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2021-22 Wrestling Roster

A.J. Jaffe

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown St. Charles, Ill.
  • High School Marmion Academy
  • Position 149
  • Concentration Economics

Biography

Senior • 2021-22
Served team as a captain …Went 5-5 on the season … Posted two wins at the Journeymen Classic (Nov. 14), two wins at the MatMen Open (Dec. 29-30), and one win at the Keystone Classic (Nov. 21).
 
Junior • 2020-21
Named team co-captain ... Season canceled due to COVID-19.
 
2019-20
Did not compete.
 
2018-19
Did not compete.
 
Sophomore • 2017-18
Earned Second Team All-Ivy honors … Posted a 24-10 record, including a 6-2 mark in dual matches at 141 pounds … Pinned a team-high five opponents … Captured the championship in the 141-pound weight class at the Franklin & Marshall Open, registering a 5-0 mark with two pins … Opened dual matches with a pin over Stanford’s Isaiah Locsin … Posted a 4-0 mark against Ivy League opponents … Closed out dual action with five consecutive wins, including two decisions, one major decision, one technical fall, and one pin … Finished fifth at the EIWA Championships with a 4-2 record which included a technical fall over Hostra's Vinny Vespa and a major decision over Brown's Zeke Salvo.
 
First-year • 2016-17
Gained Second Team All-Ivy … Posted a 22-12 record on the season, including a team-best 9-2 mark in dual action … Pinned a team-high four opponents … Went 4-2 at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open, taking fifth … Picked up a pair of wins at the Keystone Classic, Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite and Midlands … Went 3-0 at the Pitt Duals … Pinned Franklin & Marshall’s Patrick Quinlan … Tallied three straight wins by decision over Jacob Macololooy (Columbia), William Koll (Cornell) and AJ Vincici (Penn) … Closed dual action with a win over Zeke Salvo (Brown) and a pin against Connor Burkert (Hofstra) … Took seventh at the EIWA Championships, going 3-2 in the tournament.
 
Before Harvard
Four-time letterwinner at Marmion Academy … Captained team during junior and senior seasons … All-American … State champion … Two-time all-state selection … Four-time all-conference …  National Honor Society member … State scholar … Volunteered with Special Olympics … Tackle Autism member … Feed My Starving Children volunteer … Enjoys skiing and fishing … Cousin, Pat, wrestled at Northwestern and cousin, Eddie, wrestled at Elmhurst College … Brother, Michael ’23, is a member of the Harvard wrestling team.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17First-Year

    141
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    141
  • 2020-21Junior

    149
  • 2021-22Senior

    149