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2023-24 Wrestling Roster

Ericson Velasquez

Ericson Velasquez

  • Position:
    184
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    184
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Mineola, NY
  • High School:
    Mineola

Summary

Biography

2022-23:Posted an 8-5 record in 13 matches...Competed in one dual match...Tied for the team lead with five wins by fall...Went 4-0 to win the 184-pound title at the Nassau Open.

2021-22: EIWA Academic Achievement Award recipient…Spring 2022 Hofstra Athletic Director Scholar Academic Honor Roll...Spring 2022 Hofstra Dean's List...Wrestled in eight matches as the starter at 174 pounds.

2020-21: Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 Hofstra Athletic Director Scholar Academic Honor Roll…Competed at 184 pounds and went 0-2 in his first year of collegiate wrestling.

High School: Wrestled for five years at Mineola High School in Garden City Park, New York…Finished seventh at the 2020 NYSPHSAA Intersectional Wrestling Championships at 195-pounds after going 40-5 his senior year and finishing as a Division 1 Nassau County Tournament finalist…Division 1 all-conference as a sophomore…Recorded a 146-35 record during his Mineola High School career…Was a member of the National Honor Society as a senior…Also played one year of varsity football and was named all-conference as a senior…

Personal: Has three siblings…Enjoys volunteering, biking, fishing, playing sports, and collecting funko pops in his free time...Lists The Great Gatsby as his favorite book…Plans to pursue a career in politics…Political science major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    197
    5'11" 197 lbs

  • 2021-22Freshman

    184
    5'11" 184 lbs

  • 2022-23Sophomore

    184
    5'11" 184 lbs

  • 2023-24Redshirt Junior

    184
    5'11" 184 lbs