Blue White Illustrated

February 2013

Penn State Sports Magazine

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W R E S T L I N G MATT BROWN THE MYTHBUSTER From Utah to Iowa to Mozambique and Angola, Penn State's 174-pounder travels an unequalled path into the starting lineup H ave you heard the one about Matt Brown, how he can pump out 120 push-ups in two minutes? Or how he can move up three weight classes – nearly a 30-pound disadvantage from his certified weight – to topple one of the best wrestlers in the country? Or how he wears the biggest smile of all during the team's most excruciating conditioning sessions? Brown, Penn State's sophomore 174pounder, has also spent two years in Africa, where he spread the word of his Mormon faith in a language that he had learned in only six months. Then when he returned to the United States in June 2011 and enrolled at Penn State, not only did he join the wrestling team, but he also joined the Army ROTC. Throughout, he has maintained a 4.0 GPA. Seems almost mythological, don't

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