Columbia University Athletics

At Columbia: As a junior, earned two victories at the Nittany Lion Open, defeating Wesley Pike (Indiana) 4-3 and John Andel (Millersville) 7-4...also beat Gallawy Longenecker (Alfred State) 5-4 in overtime at the New York State Championships...took fourth place as a sophomore at the Wilkes Open after going 3-2 ... also went 3-2 at East Stroudsburg ... expected to challenge for a spot at 125 this year ... posted two straight wins in Las Vegas Open as a first-year, including 3-2 defeat of Brown's Jeff Schell, an NCAA qualifier ... also beat Marques Bravo of Western State in overtime ... had three victories in the Wilkes Open, two in the East Stroudsburg Open ... physical style.

Newark Academy: Five letters in wrestling and soccer ... two-year captain ... finished sixth in New Jersey as a senior, after posting the tournament's biggest upset when he defeated top-seeded Bryan Nunziato of Bergen Catholic in the quarterfinals ... 2004 Essex County champion after three straight second-place finishes ... also starred in the region -- 2004 Region 4 champion, and was voted Most Outstanding Wrestler ... had been two-time region runner-up ... three-time district champ ... All-Colonial Hills Conference all four years ... O.W. at Newark Academy Invitational ... posted 124-16 record for the Minutemen, with school records for career wins and fastest pin (seven seconds) ... wrestled at New York Athletic Club, Orchard and Ultimate wrestling clubs, and for Team New Jersey ... trained in the Belarus Training Camp ... Newark Academy's Competitive Athlete & Motivated Student Award ... made the Honor Roll in every school term.

Personal: Political science major ... plans to go to law school ... interned at a New Jersey law firm during the summer ... son of Daniel and Janet ... father, Daniel, wrestled at Temple in mid-1970's ... Jerome David Greco, b. May 6, 1986 in Passaic, N.J.

2004-05: 7-8, 0-0 Ivy League
2005-06: 6-5, 0-0 Ivy League
2006-07: 3-13, 0-2 Ivy League

Career: 16-26, 0-2 Ivy League