2021-22 Wrestling Roster

Joe Salerno

  • Ht./Wt.:
    5-11 / 157
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Princeton Junction, N.J.
  • High School:
    West Windsor-Plainsboro South

Summary

Biography

2021-22: Two-year letterwinner ... ranks second in program history for career pins (38) ... set the program record for season pins (20) in 2020.

2020-21: Posted a 1-0 record during the Covid-19 shortened season ... earned NWCA Scholar All-America honors and was a member of the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2019-20: Finished his sophomore season with a 22-9 overall record ... led the team with a program-record 20 wins by fall ... posted 18 takedowns, 13 escapes, six 4-point near falls and five reversals ... earned NWCA Scholar All-America honors ... also named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll ... won the 149-pound weight class at the Northeast/Mideast Futures Tournament ... placed fourth at 149 pounds at the Jim Crytzer Memorial ... finished fifth at the same weight in the Washington & Jefferson Invitational and in the Star City Open ... placed seventh at 149 pounds at the Citrus Invitational.

2018-19: Posted a 17-14 overall record and an 0-5 Centennial Conference mark during his rookie season ... broke the previous school record and now ranks second in program history with 17 pins ... registered 11 takedowns, 22 escapes, seven total near falls and one reversal ... placed third in the 157-pound weight class at the Jim Crytzer Memorial Invitational and also placed third at the Centennial Conference Championship.

High School: Earned four letters as a member of the wrestling team at West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School ... was the Mercer County Champion as a senior.

Personal: Father, Joseph, played sprint football at Princeton ... volunteers as a youth wrestling coach ... computer science major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    5'10" 149 lbs
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    5'11" 149 lbs
  • 2020-21Junior

    157
    5'11" 157 lbs
  • 2021-22Senior

    165
    5'11" 157 lbs