Juan Carlos Diaz - 2015-16 Wrestling - LIU Post


Juan Carlos Diaz

Height: 5-10
Class: Senior
Hometown: Plainview, N.Y
Previous School: Division

2015-16: Appeared in 20 matches at the 174-lb. weight class ... pinned Daniel Webster's Wilson Pellot in 2:02 for his first collegiate victory on Jan. 15 ... majored American International's Michael Schulze, 8-0, on Jan. 21 ... reeled off five straight wins, including pins of Albany's Ian Morse and Harvard's Spencer Kiehm, to finish fourth at the USC Wildcat Open (Jan. 30) ... earned a 6-2 decision over Aaron Weiss of Southern Maine on Feb. 13 ... secured a hard-fought 3-2 triumph against NYU's Adrian Herrera on Feb. 18.

2014-15: Did not wrestle.

Prior to LIU Post: Transfer from Nassau Community College ... national JUCO qualifier ... wrestled at Division High School from 2008-11 ... state qualifier and two-time County placewinner ... went 36-9 in his senior year ... also played football and ran track for the Blue Dragons.

Personal: one of five children ... admires Lebron James and his mother, Ana Berrios ... other hobbies include basketball, tennis, football, and track ... bilingual in Spanish and English ... aspirations after college include becoming a physician assistant and to coach wrestling ... majoring in psychology.

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