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2015-16 Wrestling

Devon Gobbo

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 165
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Basking Ridge, N.J.
  • Highschool Delbarton School

Biography

Senior (2015-16)
EIWA champion ... NCAA qualifier ... Named unanimously to the All-Ivy League first team ... Earned Academic All-Ivy League honors ... Received NWCA All-Academic honors ... Recipient of Harvard''s Richard Glover Ames Award as Most Outstanding Wrestler ... Boasted an overall record fo 27-6 and was 8-0 in dual meets ... Had 15 decisions and six technical falls on the year ... Reached the semifinals at Binghamton Open, posting a 3-1 record ... Placed sixth at the Cliff Keen Invitational, going 6-3 in his matches ... Won the Franklin & Marshall Open, taking all four matches ... Earned a technicall fall against Michael Marano of Franklin & Marshall ... Pinned Robert Schlitt of Bucknell at 2:06 ... Claimed a 9-3 decision against Columbia''s Tyrel White ... Picked up a 10-4 decision against Princeton''s Judd Ziegler ... Topped Penn''s Brooks Martino, 6-4 ... Took down Brown''s Jonathan Viruet, 7-2 ... Had an 18-3 technicall fall against Simon Medina of Roger Williams ... Picked up a technical fall against Hofstra''a Cory Goshkagarian, 18-3 ... Earned a 15-0 technicall fall against Brandon Giovanetti of Franklin & Marshall at EIWAs ... Defeated Jonathan Viruet of Brown, 9-4, in the EIWA quarterfinals ... Topped No. 17 Ryan Preisch of Lehigh, 9-3, in the EIWA semifinals ... Held off No. 15 Duke Pickett, 2-1, in EIWA final ... Pinned Columbia''s Tyrel White at 1:17 in first round of NCAA Championships ... Topped Lehigh''s Ryan Preisch, 9-5, in consolation bracket of NCAA Championships.

Junior (2014-15)
Owned a 4-3 record with two decisions and a fall ... Topped Penn''s Quinton Hiles, 8-2 ... Earned a 4-1 decision vs. Brown''s Richard Muniz ... Pinned Sean Prell of Johnson & Wales at 0:44 ... Pinned Binghamton''s Zack Zupan at 2:24 in first round of EIWAs.

Sophomore (2013-14)
Posted a 1-2 record at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational … Went 3-2 at the Midlands Championships with a 9-6 win over then No. 12 Ramos Santiago of Rider … Recorded four consecutive decisions against No. 19 Ramos Santiago of Rider, 6-4, Nick Viscaro of Rutgers, 7-3, Philip Marano of Brown, 8-2, and Rustin Barrick of Bucknell at the EIWA Championships, 7-5 … Placed sixth at the EIWA Championships with two decisions and one major decision.

Freshman (2012-13)
Made his collegiate debut at the Midlands Championships and defeated 11th-ranked Pierce Harger of Northwestern in his first match, 10-6 ... Posted a 4-2 record at Midlands ... Recorded a 13-3 major decision win against Maryland''s Domenic DeRoberts ... Defeated Princeton''s Judd Ziegler via a 6-4 decision ... Registered a 5-4 decision over Lehigh''s Ben Haas ... Placed seventh at the EIWA Championships while redeeming two losses from earlier in the season (March 8-9).

Before Harvard
Selected as a captain junior year and earned three varsity letters in wrestling … Beast of the East national champion as a junior ... Led Delbarton School to the New Jersey non-public state championship as a junior … Also led Delbarton to three straight District IX championships, three straight conference championships, three straight Morris County championships, and three straight Newark Academy Tournament championships … Two-time place winner at New Jersey state tournament ... Placed seventh as a sophomore and fifth as a junior at the Super 32 National Championship ... Named outstanding wrestler in District IX and Morris County as a junior, as well as at the Iron Horse Invitational as a freshman … Was a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for four years, acting as coordinator as a junior … Member of MENSA International High IQ Society and Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth … Volunteered at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Habitat for Humanity, Neighborhood House, EPOCH and SADD ... Brother, Austin, is also a member of the Harvard wrestling team.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13First-Year

    165/174
    5'10" 165 lbs
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    165
    5'10" 165 lbs
  • 2014-15Junior

    165
    5'10" 165 lbs
  • 2015-16Senior

    165
    5'10" 165 lbs