Dan Garay

Junior

Heavyweight

Rahway, NJ/Rahway

Fourth season on the Hofstra Wrestling team...Is the second ranked heavyweight in the Colonial Athletic Association preseason poll...Is also a member of the Hofstra Football team...Was an All-Atlantic 10 third team selection in 2004...2003-2004: Posted a 10-12 overall record as a junior...Recorded a 7-1 mark in CAA dual matches and was 8-8 in all duals...Placed fourth in the Colonial Athletic Association Championships at heavyweight...Posted a 4-0 record at the CAA Duals...2002-2003: Colonial Athletic Association All-Rookie selection...Posted an 8-5 record on the season before being sidelined due to injury...Was 7-3 in dual meets, including 5-0 in conference duals...Had one pin...2001-2002: Red-shirted as a true freshman...High School: Was a four-year member of both the football and wrestling teams, was a two-year member of the track team and played baseball for one year at Rahway High School in Rahway, New Jersey...State champion in wrestling...Named Union County Wrestler of the Year by the Newark Star-Ledger...First team All-Union County...Had a 33-0 record as a senior...Was a member of the North Jersey Section II champions and the Group III state finalists in football...Second team All-New Jersey...Also named to All-Group III, All-Union City and All-Mountain Valley first teams at defensive end...Personal: Born March 1, 1983...Has one brother and one sister...Comes from an athletic family...His father, Tony, was a standout for Hofstra from 1968-70 and played with the Los Angeles Rams...His brother, Antonio, was a member of the football and wrestling teams at Boston College while his cousin, Carlos, was a standout quarterback for Hofstra in the mid-1990s...Was recruited by Rutgers, Army, New Hampshire and Fordham...Enjoys other sports and cooking in his free time...Marketing major.