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WRESTLING NEWCOMERS
CHARLES GRIFFIN
Freshman
133
Reading, PA/Reading
High School: Wrestled for four years
at Reading High School…High School
National Champion as a senior…State
runner-up…2004 All-American…Won
state championship as a junior…
Personal: Born December 12, 1984…
Has one brother and one sister…Also
recruited by Lock Haven and Rider…
Plans on pursuing a coaching career
after graduation…Undecided major.
BRYAN NUNZIATO
Freshman
125
East Rutherford, NJ/Bergen Catholic
High School: Wrestled for four years
at Bergen Catholic High School in
Oradell, New Jersey…Member of two
state championship teams while at
Bergen Catholic…Named the 2002
North Jersey Wrestler of the Year…
Posted a 141-7 record during
scholastic career…Placed second in
New Jersey state tournament as a
sophomore and junior, and fourth as a
freshman and sophomore…Ranks sixth in career victories in the state of
New Jersey…Cadet National freestyle champion…Personal: Born April
8, 1985…Has one brother…Hobbies include golf and chess…Also
recruited by Penn State, Lehigh and Iowa State…Undecided major.
JOE ROVELLI
Freshman
184
Wilkes-Barre, PA/E.L. Meyers
High School: Earned four letters in
wrestling, three in track and one in
football at E.L. Meyers High School in
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania…State
champion as a senior…State runnerup
as a junior…Placed seventh as a
sophomore…Posted a career record of
130-19…Personal: Born May 7, 1986
…Has two brothers and one sister…
Began wrestling at age 8…Also
recruited by Maryland, Penn State and Bloomsburg…Aspires to work on
Wall Street…Undecided major.
GIAN VILLANTE
Sophomore
Heavyweight
Wantagh, NY/MacArthur
First season on the Hofstra Wrestling
team…Starting linebacker on the Pride
Football team…Led team in tackles in
2004…Buck Buchanan Award finalist
…High School: Was a four year
member of the football and wrestling
teams at MacArthur High School in
Levittown, New York…Honorable
mention All-American as a senior…
2003 New York state champion…
Placed third as a junior…Placed fifth at the 2003 NHSCA Senior
Championships…Posted a 43-3 record as senior…Helped MacArthur to
three Nassau County championships…Was a key member of
MacArthur’s first ever Nassau County football championship team…Allstate
selection as a senior after posting 106 tackles, six sacks and three
forced fumbles…Selected the 2002 Thorpe Award winner as the top
football player in Nassau County…Also received the Bill Piner Award as
the top linebacker in Nassau County…Named to the High School
Heisman All-Star team…Voted to All-Long Island, all-county and allleague
teams…Named to the Governor’s Bowl team…Was named to allleague
and all-county teams as a junior…Recorded 279 career tackles
…Personal: Born August 18, 1985…Has one brother and two sisters
…Enjoys reading and working out in his spare time…Was recruited by
Buffalo, Maine, Northeastern, Connecticut and Virginia…Volunteers as a
youth wrestling and football coach…Physical education major.
CHRIS WEIDMAN
Junior
197
Baldwin, NY/Baldwin/Nassau
Community College
Joins the Pride after two seasons at
Nassau Community College in Garden
City, New York…At Nassau CC:
Member of NJCAA National
Championship squad…Two-time All-
American…High School: Is a 2002
graduate of Baldwin High
School…Wrestled and played football…Team
was conference champions…New
York state champion…Two-time Section 8
champion…Personal: Born June 17, 1984…Has one brother and one
sister…Brother, Charlie, played football at American Chris Skretkowicz
International…Physical education major with a minor in business.
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