American University

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2008-09: Earned his second NCAA All-Americahonor after placing eighth at the NCAA Championships ... named NWCAAcademic All-American for the third-consecutive year ... went intothe NCAA Championships with a perfect 30-0 record ... finished theseason with a 33-3 overall record and a 17-0 dual meet record ...won his first EIWA Championship with a 3-2 sudden victory decisionover Cornell''s Steve Anceravage ... earned All-American status atthe NCAA Championships with a 4-1 decision over Oklahoma State''sNewly McSpadden ... recorded major decisions in his first tworounds of the EIWA Championships against Princeton''s Travis Erdmanand Rutgers'' Michael Whalen ... won the Midlands 174 lbs.Championship with a 5-0 record and defeated NCAA Championshipsrunner-up Mike Miller of Central Michigan, 3-2, for thechampionship ... posted EIWA victories over Brown''s Ziad Kharbush,22-9 major decision, Navy''s Mike Billings (3:44), Columbia''s MikeWolfer (5:58), Franklin & Marshall''s Justin Herbert, 10-3,Rutgers'' Mike Whalen, 14-2 major decision, and Bucknell''s ShaneRiccio, 6-0 ... was ranked all season in the InterMat-NWCA/NWMAIndividual Rankings and reached as high as No. 2 (2/7-3/19) ... ledthe team in major decisions (9), tied for wins (33) and rankedsecond in falls (5) and tech-falls (3) ... won the Keystone Class174 lbs. Championship for the third-consecutive year with a 4-0record ... fastest fall came against Oklahoma State''s KevinWainscott at 2:13 ... started all 17 duals for American and scored72 points.

2007-08: Earned NCAA All-America honors afterplacing sixth at the NCAA Championships ... named NWCA AcademicAll-American ... placed 3rd at the EIWA Championships with a 4-1record ... earned All-America status at the NCAA Championships witha 3-1 sudden victory win over Luke Manuel of Purdue ... recordedfirst-period falls at the EIWA Tournament against Army''sChristopher Grill (2:30) and Navy''s Justin Jacobs (0:55) ... postedEIWA victories over Lehigh''s Mike Galante, 7-2, Franklin &Marshall''s Andrew Smith, 26-10 tech-fall (4:23), Columbia''s EricRice, 23-8 tech-fall (5:20), Navy''s Jason Coyne, 14-4 majordecision, Rutgers'' Matt Pletcher, 11-1 major decision, andBucknell''s then No. 19 Andy Rendos, 11-6 ... was ranked all seasonin the InterMat/NWCA/NWMA Individual Rankings and reached as highas No. 6 (2/13-2/26) ... earned the 50th win of his career againstthen No. 19 Andy Rendos of Bucknell on Feb. 17, 11-6 ... recorded acareer-high 12 match winning streak from Jan. 9 to March 8 whichincluded nine wins by bonus points ... led the team in wins (30),falls (9), and tech-falls (4) and ranked second in major decisions(4) ... won 17 of his 30 matches by bonus points ... recorded astring of eight consecutive wins by bonus points between Dec. 7 andJan. 22 ... won three-consecutive matches by fall from Dec. 2-29... defeated three top-20 opponents including then No. 18 TrevorStewart of Central Michigan, 7-2, then No. 18 Chris Brown of OldDominion, 5-3, and then No. 19 Andy Rendos of Bucknell, 11-6 ...won the Keystone Classic with a 4-0 record and all four wins comingby bonus points ... fastest fall came against George Mason''s GregScott at 1:04 ... started all 18 duals for American and scored 71points.

2006-07: Named NWCA Academic All-America ...finished the season with a team-high 29 wins, an overall record of29-8 and a dual meet record of 16-2 ... won the Keystone Classic inNovember, defeating two EIWA ranked wrestlers including then No. 16Zach Shanaman of Penn ... placed eighth at the MidlandsChampionships in December, becoming the fifth Eagle in schoolhistory to place in the tournament ... scored wins over then No. 11Patrick Pitsch of Arizona State and then No. 12 Jason Kiessling ofMaryland en route to a 6-5 record against NCAA Qualifiers ...posted a 3-1 record at the EIWA Tournament to place second ...earned a 2-2 record at the NCAA Tournament including an 8-4 victoryover Stephen Dwyer of Nebraska and a 16-1 tech fall against BryanTice of Cal-State Fullerton.

2005-06 (Redshirt Year): Compiled a 15-7 recordin open tournaments ... was the Millersville Open Champion at 157lbs. ... placed at the Wilkes Tournament ... also competed at theWVU open, East Stroudsburg open and Penn Stateopen.

High School: Ranked first in Maryland and 29thin the nation ... was a four-year letter winner with an overallrecord of 140-17 and was also named captain three times ... was afour-time county, regional, and state finalist ... placed fourthoverall at the Asics/Vaughan National Championships in freestyle... earned Student of the Year and P.E. Athlete of the Yearhonors.