers, Mass.
  • High School Danvers
  • Weight 133 LBS

Biography

2024-25 (Senior): Wrestled in seven open tournaments as a redshirt at 133 pounds, leading the team in wins and finishing with a 28-6 overall record… Placed in five tournaments, winning the Edinboro Open (2/2) and the Mat Town Open II (2/16)... Recorded an 11-match winning streak from 2/5 to 2/16… Led the team in pins with 23, including the second-fastest at 25 seconds against Clarion on 11/3… Currently sits at seventh in program history in career pins with 23.

2023-24 (Junior) - Was an automatic qualifier for the 2024 NCAA Championships after placing fifth at the EIWA Championships in the 133-pound weight class... EIWA Academic Achievement Award winner... Team MVP and Most Improved Wrestler... Ranked as high as #31 in the NCAA rankings... Went 18-13 overall to bring his career record to 57-35... Has 23 career pins to rank seventh in program history... Earned five pins this season including a 44-second win by fall against Millersville... Went 3-0 to take first place at the Battle at The Citadel on Nov. 5... Beat #20 Dom Zaccone of Campbell on Jan. 14... Went 4-2 at the EIWA Championships including a 7-2 decision over #31 Brendan Ferretti of Navy... The fifth-place EIWA bout came down to a tiebreaker against former teammate Andrew Fallon... Held strong against #2 Ryan Crookham of Lehigh in the NCAA First Round, falling 4-3.... Posted two technical falls and two wins by major decision during the season.

2022-23 (Sophomore) - Led American with 22 total wins and ranked third in NCAA Division I with 12 pins... That number also ranks him in a tie for fourth all-time in a single season at AU, while his 18 career pins rank 10th already after just two seasons... Finished 22-13 overall and is now 39-22 in his career... Named Most Dominant Wrestler at the team's end-of-year banquet... Went 5-1 at the F&M Open on Jan. 6, finishing sixth only due to the NCAA daily match limit... Pinned three straight opponents to start that meet... Pinned Hofstra’s Jacob Moon in 20 seconds on Dec. 22, marking his fastest career win by fall... Later pinned Virginia's Patrick McCormick in 22 seconds in a dual meet on the road... Bounced back from an opening round loss at the 2022 Navy Classic to win four straight and take fifth place overall.

2021-22 (Freshman) - Went 6-3 in duals with two wins by fall, including a pin of Maryland’s Zach Spence on Feb. 19... Was AU’s only placewinner at the Reno Tournament of Champions, going 5-1 and reaching the NCAA daily match limit to win sixth by default with a no-contest in the fifth-place match... Went 4-1 at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open on Nov. 14 to take fifth place overall, earning a pin (39 seconds), technical fall and major decision along the way... Earned an EIWA Academic Achievement Award... Also earned the SASP First-Year Leadership Award... Named an NWCA Scholar All-American.

Before AU - The Boston Globe’s 2019-20 Division 2 Wrestler of the Year... Four-time all-region... Three-time all-state and three-time state champion... Was the 2019-20 New England champion at 126 pounds and placed fifth at 126 at the 2021 NHSCA Senior Nationals.

Personal - Double-majoring in justice and law and women, gender and sexuality studies... Is passionate about yoga and plans to become registered as a yoga instructor... 

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    125 lbs
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    0 lbs
  • 2023-24Junior

    0 lbs
  • 2024-25Senior

    0 lbs