Rutgers University Athletics

The VanBrill File

• Three-time NCAA Qualifier (2020-22)
• 2021 Big Ten Bronze Medalist (149)
• Three-time Big Ten Championships Placewinner (2020-22)
• Three-time Big Ten Championships participant (2018, 2020-22)
• Four-time Academic All-Big Ten selection
• Two-Time NWCA Academic All-American (2020, 2022)

2021-22 (Redshirt Senior): 2022 NWCA Academic All-American ... 2022 NCAA qualifier ... 2022 Big Ten Championships placewinner ... 2022 Academic All-Big Ten ... finished with 21 wins as full-time starter at 149 pounds ... produced a 17-2 mark in dual action, a 6-2 record in Big Ten duals and finished with 59 team points ... earned the No. 12 seed and finished 1-2 at 2022 NCAA Championships (3/17-19) ... finished sixth with a 3-2 record at the 2022 Big Ten Championships in Lincoln, Nebraska (3/5-6) ... only loses during the dual season came to No. 2 Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) and No. 11 Austin Gomez (Wisconsin) ... defeated No. 19 Beau Bartlett in dual at Penn State (1/16) ... opened season with a 10-0 record.

2020-21 (Redshirt Senior)

• 2021 NCAA Qualifier
• Finished third at the Big Ten Championships in University Park, Pa.
• After opening-round loss, wrestled back with wins over the No. 2, No. 3, No. 5 and No. 6 seeds to claim third-place honors.
• Made season debut in dual with No. 3 Michigan (Jan. 8)
• Academic All-Big Ten selection

2019-20 (Redshirt Junior)

• 2019-20 NWCA Scholar All-American
• 2019-20 Academic All-Big Ten selection
• 2020 NCAA qualifier (at-large) who finished with 19 wins during redshirt junior season
• Earned No. 31 seed at nationals
• Picked up an at-large selection to NCAAs thanks to seventh-place finish at Big Ten Championships at the RAC (March 7-8)
• Collected a 1-0 decision in tiebreakers over Bo Pipher in dual at No. 2 Penn State (Jan. 19)
• Earned a 5-3 decision over Elijah Cleary in dual at No. 5 Ohio State (Jan. 10)
• Finished eighth at 157 pounds with a 4-3 record at the 2020 Southern Scuffle in Chattanooga, Tennessee (Jan. 1-2)
• Picked up three victories, including two tech falls, during home quad meet against LIU, Centenary and Pitt-Johnstown (Nov. 2)

2018-19 (As a redshirt sophomore): Finished with five victories in reserve role at 141 pounds ... appeared in six duals.

2017-18 (As a redshirt freshman): Finished season with 15 wins at 141 pounds ... collected two victories at the Big Ten Championships in East Lansing, Mich. (March 3-4) ... closed out the dual season with a 9-1 major decision over Jordan Reich at Princeton (Feb. 18) ... collected a 5-1 decision over Alec McKenna during road dual win at No. 17 Northwestern (Feb. 2) ... Pinned Charlie Kane during home dual win over Hofstra (Jan. 19) ... collected three wins at the 55th Annual Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) ... defeated Carter Happel by decision during home dual with No. 7 Iowa (Dec. 8) ... finished third at the Black Knight Invitational in West Point, N.Y. (Nov. 19) ... earned wins over No. 16 Mike Longo (Oklahoma) and Sam Martino (Virginia) at the 2017 Journeymen Northeast Duals (Nov. 11).

2016-17 (As a freshman): Wrestled for fourth place at the Warriors Winter Open (Feb. 12) … went 5-1 for a third-place finish at the “Shorty” Hitchcock Memorial Classic (Jan. 14) … captured the Lock Haven Classic title at 141 pounds for his first career open championship (Dec. 29) … finished as runner-up at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open (Nov. 13) and the East Stroudsburg University Open in his first-career tournament (Nov. 6).

Prior to Rutgers: Clearview HS product ... high school All-American ... was the 2016 runner-up at 138 pounds at the NJSIAA state finals … named a South Jersey Times All-Star in 2016, when he went 37-1 before falling in the state title bout … two-time Region 8 winner … named Region 8 Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler in 2015 … state placewinner in 2015, taking fifth at 132 pounds.