Prior to USOEC: 2007 2nd at Greco State (Oak Park, Ill.); 2008 1st at Greco State (Oak Park, Ill.); 3rd at Freestyle State in 2007 (Champaign, Ill.); Two years in a row received 2nd at the Folkstyle State Regional (Ill.)

Personal: Hopes to be an Olympic or World Champion, make the U.S. World team, get into a career that will make him financially secure and start a family. He was born on January 25, 1990.