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2013-14 Wrestling

Anthony DiLonardo

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown New Kensington, Pa.
  • Highschool Plum Senior

Biography

YearOverallDualMDTFFallFastest
2011-12 (285)5-122-40011:31
2012-13 (285)1-40-0000-
2013-14 (285)4-80-1000-
Overall10-242-50011:31


2013-14: 4-8 overall … 3-1 at Shorty Hitchcock Memorial (1/19) to finish in second … Lost to Harvard’s David Ng in only dual start (2/7).

2012-13: Wrestled at Binghamton Open (11/11) and Keystone Classic (11/18) before missing rest of season with injury.

2011-12: 5-11 overall ... 2-4 in duals ... Defeated Zac Walsh (Bloomsburg), 3-2, in dual (12/4) ... Navigated extremely difficult early portion of schedule, with matches against No. 1 Zach Rey (Lehigh), No. 2 Ryan Flores (American), No. 11 Levi Cooper (Arizona State) and No. 14 Spencery Myers (Maryland) - all returning All-Americans ... Rey and Flores went on to meet in the national title match. 

High School: 
Four-year letterwinner and three-time team captain ... Two-time county champion (2010-11) ... Individually, went 35-3 in senior season ... Southwest Regional runner-up in 2011, pinning his way to the final before suffering first loss of the season ... 2011 PIAA State Tournament qualifier ... 2011 Section 1-AAA champion at heavyweight ...  Eighth-place finisher at 2011 Flo-Nationals ... 2010 and 2011 PA Junior National team member ... Section 1-AAA champion at 215 pounds in 2010 ... Second-team PWCA All-Academic in 2010 and 2011 ... 2009 USA Wrestling Fargo All-American with a sixth-place finish at 215 pounds ... 2009 PA Cadet National Team member ... Also competed in freestyle and Greco-Roman, winning 2010 PAWF state in both ... Runner-up in freestyle in 2009 and 2011 ... Greco runner-up in 2009 and third place in 2011 ... Also lettered three times in football while serving as team captain his senior season ... Named All-Section as an offensive tackle in 2010 ... Plum High School's Male Athlete of the Year in 2011 ... National Honor Society member ... Four-time Scholar-Athlete ... KDKA Extra Effort Award recipient.

Personal: Son of Laura and Phil DiLonardo ... Older sister, Julie, is an All-American softball pitcher at Geneva College in Pennsylvania ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

    285
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    285
  • 2013-14Junior

    285