All-American Justin Accordino All-American Steve Bonanno NCAA Qualifier Paul Snyder Tyler Banks 2012-13 WRESTLING QUICK FACTS/TABLE OF CONTENTS Location: Hempstead, New York 11550 Senior Assistant Director of Athletic Quick Facts/TOC 1 Founded: 1935 Communications: Brian Bohl Hofstra Highlights 2 Enrollment: 11,453 Office Phone: (516) 463-6759 Affiliation: NCAA Division I Director of Athletic Publications: Head Coach Rob Anspach 4 Conference: Colonial Athletic Association Len Skoros Head Assistant Coach Zach Tanelli 6 Nickname: Pride Colors: Gold, White and Blue Head Athletic Trainer: Evan Malings Assistant Coaches Dan Vallimont and Home Arena (Capacity): David S. Mack Athletic Trainer - Wrestling: Ryan Patrovich 7 Sports Complex (5,023) Andy Wetstein 2012-13 Roster by Weight Class 8 Equipment Manager - Wrestling: 2012-13 Alphabetical Roster 9 President: Stuart Rabinowitz Dave Walsh Vice President and Director of Athletics: Photography: Brian Ballweg, Jim Sheehan, 2012-13 Outlook 10 Jeffrey A. Hathaway Len Skoros Executive Associate Director of WRESTLER BIOS Athletics: Danny McCabe Justin Accordino 13 Senior Associate Director of Athletics: HOFSTRA WRESTLING Cindy Lewis INFORMATION Steve Bonanno 14 Senior Associate Director of Athletics Paul Snyder 15 for Facilities: Jay Artinian Head Wrestling Coach: Rob Anspach Associate Director of Athletics for (Hofstra, 2001) Jamie Franco 16 Communications: Stephen Gorchov Record at Hofstra: 12-3/One year Luke Vaith 17 Overall College Coaching Record: 12-3/ Associate Director of Athletics for Returning Wrestlers 18 External Relations: Tim McMahon One year Associate Director of Athletics for Office Phone: (516) 463-6615 Wrestling Newcomers 22 Compliance: TBA E-mail: [email protected] Assistant Director of Athletics for This is Hofstra University 26 Corporate Relations: Ellen Johnson Head Assistant Coach: Zach Tanelli Assistant Director of Athletics for Ticket (Wisconsin, 2009) Hofstra University President 28 E-mail: [email protected] Operations: Maria Corvino University Senior Administration 29 Assistant Director of Athletics for Assistant Coach: Dan Vallimont Director of Athletics 30 Marketing and Promotions: (Penn State, 2010) Chrissy Arnone E-mail: [email protected] Athletic Administration and Assistant Director of Athletics for Assistant Coach: Ryan Patrovich Head Coaches 32 Assistant Wrestling Coaches Student-Athlete Development: Academic Support 34 Samantha Sweeney Office Phone: (516) 463-3758 Assistant Director of Athletics for Sports Medicine/Athletic Training 35 Development: Daniel Solow Strength and Conditioning Coach: Long Island 36 Director of Student-Athlete Services: Allison Bradshaw New York City 37 James Lally Assistant Strength and Conditioning Director of Ticket Sales: Michael Neely Coaches: James Prendergast and Brian Bert Wrestling Facilities 38 Assistant Director of Administration: 2012-13 Team Travel 40 Rachel August 2012-13 Returnees/Starters: 15/8 2011-12 Wrestling Statistics Athletic Department Phone: 2011-12 Record: 12-3 and Results 41 (516) 463-3800 2011-12 Conference Record: 5-1 (CAA Champions) 2011-12 Match Summaries 50 2012 NCAA Championship Qualifiers: 6 Associate Director of Athletics for The Colonial Athletic Association 60 Communications: Stephen Gorchov (2 All-Americans) Office Phone: (516) 463-4933 2011-12 CAA Wrestling In Review 61 Senior Sports Information Director/ HOFSTRA WRESTLING History of Hofstra Wrestling 63 Wrestling Contact: Jim Sheehan Hofstra Wrestling Record Book 66 Office Phone: (516) 463-6764 HOMEPAGE Cell Phone: (516) 523-6692 Hofstra in the NCAA Championships 70 Fax: (516) 463-5033 Wrestling Alumni 85 E-mail: [email protected] www.GoHofstra.com Annual Dual Records 88 Annual Dual Results 89 HOFSTRA’S RETURNING NCAA QUALIFIERS Ray Downey Fund 94 - Steve Bonanno, 125, Wantagh, NY (Sr., 2012 CAA Champion and NCAA All-American (8); 2011 CAA finalist and NCAA qualifier; 2009 CAA finalist and NCAA qualifier) Campus Map 95 - Jamie Franco, 133, Monroe, NY (RJr., 2012 CAA finalist and NCAA qualifier) Media Information 96 - Luke Vaith, 141, Hastings, MN (RJr., 2012 CAA Champion and NCAA qualifier) Hofstra Athletics 98 - Justin Accordino, 149, Wilkes-Barre, PA (Sr., 2012 CAA finalist and NCAA All-American; 2009 NCAA qualifier) Hofstra Radio/TV Chart 99 - Paul Snyder, 285, Greensburg, PA (Sr., 2011 CAA Champion and NCAA qualifier) 2012-13 Schedule 100 47 NCAA APPEARANCES • 19 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 27 ALL-AMERICANS 1 HOFSTRA HIGHLIGHTS PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING JOURNALISTS BOB Woodward AND CARL BERNSTEIN, THE REPORTERS WHO BROKE THE WatergaTE SCANDAL FOR THE WASHINGTON Newark MAYOR CORY BOOKER POST, SPOKE AT HOFSTRA ON MARCH 20, 2012, FOR THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF was THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR THE STORY THAT FORCED PRESIDENT NIXON TO RESIGN. HOFSTRA’S ANNUAL P.R.I.D.E. WEEK. HOFSTRA STUDENTS RAISED MORE THAN $100,000 FOR CANCER RESEARCH DURING THE 2012 RELAY FOR LIFE. HOFSTRA HOSTED A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ON OCTOBER 16, 2012, AND BROUGHT A SLATE OF TOP POLITICAL STRATEGISTS, ACTIVISTS, SCHOLARS AND JOURNALISTS TO CAMPUS AS PART OF AN ELECTION- THEMED EVENT SERIES. CBS CORPORATION PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER LESLIE MOONVES WAS THE SPEAKER AT THE UNDERGRADUATE CEREMONY DURING HOFSTRA’S 2012 COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. 2 2012-13 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY WRESTLING • GoHofstra.com THE PRINCETON REVIEW RECENTLY NAMED THE ZARB SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ONE OF ITS “GREAT SCHOOLS FOR MARKETING AND SALES MAJORS” THE HOFSTRA IS JUST HOFSTRA- 25 MILES FROM NORTH NEW YORK CITY. SHORE LIJ SCHOOL OF MEDICINE COMPLETED ITS FIRST YEAR OF EXISTENCE IN JULY 2012. RAPPER SNOOP DOGG WAS ONE WRHU, HOFSTRA’S OF THE HEADLINERS AT VIBE LIVE RADIO STATION, WAS DURING THE 2012 FALL FESTIVAL. RECENTLY RATED THE FIFTH BEST COLLEGE RADIO STATION IN THE NATION BY THE PRINCETON REVIEW. 47 NCAA APPEARANCES • 19 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 27 ALL-AMERICANS 3 HEAD WRESTLING COACH ROB ANSPACH ROB ANSPACH HEAD WRESTLING COACH ob Anspach, who became the 11th Head Wrestling Coach in Hofstra history on March 25, 2011, is in Rhis second season as head wrestling coach of the Pride in 2012-13 and his 11th year on the Hofstra staff. He replaced Tom Shifflet as head coach after serving as an assistant under Shifflet for five seasons including three as associate head coach. His tenure on the Pride coaching staff, which began in 2001-02, has resulted in a 124-61-6 dual meet record, nine conference championships and 37 league champions. A total of sixty-nine wrestlers have reached the NCAA Championships during his 10 years on staff including 15 that earned All-America honors. In his first season as head wrestling coach in 2011-12, Anspach became the first Hofstra wrestling coach in 4 2012-13 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY WRESTLING • GoHofstra.com After red-shirting in 1998-99, Anspach recorded his best collegiate season with a 20-15 mark and captured the ECWA title at 174 pounds to earn his first NCAA Championship bid. He also captured the title at the Congressional Cup in Washington, D.C., and placed second at the New York State Championships. As a senior in 2000-01 Anspach posted an 11-11 record, finished second at the ECWA Championships and earned a wild-card selection to the NCAA Championships. That season he also won his weight class at the Bearcat Open, compiling a perfect 4-0 record. Anspach is a 2001 Hofstra alumnus with a degree in American studies, The Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, native and his wife, Alexandra, are the proud parents of a son, Griffin, who was born last spring. The Anspach family lives on Long Island. school history to win his first 10 dual matches. The Pride’s 12-3 mark and .800 winning percentage is the best winning average for a first-year coach in program history. As a student-athlete, Anspach compiled a 69-51 record and made two trips to the NCAA Championships during his five- year career at Hofstra. As a freshman in 1996-97 he recorded a 20-13 record, placed third in the ECWA Championships, and was named to the ECWA All-Freshman Team at 158 pounds. A year later, he posted an 18-12 mark, placed third again in the ECWA Championships and captured the New York State Championships title at 167 pounds. 47 NCAA APPEARANCES • 19 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 27 ALL-AMERICANS 5 ASSISTANT COACHES ZACH TANELLI HEAD ASSISTANT COACH hree-time NCAA Championship qualifier and 2009 All-American Zach Tanelli is entering his first year as Thead assistant coach in 2012-13 after three years as an assistant coach with the Pride. A University of Wisconsin graduate Tanelli placed fourth at the 2009 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in St. Louis, Missouri, in March. The Short Hills, New Jersey, native recorded a 6-2 record, including five straight victories, in the National Championships to earn his first All-America honor. Tanelli, who was the top-ranked wrestler at 141 pounds for eight weeks through the conference tournament, placed second in the Big 10 Championships. The 2008 Midlands champion finished the year with a 31-6 record, including a 15-1 mark in duals and a 7-0 record in the Big 10 and ranked second in the country. Tanelli earned his first NCAA Championship bid in 2007 as a wildcard after placing eighth in the Big Ten Championships. He recorded a 21-10 overall record including a 19-3 mark in dual matches and a 5-3 record in the Big 10. Tanelli also led the Badgers in dual points with 80. As a junior in 2007-08, he earned his second NCAA Championship bid by finishing fifth in the Big 10 Championships. Tanelli posted a 3-2 record at Nationals to finish the season with a 28- 12 record including a 13-5 mark in duals and a 5-3 record in conference action. A two-time New Jersey State Championship runner-up out of Millburn High School, Tanelli notched an 8-3 record and captured the Pointer Open title as a red- shirt freshman at Wisconsin in 2005-06.