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2007 Wrestling Roster

Adam Pizzurro

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Westerville, OH
  • Highschool St. Francis DeSales

Biography

Enters the 2007-08 campaign as John Carroll's only returning OAC Champion and national qualifier, and is also the active career victories leader with 68...Won his first career conference championship by defeating former Division III All-American, Jared Selover of Baldwin-Wallace in the 133-pound title bout at the 2007 OAC Championships... Finished his junior season at 24-9 after representing John Carroll at the 2007 NCAA Division III Championships... Began the 2006 seaosn with a fourth place finish at the National Catholic Invitational...Earned his first career collegiate tournament title at the RIT Invitational and was awarded OAC Wrestler of the Week for his performance ... Was undefeated in OAC dual meet action for the season ... Amassed 24 wins on the season and was named the team's Most Outstanding Wrestler by the coaching staff ... Capped off an injury-plagued 2005-2006 season with 18 victories ... Placed fourth at the 2005 Florida Citrus Open ... Was undefeated at the Citrus Duals ... Placed sixth at the 2006 Pete Wilson Invitational ... Was perfect in OAC dual meets, going 5-0 ... Finished as the 125-pound runner up at the 2004-2005 OAC Championships ... Earned All-OAC status and was voted Most Outstanding Freshman by the coaching staff in 2005 ... Claimed 26 victories at 125 pounds in his rookie campaign ... Earned fifth place at the 2004 RIT Invitational ... Finshed 3-1 at the Florida Citrus Open claiming third place and was undefeated at the Citrus Duals going 3-0 ... Posted two wins in three matches at the Cliff Keen National Duals ... Placed fourth at the Pete Willson Invitational ... Four year letterwinner at St. Francis DeSales ... Wrestled for Mark Marinelli ... Four time state qualifier, and state placer (fifth) as a senior ... Two time Academic All-Ohio ... Two time district champ ... Four time sectional champ ... Four-year member on the honor roll ... Twin sister, Cara, is a four-year letterwinner for the JCU soccer team … Marketing major at JCU … Carries a 3.0 GPA … President of SAAC ... Involved with the Sports Information Department ... Son of Tony & Debbie Pizzurro.

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