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2009-10 Wrestling

J.P. O'Connor

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Oxford, N.Y.
  • Highschool Oxford Academy

Biography

Third NCAA Champion at Harvard ... Second three-timeAll-American ... Only undefeated NCAA Champion at Harvard (35-0)... Tied for program lead in wins with 132 career victories ...Posted a collegiate record of 132-16.

Senior (2009-10)
Team captain … Won the157 pound title at the NCAA Wrestling Championships …Compiled 35-0 record … Finlaist for the Hodge Trophy ...Named EIWA Wrestler of the Year … Won 157 pound title atEIWA Championships … Co-Ivy League Wrestler of the Year… Unanimous first team All-Ivy League … NamedAcademic All-Ivy League ... Won titles at Cliff Keen Las VegasInvitational and the Binghamton Open.

 Junior (2008-09)
Team captain ... Unanimousfirst-team All-Ivy League selection ... Compiled a 32-4 record...NCAA qualifier ... Advanced to the Round of 12 at the NCAAChampionships ... Finished second at the EIWA Championships aftermaking his third EIWA final ...Won the Binghamton/Brute Open bydefeating defending national champion Jordan Leen in the firsttournament of the season ... Placed third at the Cliff Keen LasVegas Invitational

Sophomore (2007-08)
Earned All-America honors with a sixth-place finish atthe 2008 NCAA Championships ... Named unanimous Ivy League Wrestlerof the Year and first-team All-Ivy ... Also garnered AcademicAll-Ivy League honors ... Compiled a 28-4 record and went 13-0 indual action ... Named to the NWCA All-Effort team ...Ranked as highas second in the nation ... Finished second at the Cliff Keen LasVegas Invitational and EIWA Championship.

Freshman (2006-07)
Took fifth in the 149 pound weight class at the NCAA Championshipto become the first freshman All-America at Harvard ...Automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships after takingsecond at the EIWA Championships ... Finished rookie campaign witha 37-8 mark ... His 37 wins are the most by a freshman in programhistory ... Went 13-1 in dual meets this season with lone losscoming from No. 4 Jordan Leen of Cornell ... Named second-teamAll-Ivy ... Named Co-Ivy League Rookie of the Year and EIWAFreshman of the Year.

Before Harvard
One of three people in New York state history to win four New Yorkstate champion titles... Named first team All-America ... Member ofAmateur Wrestling News Dream Team ... Recipient of the 2006 DaveSchultz Athletic Excellence award ... A five-time sectionalchampion and first team all-conference section from 2001-06 ...Finished high school career with a 238-12 record ... Played soccerand baseball at Oxford Academy ... Captained the soccer andwrestling teams ... Member of the National Honor Society ...Presidential Award winner ... Recipient of the RIT Computing medaland the US Army scholar athlete award.

Historical Player Information

  • 2007-08Sophomore

    157
  • 2008-09Junior

    157
  • 2009-10Senior

    157