Rutgers University Athletics

The Van Brill File

• Three-time national qualifier (2017-19)
• 75 career wins
• 2018 "Round of 12" participant
• Three-time Big Ten Championships placewinner (eighth-2018 & 2019, seventh-2017)
• Three-time Midlands Championships placewinner
• Bronze at 2017 Midlands Championships
• 2016 Midlands Championships placewinner (eighth)

2018-19 (As a graduate senior): Ranked as high as No. 11 at 157 pounds ... finished with 21 victories ... collected two wins at the NCAA Championships (March 21-23) ... placed eighth at the Big Ten Championships (March 9-10) ... earned a 20-2 tech fall on Adam Whitesell in dual win at Maryland (Feb. 22) ... collected a 5-2 decision over Jake Danishek in dual win at Indiana (Feb. 8) ... won a 9-3 decision over Quincey Monday in dual win against Princeton (Feb. 3) ... 4-2 winner over Jake Tucker in dual against Michigan State (Jan. 25) ... earned a 4-3 decision over Jonce Blaylock in dual against No. 3 Oklahoma State (Jan. 13) ... collected a 6-0 decision over Devin Bahr in dual win against No. 10 Wisconsin (Jan. 11) ... placed eighth wrestling unattached at the Midlands Championships in Hoffman Estates, Illinois (Dec. 29-30) ... collected a 2-1 decision over Gino Fluri in dual victory against Rider (Dec. 16) ... went 3-2 with two pins and a major decision at 2018 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Nov. 30-Dec. 1) ... picked up two wins in dual matches against Fresno State and Johnson & Wales (Nov. 3) ... preseason No. 9 at 157 pounds by FloWrestling.

2017-18 (As a redshirt junior): Closed out the year with 22 wins, including seven victories in dual action ... moved to 157 pounds midway through the season ... went 2-2 at the 2018 NCAA Championships, which included an appearance in the Blood Round (March 15-17) ... finished eighth at the Big Ten Championships with a 2-3 mark (March 3-4) ... registered a 5-3 decision over No. 13 Mike D'Angelo during dual finale at Princeton (Feb. 18) ... collected a 6-2 decision over No. 14 Andrew Krone during dual win over No. 18 Wisconsin (Feb. 16) ... pinned Shayne Oster in the first period during road dual win at No. 17 Northwestern (Feb. 2) ... defeated No. 1 Jason Nolf after an injury default during home dual with Penn State (Jan. 28) ... pinned Chris Mauriello during dual win over Hofstra (Jan. 19) ... placed third with seven wins, including victories over two ranked foes, at the 55th Annual Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) ... delivered a 6-5 decision over Oklahoma’s Dawaylon Barnes at the 2017 Journeymen Northeast Duals (Nov. 11) ... earned a 15-0 tech fall over Maryland’s Brendan Burnham outside at High Point Solutions Stadium (Nov. 4).

2016-17 (As a redshirt sophomore): Finished first NCAA Championships 1-2 as the No. 13 seed (March 16-18) ... finished seventh at Big Ten Championships with a 3-2 record (March 5) ... reached the 20-win mark with an 8-3 decision against Northwestern’s Ben Sullivan (Feb. 12) … pinned NCAA qualifier Kyle Langenderfer in 4:46 after trailing 7-0 against the Fighting Illini grappler, a key swing result in RU’s 19-17 dual win over No. 12 Illinois at the RAC (Jan. 6) … took eighth at the 54th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … pinned No. 7-ranked Clayton Ream (North Dakota State) and knocked off No. 8-ranked Dawaylon Barnes (Oklahoma) in the tournament … entered the Intermat rankings for the first time at No. 20 following a 10-2 start to the year (Dec. 6) … went 2-1 with two ranked wins at the Journeymen Tussle (Dec. 4), including a pin of No. 4 Max Rohskopf (NC State) and decision over No. 16 May Bethea (Penn) … earned an 8-0 major decision against Taylor Simaz of Cornell (Nov. 27) … picked up a 14-3 major decision against Princeton’s Mike D’Angelo in the “Battle at the Birthplace” at High Point Solutions Stadium (Nov. 19) ... posted two dual wins to begin the dual season at CSU Bakersfield (Nov. 11) and Cal Poly (Nov. 13) … went 3-1 and was runner up at the East Stroudsburg University Open (Nov. 6).

2015-16 (As a redshirt freshman): Went 8-7 overall and 2-2 in dual competition … competed at the 53^rd Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships, going 2-2 (Dec. 29-30) … defeated George Mason’s Greg Fluornoy, 15-6, in a 47-0 win at the “Grapple at the Garden” (Nov. 29) … recorded a 2-1 outing at the Mat Town Open, taking third/fourth place (Nov. 22) … went 2-2 at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open (Nov. 8) … won by forfeit against Centenary (Nov. 1).

2014-15 (As a freshman): Recorded a 22-11 record wrestling unattached … posted a third-place finish at the “Shorty” Hitchcock Memorial Invitational, going 5-1 in the tournament (Jan. 18) … finished fifth and went 6-2 at the Nittany Lion Open (Dec. 7) … went 2-2 at the TCNJ Open (Nov. 22) … posted a 2-2 record at the East Stroudsburg Open (Nov. 16) … placed in his first collegiate open, finishing fourth at the Clarion Open at 149 pounds with a 6-2 record and four major decisions (Nov. 2) … lost in the championship quarterfinals, but wrestled back to the third-place match with three consecutive wins.