| Paul Bjorlo |
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2003-2004: Finished the season with a record of 31-18 overall, 12-5 in dual matches ... posted the third highest mark on the team with seven falls to go along with two major decisions and one technical fall ... earned first place in the Virginia Intercollegiate State Wrestling Championships (1/18) ... placed third in the ACC Tournament (3/6) and Cornell's Body Bar Invitational (11/22) ... placed sixth in UNC Greensboro's Southern Scuffle (12/29), the Beast of the East Invitational (12/19) and the Mat Town Invitational (11/29) ... pinned at least one opponents in four straight invitationals (11/22-12/29)... opened the season at the Michigan State Open with a 16-0 technical fall over Ohio State's Videl Smith ... won four matches at Cornell's Body Bar Invitational, including a fall over Maryland's Jason Kiessling (11/22) ... pinned North Carolina's Tommy Thekkekandam and Cornell's Joey Hooker and defeated Clarion's Chris Horning by an 11-7 margin at the Mat Town Invitational (11/29) ... tallied three wins and pinned two opponents at the Beast of the East Invitational, Duke's Brandon Foose and Delaware's Tom Lawhorn (12/19) ... at UNC Greensboro's Southern Scuffle, pinned Edinboro's Ryan Yates for one of his three victories on the day (12/29) ... defeated Virginia Military Institute's Chris Hardy, 7-3, to help Virginia to its first dual match win of the season (1/7) ... began a seven-match win streak with a defeat of Cleveland State's Effner at the Virginia Duals (1/9) ... went undefeated at Virginia Intercollegiates, pinning James Madison's P.J. Worosz and posting two other wins on the day (1/18) ... tallied two consecutive major decisions late in the season, against Maryland's Jason Kiessling (2/18) and James Madison's Derick Schoenly (2/21) in dual matches ... notched two wins in the ACC Tournament, defeating Duke's Antwone Floyd and North Carolina's Ashton Buswell on his way to placing third (3/6).
2002-2003: Finished 18-19 overall, 6-9 in dual matches with five falls and four major decision victories ... helped guide Virginia to an undefeated ACC regular season at 4-0, marking the first time UVa went undefeated in the conference since 1975 ... placed third at the Virginia Intercollegiate State Wrestling Championship (1/19) and took fifth at the UNC Sharpie Open (11/30) ... went 5-1 and recorded a season-high five consecutive victories in the UNC Sharpie Open ... finished 3-1 at the VISWC ... started the season off with a fall over Slippery Rock's Dustin Plack at the West Virginia Open (11/16) ... two of his five victories in the UNC Open were major decision wins, 12-4 over UNC-Pembroke's Matt Chambers and 10-1 over Cornell's Starkey Desuto.
2001-2002: Finished 9-11 overall, 2-2 in dual match action with three major decision victories and two wins by fall ... won three matches in an event, including his first two of the season, by defeating Wayne Watts (8-3), Rob Truesdale (7-1) and Maryland's Matt Kenny (11-5) at the West Virginia Open (11/10) ... defeated VMI's John Burton (MD, 9-1) and JMU's Aaron Swift (fall @ 2:46) in the VISWC (1/19) ... his pin of Swift was the first collegiate fall of his career ... recorded his first major decision victory of his career after defeating ESU's Chris D'Andrea at the Penn State Open (12/2) ... pinned ODU's Mark Clark @ 1:49 before ending the season with an 8-0 major decision against Bucknell's Hastrum.
2000-2001: Went 0-2 after dropping a 6-4 decision to ESU's Louie Delauro and a 4-3 decision to Pittsburgh's Matt Kaus in the Wilkes Open (12/29).
PREP: Three-time first-team All-District and Region performer ... three-time Virginia state placewinner, ranking fifth in 1997, first in 1999 and third in 2000 ... two-time member of the National Freestyle team ... four-time letterman at South Lakes under coaches Steve Williams and Joe Falasca ... captain for three years.
PERSONAL: Born September 2, 1981 in Reston, Va. ... son of Philip and Shelia Bjorlo ... member of the National Honor Society and Habitat for Humanity ... chose Virginia for great academics and its beautiful campus ... recruited by Stanford ... has one brother, Ben ... enjoys playing video games.
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