Chadron State College Athletic Hall of Fame
Matt Weingart earns an induction into the CSC Athletic Hall of Fame after capping his career as an All American.
A native of Alliance, Nebraska, Weingart had a 7-8 record as a redshirt freshman in 2003-04 at 157 pounds. Weingart moved up two weight classes and competed at 174 as a junior. Nine of his final 10 matches were decided by one or two points. He placed fourth at the West Regional Tourney to qualify for Nationals.
As a senior in 2006-07, Weingart again was fourth at 174 pounds at the West Regional and qualified for National Tournament held in Kearney. After losing to the eventual national champion in the first round, the CSC senior responded by winning his next three matches, one of them in overtime, and placed sixth to earn his All-American laurels. His season record was 26-22.
With Weingart among the Eagles’ four All-Americans, they scored 58 points and placed sixth in the team standings. It was the first time CSC grapplers had scored more than 24 points or placed higher than 14th at nationals. In addition, he made the NCAA Division II Second-Team AllAcademic Team and the Eagles were
third in the national academic team standings.
Weingart is a pharmacist at the Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff. He is married to his high school sweetheart, the former Jamie Mills, who played volleyball at CSC. They have three children—Reese, Lawson and Lucas.
