VIRGINIA 2019-20 WRESTLING FACT BOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS TEAM INFORMATION 2019-20 SCHEDULE Roster .....................................................................2 2018-19 Dual-Meet Record ............................. 12-10 Head Coach Steve Garland .................................3 ACC Dual Record ............................................. 1-4 Nov. 3 CAVALIER DUALS All Day Coaching Staff .......................................................4 ACC Championships Finish ................................ 6th vs. Southern Virginia 12 p.m. vs. Maryland 2 p.m. Cavalier Profiles .............................................5-15 2019 NCAA Championship Finish ..................23rd Newcomer Profiles .......................................16-18 Nov. 4 at Southeast Open All Day All-Americans Returning/Lost .............................1/0 Nov. 11 at Journeymen Duals1 All Day 2018-19 Season Review .....................................19 2019 NCAA Qualifiers Returning/Lost ..............4/1 vs. Arizona State TBA History and Honors ...........................................20 Total NCAA Qualifiers Returning/Lost .............6/1 vs. LIU-Post TBA 2 All-Time Records ...............................................21 Starters Returning/Lost .........................................9/1 Nov. 24 at Keystone Classic All Day Dual-Meet Records ............................................22 Dec. 6-7 at Clif Keen Invitational3 All Day Letterwinners Returning/Lost ........................... 18/2 4 NCAA Championships History .......................23 Dec. 29-30 at Midlands Championship All Day Jan. 10-11 at Virginia Duals5 All Day ACC Championships History ..........................24 Jan. 17 CHATTANOOGA 7 p.m. Year-by-Year Results ...................................25-28 MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION Jan. 18 VMI 1 p.m. Assistant AD/Media Relations ................ Jim Daves Jan. 24 at NC State* 7 p.m. Wrestling Media Relations Contact Jan. 31 VIRGINIA TECH* 7 p.m. UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS Feb. 7 at Pittsburgh* 7 p.m. .......................................................Bill Bunting Feb. 14 at Duke* 7 p.m. Location .................... Charlottesville, Va. 22904 [email protected] Founded .....................1819 by Thomas Jefferson Feb. 21 NORTH CAROLINA* 7 p.m. Office Phone ....................................(434) 982-5535 March 8 at ACC Championships6 All Day Enrollment .........24,639 (16,777 undergraduate) 7 Media Relations Phone ................... (434) 982-5500 March 19-21 at NCAA Championships All Day President ........................................... Dr. Jim Ryan Athletics Director .........................Carla Williams * ACC Dual Nicknames ................. Cavaliers, Wahoos, ‘Hoos MEDIA INFORMATION Home matches in CAPS Colors ......................................... Orange and Blue Virginia no longer produces printed 1Albany, N.Y.; 2Philadelphia, Pa.; 3Las Vegas, Nev. Song ...........................................“Good Old Song” wrestling media guides. Please use this fle for 4Evanston, Ill.; 5Hampton, Va.; 6Pittsburgh, Pa.; Affiliations .............................. NCAA Division I/ historical reference information on Cavalier 7Minneapolis, Minn. Atlantic Coast Conference wrestling. Athletics Web Site ................VirginiaSports.com Virginia’s 2018-19 wrestling fact book was University Web Site .........................Virginia.edu prepared by the staf of the Virginia Athletics Media Relations Ofce to assist the news media in its coverage of the Cavaliers. Requests for WRESTLING INFORMATION interviews, feature materials, photographs and Head Coach ......................................... Steve Garland additional information should be made to the Alma Mater .......................................Virginia, 2000 Athletics Media Relations Ofce. Years at School .................................................. 14th Additional information is available on the Dual Record at UVa/Career ... 158-87, 32-34ACC UVa Athletics Department’s ofcial web site, E-mail.........................................sjg4k@virginia.edu VirginiaSports.com. Assistant Coach .................................Travis Paulson Te UVa Athletics Media Relations Ofce SOCIAL MEDIA Years at School ................................................Third is located in John Paul Jones Arena. Regular [email protected] business hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday Assistant Coach ..................................Trent Paulson through Friday. Te phone number is (434) Years at School ................................................Third 982-5500. E-mail.........................................tp9gt@virginia.edu All interviews must be arranged through @UVAWrestling Facebook.com/ Volunteer Assistant Coach .............Trevor Paulson the UVa Athletics Media Relations Ofce. @UVAWrestling Years at School ............................................. Second It is requested that you allow the staf at least UVAWrestling Office Location ....................Memorial Gymnasium one day to arrange an interview. Please contact Wrestling Office Phone ......................434-981-5126 wrestling SID Bill Bunting with interview Home Facility ......................Memorial Gymnasium requests. 2019-20 VIRGINIA WRESTLING ROSTER Name Wt. Cl. Hometown/Last School Jay Aiello 197 R-Jr. Chantilly, Va./Westfeld PRONUNICATION GUIDE Michael Battista 184 Jr. Ashburn, Va./Broad Run Aiello: eye-ELL-oh Sam Book 133 Jr. Fairfax, Va./J.W. Robinson Battista: Buh-TEE-stuh Ray Costa 149 Fr. Huntington, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor Brian Courtney 141 R-So. Sayre, Pa./Athens Area Costa: CAH-stuh Cam Coy 165 R-So. Jeannette, Pa./Penn Traford Benyamin Kamali: ben-yah-meen kuh-MAH-lee Nick Coy 141 Fr. Jeannette, Pa./Penn Traford Kiyono: KEY-own-oh Alex Cruz 149 R-Fr. Orting, Wash./Orting Patrick Evans 157 Fr. New Orleans, La./Brother Martin Krivus: KREE-vuhs Gray Hart 141 So. Richmond, Va./St. Christopher’s School Mateusz Kudra: muh-TOOZ koo-druh Louie Hayes 133 R-Jr. Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg Marcelli: mar-SELL-ee Benyamin Kamali 125/133 R-Fr. Lansing, Mich./Detroit Catholic Central Jake Keating 157 Jr. Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central Martino: mar-TEE-no Krystian Kinsey 174 R-Fr. Havelock, N.C./Havelock Mueller: MEW-ler Scott Kiyono 141 Jr. Poway, Calif./Poway Sansone: san-SOWN Sam Krivus 149 R-Sr. Greensburg, Pa./Hempfeld Area Scherer: SHARE-er Mateusz Kudra HWT Fr. North Attleboro, Mass./North Attleboro Trey Lane 133 Fr. Brandon, Fla./Brandon Veltri: vell-TREE Tyler Love 184 R-Sr. Clifon, Va./Centreville High School Victor Marcelli 174 R-Fr. Massillon, Ohio/Jackson BREAKDOWN BY STATE Sam Martino 149 R-Jr. Colonial Heights, Va./McDonogh Patrick McCormick 125 R-Fr. Poquoson, Va./Poquoson California ...........................................1 Justin McCoy 157 R-Fr. New Paris, Pa./Chestnut Ridge Florida .................................................1 Quinn Miller HWT R-So. Lilburn, Ga./Archer Georgia ..............................................3 Jack Mueller 125 Sr. Dallas, Texas/Trinity Christian Academy Illinois ..................................................2 Michael Murphy 149 R-Jr. Lookout Mountain, Tenn./Baylor School Robby Patrick 165 So. Ligonier, Pa./Ligonier Valley Louisiana............................................1 Drew Peck 174 Jr. Chambersburg, Pa./Chambersburg Massachusetts .................................1 Justin Phillips 157 Fr. Lynchburg, Va./Liberty Christian Academy Michigan ............................................3 Nic Sansone 165 Fr. Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam Robert Scherer HWT R-Jr. Lower Burrell, Pa./Burrell Pennsylvania ....................................9 Denton Spencer 149 R-So. Waverly, Ga./Camden County (Gardner-Webb) New York ............................................1 Anthony Steinmeyer 157 Fr. Reading, Pa./Wilson North Carolina .................................2 David Veltri 174 Fr. Chapel Hill, N.C./Carrboro Jack Walsh 184 R-Jr. Atlanta, Ga./Pace Academy Ohio .....................................................1 Ethan Weatherspoon 184 Fr. Jackson, Mich./Napolean Tennessee ..........................................1 James Whitaker 149 Fr. St. John’s, Mich./St. John’s Texas ....................................................1 Head Coach: Steve Garland (Virginia, ’00), 14th season Virginia ............................................ 10 Assistant Coach: Travis Paulson (Iowa State, ’07), 3rd season Washington ......................................1 Assistant Coach: Trent Paulson (Iowa State, ’07), 3rd season Volunteer Assistant Coach: Trevor Paulson (Iowa State, ‘17), 2nd season 2 VIRGINIA WRESTLING 2018-19 FACT BOOK Head Coach STEVE GARLAND Former Cavalier All-American Steve Garland is serving in his 14th season As a team, UVa won a school- as head wrestling coach at Virginia. A master motivator, recruiter and coach, record 19 dual meets during the 2010- Garland has worked diligently to push the Cavaliers among the nation’s elite. 11 season, including a victory over THE STEVE GARLAND FILE Te results of Garland’s perseverance are evident. then-No. 14 Kent State, which at the Family: Wife, English; two daughters, Sarah and Grace In Garland’s frst 13 seasons at Virginia, the Cavaliers earned 11 All-Amer- time was the highest ranked opponent High School: Middletown H.S. (N.Y.) ica honors and 18 ACC individual titles while qualifying 76 to the NCAA that Virginia had defeated. College: Virginia, 2000 (B.A.) Championships and recording Top-25 team fnishes at NCAAs in