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Jimmy Russell
- Weight:
- 197
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Waterford, Mich.
- High School:
- Detroit Catholic Central
Bio
2016-17 (Redshirt Sophomore) 5-11 Overall, 0-2 Duals, 5-9 Open Tournaments: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors ... posted one fall and two major decisions ... was second at the NUWAY Open, winning first three bouts before losing in the final ... opened NUWAY Open with lone fall of the season, pinning Alexander Reimers of Concordia in 1:49 ... made B1G dual opener at Illinois and was also in lineup for Rutgers dual.
2015-16 (Redshirt Freshman) 9-7 Overall, 0-0 Duals, 0-0 Open Tournaments: Logged three falls, two tech. falls and one major decision ... was fourth in the freshman/sophomore division of the MSU Open as well as fourth at the Purple Raider Open ... ended season winning five of last eight matches, including going 4-1 at the Purple Raider Open, posting quickest pin of the season with a fall at 1:34 over Matt Patrick of Pittsburgh and adding pair of 16-0 tech. falls, first over Anthony Mancini of Mount Union in opening match of open asn over Jared Langley of Eastern Michigan ... opened season with a fall over Dalton Ishmal of Findlay at the EMU Open.
2014-15 (Redshirt) 2-4 Overall, 0-0 Duals, 2-4 Open Tournaments: Picked up two victories at the EMU Open with a 6-0 defeat of Chattanooga’s Jordan Davis and a 3-2 win over Jacob Aven of Purdue.
PREP: Finished third at the MHSAA (Michigan High School Athletic Association) state championships as a senior at 215 pounds with a 43-9 record . . . helped lead the Shamrocks to the 2014 state championship, DCC’s third in a row . . . defeated Dakota Powers of Davison, 7-1, in the Division 1 team state championships dual match . . . the Shamrocks finished the season ranked No. 17 in the nation by InterMat . . . named to the MichiganGrappler.com Metro Detroit Region Dream Team (second team) . . . FILA Cadet freestyle All-American (placed fifth) . . . named recipient of the Detroit Catholic Central Spolsky Award at the wrestling team’s awards banquet.
PERSONAL: Packaging major ... step-father, Rick, wrestled for Michigan State.
2015-16 (Redshirt Freshman) 9-7 Overall, 0-0 Duals, 0-0 Open Tournaments: Logged three falls, two tech. falls and one major decision ... was fourth in the freshman/sophomore division of the MSU Open as well as fourth at the Purple Raider Open ... ended season winning five of last eight matches, including going 4-1 at the Purple Raider Open, posting quickest pin of the season with a fall at 1:34 over Matt Patrick of Pittsburgh and adding pair of 16-0 tech. falls, first over Anthony Mancini of Mount Union in opening match of open asn over Jared Langley of Eastern Michigan ... opened season with a fall over Dalton Ishmal of Findlay at the EMU Open.
2014-15 (Redshirt) 2-4 Overall, 0-0 Duals, 2-4 Open Tournaments: Picked up two victories at the EMU Open with a 6-0 defeat of Chattanooga’s Jordan Davis and a 3-2 win over Jacob Aven of Purdue.
PREP: Finished third at the MHSAA (Michigan High School Athletic Association) state championships as a senior at 215 pounds with a 43-9 record . . . helped lead the Shamrocks to the 2014 state championship, DCC’s third in a row . . . defeated Dakota Powers of Davison, 7-1, in the Division 1 team state championships dual match . . . the Shamrocks finished the season ranked No. 17 in the nation by InterMat . . . named to the MichiganGrappler.com Metro Detroit Region Dream Team (second team) . . . FILA Cadet freestyle All-American (placed fifth) . . . named recipient of the Detroit Catholic Central Spolsky Award at the wrestling team’s awards banquet.
PERSONAL: Packaging major ... step-father, Rick, wrestled for Michigan State.
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