American University

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2011-12: Earned All-America honors for thesecond straight season … posted a 21-3 record with 17 falls… finished 20-1 in non-forfeited matches … his 17single-season pins and 27 career falls are both second-most inprogram history … finished sixth at the NCAA Championshipsafter recording four pins … captured his second straight EIWAChampionship and third of his career with a 3-1 sudden victory overNo. 2 Zachery Rey of Lehigh … pinned his other threeopponents at the EIWAs, all of which came in 1:36 or less …defeated six ranked opponents on the season … his fastestfall came in 24 seconds against North Carolina State’s JoshDavis … finished 13-0 in dual meets … was ranked No. 1in the country for 16 straight weeks and earned the No. 1 seed atthe NCAA Championships … participated in the NWCA All-StarClassic for the second straight year, posting an 11-2 majordecision over No. 6 Spencer Myers of Maryland … pinned eachof his three opponents at the Northeast Duals and both of his foesat the NWCA National Duals.

2010-11: NCAA National Runner-Up andAll-American … earned NWCA Academic All-America honors andposted the third-highest grade-point average among Div. I wrestlerswith his 3.94 cumulative GPA  … defeated No. 1 Zach Reyof Lehigh 4-2 to win the EIWA Championship … placed third atthe Midlands Championships with wins over No. 2 Ryan Tomei ofPittsburgh and No. 3 D.J. Russo of Rutgers … defeated CentralMichigan’s Jarrod Trice 3-1 at the NWCA All-Star Classic… ranked fourth on the team with a 26-6 overall record,second with 10 falls, third with two tech-falls and fifth withthree major decisions … recorded 11 wins over rankedopponents including eight wins over opponents ranked in the topfive … won 11 straight matches between Feb. 9 and March 17including six bonus point victories … fastest fall came in1:04.

Before American: Wrestled for two seasons atColumbia before transferring to American ... captured heavyweighttitle in 2009 EIWA Championships … finished 2009 season witha 31-5 overall record … named first team All-Ivy League… two-time NCAA qualifier … placed second at 2008 EIWAChampionships … held career record of 45-12 atColumbia.