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DAN GARAY
Junior
Heavyweight
Rahway, NJ/Rahway
Fourth season on the Hofstra
Wrestling team…Is the second ranked
heavyweight in the Colonial Athletic
Association preseason poll...Is also a
member of the Hofstra Football
team...Was an All-Atlantic 10 third
team selection in 2004...2003-2004:
Posted a 10-12 overall record as a
junior.. Recorded a 7-1 mark in CAA
dual matches and was 8-8 in all
duals... Placed fourth in the Colonial Athletic Association Championships
at heavyweight...Posted a 4-0 record at the CAA Duals...2002-2003:
Colonial Athletic Association All-Rookie selection…Posted an 8-5
record on the season before being sidelined due to injury…Was 7-3 in
dual meets, including 5-0 in conference duals…Had one pin…2001-
2002: Red-shirted as a true freshman…High School: Was a four-year
member of both the football and wrestling teams, was a two-year
member of the track team and played baseball for one year at Rahway
High School in Rahway, New Jersey…State champion in wrestling…
Named Union County Wrestler of the Year by the Newark Star-
Ledger…First team All-Union County…Had a 33-0 record as a
senior…Was a member of the North Jersey Section II champions and
the Group III state finalists in football…Second team All-New Jersey…
Also named to All-Group III, All-Union City and All-Mountain Valley first
teams at defensive end…Personal: Born March 1, 1983…Has one
brother and one sister…Comes from an athletic family…His father,
Tony, was a standout for Hofstra from 1968-70 and played with the Los
Angeles Rams…His brother, Antonio, was a member of the football and
wrestling teams at Boston College while his cousin, Carlos, was a
standout quarterback for Hofstra in the mid-1990s…Was recruited by
Rutgers, Army, New Hampshire and Fordham…Enjoys other sports and
cooking in his free time…Marketing major.
Year Overall CAA Duals Falls T-Falls
2001-02 Red-shirt
2002-03 8-5 5-0 7-3 1-1 0-0
2003-04 10-12 7-1 8-8 0-1 0-0
Career 18-17 12-1 15-11 1-2 0-0
RETURNING WRESTLERS
Dan Garay
HOFSTRA PRIDE WRESTLING
WRESTLING
JORDAN REID
Freshman (RS)
197
Washington, D.C./St. John’s
Second year on the Hofstra roster...Is
expected to miss most of the 2004-
2005 season with an injury...2003-
2004: Was a freshman red-shirt...
Competed in the New York State Open
and posted an 0-2 record...High
School: Wrestled for three years at St.
John’s High School in Washington,
D.C…Team captain…Personal: Born
May 18, 1985…Has two brothers…
Began wrestling at age 13…Hopes to become a Navy Seal…Undecided
major.
Year Overall CAA Duals Falls T-Falls
2003-04 (RS) 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0
Career 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0
STEFAN SERIE
Junior
165
Merrick, NY/St. Anthony’s
Fourth season on the Hofstra Wrestling
roster...Will move up a weight class to
165 pounds this season...Is expected to
provide depth behind Mike Patrovich…
2003-2004: Saw limited action as a
sophomore...Posted a 2-2 record on the
season...Tallied a 1-0 mark in Colonial
Athletic Association action...Was 1-2 at
the Pennsylvania Keystone Classic...
Posted victories over wrestlers from
Duke and Wagner...CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient…2002-2003:
Was 3-5 on the season…Posted a 1-3 dual meet
record after wrestling in four CAA duals…Won two matches by
fall…2001-2002: Enrolled at Hofstra in January 2002…Redshirted...High
School: Wrestled and played football four years at St.
Anthony’s High School in Huntington, New York… CHSAA state champion...Named
Most Valuable Wrestler in 2001...MVP of the NSCHSAA
Wrestling League...Went 34-2 as a senior and won five
tournaments...Football team co-MVP...Captained wrestling and football
teams…Received Army ROTC Award in 2001...Personal: Born July 1,
1983…Has two brothers who both played football at Siena College...
Wrestled at the 2002 Empire State Games…Enjoys reading in spare
time...Health education major.
Year Overall CAA Duals Falls T-Falls
2001-02 Red-shirt
2002-03 3-5 1-3 1-3 2-2 0-1
2003-04 2-2 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-1
Career 5-7 2-3 2-3 3-3 1-2
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