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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
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2024-25 Wrestling Roster

Alexis Friedman
Evan Bernstein
Evan Bernstein
Sam Janicki

Justin Hoyle

Justin Hoyle

  • Position:
    141
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Weight:
    141
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Maple Valley, WA
  • High School:
    Wyoming Seminary

Summary

Biography

Team Captain

2023-24:
Wrestled in two matches before suffering a season-ending injury...Was 1-1 with a tech fall victory and an injury default loss at the Journeymen Classic...Member of the Hofstra Athletic Director Scholars Academic Honor Roll.

2022-23: EIWA Championship Placewinner (7th)...EIWA Academic Achievement Award recipient...Wrestled in 32 matches...Posted a 19-13 record...Was 8-3 in duals...Ranked third on the team in victories and second in dual wins...Won four matches by major decision...Had two wins by fall...Placed fifth at the Army Black Knight Invitational...Fall 2022 Dean's List selection...Member of the Hofstra Athletic Director Scholar Academic Honor Roll. 

2021-22: EIWA Championships Placewinner…EIWA Academic Achievement Award recipient…Spring 2022 Hofstra Athletic Director Scholar Academic Honor Roll...Spring 2022 Hofstra Dean's List...Went 10-15 as the starter at 141 pounds…Finished 5-10 in dual meets…Went 4-4 against EIWA opponents…Went 2-3 and finished eighth at the 2022 EIWA Championships…Won six matches by decision…Won two matches by major decision…Went 3-0 and won the ‘D’ pool at 141 pounds at the 2021 Journeymen Collegiate Classic.

2020-21: EIWA Academic Achievement Award recipient…Fall 2020 Hofstra Athletic Director Scholar Academic Honor Roll…Fall 2020 Hofstra Dean’s List…Competed at 141 pounds and went 3-2…Ended the season with three consecutive wins…Earned two wins by fall and one by decision…Won by fall against Thomas Volpe of Sacred Heart in 23 seconds, the fastest pin of the season by any Hofstra wrestler.

2019-20: EIWA Academic Achievement Award recipient...Fall 2019 Hofstra Athletic Director Scholars Academic Honor Roll member...Hofstra's Biggest Impact Award...Competed at 133 and 141 pounds…Recorded a 19-9 record with a 7-1 mark in duals and a 5-0 slate in EIWA duals…Was 4-0 at 141 pounds, winning the Long Island Open...Posted 33 dual points…Came out of his red-shirt year in the dual against The Citadel...Won his first three dual match bouts...Ranked third on the team in wins and led the team with 13 wins by decision.

High School: Came to Hofstra from Wyoming Preparatory Seminary Upper School in Kingston, Pennsylvania…Recorded a 5-1 record as a senior…Finished in second-place four times at the Prep Nationals…Placed fifth in the Prep Nationals in 2015…Dean’s List student.

Personal: Has one sibling…Lists favorite athletes as Jordan Burroughs, David Taylor, and Russell Wilson…Aspires to a career as a business owner or investor…Graduated with a degree in supply chain management...Pursuing a graduate degree in business administration.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    133
    5'9" 133 lbs
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    133
    5'9" 133 lbs
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    141
    5'9" 141 lbs
  • 2022-23Senior

    141
    5'9" 141 lbs
  • 2023-24Graduate Student

    141
    5'9" 141 lbs
  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    141
    5'9" 141 lbs