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J.P. O'Connor
| Year: | Senior |
| Hometown: | Oxford, N.Y. |
| High School: | Oxford Academy |
| Position: | 157 |
| House Affiliation: | Kirkland |
Third NCAA Champion at Harvard ... Second three-time All-American ... Only undefeated NCAA Champion at Harvard (35-0) ... Tied for program lead in wins with 132 career victories ... Posted a collegiate record of 132-16.
Senior (2009-10)
Team captain … Won the
157 pound title at the NCAA Wrestling Championships …
Compiled 35-0 record … Finlaist for the Hodge Trophy ...
Named EIWA Wrestler of the Year … Won 157 pound title at
EIWA Championships … Co-Ivy League Wrestler of the Year
… Unanimous first team All-Ivy League … Named
Academic All-Ivy League ... Won titles at Cliff Keen Las Vegas
Invitational and the Binghamton Open.
Junior (2008-09)
Team captain ... Unanimous
first-team All-Ivy League selection ... Compiled a 32-4 record
...NCAA qualifier ... Advanced to the Round of 12 at the NCAA
Championships ... Finished second at the EIWA Championships after
making his third EIWA final ...Won the Binghamton/Brute Open by
defeating defending national champion Jordan Leen in the first
tournament of the season ... Placed third at the Cliff Keen Las
Vegas Invitational
Sophomore (2007-08)
Earned All-America honors with a sixth-place finish at
the 2008 NCAA Championships ... Named unanimous Ivy League Wrestler
of the Year and first-team All-Ivy ... Also garnered Academic
All-Ivy League honors ... Compiled a 28-4 record and went 13-0 in
dual action ... Named to the NWCA All-Effort team ...Ranked as high
as second in the nation ... Finished second at the Cliff Keen Las
Vegas Invitational and EIWA Championship.
Freshman (2006-07)
Took fifth in the 149 pound weight class at the NCAA Championship
to become the first freshman All-America at Harvard ...
Automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships after taking
second at the EIWA Championships ... Finished rookie campaign with
a 37-8 mark ... His 37 wins are the most by a freshman in program
history ... Went 13-1 in dual meets this season with lone loss
coming from No. 4 Jordan Leen of Cornell ... Named second-team
All-Ivy ... Named Co-Ivy League Rookie of the Year and EIWA
Freshman of the Year.
Before Harvard
One of three people in New York state history to win four New York
state champion titles... Named first team All-America ... Member of
Amateur Wrestling News Dream Team ... Recipient of the 2006 Dave
Schultz Athletic Excellence award ... A five-time sectional
champion and first team all-conference section from 2001-06 ...
Finished high school career with a 238-12 record ... Played soccer
and baseball at Oxford Academy ... Captained the soccer and
wrestling teams ... Member of the National Honor Society ...
Presidential Award winner ... Recipient of the RIT Computing medal
and the US Army scholar athlete award.









