2024-25 Team USA Ranking: No. 2 at 68 kg/149.9 lbs.

Years on Team USA: 7 (2018-25)

Residence: Tempe, Ariz.

Hometown: Benicia, Calif.

Club: Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club

Personal Coach: Mark Perry

College: King University, Missouri Baptist

High School: Benicia, Calif.

Born: Sept. 4, 1995 in Walnut Creek, Calif.

Height: 5’7”

Senior World Teams

2021 Senior Worlds (Bronze at 65 kg), 2019 Senior Worlds (5th at 65 kg), 2018 Senior Worlds (5th at 65 kg)

Age-Group World Teams

2018 U23 Worlds (7th at 65 kg), 2017 U23 Worlds (16th at 69 kg), 2015 U20 Worlds (7th at 67 kg)

Career Highlights

World Championships bronze medalist
Three-time U.S. World Team member
Two-time U23 U.S. World Team member
U20 World Team member
Pan American Games gold medalist
Three-time Pan American Championships gold medalist
Two-time Final X champion
Four-time U.S. Open/Senior Nationals champion
WCWA national champion for King University
Four-time WCWA All-American

Career Biography

2024: Zagreb Open silver medalist… U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up…

2023: Pan American Games champion… Pan American Championships gold medalist… Ibrahim Moustafa (Egypt) gold medalist… Polyak Imre and Varga Janos Memorial (Hungary) bronze medalist… Henri Deglane Grand Prix (France) bronze medalist… Final X runner-up… U.S. Open champion…

2022: Pan American Championships gold medalist… Yasar Dogu (Turkey) gold medalist… Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix (Russia) bronze medalist… Final X runner-up…

2021: World Championships bronze medalist in Oslo, Norway… Henri Deglane Grand Prix silver medalist… Poland Open bronze medalist… World Team Trials champion… Third in U.S. Olympic Team Trials…

2020: Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix (Russia) bronze medalist… U.S. Senior Nationals champion…

2019: Fifth in World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan… Yasar Dogu (Turkey) gold medalist… Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov International (Bulgaria) bronze medalist… Fifth in Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix (Russia)… Final X champion… U.S. Open champion… U.S. Senior Nationals/Olympic Trials Qualifier champion…

2018: Fifth in World Championships in Budapest, Hungary… Seventh in U23 World Championships in Bucharest, Romania… Pan American Championships gold medalist… Flatz Open (Austria) gold medalist… Poland Open bronze medalist… Fifth in Grand Prix of Spain… Fifth in Klippan Lady Open (Sweden)… Final X champion… World Team Trials champion… U.S. Open runner-up… U23 Nationals champion…

2017: 16th in U23 World Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland… Pan American Championships bronze medalist… Dave Schultz Memorial International gold medalist… Grand Prix of Spain bronze medalist… Fifth in Russia Cup… U23 World Team Trials champion… Fifth in U.S. World Team Trials…

2016: Dave Schultz Memorial International silver medalist… Fourth in U.S. Olympic Team Trials… Third in University Nationals… Third in U.S. Open…

2015: Seventh in U20 World Championships in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil… Fifth in U.S. World Team Trials… U20 Nationals champion… Fifth in U.S. Senior Nationals/Olympic Trials Qualifier… Fifth in U.S. Open…

2014: Fourth in University Nationals…

2013: Seventh in U20 Nationals…

College: Four-time WCWA All-American… Second in 2017 WCWA College Nationals for King University… 2016 WCWA College Nationals champion… Fourth in 2015 WCWA College Nationals… Third in 2013 WCWA College Nationals for Missouri Baptist… Coached by Jason Moorman at King University… Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Mathematics… Earned a Master of Arts in Coaching and Athletic Administration…

High School: Three-time CIF (California) State Championships qualifier… Two-time third-place winner at CIF State Championships… coached by Craig Holden…

Age-Group: Seventh in 2013 USA Wrestling Junior Freestyle Nationals… 2013 Junior Western Regional champion… Seventh at 2013 USA Wrestling Junior Folkstyle Nationals…

Personal: Daughter of Dino and Ann Molinari… has one sibling, Foxx… started wrestling at the age of 14… Transitioned to Mixed Martial Arts career following 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials… Enjoys riding dirt bikes and snowboarding…

Awards: Inducted into the Benicia High School Hall of Fame Class of 2024

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