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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND

2021-22 Wrestling Roster

Sam Janicki
Sam Janicki

Holden Heller

Holden Heller

  • Position:
    157
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    157
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Riverwoods, IL
  • High School:
    Marian Catholic

Summary

Biography

2020-21: NCAA Qualifier at 157 pounds...157 pound champion at the 2021 EIWA Championships…NWCA Scholar All-American…EIWA Academic Achievement Award recipient…Hofstra’s Most Outstanding Wrestler award-winner…Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 Hofstra Athletic Director Scholars Academic Honor RollCompiled an 8-2 overall record as the starter at 157 pounds and went 4-0 in dual meets against EIWA opponents...Won four of his matches by decision, two by technical fall, one by fall, and one by major decision…Opened the season with a win by fall over Markus Hartman of Army West Point, ranked No. 12 in the country at 157 pounds by InterMat.

2019-20: EIWA Academic Achivement Award recipient...Fall 2019 Athletic Director Scholars Academic Honor Roll honoree...Member of the Fall 2019 Hofstra Dean's List...Hofstra's Statement Win Award...Starter at 157 pounds…Recorded an 12-15 record, including a 9-7 mark in dual meets and a 5-2 record in EIWA duals…Had four wins by fall, one by technical fall, three by major decision, and four by decision…Posted 40 dual points...Posted a 1-2 record at the EIWA Championships.

2018-19: EIWA Academic Achievement Award recipient...Hofstra Dean's List honoree...Athletic Director Scholars Academic Honor Roll...Recorded a 15-11 overall record and an 11-5 slate in dual matches at 149 pounds...Tallied nine wins by decisions, two tech fall wins and three major decision victories...Came out of his red-shirt in January...Posted a 1-2 mark in the EIWA Championships...Was 2-2 at the Patriots Open and 1-2 in the Journeymen/My House Collegiate Classic...Recorded a season-best five-match win streak in January...

High School: Came to Hofstra after one year at Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, Illinois...Attended Deerfield High School in Deerfield, Illinois for two years prior to his senior year and spent his freshman year at Montini High School in Lombard, Illinois....Four-time scholastic state championship qualifier and a three-time state place-winner...Placed fourth in the Illinois High School State Championships in each of his last three years...Selected the team Most Valuable Wrestler as a junior and the Most Valuable Underclassman Wrestler as a sophomore.

Personal: Has two brothers, Sage and Reece, who are teammates on the wrestling team, and one sister...Enjoys writing and listening to music in his free time...List Dan Gable and Cael Sanderson as his favorite athletes...Aspires to a business career in television or the movie industry...Undecided major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    149
    5'11" 149 lbs
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    157
    5'11" 157 lbs
  • 2020-21Junior

    157
    5'11" 157 lbs
  • 2021-22Junior

    157
    5'11" 157 lbs