At Columbia: Qualified for NCAA Championships after placing third at Easterns. .. went 4-1 at Easterns with wins over Jasen Borshoff (American) 10-5 and Fernando Martinez (Army-twice) 4-2 in overtime and 8-5 ... earned Ivy League honorable mention after going 4-1 in the Ivy League ... won dual matches over Nikhil Pereira (Princeton), Matt Eveleth (Penn), Greg Einfrank (Brown) and Ryan Fitzegerald (Harvard) ... also placed third at Keystone Classic with four wins ... posted a 17-8 record as a sophomore ... loads of potential and athletic ability ... had three pins and two technical falls among 17 wins ... earned fifth-place finishes at both East Stroudsburg and the Nittany Lion Open ... pinned Hofstra’s Robbie Deibert in first dual match of the season ... won twice at the prestigious Midlands Open ... won the 125-pound crown at the Cleveland State Open in 2003-04, and was sixth in The Southern Scuffle at UNC Greensboro ... excelled at the Empire State Open and Michigan State Open while wrestling unattached during 2004-05 during year's leave of absence ... All-American in freestyle after finishing eighth at the University Nationals.
Lowell High: Four-year letter winner ... team captain his senior year ... high school All-American as a senior after earning fourth place in High School Senior Nationals ... all-league all four years ... all-state all four years ... two-time state champion, as a junior and a senior ... finished sixth in the state as a freshman, second as a sophomore ... his 217-11 record set Michigan state and Lowell High School career win records ... holds high school record for takedowns in dual meets with 185 ... helped the Lowell Red Arrows to 2002 state championship after they were second in 2001 ... All-American three times in amateur competition - as a freshman, third nationally in Greco-Roman and fifth in freestyle, and as a junior, eighth in Greco ... National Honor Society ... Honor Roll every semester.
Personal: Political science major ... during year's leave of absence from Columbia, worked for the Applied Companies in Hoboken, N.J., a major housing development company ... enjoys lifting ... Brandon Austin Kinney, b. November 14, 1984 in Lansing, Mich.
2003-04: 15-6, 0-0 Ivy League
2005-06: 17-8, 1-1 Ivy League
2006-07: 16-9, 4-1 Ivy League
Career: 48-23, 5-2 Ivy League
