LEHIGH PROBABLE STARTERS SOCIAL MEDIA 19-20 Career Career Dual Bonus 125 Jaret Lane (Jr., Catawissa, Pa.) 21-7 25-13 2-3 17 Twitter

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HHomeome ddualsuals iinn BBOLDOLD CCAPSAPS **EIWAEIWA OOpponentpponent AAllll hhomeome dualsduals forfor 2020-212020-21 seasonseason wwillill bbee hheldeld iinn LLeeman-Turnereeman-Turner AArenarena aatt GGracerace HHallall LET’S TRY THIS AGAIN - LEHIGH TO OPEN 112TH SEASON AT PITT Following the cancellation of last week’s opener against Hofstra, No. 17 Lehigh will open its 112th season of wrestling with a top-25 matchup against in-state rival No. 13 Pitt. Competing for the first time since SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS hoisting its third straight EIWA team title trophy last March, Lehigh will battle a Pitt squad that opened its season last week with a come-from-behind win at Navy. Saturday’s dual will be followed by a series of Director, Communications (Wrestling SID) ...... Steve Lomangino extra matches which will count towards a wrestler’s season record. The Mountain Hawks return half their Office ...... (610) 758-3174 lineup from last year’s EIWA triumph but only two of the five are expected to compete against the Panthers. Cell ...... (917) 579-0976 E-mail ...... [email protected] LEHIGH PROBABLE STARTERS SOCIAL MEDIA 19-20 Career Career Dual Bonus 125 Jaret Lane (Jr., Catawissa, Pa.) 21-7 25-13 2-3 17 Twitter ...... @LehighWrestling/@LehighSports OR Sheldon Seymour (Fr., Troy, Pa.) True Freshman Instagram ...... @lehighwrestling/@lehigh_sports 133 Malyke Hines (Fr., Kissimmee, Fla.) Deferred Eligibility Facebook ...... @LehighWrestling/@LehighAthletics OR Satoshi Abe (Jr., Putnam Valley, N.Y.) 0-4 2-4 0-0 1 Website ...... Lehighsports.com 141 Joe Lobeck (Sr., Lancaster, Pa.) 1-2 19-12 2-5 12 OR Connor McGonagle (Fr., Danville, N.H.) Deferred Eligibility 149 Jimmy Hoffman (Jr., Drums, Pa.) 18-6 26-14 8-6 16 OR Paul Watkins (Fr., Cumming, Ga.) Deferred Eligibility 157 JT Cooley (Jr., Gilbertsville, Pa.) 4-8 4-8 0-3 4 37-TIME TEAM CHAMPIONS OR Tyler Sung (Fr., New Canaan, Conn.) True Freshman 165 Thayne Lawrence (Fr., Perryopolis, Pa.) True Freshman 220 INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS OR Connor Herceg (Fr., Nazareth, Pa.) True Freshman 174 Jake Logan (Fr., New Rochelle, N.Y.) Deferred Eligibility OR Trey Cornish (Sr., Raleigh, N.C.) 7-9 13-21 0-2 5 184 JT Davis (Fr., Smyrna, Del.) True Freshman OR CadenKRAMER Wright (Fr., Emmaus,KRAMER Pa.) KRAMER True Freshman KRAMER 28 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL FR. | Guard FR. | Guard FR. | Guard FR. | Guard FR. | Guard 197 No. 15 Jake Jakobsen (Sr., Sciota, Pa.) 16-9 38-26 17-13 21 CHAMPIONS OR Andrew Shedleski (So., Selinsgrove, Pa.) 3-2 3-2 0-0 0 158 ALL-AMERICANS 285 Victor Lacombe (Jr., Whitehouse Station, N.J.) 10-9 16-15 0-1 5 OR Eli Jones (So., Perkiomenville, Pa.) 8-6 8-6 0-0 5 Rankings: InterMat (1/5/21)

2020-21 LEHIGH WRESTLING | No. 17 LEHIGH AT No. 13 PITT | PAGE 2 2020-21 LEHIGH WRESTLING ROSTER Name Yr./El. Wt. Hometown/High School Major Satoshi Abe Sr./Jr. 133 Putnam Valley, N.Y./Putnam Valley Mechanical Engineering Dylan Ammerman 5th/Sr. 184/197 Dushore, Pa./Sullivan County Energy Systems Engineering* Chris Barnabae Fr./Fr. 125/133 Glen Burnie, Md./Mount St. Joseph Arts and Sciences Manzona Bryant IV Fr./Fr. 157 Columbus, Ohio/Western Reserve Academy Arts and Sciences AJ Burkhart Jr./So. 157 Athens, Pa./Athens Area Earth and Environmental Science Karam Chakif Fr./Fr. 285 Allentown, Pa./Dieruff Engineering JT Cooley Sr./Jr. 157 Gilbertsville, Pa./Boyertown Accounting Trey Cornish 5th/Sr. 165/174 Raleigh, N.C./Athens Drive (STEM) Management* JT Davis Fr./Fr. 184/197 Middletown, Del./Smyrna Business Luca Frinzi So./Fr. 165 Quakertown, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic Business Eli Grape Sr./Jr. 184/197 Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair Supply Chain Management Nathan Haubert So./Fr. 149 Upper Black Eddy, Pa./Palisades Business Connor Herceg Fr./Fr. 165 Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Business Brock Herring Sr./Jr. 141 Signal Mountain, Tenn./McCallie School Computer Science and Business Malyke Hines So./Fr. 133/141 Kissimmee, Fla./Osceola Arts and Sciences Jimmy Hoffman Sr./Jr. 149 Drums, Pa./Hazleton Area History Josh Humphreys Jr./Jr. 157 Parkersburg, W. Va./Parkersburg South Management Jake Jakobsen 5th/Sr. 197 Sciota, Pa./Stroudsburg Health, Medicine and Society Eli Jones Jr./So. 197/285 Perkiomenville, Pa./Boyertown Mechanical Engineering Luke Karam 5th/Sr. 141/149 Bath, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic English Sean Kilrain Fr./Fr. 165/174 Washington, D.C./Blair Academy Business Victor Lacombe Sr./Jr. 285 Whitehouse Station, N.J./Hunterdon Central Accounting Jaret Lane Jr./Jr. 125/133 Catawissa, Pa./Southern Columbia Supply Chain Management Thayne Lawrence Fr./Fr. 165/174 Perryopolis, Pa./Frazier Arts and Sciences Joe Lobeck 5th/Sr. 141 Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Catholic Technical Entrepreneurship* Jake Logan So./Fr. 174/184 New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle Business Connor McGonagle So./Fr. 141/149 Danville, N.H./Timberlane Arts and Sciences Brian Meyer Jr./So. 157/165 Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg Mechanical Engineering TJ Moore Fr./Fr. 285 Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest Engineering Dan Moran Sr./Jr. 141 Bethlehem, Pa./Northampton Supply Chain Management Drew Munch Fr./Fr. 133/141 East Stroudsburg, Pa./Wyoming Seminary Arts and Engineering Brandon Paetzell 5th/Sr. 125 Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg (Rutgers) Supply Chain Management Mitchell Polito Jr./So. 125/133 East Brunswick, N.J./East Brunswick International Relations Edmond Ruth So./Fr. 165/174 Harrisburg, Pa./Susquehanna Twp. Arts and Sciences Sheldon Seymour Fr./Fr. 125 Troy, Pa./Troy Business Andrew Shedleski Jr./So. 184/197 Selinsgrove, Pa./Lewisburg Astrophysics Steven Storm Fr./Fr. 141/149 Stroudsburg, Pa./Pocono Mountain East Arts and Sciences Tyler Sung Fr./Fr. 157 New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan Arts and Sciences Paul Watkins So./Fr. 149 Cumming, Ga./North Forsyth Mechanical Engineering Caden Wright Fr./Fr. 184 Macungie, Pa./Emmaus Engineering

* Ammerman, Cornish and Lobeck have earned their undergraduate degrees. Ammerman in Mechanical Engineering, Cornish in Mechanical Engineer- ing and Design, and Lobeck in Supply Chain Management

COACHING STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Lawrence White ‘64 Head Coach: Pat Santoro (Pittsburgh ‘92) - 13th season Abe Ah-BAY Associate Head Coach: Brad Dillon (Lehigh ‘04) - 13th season Barnabae Barn-uh-BEE Assistant Coach: Zach Rey (Lehigh ‘12) - Third season Karam Chakif Kah-romm Shuh-Keef (Luke) Karam CARE-um Volunteer Assistant Coach: Darian Cruz (Lehigh ‘18) - First season Paetzell PATE-zull

FROM ALL OVER Lehigh prides itself in bringing in student-athletes from across the nation. This season, 13 different states (plus Washington, D.C.) are represented among the 40 men on the Mountain Hawks’ roster. Pennsylvania leads the way with 23 wrestlers, followed by New Jersey (4) and New York (2). Con- necticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia are also represented.

Lehigh Sports Communications | Lehighsports.com | @LehighSports 2020-21 LEHIGH WRESTLING | No. 17 LEHIGH AT No. 13 PITT | PAGE 3 NWCA TOP 25 INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS With Lehigh unable to kick off its season last week there was minimal change in the rankings. Two Mountain Hawks appear in the latest InterMat rankings, led by senior Brandon Paetzell, who is Dual Strength - 1/5/21 ranked fourth at 125. Senior Jake Jakobsen is ranked 15th at 197. Three Mountain Hawks appear in rankings from both FloWrestling and Amateur Wrestling News. Lehigh has seven wrestlers ranked 1. Iowa 2. Penn State in the top 33 by The Open Mat and five by Trackwrestling. Various outlets rank two different 3. Michigan Lehigh wrestlers at 141, senior Luke Karam and freshman Connor McGonagle. 4. North Carolina State 5. Nebraska Weight Wrestler IM FLO AWN TOM Track 6. Oklahoma State 125 Brandon Paetzell 4 9 (133) 3 6 — – 7. Ohio State 133 Malyke Hines — – — – — – 30 23 8. Virginia Tech 141 Luke Karam — – — – 15 33 — – 9. Iowa State 141 Connor McGonagle — – — – — – — – 33 10. Missouri 149 Jimmy Hoffman — – 24 — – 24 21 11. Arizona State 12. Minnesota 174 Jake Logan — – — – — – 32 18 13. Pittsburgh 184 Edmond Ruth — – — – — – 30 — – 14. North Carolina 197 Jake Jakobsen 15 22 15 18 16 15. Rutgers 16. Purdue THRICE AS NICE 17. LEHIGH The last time Lehigh took to the mats, the Mountain Hawks claimed their third straight EIWA 18. Stanford team championship March 6-7 at Stabler Arena. A tight team race was expected, but a strong 19. Oklahoma 20. Wisconsin Saturday morning session propelled Lehigh its third consecutive team title. The Mountain Hawks 21. Central Michigan placed five wrestlers in the finals and won three individual titles claim their 37th team champion- 22. Northwestern ship. Lehigh scored 154 points to top second place Cornell by 34. Army West Point finished third 23. Northern Iowa with 112 points. The Mountain Hawks’ three individual champions were repeat winners from 2019: 24. Army West Point Josh Humphreys, Jordan Kutler and Jordan Wood. Kutler capped his career with a third straight 25. Northern Colorado individual EIWA crown. Humphreys won the Coaches Trophy as the tournament’s outstanding wrestler after navigating a tough field at 157 and avenging two earlier losses to Princeton’s Quincy Monday in the finals. Lehigh had nine place winners and eventually qualified nine wrestlers for INTERMAT TOP 25 the NCAA Championships, which were ultimately cancelled five days later.

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1. Iowa 2. Michigan NCAA CHAMPIONS ALL-AMERICANS 3. Penn State Twenty two Lehigh Wrestlers have won 28 NCAA cham- Lehigh has produced 25 All-Americans over the last nine 4. Oklahoma State pionships, ranking sixth nationally. Darian Cruz captured NCAA tournaments, including three in 2019, to rank eighth 5. North Carolina State Lehigh’s most recent title with his triumph at 125 in 2017. among Division I schools. Lehigh teams have finished in the 6. Ohio State top five at the NCAA Championships a remarkable 16 times. 7. Iowa State Rank School Championships Despite the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Championships, 1. Oklahoma State ...... 142 five Lehigh wrestlers were recognized as All-Americans by 8. Nebraska 2. Iowa ...... 84 the NWCA: Brandon Paetzell, Josh Humphreys and Jordan 9. Arizona State 3. Iowa State ...... 69 Kutler (first team), Jordan Wood (second team), and Chris 10. Virginia Tech 4. Oklahoma ...... 67 Weiler (honorable mention). 11. Stanford 5. Penn State ...... 44 12. North Carolina 6. Lehigh ...... 28 Rank School All-Americans 13. Minnesota 7. Michigan State ...... 25 1. Oklahoma State...... 475 14. Central Michigan 8. Illinois ...... 24 2. Iowa ...... 345 15. Pittsburgh 9. Ohio State ...... 23 3. Iowa State ...... 299 10. Minnesota ...... 22 4. Oklahoma ...... 275 16. Michigan State Michigan ...... 22 5 Penn State ...... 226 17. Missouri Northern Iowa ...... 22 6. Michigan ...... 199 18. Oklahoma 13. Cornell ...... 21 7. Minnesota ...... 192 19. Northwestern 14. Wisconsin ...... 18 8. Lehigh ...... 158 20. Rutgers 15. Pittsburgh ...... 16 9. Michigan State ...... 138 21. West Virginia 10. Illinois ...... 135 22. Purdue 23. Virginia 24. Northern Colorado 25. Rider

Lehigh Sports Communications | Lehighsports.com | @LehighSports 2020-21 LEHIGH WRESTLING | No. 17 LEHIGH AT No. 13 PITT | PAGE 4 ALL-TIME VS. PITT 2020-21 LEHIGH QUICK FACTS Pitt is Lehigh’s sixth oldest rival with Saturday’s dual marking the 65th meeting GENERAL INFORMATION in a series that dates back to 1916. Lehigh leads the series 44-18-2. The Panthers’ Location ...... Bethlehem, Pa. criteria victory last season snapped a four-dual Lehigh winning streak in the series. Pat Santoro is 9-3 in duals against his alma mater. Founded ...... 1865 by Asa Packer Undergraduate Enrollment ...... 5,203 Last Lehigh win: 2/18/18 - Lehigh 25, Pittsburgh 10 (at Lehigh) President ...... John D. Simon Last Pitt win: 11/24/19 - Pitt 19, Lehigh 18 (at Lehigh) Murray H. Goodman Dean of Athletics ...... Joe Sterrett Last dual at Pitt: 11/18/16 - Lehigh 28, Pitt 8 Nickname ...... Mountain Hawks LAST TIME THEY MET Historical Nicknames...... Engineers, Brown and White Nov. 24, 2019 Mascot ...... Mountain Hawk (Clutch) Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall Colors ...... Brown and White No. 12 Pitt 19*, No. 7 Lehigh 18 Home Arenas ...... Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall 125 – Brandon Paetzell (Lehigh) Fall Louis Newell (Pitt) 4:27 ...... Stabler Arena 133 – Micky Philippi (Pitt) dec. Nick Farro (Lehigh) 3-0 National Affiliation ...... NCAA Division I 141 – Ryan Pomrinca (Lehigh) dec. Cole Matthews (Pitt) 10-8, sv Conference ...... EIWA 149 – Jimmy Hoffman (Lehigh) dec. Luke Kemerer (Pitt) 6-1 157 – Taleb Rahmani (Pitt) Fall Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) 5:48 165 – Jake Wentzel (Pitt) dec. Brian Meyer (Lehigh) 7-1 2020-21 TEAM INFORMATION 174 – Jordan Kutler (Lehigh) dec. Gregg Harvey (Pitt) 4-1 2019-20 Dual Record ...... 12-3 184 – Nino Bonaccorsi (Pitt) dec. Chris Weiler (Lehigh) 8-3 Final 2019-20 NWCA Dual Ranking ...... 10th 197 – Jake Jakobsen (Lehigh) dec. Kellan Stout (Pitt) 4-1 2020 EIWA Championships Finish ...... 1st 285 – Demetrius Thomas (Pitt) dec. Jordan Wood (Lehigh) 10-6 EIWA Champions ...... 3 (Josh Humphreys, Jordan Kutler, Jordan Wood) * Pitt wins on third criteria: 39-34 edge in total match points 2020 NCAA Championships Finish ...... n/a SCOUTING THE PANTHERS 2020 All-Americans ...... 5 - (Brandon Paetzell - 1st team, No. 13 Pitt opened its dual season with a come-from-behind 22-14 victory at Navy Josh Humphreys - 1st team, Jordan Kutler - 1st team, Jordan Wood - 2nd Sunday evening. The Panthers trailed 14-3 at the halfway point of the dual before rallying to win the final five weight classes. team, Chris Weiler - honorable mention) Pitt finished 10-4 in duals last year and finished second at the ACC Champion- THE LAST TIME LEHIGH… ships. Seven Panthers qualified for the NCAA Championships, with four wrestlers recognized as NWCA All-Americans. Pitt returns three of those All-Americans Won a home dual ...... vs. Arizona State, 2/21/20 (19-14) in Micky Phillippi (133), Jake Wentzel (165) and Nino Bonaccorsi (184). Phllippi Lost a home dual ...... vs. Penn State, 12/6/19 (23-10) is ranked fourth by InterMat, while Wentzel comes in at No. 9. Bonaccorsi has Won a road dual ...... at Penn, 2/20/20 (35-9) moved up to 197 where he is currently ranked fifth. In all, five Panthers appear in the latest InterMat rankings. Lost a road dual ...... at Princeton, 11/23/19 (18-14) Won a neutral site dual ...... vs. Missouri, 12/30/19 (22-9) Keith Gavin is in his fourth season as head coach at his alma mater. Lost a neutral site dual ...... vs. North Carolina, 12/30/18 (22-18) PITTSBURGH PROBABLE STARTERS Won an EIWA dual ...... at Penn, 2/20/20 (35-9) 125 – Colton Camacho (Fr., Delmont, Pa.) Lost an EIWA dual ...... at Princeton, 11/23/19 (18-14) 133 - No. 4 Mick Phillippi (Jr., Derry, Pa.) Tied a dual ...... at Cornell, 1/22/10 (15-15) OR Ryan Michaels (Fr., McKeesport, Pa.) Beat a ranked opponent ...... vs. #5 Arizona State, 2/21/20 (19-14) 141 - No. 14 Cole Matthews (So., Greenville, Pa.) 149 - Luke Kemerer (So., Greensburg, Pa.) Lost to a ranked opponent ...... vs. #3 Penn State, 12/6/19 (23-10) OR Mick Burnett (Fr., Elyria, Ohio) Beat a top 5 opponent ...... vs. #5 Arizona State, 2/21/20 (19-14) 157 - Tyler Badgett (Fr., San Diego, Calif.) Lost to a top 5 opponent ...... vs. #3 Penn State, 12/6/19 (23-10) OR Dallas Bulsak (Jr., South Park, Pa.) 165 - No. 9 Jake Wentzel (Sr., South Park, Pa.) Beat a #1 ranked team ...... vs. Cornell, 1/20/11 (17-15) 174 - Jared McGill (Fr., Osterberg, Pa.) Lost to a #1 ranked team ...... at Penn State, 12/2/18 (42-0) OR Tommy O’Brien (Jr., Reading, Pa.) Shut out an opponent ...... vs. Bloomsburg, 2/14/16 (54-0) 184 - No. 18 Gregg Harvey (Sr., Boyertown, Pa.) Was shut out ...... at Penn State, 12/2/18 (42-0) OR Nicholas Meglino (Fr., Hartsdale, N.Y.) 197 - No. 5 Nino Bonaccorsi (Jr., Bethel Park, Pa.) Scored 50-plus points ...... vs. Bloomsburg, 2/14/16 (54-0) OR James Lledo (Fr., Lower Merion, Pa.) Scored 40-49 points ...... vs. Duke, 12/30/19 (47-4) 285 - Jake Slinger (So., Pittsburgh, Pa.) Scored 30-39 points...... at Bucknell, 2/14/20 (32-6) Scored 20-29 points ...... at Army West Point, 1/31/20 (24-9) LEHIGH-PITTSBURGH CONNECTIONS Had an EIWA champion ...... 2020 (Three wrestlers) Lehigh head coach Pat Santoro wrestled for the Panthers from 1985-1989, under the guidance of the late Rande Stottlemyer, who retired following the 2012-13 Had multiple EIWA champions ...... 2020 (three) season. Pittsburgh’s only four-time All-American, Santoro amassed a 167-13 re- Had an All-American ...... 2020 (five) cord in four seasons for the Panthers, and won national titles at 142 in 1988 and Had a NCAA finalist ...... 2017, Darian Cruz - 125 1989. A three-time EWL Champion, Santoro is also the Panthers’ career leader with 43 falls and posted an incredible 97-3 record over his final two seasons. Had multiple NCAA finalists ...... 2012, Brandon Hatchett - 165 Pittsburgh assistant coach Drew Headlee returned to his alma mater in 2014 ...... and Zach Rey - 285 after two seasons as Lehigh’s volunteer assistant coach. Fourth-year Panthers Had a NCAA Champion ...... 2017, Darian Cruz - 125 head coach Keith Gavin is also a Pitt graduate. After graduation, Gavin trained and competed in freestyle with the Lehigh Valley Athletic Club (now Lehigh Had multiple NCAA champions ...... 1979, Darryl Burley - 134 Valley Wrestling Club) before moving on to coaching positions at Virginia and ...... and Mark Lieberman - 177 Oklahoma. Finished top 10 at NCAAs ...... 2012 (8th) Finished top 5 at NCAAs ...... 2004 (3rd)

Lehigh Sports Communications | Lehighsports.com | @LehighSports 2020-21 LEHIGH WRESTLING | No. 17 LEHIGH AT No. 13 PITT | PAGE 5 LEHIGH BY THE NUMBERS LET’S TRY THIS AGAIN Dual matches at home: ...... 0-0 Lehigh’s scheduled opening matches against Hofstra last weekend were canceled following a Duals on the road: ...... 0-0 positive COVID-19 test among a member of the Pride’s travel party, so the Mountain Hawks will Duals at a neutral site: ...... 0-0 open their 112th season of wrestling Saturday in Pittsburgh. The Mountain Hawks are 9-3 in dual Duals in Pennsylvania:...... 0-0 meet openers under Pat Santoro and beat Oklahoma State in last year’s dual opener. Day Matches: ...... 0-0 VARSITY DEBUTS Night Matches:...... 0-0 As many as 10 Mountain Hawks could wrestle their first official bouts in the brown and white against Pitt, a list that includes six of Lehigh’s 13 true freshmen and four deferred freshmen. Of the 10 remaining wrestlers When winning opening bout: ...... 0-0 listed on page one of these notes, three: junior Satoshi Abe and sophomores Andrew Shedleski and Eli When losing opening bout: ...... 0-0 Jones, have not wrestled in a dual meet for the Mountain Hawks. When leading after five bouts: ...... 0-0 When trailing after five bouts: ...... 0-0 LOTS OF LOCALS When tied after five bouts:...... 0-0 Many Lehigh wrestlers don’t have to venture far from home to wrestle for the Brown and White. Senior Luke Karam and deferred freshman Luca Frinzi both wrestled for nearby Bethlehem Catholic High School, Wears Brown Singlets: ...... 0-0 the same program that produced Lehigh head coach Pat Santoro. Junior Dan Moran (Northampton) and Wears White Singlets ...... 0-0 freshmen Karam Chakif (Dieruff), Connor Herceg (Nazareth) and Caden Wright (Emmaus) join Karam and Frinzi in wrestling for Lehigh Valley East Penn Conference programs. Senior Jake Jakobsen (Stroudsburg) and freshman Steven Storm (Pocono Mountain East) are from programs in the EPC’s Monroe County LEHIGH IN DUALS DECIDED… Division. Deferred freshman Nathan Haubert wrestled in the Colonial League at Palisades. Senior Brandon By 5 points or fewer: ...... 0-0 Paetzell and sophomore Brian Meyer hail from Phillipsburg, N.J., just across the state line. By 6-9 points: ...... 0-0 By 10-20 points ...... 0-0 By more than 20 points: ...... 0-0 ACADEMIC SUCCESS Lehigh enjoyed another strong season on the mats, but the Mountain Hawks were equally impressive in the classroom in 2019-20. The Mountain Hawks posted a 3.51 team GPA in the 2020 spring semester. LEHIGH DUALS BY MONTH… Five Lehigh wrestlers were named to the NWCA All-Academic Team including Jordan Wood and 2020-21 January: ...... 0-0 returnees Brandon Paetzell and Josh Humphreys. Twenty one Mountain Hawks own GPAs of 3.2 or better. February: ...... 0-0 Joe Lobeck picked up a 4.0 GPA in his first semester of graduate school. Among undergraduates, Jake Logan owns a 3.82 GPA in business, while Andrew Shedleski holds a 3.81 in astrophysics. Nine true freshman LEHIGH BY WEIGHT CLASS… eclipsed the 3.2 mark in their first semester, led by Sheldon Seymour’s 3.94. 125 133 141 MEET THE NEW GUYS 149 Half of Lehigh’s roster consists of wrestlers in their first season of eligibility, a group that includes 157 13 true freshmen and seven deferred freshmen. Josh Humphreys won his first of back-to-back 165 EIWA titles as a true freshman in 2019 but none of Lehigh’s second-year freshmen competed in 174 varsity competition in 2019-20. Jake Logan did place eighth at the prestigious Southern Scuffle 184 competing unattached at 174. Lehigh’s true freshmen class combined for 10 state championships 197 and one National Prep title in their high school careers. 285 A LOOK AT WHO’S BACK ON THE TEEVEE Lehigh’s 40 man roster currently included five wrestlers who competed at last year’s EIWA cham- Six of Lehigh’s originally scheduled home duals are slated to pionship. Seniors Brandon Paetzell and Jake Jakobsen and junior Josh Humphreys are all two- be televised on Service Electric Network (SEN) as Lehigh con- time NCAA qualifiers. Humphreys is a two-time EIWA champion as well. Junior Jimmy Hoffman tinues its long partnership with Service Electric Cable TV and Communications, the Lehigh Valley’s largest cable provider. qualified for his first NCAA Tournament last March and sophomore Brian Meyer is a returning starter at 165. Nine other Mountain Hawks on the roster have wrestled a dual meet in their careers. ON THE INTERNET Senior Luke Karam was an EIWA place winner and NCAA qualifier as a freshman in 2018. Lehigh Athletics will partner with its website provider SIDEARM SportsCAREER for streaming THREE-POINT video of all home duals. FIELD Visit Lehighsports. GOALS WOOD TAKES OLYMPIC REDSHIRT com/watch to access the streams. Heavyweight Jordan Wood was expected to be one of Lehigh’s top returners for 2020-21 but de- ON THE RADIO cided before the fall semester to take an Olympic redshirt. When he returns to the Mountain At least four duals this season can also be heard on FOX Hawks, Wood will bid to become Lehigh’s fifth four-time EIWA champion. Wood went 17-5 last Sports Radio of the Lehigh Valley (1230/1320 AM and 94.7 FM season and was a second team NWCA All-American. The two-time All-American owns a 64-17 in Allentown). Lehigh wrestling SID Steve Lomangino handles career record at Lehigh. Wood spent his fall semester active in freestyle and is eligible for the the commentary for his 17th season with Gary Brownell ‘72 providing analysis. Olympic redshirt by way of winning a Cadet world silver medal in 2014. THINGS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING COMING UP NEXT In this most unusual of wrestling seasons, all schedules and broadcast information will of course, be subject to change. Lehigh will get its first look at an EIWA opponent next weekend when the Mountain Hawks battle Broadcast information for any additional duals to the original Navy, Saturday Jan. 16 in Annapolis, Md. It will be the 101st meeting in Lehigh’s second most con- schedule will be announced at an appropriate time. tested series. The Mountain Hawks have won the last nine duals in the series. Lehigh then returns home to face Drexel on Jan. 24.

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PAT SANTORO Lawrence White ‘64 Head Coach - 13th Season Bethlehem native Pat Santoro enters his 13th season as the Lawrence White Head Coach of Wrestling at Lehigh. A five-time EIWA Coach of the Year, Santoro has mentored two NCAA Champions at Lehigh. He has led 17 individuals to a total of 27 EIWA titles, while guiding 17 men to 31 total All-American medals.

Santoro led Lehigh to its third straight EIWA team title in 2019-20, capping a strong 12-3 dual meet season that saw Santoro reach a pair of personal milestones. Lehigh’s 19-14 victory at Cornell on Jan. 11 was Santoro’s 150th as the Mountain Hawks’ head coach. A week later, Lehigh defeated Navy 23-9 for the 200th head coaching victory of Santoro’s career. Lehigh defeated a pair of top five opponents in duals, as the Mountain Hawks opened the dual season with a criteria win over No. 4 Oklahoma State and closed it with a victory over No. 5 Arizona State.

The Mountain Hawks rose to the challenge at the EIWA Championships at Stabler Arena. Lehigh had nine place winners, five finalists and three champions on the way to its third straight team title. All three individual champions were repeat titlists, as Jordan Kutler and Jordan Wood won their third consecutive conference titles and Josh Humphreys won his second straight. For his efforts, Santoro was named EIWA Coach of the Year for the fifth time. Despite the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament in Minnesota, five Mountain Hawks were recognized as All-Americans by the NWCA.

For the 2018-19 Mountain Hawks, it was a matter not of how they started, but how they finished. The Mountain Hawks rebounded from an 0-7 dual start to finish 9-9 and went on win the program’s second straight EIWA team title and 36th overall.

Junior Jordan Kutler and sophomore Jordan Wood won their second consecutive EIWA titles, while freshman Josh Humphreys also won an individual championship. The Moun- tain Hawks qualified eight wrestlers for the NCAA Championships and continued their strong finish to the season, crowning three All-Americans. Kutler earned his second straight podium finish while Wood and senior Ryan Preisch earned All-America honors for the first time.

Santoro led Lehigh to its 35th EIWA team title and first since 2006 with an impressive 164.5 point performance in 2018. The Mountain Hawks crowned five individual EIWA champions and had all 10 wrestlers earn berths for the NCAA Championships. After leading Lehigh to its first league title in 12 seasons, Santoro was named EIWA Coach of the Year for the fourth time.

Prior to the NCAA Tournament, Santoro was named NWCA National Coach of the Year, for Lehigh’s performance during the dual season and EIWA Tournament. At NCAAs, San- toro’s Lehigh team produced three All-Americans, with Darian Cruz becoming a three-time All-American, Scott Parker earning his second medal and Jordan Kutler reaching the podium for the first time.

Darian Cruz’s national title capped a successful campaign for the Mountain Hawks in 2016-17. Darian Cruz and Scott Parker won individual EIWA titles at the first two weights and both wrestlers went on to earn All-America honors, with Parker finishing eighth at 133 in addition to Cruz’s national title.

Santoro earned his third EIWA Coach of the Year award in 2015-16. He led the Mountain Hawks to a 13-3 dual record that included Lehigh’s first win over rival Cornell since 2011. The Mountain Hawks finished second at the EIWA Championships with Darian Cruz and Max Wessell winning their first career titles. Lehigh crowned three All-Americans at the NCAA Championships for the third straight year with Wessell and Randy Cruz earning their first career All-America medals, while Nathaniel Brown became a two-time All-American.

In 2014-15, Santoro earned his 100th victory as Lehigh’s head coach when the Mountain Hawks upset eventual NCAA Champion Ohio State at National Duals.

Randy Cruz won his second EIWA title to help lead Lehigh to a second place conference finish. Nathaniel Brown reached the NCAA finals at 184 while Mason Beckman and Mitch Minotti earned All-America honors for the second straight year.

Santoro led the 2013-14 Lehigh squad through the ups and downs that come with a young roster. The young Mountain Hawks soared at the NCAA Championships with freshmen Darian Cruz and Minotti joining Beckman in earning All-America honors.

In 2012-13, Santoro helped guide a young Mountain Hawk team to ten dual meet wins. Three individuals won individual EIWA titles. Under Santoro’s guidance Robert Hamlin became a three-time All-American and a two-time NCAA finalist.

Lehigh continued to make strides in 2011-12. The Mountain Hawks finished eighth at the NCAA Championships for the second straight year and once again had two finalists in Zach Rey and Brandon Hatchett. Lehigh crowned four All-Americans. Robert Hamlin won his second straight EIWA title, while Hatchett won his first. Shane Welsh was the surprise of the tournament, capturing the title at 149 from the No. 6 seed. Santoro was voted EIWA Coach of the Year for the second time.

In Santoro’s third season Lehigh returned to the top ten at the NCAA Championships with an eighth place finish. The Mountain Hawks crowned three All-Americans for the first Lehigh Sports Communications | Lehighsports.com | @LehighSports 2020-21 LEHIGH WRESTLING | No. 17 LEHIGH AT No. 13 PITT | PAGE 7 time in five years and placed two wrestlers in the NCAA finals for the first time since 2003. Heavyweight Zach Rey became Santoro’s first national champion. SANTORO AT LEHIGH In 2009-10, Santoro guided the Mountain Hawks to a 16-3-1 dual record and a top-ten national dual meet ranking for most of the season. In March, Santoro guided Rey to an Year Dual EIWA NCAA EIWA title and All-America honors with a third place finish at the NCAA Championships, the program’s first All-American in four years. 2008-09 23-1 2nd(2) 28th[0] 2009-10 16-3-1 3rd (1) 17th[1] Santoro produced an immediate turnaround in his first season back in Bethlehem. The 2010-11 15-6 2nd (1) 8th [3] Mountain Hawks’ 23-1 dual mark surpassed the school record for dual wins in a season. 2011-12 12-5 2nd (3) 8th [4] Santoro guided Seth Ciasulli and David Craig to individual EIWA Championships. 2012-13 10-7 4th (3) 25th [1] Before returning to Lehigh, Santoro spent five years as the head coach at the University 2013-14 10-6 2nd (1) 18th [3] of Maryland where he helped resurrect the Terrapins program, which in 2008 captured its 2014-15 14-6 2nd (1) 13th [3] first ACC title in 35 years; a feat which earned Santoro ACC Coach of the Year honors. 2015-16 13-3 2nd (2) 14th [3] 2016-17 10-4 2nd (2) 12th [2] Prior to his stint at Maryland Santoro served as an assistant at Lehigh for nine years, 2017-18 12-3 1st (5) 15th [3] including eight Greg Strobel’s staff. During that time, Santoro was part of some of the most successful teams in school history. In 2003, Santoro was named the national 2018-19 9-9 1st (3) T13th [3] Assistant Coach of the Year by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, after helping 2019-20 12-3 1st (2) n/a [5] guide Lehigh to its third EIWA title in four years, and a fourth place finish at the NCAA Totals 156-56-1 Championships. ( ) - EIWA Champions After wrestling for Bethlehem Catholic High School and taking a post-graduate year at Blair Academy, Santoro wrestled collegiately at Pittsburgh, where he became the [ ] - All-Americans Panthers’ only four-time All-America while capturing national titles in 1988 and 1989 at 142 Santoro’s career overall record: 204-97-2 pounds.

On the international scene, Santoro was a four time member of the U.S. National Team and served as an alternate for the 1996 Olympic Team and the 1999 World Team. Santoro earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Pittsburgh in 1992. In addition to his Bethlehem roots and previous coaching stint at Lehigh, Santoro’s father, uncle and brother all wrestled for the Brown and White.

Santoro and his wife Julie have a daughter, Leah and a son, Mack.

Remembering Greg Strobel Lehigh Athletics has lost a legend in October with the passing of former head wrestling coach and administrator Greg Strobel. A member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Strobel served as Lehigh’s head coach from 1995 through 2008, which included five straight EIWA Championships from 2002 through 2006. Strobel was 68 years old.

As Lehigh head coach, Strobel posted a 189-83-1 dual record, winning six total EIWA titles. Under his watch, Strobel’s wrestlers captured 28 individual EIWA championships and 30 All-America honors. He coached two NCAA champions: Rob Rohn in 2002 and Troy Letters in 2004. He was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012.

As an athlete, Strobel won two NCAA titles and was a three-time All-American at Oregon State, finishing his career with a 124-5-1 record. After retiring from coaching in 2008, Strobel transitioned into an administrative leadership position as Assistant Athletic Director in which he served multiple roles. He led Lehigh Athletics’ camps and clinics efforts until he retired following the 2018-19 academic year. In recent years, Strobel also served as executive director of the EIWA.

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NCAA QUALIFIERS IN BOLD

Wt. Name Record Duals Dual Pts. Falls Dec. M.Dec. T-Falls Other Quick 125 Brandon Paetzell 21-3 13-2 55-7 3-1 9-1 3-1 4-0 2-0 2:39 Luke Resnick 4-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-5 2-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 133 Satoshi Abe 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0:00 Nick Farro 15-8 7-5 31-15 1-0 7-8 2-0 2-0 3-0 7:00 Brock Herring 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 Jaret Lane 21-7 2-1 8-3 9-0 6-7 2-0 2-0 2-0 1:33 Joe Lobeck 1-2 0-1 0-5 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0:55 141 Malyke Hines 12-5 0-0 0-0 3-0 3-1 2-1 1-2 3-0 0:43 Connor McGonagle 14-5 0-0 0-0 2-1 5-4 3-0 1-0 3-0 1:29 Dan Moran 14-6 5-2 17-6 0-0 8-5 4-0 2-0 0-1 0:00 Mitchell Polito 7-5 0-0 0-0 3-1 3-4 1-0 0-0 0-0 4:08 Ryan Pomrinca 14-8 4-4 12-13 0-0 13-7 1-1 0-0 0-0 0:00 149 JT Cooley 4-8 0-3 0-12 2-1 2-4 0-2 0-1 0-0 0:24 Jimmy Hoﬀ man 18-6 7-2 25-6 2-0 10-5 3-0 2-1 1-0 0:39 Luke Karam 8-2 1-1 6-3 0-0 3-2 1-0 3-0 1-0 0:00 Paul Watkins 9-10 0-0 0-0 1-2 6-4 1-4 1-0 0-0 7:30 157 AJ Burkhart 10-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 8-6 0-2 0-0 2-0 0:00 Nathan Haubert 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 Josh Humphreys 19-5 11-4 41-15 2-1 9-4 6-0 2-0 0-0 0:48 165 Trey Cornish 7-9 0-0 0-0 2-1 2-6 1-1 0-1 2-0 2:01 Luca Frinzi 9-9 0-0 0-0 0-1 7-6 2-0 0-2 0-0 0:00 Chase Gallik 5-4 1-1 6-3 4-0 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 1:08 Kent Lane 2-5 0-1 0-4 1-2 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 1:40 Brian Meyer 10-17 5-10 20-32 1-0 5-16 2-0 0-1 2-0 7:54 174 Jordan Kutler 21-1 13-1 49-3 4-0 10-1 6-0 1-0 0-0 0:59 Jake Logan 11-7 0-0 0-0 0-1 9-4 1-1 1-0 0-1 0:00 Edmond Ruth 16-5 0-0 0-0 1-0 8-4 3-0 3-0 1-1 0:51 Charlie Sell 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 184 Dylan Ammerman 2-3 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 3:44 Eli Grape 5-3 1-0 3-0 2-0 2-3 1-0 0-0 0-0 5:18 Andrew Shedleski 3-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 Chris Weiler 17-7 9-4 32-15 1-2 9-5 3-0 3-0 1-0 4:02 197 Jake Jakobsen 16-9 9-5 36-20 5-0 5-6 5-2 1-0 0-1 0:51 Elijah Jones 8-6 0-0 0-0 5-0 3-4 0-1 0-1 0-0 0:21 Andrew McDonald 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 2-0 0:00 285 Louden Haga 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 Victor Lacombe 12-9 0-0 0-0 2-0 7-9 1-0 0-0 0-0 1:04 Jordan Wood 17-5 11-4 40-13 2-0 11-4 4-1 0-0 0-0 4:42