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8<br />
20<strong>04</strong>-<strong>05</strong> HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY<br />
WRESTLING ROSTER<br />
(ALPHABETICAL)<br />
20<strong>04</strong>-<strong>05</strong> ANTICIPATED STARTERS<br />
THE PRIDE<br />
Wt. Cl. Wrestler Ht. Cl. <strong>Home</strong>town/High School<br />
Hwt. Dan Garay 6-2 Jr.* Rahway, NJ/Rahway<br />
133 Charles Griffin 5-4 Fr. Reading, PA/Reading<br />
141 Ricky LaForge 5-5 Sr. Pompton Lakes, NJ/Indian Hills/West Virginia<br />
141 John Manarte 5-6 So. Farmingville, NY/Sachem<br />
149 Jon Masa 5-5 Jr.* Long Beach, NY/Long Beach<br />
125 Bryan Nunziato 5-5 Fr. East Rutherford, NJ/Bergen Catholic<br />
165 Mike Patrovich 5-9 Jr.* Bohemia, NY/Islip<br />
197 Jordan Reid 6-6 RFr.* Washington, D.C./St. John’s<br />
184 Joe Rovelli 6-1 Fr. Wilkes-Barre, PA/E.L. Meyers<br />
165 Stefan Serie 5-8 Jr.* Merrick, NY/St. Anthony’s<br />
174 Paul Siemon 5-9 Sr.* Paramus, NJ/Don Bosco Prep/Springfield<br />
174 Billy Simons 5-8 Jr. Yonkers, NY/White Plains<br />
197 Chris Skretkowicz 6-5 Sr. Hamburg, NJ/Wallkill Valley Regional<br />
157 James Strouse 5-8 So.* Levittown, NY/MacArthur<br />
149 Doug Thomas 5-10 So.* Bedford, OH/Bedford<br />
125 Dave Tomasette 5-4 RFr.* Sewell, NJ/Washington Township<br />
Hwt. Gian Villante 6-2 RFr.* Wantagh, NY/MacArthur<br />
165 Chris Vondruska 5-8 So* Bay Village, OH/St. Edward<br />
197 Chris Weidman 6-2 Jr. Baldwin, NY/Baldwin/Nassau CC<br />
*Used red-shirt season<br />
anticipated starters in bold<br />
Head Coach: Tom Ryan (Iowa, 92), 10th season<br />
Assistant Coaches: Rob Anspach, Donny Pritzlaff<br />
Strength and Conditioning Coaches: Ryan Martin, Pete Cariello and Brad Christie<br />
Administrative Assistant/Academic Coordinator: Bob Busby<br />
125 - Dave Tomasette, RFr., (20<strong>04</strong> N.J. state champion; High School<br />
Nationals runner-up)<br />
133 - Charles Griffin, Fr., (2003 H.S. Nationals champion; Outstanding<br />
By Class:<br />
Wrestler in Pennsylvania Award)<br />
Seniors: 3<br />
141 - John Manarte, So. or Ricky LaForge, Sr., (Both are NCAA qualifiers –<br />
Juniors: 6<br />
Manarte in 20<strong>04</strong>, LaForge in 2003)<br />
Sophomores: 4<br />
149 - Jon Masa, Jr., (20<strong>04</strong> Olympic red-shirt; 2003 NCAA qualifier,<br />
Freshmen: 6<br />
All-American)<br />
157 - James Strouse, So., (20<strong>04</strong> NCAA qualifier; CAA finalist)<br />
165 - Mike Patrovich, So., (20<strong>04</strong> red-shirt; 2003 NCAA qualifier)<br />
174 - Paul Siemon, Sr., (20<strong>04</strong> NCAA qualifier and CAA finalist; 2003 red-shirt;<br />
2002 CAA finalist & NCAA qualifier)<br />
184 - Joe Rovelli, Fr., (20<strong>04</strong> Pennsylvania state champion)<br />
197 - Chris Skretkowicz, Sr., (20<strong>04</strong> NCAA qualifier, All-American and CAA<br />
champion; 2003 NCAA qualifier & All-American; 2002 CAA finalist and NCAA qualifier)<br />
HWT - Dan Garay, Jr. or Gian Villante, RFr., (Garay – Fourth place at 20<strong>04</strong> CAA Championships;<br />
Villante – 2003 NY state champion, Honorable mention All-American)<br />
ROSTER BREAKDOWN<br />
By State:<br />
New York: 8<br />
New Jersey: 6<br />
Pennsylvania: 2<br />
Ohio: 2<br />
Washington, DC: 1<br />
OFSTRA PRIDE WRESTLING
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