Nine Virginia wrestlers competed in the NCAA Championships Thursday (March 21).
2011, 2012 NCAA Qualifier - 125 pounds 2012 ACC Champion - 125 pounds 2011 ACC Runner-Up - 125 pounds 2012 Capital One Third-Team Academic All-American 2012 ACC Wrestling Scholar-Athlete of the Year
AT VIRGINIA: Career • Fifth in career falls at UVa with 25
2011-12 • Posted 24-5 record during junior season • Won 2012 ACC Championship, with pin of NCAA qualifier Coltin Fought of NC State in semis and 3-1 decision against qualifier Shane Gentry of Maryland in finals • Went 8-0 in duals, including 5-0 in ACC action • No. 11 national seed at 125 pounds at NCAA Championships • Went 2-2 at NCAAs, with both losses coming in close bouts with top-6 national seeds • Fell 4-3 in a tiebreaker to No. 6 seed Frank Perrelli of Cornell and 4-1 to No. 3 seed Alan Waters of Missouri at NCAAs • Defeated Johnni DiJulius (Ohio State) by decision and pinned Jared Germaine (Eastern Michigan) at NCAAs • Finished year ranked as high as No. 10 nationally • Ranked No. 11 in final NCAA Coaches Rankings and No. 13 in RPI • Nabbed 10 wins against competitors in NCAA field; 10-4 versus the 2012 NCAA field • Four of his five losses came to 2012 NCAA seeds • Won 125-pound title at NC State Open (11/13) • After opening loss, rebounded to win four straight matches and place fifth at Body Bar Invitational (11/19) • Took fifth place at Southern Scuffle (1/1-2); both losses were to NCAA All-Americans (Zach Sanders of Minnesota, Nico Megaludis of Penn State) •Named to Capital One Academic All-America Third Team •Earned ACC Wrestling Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors • Named to All-ACC Academic Wrestling Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll for third straight year
2010-11 • Finished season with 26-11 record • 2011 Capital One Second-Team Academic All-District • Went 20-6 in duals, including 4-1 in ACC action • Earned automatic bid to NCAA Championships where he reached round of 12 and finished one win shy of All-America status • Lost to top-ranked and eventual national champion Anthony Robles of Arizona State, then battled through consolation bracket to win three straight matches - Shane Young of West Virginia (5-4), No. 11 seed Frank Perrelli of Cornell (13-4 MD) and Joe Langel of Rutgers (13-8) • Wrestled No. 5 seed Zach Sanders of Minnesota with opportunity to earn All-America honors but fell 6-5 (had cradle locked up in third period before Sanders got loose and reversed him for deciding points) • Finished as ACC runner-up, losing to Virginia Tech's Jarrod Garnett in overtime • His lone ACC loss came in sudden victory time to Garnett (Snyder held an 8-0 lead in the match) • Named to Academic All-ACC Wrestling Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll • Earned three wins over top-20 foes: then-No. 20 Anthony Zanetti of Pitt, then-No. 14 Garrett Frey of Princeton and Perrelli at (NCAAs) • Earned 10 wins versus 2011 NCAA qualifiers • All 11 of his losses came to wrestlers who were ranked at the time • Finished with No. 17 national ranking in Amateur Wrestling News poll • Earned team's Mike Krafchick Academic Achievement Award • Named to All-ACC Academic Wrestling Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll
2009-10 • Went 27-16 during first season as a Cavalier • Ranked second on team with 10 falls this season (four at 133 pounds) • Moved up from his normal weight class of 125 pounds to 133 midway through the season to help fill the team's void there • Lost first three bouts at 133 but went 9-5 from then on • ACC runner-up at 133 pounds - pinned Virginia Tech's Matt LiVorio in semifinals and dropped 2-1 decision to • Went 4-1 in ACC duals at 133, defeating UNC's Jeremy Shaw, Virginia Tech's Matt LiVorio, Duke's Nick Adamo and NC State's Dale Shull; lone defeat was a 3-2 decision to Maryland's Mookie Golden • Named ACC Wrestler of the Week Feb. 16 after scoring falls against Adamo and Shull at 133 pounds • Competing at 125, he finished third at Hokie Open (11/8), sixth at Nittany Lion Open (12/6) and seventh at Southern Scuffle (12/30) • Named to All-ACC Academic Wrestling Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY (2008-09) • Competed in open tournaments during redshirt year • Notched 25-12 record at 125 pounds • Recorded 10 falls, four tech falls • Champion of 125-pound class at Michigan State Open (Freshman/Sophomore Class) • Runner-up at Lock Haven Mat Town Open and Shorty Hitchcock Open • Took fourth place at Kent State Open
LEWISTOWN AREA HIGH SCHOOL • Career record of 128-12 • 56 career falls, 22 tech falls; career dual record of 69-1 • Holds county record for most wins in a season with 44 in 2006-07 • Went 40-2 as senior, taking runner-up honors at Pennsylvania State AAA Championship at 119 pounds • Went 44-3 his junior year, finishing third at state championship at 112 pounds • Finished 43-7 his sophomore year, taking third at states at 103 pounds • Rod Tate Memorial Award, given to Mifflin County's Outstanding Wrestler, after senior year • Following senior year, received 2008 Panther Athlete Award, Panther Scholar Athlete Award, Jack E. "Doc" Swetek Award, Justin Henry Memorial Scholarship Award, PWCA Scholarship Award • Also received Panther Athlete Award in 2006 and 2007 • Team captain his last two years • Three-time Central Wrestling Conference and Mountain League All-Star • At Beast of the East Tournament, took third place in 2007 (119 pounds), fourth in 2006 (112 pounds) and seventh in 2005 (103 pounds) • 2006 USA Wrestling Greco All-American after taking fourth place at 105 pounds • Three-year member of National Honor Society
PERSONAL • Son of Glenn and Lisa Snyder • Has one sister, Lyndsey • Enjoys running, lifting, listening to music, reading, spending time with friends and family, fishing, hunting and road trips to professional baseball games • Lived on the Lawn at UVa in 2011-12 (one of most prestigious honors at the University)
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