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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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