VMI Athletics

2016-17: Earned a 7-11 overall record for the year with all seven wins coming in tournament bouts ... five of his seven victories were by fall and the other two by tech fall ... placed fourth at the Casperson Classic hosted by Southern Virginia University after pinning three opponents and a tech fall over another ... finished second on the team in wins by fall (5) and tied for second on the team in tech fall wins with two ... went 0-4 in dual bouts including an 0-2 mark in SoCon matches ... went 7-7 in tournament bouts ... tech falled Emmanuel's Brennan McCrum at the Southeast Open for his first win of the year ... pinned Merchant Marine's Nate Henkle at the All-Academy Championships.

2015-16: Earned a 1-8 overall record for the year, all in tournament competition … fell in two bouts at 157 pounds before transferring down to 149 pounds … achieved a pin over Franklin & Marshall's Sam Butler in 5:50 at the F&M Open in late December … at the W&L Invite, fell in close matches to Washington and Jefferson's Logan Strope by a 10-3 decision and 12-9 setback to John Carroll's Anthony Trocchio.

2014-15: Did not compete during the season.

High School: Wrestled at two high schools, doing so as a freshman at New Prairie High School in New Carlisle, Ind. and Penn High School in Mishawaka, Ind. … qualified for the state meet at 130 pounds as a freshman, while also earning Most Valuable Player honors in the same season … competed at 138 and 152 pounds between his sophomore and senior seasons, qualifying for states twice during that stretch … led his team in takedowns and tech falls as a senior … earned All-America honors during the Disney Duals while winning double-digit matches at the event.

Personal: Full name is Alex John Rinehart … son of John Rinehart and Fay Banazsak … plans to major in civil engineering.