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Cesar Grajales
Position: 149
Year: Senior
City/State: Brandon, Fla.
High School: Brandon

 

Year

Overall

Dual

MD

TF

Falls

Fastest

2005-06(141)

26-12

10-6

8

1

1

 

2006-07(141)

6-2

2-1

1

0

0

 

2007-08(149)

32-7

15-2

6

2

1

 

2008-09(149)

30-11

13-3

6

1

2

 

2009-10(149)

12-6

3-2

2

0

0

 

Overall

106-38

43-14

23

4

4

 

Honors
2010 - NCAA Championships Qualifier
2010 - EIWA Championships Third Place
2009 - NCAA Championships Qualifier
2009 - First-team All-Ivy
2009 - EIWA Championships Fifth Place
2008 - Keystone Classic Champion
2008 - NCAA Championships Qualifier
2008 - EIWA Champion
2008 - EIWA Coaches Trophy (Most Outstanding Wrestler at EIWAs)
2008 - Second-team All-Ivy
2006 - NCAA Championships Qualifier
2006 - Honorable Mention All-Ivy
2006 - EIWA Championships Third Place
2006 - Keystone Classic Champion

2009-10: Team tri-captain ... Posted a 12-6 record while battling knee injuries ... Finished career with a 106-38 record which ranks him seventh all-time in program history ... Began season with a 5-1 mark at the Southern Scuffle (12/29-30) to finish in second place ... Won five in a row at the Scuffle before defaulting out of final after injuring knee ... Returned to the mat with three-straight wins from 1/31-2/6 ... Scored 10 team points in duals ... 3-2 in dual matches ... His 13-3 win over Hofstra's Jeff Rotella (1/31) was his 100th career win ... Went 3-1 at the EIWA Championships (3/6-7) to finish in third place ... All three wins were one-point decisions, including a 3-2 win over returning All-America Kyle Borshoff of American in the quarterfinals ... 1-2 at NCAA Championships (3/18-20), defeating Rider's Michael Kessler, 6-3.

2008-09: NCAA Championships qualifier ... First-team All-Ivy ... Keystone Classic champion ... EIWA Championships fifth-place finisher ... Finished in sixth place at Cliff Keen Invitational ... 30-11 overall record ... Moved into a tie for ninth place all-time in Penn history with 94 career wins ... 13-3 in dual meets ... Won eight straight dual matches to start the season ... 13-5 against EIWA opponents ... 3-0 against Ivy foes in dual meets ... Scored 51 team points in dual meets ... Was 4-0 at the Keystone Classic to win the 149-pound championship ... At the NCAA Championships, went 3-2 ... Won two matches by fall ... Had another win via tech fall ... Picked up six major decisions.

2007-08: NCAA Qualifier ... EIWA Champion at 149 pounds ... Named Outstanding Wrestler at the EIWA Championships ... Second-team All-Ivy ... 31-7 record ... 15-2 in dual matches ... Scored 57 team points ... 8-2 against EIWA opponents ... 4-2 against Ivy League foes ... Went 1-2 at 2008 NCAA Championships ... Defeated Lucas Espericueta of Stanford, 7-5, in the first round of wrestlebacks at the national tournament before bowing out in the next round ... 2007 Bearcat Open champion at 149 pounds (11/10) ... Third place at 2007 Keystone Classic at 149 pounds (11/18) ...  Ranked in top 20 of NWCA polls every week since 11/21 ... Achieved high ranking of 13 on 2/13 ... Won eight straight matches to start the season before falling to No. 5 Scott Ervin of Appalachian St. in semifinal of Keystone Classic (11/18) ... Started the 2008 portion of the season with ten straight wins before losing to No. 2 J.P. O’Connor of Harvard, 1-0 (2/8) ... All five regular season losses came at the hands of ranked opponents.

2006-07: Went 6-2 overall, including a 2-1 mark in dual meets.

2005-06: NCAA qualifer at 141 lbs ... Honorable mention All-Ivy ... Third at EIWA Championships ... 26-12 overall record ... 10-6 in dual meets ... Eight major decisions, one fall, and one tech fall ... Recorded his 20th win of the season with a victory over Cornell's Matt Easter ... Won the 141-pound title at the 2005 Keystone Classic ... Took second at the Brockport/Oklahoma Gold.

High School: Four-time letterwinner in wrestling ... Captain of state championship team ... Four-time state champion ... Placed second in Greco-Roman at Junior Nationals ... Recipient of Dave Schultz Excellence Award ... Asics National Academic Team selection ... Finished with a 181-2 record.

Personal: Son of Leslie and Cesar Grajales ... Enrolled in Wharton.

 

 

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