Alex Semenenko

Photo by: Geoffrey Riccio

Photo by: Geoffrey Riccio

Photo by: Geoffrey Riccio

Photo by: Geoffrey Riccio

Photo by: Geoffrey Riccio

Position:
285 lbs
Height:
6-2
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Brooklyn, N.Y.
High School:
Poly Prep

2025-26: Second Team All-Ivy ... NWCA Scholar All-American ... Finished the season with a 25-9 overall record at 285 pounds ... Went 12-2 in dual competition and 7-2 in Ivy League matches ... Qualified for the NCAA Tournament, going 0-2 in Cleveland (Mar. 19-20) ... Finished in second place at the Ivy Tournament, picking up a 4-1 decision against John Pardo (Penn) (Mar. 8) ... Totaled ten falls, two tech falls, two sudden victories, and one major decision on the season ... Finished the season tied for sixth place in NCAA DI with nine DI falls ... Fastest pinfall was in 0:21 against George Hopkins (Presbyterian) at the Davidson Duals (Jan. 16) ... Won two ranked matches this season, including a fall in 1:22 against No. 25 Lucas Lawler (Bucknell) and a 2-2 decision with riding time against Ashton Davis (Cornell) ... Went 3-0 and won his weight bracket at the Army Invitational (Nov. 16) ... Went 4-0 and won his weight bracket at the Big Red Invitational (Nov. 23) ... Started the season with eight consecutive wins ... Went 3-0 at the Davidson Duals (Jan. 16).

2024-25: Finished the season with a 26-14 overall record at 285 pounds ... Posted an 8-6 record in Ivy League competition and a 7-5 record in dual meets ... Totaled 13 falls, five major decisions, one sudden victory, and one tech fall on the season ... Fastest fall was 0:32 against Pittsburgh's Bryson Harrington at the Dave Lehman Franklin & Marshall Open (Jan. 10) ... His 13 pinfall victories ranked in the top five in NCAA DI for the 2024-25 season ... Defeated Princeton's Will Sather and Harvard's Logan Marissal en route to a fourth place finish at the Ivy Championships (Mar. 9) ... Was named to the weekly Ivy League Honor Roll twice (Feb. 18 and Mar. 9) ... Won four matches at the 2025 CLAW U.S. Open and earned All-American status as a result (Apr. 28) ... Won four matches at the Princeton Open (Nov. 3), A Better Way Athletics Patriot Open (Dec. 8), and the Dave Lehman Franklin & Marshall Open (Jan. 10).

2023-24: Finished the season with an 11-16 overall record at 285 pounds ... Totaled two falls, two major decisions, and one sudden victory ... Fastest fall was 1:37 against Columbia's Vincent Mueller at the EIWA Championships (Mar. 8-9) ... Finished in tenth place at the EIWA Championships (Mar. 8-9) ... Won matches at the Black Knight Invitational (Nov. 19), Sheridan Tournament (Dec. 22), and Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2) ... Defeated Davidson's Jake Fernicola via fall in 1:44 (Jan. 11).

2022-23: Awarded the Artemis Joukowski Award for the Most Promising Freshman ... Finished the year with seven victories ... Competed at the EIWA Championships ... Posted one fall in 3:14.

Before Brown:

Wrestled at Poly Prep
Also a member of the Judo world team
Compiled a 92-15 record in high school
Greco-Roman National Champion, state finalist, and third at Prep Nationals
Ranked as high as No. 6 in the world in Judo

Why Brown: “I really loved the campus and atmosphere during my visit. My parents and I decided that Brown was the right place to help me reach my academic goals as well as attempting to become Brown's first national champion.”