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2006 Wrestling Roster

Nick Calandrino

  • Position 197
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Emerson, N.J.
  • Highschool Emerson

Biography

2005-06: Calandrino earned his first trip to nationals by winning the ECWC title. During the season he also won tournament titles at the season-opening Ithaca Invitational and at Williams’ Williamstown Invitational. He earned all-state honors with a third-place finish at the New York State championships, beating four Division I opponents along the way. Calandrino was named an NWCA Scholar All-American for the second straight year and was named to the Empire 8 President’s List following the fall and spring semesters. His 15 pins led the team and tied his own school record.
 
2004-05: Calandrino led the team in pins for the second year in a row, raising his career total to 22. He opened the season with a runner-up finish at the Ithaca Invitational (losing to the top seed in the final) and took fourth at Buffalo’s UB Open. Calandrino went 4-1 with three pins at the Budd Whitehill National Duals, helping the Bombers win their first team title. He was named an NWCA Scholar All-American and ranked second on the team in points. Calandrino was named to the Empire 8 Presidents’ List following the spring semester.
 
2003-04: Calandrino led the team with seven pins, becoming just the third Bomber freshman to win Ithaca’s Jim LaRock Award. He was a third-place finisher at the ECWC meet. At the RIT Invitational he recorded a pin 38 second into his first collegiate match and went on to place second (after being unseeded), knocking off the top seed along the way. At the Budd Whitehill National Duals title match, he pinned the nation’s eighth-ranked wrestler (from Wisconsin-La Crosse). Calandrino won the 197-pound title at the Jamestown Community College Invitational. Only one Bomber posted a higher winning percentage in dual meet competition.

High School: A 2003 graduate of Emerson High School, Calandrino was coached by Stan Woods. He was a fourth-place finisher at the state championships.

Personal: A physical education major, he is the son of Tony and Connie Calandrino.


Year

Overall

Duals

Falls

2003-04

14-4

8-2

7

2004-05

22-13

12-4

15

2005-06

30-9

9-3

15

2006-07

35-11

10-1

17

Totals

101-37

39-10

54

Historical Player Information

  • 2004Sophomore

    197

  • 2005Junior

    197
  • C

    2006-07Senior

    197
    C