The Cardinal will face the Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. in the Ford Center
High School: A 2012 graduate of Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Ill. ... a four-year letterwinner, captained his team from 2010-12 ... also earned one letter in football ... Illinois 3A State Champion in 2011 and 2A State Champion in 2012, the only individual state champion in school history ... three-time Catholic Conference champion ... member of the Illinois freestyle national championship team (2009-12) ... freestyle individual champion (Junior Division) in 2010 and 2011 ... 2011 folkstyle national champion at preseason nationals ... freestyle state champion (2009-11) ... placed second at the Fila Cadets national championships in 2011 ... winner of Fenwick High School's Tony Lawless Scholar-Athlete award ... Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association Scholastic-Athlete of the Year for 2A Division in 2012.
Personal: Son of Brian and Diane Garelli ... has two younger sisters, Katie and Emily ... Brian was a wrestler at Northern Illinois ... anticipates a major in engineering ... hobbies include rock climbing, skiing, wake boarding, hiking and camping ... full name is Matthew Ryan Garelli.