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2020-21 Wrestling Roster

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Daniel Herman

  • Class Senior
  • Weight 285
  • Hometown Bethesda, Md.
  • Previous School Wyoming Seminary
  • College CC

Biography

2019-20 (Junior): Began season going 4-3 at heavyweight before suffering leg injury ... Opened season with back-to-back wins over Ryan Cloud (Rider), SV-1 (3-1) and Eldon Davis-Picou (Army), TB-1 (2-1) at the Princeton Open (Nov. 3) ... Won lone dual match of the season with a 4-2 win via decision over Stanford's David Showunmi (Nov. 23).

2018-19 (Sophomore): Posted a 11-13 record wrestling at heavyweight ... Went 3-5 in dual matches, 2-3 in EIWA bouts and 1-1 in Ivy League matches ... Snagged two wins via major decision ... Began the season with back-to-back wins at the Princeton Open (Nov. 4), winning 7-3 over Zach Maxwell (Army) and 2-1 (SV-1) against Omar Haddad (Hofstra) ... Ripped off back-to-back wins at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1), winning 10-1 against Trevor Burns (Chattanooga) and coming away with a 12-3 victory over Ryan Cloud (Rider) ... Won first dual match of the season and first-career EIWA win, with a 3-0 win over Sacred Heart's Dante DelBonis (Feb. 3) ... Got first-career Ivy League win over Kendall Elfstrum (Princeton), 2-1, on Feb. 10 ... Recorded back-to-back wins at the EIWA Championships (Mar. 8), taking down DelBonis for the second time in the season, 11-2, before knocking off Nico Camacho (American), 3-2.

2017-18 (Freshman): Posted a 10-7 record during his first season on the mat ... Posted three wins via pin.

Personal: Wrestled as a heavyweight at Wyoming Seminary Prep School in Pennsylvania ... Posted a record of 126-23 during his high school career ... A two-time National Prep All-American and the D.C. Metro heavyweight champion ... Claimed third place at the Beast of the East tournament, and was a four-time state placer between Maryland and Pennsylvania ... Participated on the Prodigy Wrestling Club team ... Also a three-year letterwinner in lacrosse as a prep ... The son of Kimberly and Scott Herman ... Grandfather, George Herman, attending the Columbia School of Journalism ... Plans on studying economics at Columbia College. 

Career Record:
2017-18: 10-7, 0-0 EIWA; 0-0 Ivy League
2018-19: 11-13, 2-3 EIWA; 1-1 Ivy League
2019-20: 4-3, 0-0 EIWA; 0-0 Ivy League
Totals: 25-23, 2-3 EIWA; 1-1 Ivy League

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First Year

    285 lbs
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    285 lbs
  • 2019-20Junior

    285 lbs
  • 2020-21Senior

    285 lbs