HOFSTRA 2013- 14 WRESTLING MEDIA GUIDE LUKE VAITH NCAA QUALIFIER JAMIE FRANCO NCAA QUALIFIER CAP TION CODY RUGGIRELLO 2013-14 HOFSTRA UNI VERSITY WRESTLING QUICK FACTS Location: Hempstead, New York 11549 Head Athletic Trainer: Evan Malings Founded: 1935 Athletic Trainer - Wrestling: Andy Wetstein TAB LE Enrollment: 11,090 Equipment Manager - Wrestling: Affiliation: NCAA Division I Dave Walsh OF CONTENTS Conference: Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Photography: Zachary Lane, Brian Ballweg, Association (EIWA) Jim Sheehan, Len Skoros Quick Facts/TOC 1 Nickname: Pride Hofstra Highlights 2 Colors: Gold, White and Blue HOFSTRA WRESTLING Head Coach Rob Anspach 4 Home Arena (Capacity): David S. Mack Sports Complex (5,023) INFORMATION Head Assistant Coach Zach Tanelli 6 Head Wrestling Coach: Robert Anspach Assistant Coaches Dan Vallimont President: Stuart Rabinowitz (Hofstra, 2001) and Ryan Patrovich 7 Record at Hofstra: 18-18/Two years Vice President and Director of Athletics: 2013-14 Roster by Weight Class 8 Jeffrey A. Hathaway Overall College Coaching Record: 18-18/ Two years 2013-14 Alphabetical Roster 9 Deputy Director of Athletics: Office Phone: (516) 463-6615 Dino Mattesich 2013-14 Outlook 10 E-mail: [email protected] Senior Associate Director of Athletics: Cindy Lewis Head Assistant Coach: Zach Tanelli WRESTLER BIOS Senior Associate Director of Athletics/ (Wisconsin, 2009) Jamie Franco 13 Facilities: Jay Artinian E-mail: [email protected] Luke Vaith 14 Associate Director of Athletics/ Assistant Coach: Dan Vallimont Joe Booth 15 Communications: Stephen Gorchov (Penn State, 2010) Cam Tessari 16 Associate Director of Athletics/NCAA E-mail: [email protected] H Education and Compliance Services: Assistant Coach: Ryan Patrovich Returning Wrestlers 17 Jim Gibbons (Hofstra, 2011) Wrestling Newcomers 22 Assistant Director of Athletics/Ticket Assistant Wrestling Coaches Office Phone: (516) 463-3758 Operations: Maria Corvino This is Hofstra University 24 Assistant Director of Athletics/Marketing Head Strength and Conditioning Coach: Hofstra University President 26 and Promotions: Chrissy Arnone Allison Bradshaw Assistant Director of Athletics/NCAA University Senior Administration 27 Assistant Strength and Conditioning Director of Athletics 28 Education and Compliance Services: Coaches: James Prendergast and Brian Bert Samantha Sweeney Athletic Administration and Assistant Director of Athletics/ 2013-14 Returnees/Starters: 17/6 Head Coaches 30 Administration: Rachel August 2012-13 Record: 6-15 Academic Support 32 Assistant Director of Athletics/Student- 2012-13 Conference Record: 4-2 Sports Medicine/Athletic Training 33 Athlete Services and Life Skills (CAA Champions) Long Island 34 Development: James Lally 2013 NCAA Championship Qualifiers: 3 Director of Athletic Development: New York City 35 Jim Furlong HOFSTRA’S RETURNING Wrestling Facilities 36 Director of Ticket Sales: Haile Urquhart NCAA QUALIFIERS (2) 2013-14 Team Travel 38 Athletic Department Phone: - Jamie Franco,:133, Monroe, NY (RSr., 2012-13 Wrestling Statistics (516) 463-3800 2013 CAA Champion and NCAA qualifier; and Results 39 2012 CAA finalist and NCAA qualifier) The EIWA 47 Associate Director of Athletics for 2012-13 CAA Wrestling in Review 48 Communications: Stephen Gorchov - Luke Vaith,:141, Hastings, MN (RSr., 2013 Office Phone: (516) 463-4933 NCAA qualifier; 2012 CAA History of Hofstra Wrestling 50 Senior Sports Information Director/ Champion and NCAA qualifier) Hofstra Wrestling Record Book 54 Wrestling Contact: Jim Sheehan Hofstra in the NCAA Office Phone: (516) 463-6764 Championships 58 Cell Phone: (516) 523-6692 Wrestling Alumni 74 (516) 463-5033 Fax: Annual Dual Records 77 E-mail: [email protected] Senior Assistant Director of Athletic Annual Dual Results 78 Communications: Brian Bohl Ray Downey Fund 84 Office Phone: (516) 463-6759 Campus Map 85 Director of Athletic Publications: Media Information 86 Len Skoros HOFSTRA WRESTLING ONLINE Hofstra Radio/TV Chart 88 GoHofstra.com 2013-14 Schedule BC 2013– 14 Wrestling • 1 HOFSTRA HIGHLIGHTSHEADING TEXT WRHU, HOFSTRA’S RADIO STATION, WAS RECENTLY RATED THE FIFTH BEST COLLEGE RADIO STATION IN THE NATION BY THE PRINCETON REVIEW. 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. POP SINGER KE$HA HEADLINED VIBE LIVE DURING THE 2013 H FALL FESTIVAL HOFSTRA CELEBRATED ITS DUTCH ROOTS WITH THE 30TH ANNUAL DUTCH FESTIVAL ON MAY 5, 2013. THE PRINCETON REVIEW RECENTLY NAMED THE ZARB SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ONE OF ITS “GREAT SCHOOLS FOR MARKETING AND SALES MAJORS” 2 • hofstra Uni versity HOFSTRA HIGHLIGHTS HOFSTRA IS JUST HOFSTRA NAMED 25 MILES FROM ITS SCHOOL OF NEW YORK CITY. COMMUNICATION FOR DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS LAWRENCE HERBERT, THE INVENTOR OF THE PANTONE COLOR MATCHING SYSTEM, TO HONOR HIS GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY AND HIS REVOLUTIONARY IMPACT ON PRINT AND DESIGN. APPROXIMATELY 2,000 UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE AND LAW STUDENTS CELEBRATED THE COMPLETION OF THEIR STUDIES DURING FOUR SEPARATE GRADUATION EXERCISES IN MAY 2013. H THE HOFSTRA COMMUNITY RAISED MORE THAN THEN-NEWARK $111,000 FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AS MAYOR CORY PART OF THE ANNUAL RELAY FOR LIFE, SETTING A BOOKER WAS NEW RECORD FOR THE HOFSTRA EVENT. THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR HOFSTRA’S ANNUAL P.R.I.D.E. WEEK. 2013– 14 Wrestling • 3 HEAD WRESTLING COACH ROB ANSPACH ob Anspach, who became the 11th head wrestling Rcoach in Hofstra history on March 25, 2011, is in his third season as in charge of the Pride and his 12th year on the Hofstra staff in 2013-14. 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- final CAA team title and sending three wrestlers to the NCAA 02, has resulted in a 130-76-6 dual meet record, 10 conference Championships in Des Moines. For his efforts, Anspach was championships and 39 league champions. A total of 72 named the CAA Coach of the Year. wrestlers have reached the NCAA Championships during his 11 years on staff including 15 that earned All-America honors. “I am truly grateful to Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz for this opportunity and the confidence they have expressed in me In his first season as head wrestling coach in 2011-12, Anspach to lead the Pride Wrestling program,” Anspach said at the time H became the first Hofstra wrestling coach in school history to of his hiring. “I am excited about the challenges that lie ahead win his first 10 dual matches. The Pride’s 12-3 mark and .800 and I feel I have the ability to continue leading Hofstra in the winning percentage is the best winning average for a first-year right direction. I would also like to thank both Tom Shifflet and coach in program history. Hofstra also captured the Colonial Tom Ryan, both mentors and friends, for helping me get to this Athletic Association team championship, sent six wrestlers to day.” the NCAA Championships and had two, Justin Accordino (6th) and Steve Bonanno (8th) earn All-America honors. As a student-athlete, Anspach compiled a 69-51 record and made two trips to the NCAA Championships during his five- Last season, against a schedule that featured 11 top 25 teams, year career at Hofstra. As a freshman in 1996-97 he recorded the Pride struggled early in the season before rallying to win the 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. 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. 4 • hofstra Uni versity HEAD WRESTLING COACH ROB ANSPACH 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. H 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 (1). The Anspach family lives on Long Island. 2013– 14 Wrestling • 5 HEAD ASSISTANT COACH ZACH TANELLI hree-time NCAA Championship qualifier and T2009 All-American Zach Tanelli is entering his second year as head assistant coach in 2013-14 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. 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. A two-time New Jersey State Championship runner-up out of Millburn High School, Tanelli notched an 8-3 record and captured the Pointer Tanelli earned his first NCAA Championship bid in 2007 as a wildcard Open title as a red-shirt freshman at Wisconsin in 2005-06. During his H after placing eighth in the Big Ten Championships.