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2018-19 Wrestling Roster

Connor Prince

  • Class Junior
  • Weight 157
  • Hometown Safety Harbor, Fla.
  • High School Palm Harbor University (HS)

Biography

• Prince in 2018-19 (Jr.): Posted a 3-3 record before suffering a season-ending injury ... won three matches en route to a sixth-place finish at the Bearcat Open ... also competed at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational ... opened the year with a 7-5 dual loss to Ohio State’s Ke-Shawn Hayes who was ranked eighth at the time.
• 2017-18 (So.): Turned in a 4-1 record competing at the Ursinus Fall Brawl and the Edinboro Open ... opened the season with a 7-2 dual victory over Delaware Valley’s Rob Duxbury ... put together a 3-1 record at the Fall Brawl before bowing out in the semis in sudden victory (8-6) to Elizabethtown’s Joseph Ghione.
• 2016-17 (Fr.): Opened his career with a 17-2 victory over Johns Hopkins’ Connor Joyce and a win by fall over Delaware Valley’s Nick Menkin before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury.
• High School: A 2015 graduate of Palm Harbor University High School in Palm Harbor, Fla., Prince attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2015-16 academic year ... owned a 248-8 career record, including a combined 136-0 mark his junior and senior seasons ... a four-time district champion, he became only the third wrestler to win the country title four times ... was also a two-time region champion ... a three-time Florida State Championship finalist, he won the state crown his junior and senior years ... named the 2013-14 Pinellas County Best Co-Wrestler of the Year by the Tampa Bay Times ... a 2012 NHSCA All-American ... a 2015 USA Wrestling All-American.
• Personal: Son of Mark Prince Jr. and Amy Russo ... twin brother, Jared, is also a senior at the Naval Academy and and was a three-time NCAA qualifier as a member of the Mids’ wrestling team ... father wrestled at Hampton Sydney ... also considered attending NC State, Virginia and Purdue ... majoring in Ocean Engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    149 lbs
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    149 lbs
  • 2018-19Junior

    157 lbs