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I started wrestling fairly late on. When most wrestlers start in junior league or at least at the 9th grade, I didn't start until the 11th grade. I didn't have any martial arts background or much of an athletic background either. But I fell in love with wrestling within the first 25 seconds of rolling around in the Kenwood Wrestling room which at the time felt like 10 minutes. My high school academic…
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I started wrestling fairly late on. When most wrestlers start in junior league or at least at the 9th grade, I didn't start until the 11th grade. I didn't have any martial arts background or much of an athletic background either. But I fell in love with wrestling within the first 25 seconds of rolling around in the Kenwood Wrestling room which at the time felt like 10 minutes. My high school academic…
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I started wrestling fairly late on. When most wrestlers start in junior league or at least at the 9th grade, I didn't start until the 11th grade. I didn't have any martial arts background or much of an athletic background either. But I fell in love with wrestling within the first 25 seconds of rolling around in the Kenwood Wrestling room which at the time felt like 10 minutes.

My high school academic career was great. I graduated 2nd in my senior class with a 5.59 QPA out of one of the world's most rigorous college preparatory program, the International Baccalaureate.

My high school wrestling career was horrible. Out of the two years I wrestled, I won a total of 3 matches not including forfeits. My first year I made the team only because there was not a Varsity 140lber. I sucked weight more than learned how to wrestle and got my but whipped the entire year. But my second year, things started to click. I began to actual compete with the better guys, making less and less mistakes as I went along. Unfortunately due to injury and then to my overall lack of skill, I just wasn't good enough to win any tournaments, titles, or many matches. I wish I had started earlier, learned faster, been stronger, but the the past is the past.

I still love wrestling and I'm hoping to continue my growth as a wrestler by working out with the University of Maryland Terps and the UMBC Retrievers. I'm taking it one high crotch change off to a double at a time as I try to achieve my full potential as a wrestler.