2006-07 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Kirk Davis
- Class:
- Senior
- Weight:
- 197
- Hometown:
- Pismo Beach, Calif.
- Previous School:
- Arroyo Grande
At Columbia: Looking to conclude injury-wracked career with excellent season … potentially one of the best in the Ivy League if he is healthy … excellent freshman season was cut short just before the Easterns by a late ailment, then missed all of 2003-04 with pre-season injury … wrestled just three bouts in 2004-05, but has been off the mats since … goes up to 197 this season … strong and powerful, with a host of offensive moves … “After all the adversity he has faced, we’re very happy that Kirk is healthy for his senior year,” says Brendan Buckley. “He is a phenomenal athlete who should be very dangerous at 197” … 14-8 as a first-year, with victories over two Top 10 wrestlers … placed third at Penn State Open and East Stroudsburg Open … runner-up at UC Davis’s Aggie Open … two victories in January, 2005, came in Ivy League matches at 184 over Penn and Princeton wrestlers.
Arroyo Grande High: Seven letters in football and wrestling … state runner-up at 189 as a senior; entered the tournament ranked first in the state … CIF champion and state qualifier as a junior and senior … placed first and third in Masters meet … three-year league champion … had a six-second pin, one of the nation’s fastest … made All-American when he placed seventh in the Nationals … wrestling captain … all-league linebacker and four-time judo All-American at Arroyo Grande … teammate of former Columbia standout Jeff Sato.
Personal: Economics major … may go into business … son of William & Deanna … Kirk Ryan Davis, b. July 2, 1984, in Santa Maria, Calif.
02-03 14-8, 1-4 Ivy League
04-05 2-1, 2-0 Ivy League
Career 16-9, 3-4 Ivy League
