Hofstra University Athletics

Paul Siemon

Senior

174

Paramus, NJ/Don Bosco Prep/Springfield College

Fourth season on the Hofstra Wrestling roster...Is expected to jump two weight classes to 174 pounds as a senior...Was ranked 14th by InterMat and 12th by Amateur Wrestling News at 157 pounds entering the 2004-05 season...Is the top ranked wrestler at 174 pounds in the Colonial Athletic Association preseason poll...2003-2004: NCAA qualifier...Recorded a 2-2 record at the NCAA Championships...Was Colonial Athletic Association Championships finalist, posting a 3-1 record in the tournament...Dropped the CAA title match to Dave Miller from Rider by fall but came back to beat him at the nationals by default...Was 28-10 overall and 5-0 in CAA dual matches...Posted an 11-4 record in dual matches...Placed second with a 4-1 record at the New York State Open at Cortland State, dropping the title match to eventual National Champion Jesse Jantzen from Harvard...Captured the Pennsylvania Keystone Classic title at 157 pounds with a 4-0 record that included three decisions and a major decision...Defeated Brett Vanderveer from Penn for the Keystone title...Placed seventh at the Midlands Championships with a 4-2 record and defeated two top 20-ranked wrestlers...Missed the last five weeks of the regular season due to injury, but returned to place second at the CAA Championships...CAA Commissioner's Academic Award recipient...2002-2003: Red-shirted...Wrestled unattached at the Bearcat, East Stroudsburg and Nittany Lion Opens...Posted an 11-4 record...Placed third at East Stroudsburg...2001-2002: NCAA qualifier...Placed second at Colonial Athletic Association Championships...Posted a 21-16 record with five pins...Was 8-9 in dual meets, including 4-1 in conference duals...Placed first at the Central Jersey Open...Finished second at the New York State Championships...Placed third at the Bearcat Open...At Springfield College: NCAA Division III qualifier...Posted a record of 29-13...Led team in wins...High School: Wrestled and played soccer for four years at Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, New Jersey...Three-time wrestling team Most Valuable Player...Two-time regional champion...Placed seventh at the state championship as a junior and fifth as a senior...All-county selection as a junior and senior...Holds school records for career wins (90) and single-season victories (32)...Personal: Born April 13, 1982...Has two brothers...Began wrestling at age 7...Sociology major.

"I transferred to Hofstra because I wanted big time Division I wrestling. This was the best place in the East to become an All-American and win a National Title."