Assistant coaches Sean Harrington and Muzzafar
Abdurakhmanov and Jay Weiss during a home meet in 2010 (Photo
courtesy of Gil Talbot).
Jay Weiss, the David G. Bunning '88 Head Coach for Harvard
Wrestling, will add six grapplers to his team in the fall. The six
members of the Class of 2014 hail from five different states and
represent five different weight classes.
The newcomers join a strong squad of returning wrestlers
including two-time NCAA qualifier Corey Jantzen, sophomore Shay
Warren, junior Walter Peppelman and senior Andrew Knapp, who all
return to the mat after at least a year away.
Joe Alie/Franklin, Mass./ Franklin/141 lbs
Played football and baseball as a freshman … Earned varsity
letters in cross country and wrestling … Captained wrestling
team as a senior … Named outstanding freshman and received
the coaches award for wrestling … A two-time Hockomock
All-Star and 2010 Academic All-Star … Won section title and
placed fourth at states … Team won Division II state title
in 2009 and Division I state title in 2010 to become the first team
to win championships in two different divisions …
Named cross country rookie of the year … Earned MVP honors
on the freshman baseball team and was a two-time game captain on
the freshman football team … Member of the National Honor
Society … Class vice president … Peer leadership from
2007-10 … Organized school food pantry … Father,
Bill, was a four year varsity soccer and hockey player at Bentley,
where he was named Sportsman of the Year as a senior.
Cameron Croy/Bentwood, Tenn./Brentwood/184/197
lbs
Three-year starter in football and four-year starter on the
wrestling team … Captained football and wrestling teams as a
senior … Three-time Tennessean Wrestler of the Year …
Four-time Mid-State Dream team member … Named Most
Outstanding Wrestler at the 2009 state tournament … Two-time
Fargo All-American … Went undefeated as a sophomore, junior
and senior, winning 119 straight matches … Was not scored on
during junior and senior seasons … Three-time state champion
… Two-time all-region selection in football and 2009
defensive player of the year … Volunteer for the Nashville
flood relief .. Youth football and wrestling volunteer coach
… Brentwood High School physics student of the year …
Named to Wrestling USA 2010 Scholastic All-American team …
Father, Jim, wrestled at Tennessee Tech.
Erik Gobbo/Basking Ridge, N.Y./Delbarton/141/149 lbs
Four-year letterwinner in wrestling … Captained
the team for two years … Record 100 wins … Three-time
firs-team all-conference honoree … Two-time District IX
Champion … Plated fourth at Region 3 Championships twice
… Won the Newark Academy Tournament … Received
Delbarton's Mike Grey Award in 2010 … Coordinator of
Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Applachia Mission …
Campus ministry retreat leader … Peer leader … Member
of the social justice committee … Core member of DAFTA (drug
alcohol task force) … Nominated to Global Young Leaders
Conference … Selected to attend Congressional Student
Leadership conference.
Joseph Marino/Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnett Valley/149
lbs
Four-year starter in wrestling and two-year starter in soccer
… Three-year wrestling captain … Three-time
first-team All-Delco selection … Named wrestler of the year
in Delco County in 2010 … Three-time state tournament
qualifier … Finished fourth at the PIAA AAA States in 2010
… Compiled 128 career wins … Varsity Club member
… Member of the Honor Roll … AP Scholar with
Distinction … Rotary Student of the Month in April 2009.
Ian Roy/Poway, Calif. /Poway High School/174
lbs
Four-time varsity letterman … A high school All-American
… Two-time Academic All-American … Earned all-league,
All-CIF and was a California state placer … California
freestyle and Greco state placer and champion … High school
won states in 2009 after finishing second in 2007 … Team was
four-time league champion and four-time CIF champion …
Four-time Masters Champion and 2010 Reno TOC Champions …
Finished seventh at the California state meet … Sported a
high school record of 135-35 … Received the coaches award
twice ... Scholar-athlete … Volunteer in a soup kitchen and
worked with autistic children … Aunt Monica Geraldo, played
soccer at Notre Dame and professionally … Uncle James and
Charles Geraldo were gymnasts at Penn State and Stanford,
respectively … Uncle John Geraldo played soccer at Cal State
Fullerton.
Sam Waters/Short Hills, N.J./Milburn/125
lbs
Played soccer and wrestled for Milburn High School …
Captained the wrestling team as a senior and the junior varsity
soccer team as a junior … Four-time district medalist
… Four-time all-conference recipient … Finished
fourth at the Region 3 Championships … Placed second at the
Essex County Championships … Named Milburn Wrestling Rookie
of the Year and two time Scholar-Athlete … Received the
Miron Award as wrestling MVP … New Jersey freestyle state
champion and three-time member of Team New Jersey …
Graduated fifth on the all-time wins list with 109 … High
school won NJSIAA Group III state title in 2008 and finished second
in 2009 … President Scholar nominee … AP Scholar
… National Merit Commended Scholar … Received the
Eber L. Christie Scholarship of the Bergen County Retired Educators
Association … Sports reporter for Patch.com … Uncle,
David, was an All-American wrestler at Lehigh … Uncle, Eric,
was a two-time NCAA qualifier and three-time All-Ivy League
wrestler at Penn.
