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PAUL SIEMON<br />
Senior<br />
174<br />
Paramus, NJ/Don Bosco Prep/<br />
Springfield College<br />
Fourth season on the Hofstra <strong>Wrestling</strong><br />
roster…Is expected to jump two<br />
weight classes to 174 pounds as a<br />
senior...Was ranked 14th by InterMat<br />
and 12th by Amateur <strong>Wrestling</strong> News<br />
at 157 pounds entering the 20<strong>04</strong>-<strong>05</strong><br />
season...Is the top ranked wrestler at<br />
174 pounds in the Colonial Athletic<br />
Association preseason poll...2003-<br />
20<strong>04</strong>: NCAA qualifier...Recorded a 2-2 record at the NCAA<br />
Championships...Was Colonial Athletic Association Championships<br />
finalist, posting a 3-1 record in the tournament...Dropped the CAA title<br />
match to Dave Miller from Rider by fall but came back to beat him at the<br />
nationals by default...Was 28-10 overall and 5-0 in CAA dual matches...<br />
Posted an 11-4 record in dual matches...Placed second with a 4-1<br />
record at the New York State Open at Cortland State, dropping the title<br />
match to eventual National Champion Jesse Jantzen from Harvard...<br />
Captured the Pennsylvania Keystone Classic title at 157 pounds with a<br />
4-0 record that included three decisions and a major decision...Defeated<br />
Brett Vanderveer from Penn for the Keystone title...Placed seventh at the<br />
Midlands Championships with a 4-2 record and defeated two top 20ranked<br />
wrestlers...Missed the last five weeks of the regular season due<br />
to injury, but returned to place second at the CAA Championships...CAA<br />
Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient…2002-2003: Red-shirted…<br />
Wrestled unattached at the Bearcat, East Stroudsburg and Nittany Lion<br />
Opens…Posted an 11-4 record…Placed third at East Stroudsburg<br />
…2001-2002: NCAA qualifier…Placed second at Colonial Athletic<br />
NCAA QUALIFIERS<br />
Association Championships…Posted a 21-16 record with five pins…<br />
Was 8-9 in dual meets, including 4-1 in conference duals…Placed first<br />
at the Central Jersey Open…Finished second at the New York State<br />
Championships…Placed third at the Bearcat Open…At Springfield<br />
College: NCAA Division III qualifier…Posted a record of 29-13…Led<br />
team in wins…High School: Wrestled and played soccer for four years<br />
at Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, New Jersey…Three-time wrestling team<br />
Most Valuable Player…Two-time regional champion…Placed seventh at<br />
the state championship as a junior and fifth as a senior…All-county<br />
selection as a junior and senior…Holds school records for career wins<br />
(90) and single-season victories (32)…Personal: Born April 13, 1982…<br />
Has two brothers…Began wrestling at age 7…Sociology major.<br />
“I transferred to Hofstra because I wanted big time<br />
Division I wrestling. This was the best place in the<br />
East to become an All-American and win a National<br />
Title.”<br />
Year Overall CAA Duals Falls T-Falls<br />
2001-02 21-16 4-1 8-9 5-0 0-0<br />
2002-03 11-4 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0<br />
2003-<strong>04</strong> 28-10 5-0 11-4 2-3 1-0<br />
Career 60-30 9-1 19-13 8-3 1-0<br />
Paul Siemon<br />
HOFSTRA PRIDE WRESTLING<br />
WRESTLING<br />
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