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    Pat Greco
    Pat Greco

    Class:
    Sophomore

    Hometown:
    St. Charles, Ill.

    High School:
    Marmion Academy

    Weight:
    141



    03/27/2013

    Northwestern Announces Winter Academic All-B1G Honors

    All-Big Ten winners, NCAA Championships qualifiers among this quarter's honorees

    03/21/2013

    McMullan, Welch Pick up Victories at 2013 NCAA Championships

    Session II begins at 6:30 p.m. CT

    03/21/2013

    Three Wildcats Still Alive at 2013 NCAA Wrestling Championships

    Returning All-Americans Welch, McMullan advance to quarterfinals

    03/18/2013

    Three Days in March: 'Cats Culminate Season at 2013 NCAA Championships

    Six Wildcats, including two returning All-Americans, represent Northwestern in Des Moines

    03/13/2013

    2013 NCAA Wrestling Brackets Now Available

    NU sends six, including top-seeded Welch (157) and No. 5 McMullan (285)

    2012-13 Northwestern Match-by-Match Results Get Acrobat Reader

    2012-13: Academic All-Big Ten ... 2013 NCAA Qualifier at 141 ... Wrestled at first NCAA Championships ... Placed sixth at 2013 Big Ten Championships to receive automatic bid to NCAA's ... Went 3-3 while wrestling in first Big Ten tournament ... Finished sixth at the Keystone Classic ... Won six of seven matches to end the regular season, including four victories over Big Ten opponents ... Filled in at 149 lbs. for Clarion dual.

    2011-12:
    Academic All-Big Ten ... Split time as the 141 lbs. starter with Colin Shober ... Finished the season 10-12 overall ... also wrestled three matches at 149 lbs. ... 2-6 in dual action ... Finished fifth at the Keystone Classic ... Went 3-2 at Midlands ... Came within one point of knocking off No. 2 seed Zack Kemmerer of Penn (3-2) at Midlands ... Won his first Big Ten dual match, defeating Purdue's Nick Lawrence, 5-4 on Jan. 29 ... Win proved to be the difference in NU's 21-18 victory ... Competed at 2012 FILA Junior National Championships in 145.5 lbs./66 kg freestyle division.

    2010-11: Redshirt season ... Compiled a 20-10 record competing unattached ... Won the 141-pound weight class at the Wisconsin Open hosted by UW-Parkside ... Placed fifth at 141 pounds in the freshman/sophomore division of the Michigan State Open, going 4-2 at the event ... 6-2 at Eastern Michigan Open and 3-2 at Cleveland State Open ... 0-2 at Midlands Championships ... 4-2 at Loras College Open en route to a fourth-place finish.

    High School: Placed third in the state at 145 pounds in the Illinois AA division to put the finishing touches on a 39-5 senior season ... Won a regional championship and placed second in his section at 140 pounds as a junior ... 2009 Suburban Christian Conference championship and first-team all-area selection ... Two-time All-Suburban Christian Conference honoree ... Garnered honorable mention in USA Wrestling's national rankings for high school seniors ... Two-time academic all-conference ... Team MVP in 2008 ... Represented his state in the 17th-annual Illinois/Indiana Classic Duals all-star meet and defeated his Indiana opponent -- a future Purdue Boilermaker -- by a 5-3 decision ... Trained at Overtime School of Wrestling for three seasons ... Freestyle state runner-up in 2007 and a USA Cadet National All-American in 2008 ... Illinois Junior National team member in 2009.

    Personal: Born Pasquale Peter Greco ... Son of Eduardo and Lisa Greco ... Chose Northwestern over Brown, Penn and Illinois ... Majoring in political science.

    Season Overall W-L Dual Meet W-L Big Ten W-L Dual Points For-Against Big Ten Champs. NCAA
    Champs.
    Pins For-Against Tech Falls For-Against Major Dec. For-Against
    2011-12 10-12 2-6 1-2 7-20 -- -- 0-3 0-0 2-2
    2012-13 14-13 8-5 4-3 28-15 6th DNP (0-2) 0-2 2-0 2-0
    Career 24-25 10-11 5-5 35-35 -- 0-5 2-0
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