Hofstra University Athletics

2021-22: NCAA At-Large Qualifier (285 lbs.)…EIWA Championships Placewinner...NWCA Scholar All-American...EIWA Academic Achievement Award recipient…Hofstra Wrestling Strength Award and Nick Gallo Team MVP recipient...Went 18-9 as the starter at 285 pounds...Finished 13-5 in dual meets…Went 7-0 in duals against EIWA opponents…Tied for the team lead with five wins by fall and four wins by major decision…Finished second on the team with 10 wins by decision…Went 2-3 and finished sixth at the 2022 EIWA Championships…Went on a nine-match winning streak from January 8 through March 5…Went 3-0 and won the ‘B’ pool at 285 pounds the 2021 Journeymen Collegiate Classic.

2020-21: NCAA Qualifier at 285 pounds…EIWA Academic Achievement Award recipient…Hofstra’s Steve Molello Coaches Award winner…Spring 2021 Hofstra Athletic Director Scholars Academic Honor Roll…Compiled an 8-5 overall record as the starter at 285 pounds...Went 3-0 in dual meets against EIWA opponents.…Went 3-1 and finished third at the 2021 EIWA Championships...Went 1-2 at the 2021 NCAA Championships…Won four matches by decision, two by fall and major decision, and one by technical fall.

2019-20: NCAA Championships at-large qualifier...Placed fourth at the EIWA Championships...Recorded a 22-12 record...Tied for the team lead in wins...Was 11-5 in dual matches and 5-2 in CAA duals...Won three matches by fall and five by major decision...Placed second at the Princeton Open...Went 2-1 at the Journeyman Classic...Went 10-3 in his final 13 matches.

2018-19: Red-shirted the 2018-19 Hofstra season...Recorded an 11-8 record at 285 in open tournaments...Tallied seven wins by decision, one win by fall and two major decisions...Posted a 4-0 record at the Bob Quade Cyclone Open...Notched a 3-1 slate at the National Collegiate Open...Recorded a 2-2 mark at the Princeton Open and a 2-1 mark at the Journeymen/My House Collegiate Classic...Qualified for the 2019 United World Wrestling (UWW) Junior Freestyle World Team Trials following his placing at the UWW Junior Freestyle Nationals in Las Vegas...Posted a 5-2 record at the UWW Junior Freestyle Nationals while wrestling under the Blue and Gold Regional Training Center (RTC) banner.

At Nassau CC: Came to Hofstra after one year at Nassau Community College in Garden City, New York...Recorded a 24-4 record with 15 pins on his way to the NJCAA Northeast District title at 197 pounds.

High School: A 2017 graduate of Uniondale High School in Uniondale, New York...where he played four years of football, three years of wrestling and two yeaars of lacrosse... 2017 New York State High School wrestling champion at 220-pounds...All-Long Island selection...Recorded a 43-0 season with 38 pins as a senior...His 2017 New York State championship was the first state titlist for the Knights of Uniondale High School since 1966...Placed third in the New York State Championships as a junior...All-Nassau County linebacker as a senior after making 62 solo tackles.

Personal: Has one brother and two sisters...Enjoys fishing and working out in his free time...Volunteered for the Athletes Helping Athletes program where he would talk to grade school kids about making the right choices...Aspires to a career in law enforcement after college...Criminal justice major.