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Shippensburg University Athletics

2009-10 Wrestling Roster

David Sunderland

  • Ht./Wt. 5-8 / 165
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Saltillo
  • Highschool Southern Huntingdon

Biography

2008-09 (R-Sophomore): Emerged as one of the team’s top wrestlers during his sophomore campaign, competing solely in the second semester…won 11 decisions for the Red Raiders at 157 pounds…recorded two falls and two major decisions…string together wins in four consecutive matches from Jan. 24-Feb. 3, including two wins at the East Coast Duals and one major decision over Delaware Valley’s Don Smith…earned a fall at the NCAA Super Region I Championships and totaled two victories in the postseason tournament…posted an impressive 7-3 record in dual meets during the season…was not pinned all season and only yielded one major decision against…posted two victories (including one major decision) at the Shorty Hitchcock Memorial Classic…fought hard for a 14-12 decision in a decisive dual meet win against Carson-Newman.

2007-08 (R-Freshman):
Competed at the 157-pound weight class and recorded 11 wins, including two dual meet victories and nine tournament wins… opened up the season with three straight victories at the Washington and Jefferson Open, highlighted by a 4-3 decision over West Virginia’s Matt Weston… recorded a fall in the York dual meet in 1:59 against Albert Gleichauf…secured three major decisions and one technical fall on the season…recorded major decision victories over Theo Apostle of Gloucester and Thad Zemple of Western Wyoming…recorded a technical fall over Quade Miller in the Seton Hill dual on January 15…opened his season with a major decision over Joes Essa of UMBC.

2006-07 (Freshman): Recorded wins in seven of his 12 contests as a freshman for the Red Raiders in a red-shirt season…made an in-season shift in weight class from 157 to 165 pounds…earned a seventh-place finish at the East Stroudsburg Open, where he posted a 5-2 record and won by fall in 2:30 over Delaware Valley’s Ryan Herwig…recorded his second fall of the season over Messiah’s Josh Epling at the Shorty Hitchcock Memorial Classic... finished the year 7-5, with five of his wins coming at 157.

Personal: Full name is David Robert Sunderland…is the son of Larry and Cherleen Sunderland…born on May 31, 1988…majoring in criminal justice.