| Josh Etu |
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2001-2002: Finished the season 13-4 overall, 3-2 in dual matches with four victories coming by fall and one by a major decision ... his four falls were a team-high for the season ... took fourth in the Greco-Roman Class at the 2002 World Team Trials Championship Series (6/24) in St. Paul, Minn. by going 2-2 in the event ... placed fifth at the 2002 US National Greco-Roman Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada (4/30) with a 3-2 record in the event ... won 13 of his first 15 matches for UVa, including his first three matches of the season ... won all four of his matches at the VSIWC (1/19) to place first in the HWT class after pinning James Madison's Chris Miller at :47 into the match, defeating Virginia Tech's Kris Wiedegreen (5-3), topping Apprentice's Sinque Holmes (6-5) and edging ODU's Derrell Lorthridge 1-1 in overtime in the championship bout ... took third at the Cornell Invitate (11/17) with a 3-1 record including victories over Campbell's Dennis Campbell (6-2) before pinning Army's Bill Baird ... won his first three matches of the year to begin 3-0, including two wins in both of his matches at the West Virginia Open (11/10) by pinning Bloomsburg's Aaron Ferrance in his season-opening match before defeating Reuben Daniels (unat.) 4-2 ... defeated California-Davis' Jason Paul 9-4 at the Las Vegas Invitational (12/1) ... pinned Missouri's Kevin Herron at 5:22 at the Virginia Duals (1/11).
2000-2001:Finished 20-7 overall, 4-4 in dual matches with four victories by fall and three by major decision ... placed second in the 2001 University National Greco-Roman Championships in Evanston, Ill. (4/2) ... was one of two Cavaliers to reach the 20-win plateau ... took first place at the Keystone Classic (11/18) and Penn State Open (12/3) ... placed second at the ACC Championships (3/3), the Virginia Intercollegiates (1/20) and the Mat Town Invitational (11/25) ... defeated Penn State's Pat Cummins 6-4 to claim the Penn State Open title by going a perfect 5-0 in the tournament (12/3) ... posted a 2-1 overtime decision over Penn's Mike Faust to win the Keystone Classic with a 3-0 record (11/18) ... started the year with a season-high, six-match win streak ... went 3-1 after defeating James Madison's Anthony Livecchi (MD, 13-3), Apprentice's Josh Goalick (fall @ :23) and George Mason's Brent Lancaster (2-1) before losing to teammate Ryan Painter 2-1 in the title match of the Virginia Intercollegiates (1/20) ... defeated Duke's Levi Karnehm by fall and N.C. State's Ricky Fowler (3-1) in the ACC Championships.
1999-2000: Finished the season with a record of 10-8 overall, 5-2 in dual match action with three falls and one major decision victory ... set two UVa records by becoming the first Virginia wrestler to win a University National Championship after claiming first place in both the University Greco-Roman Championships and the University Freestyle Championships ... also became the first Cavalier to qualify for the Olympic Trials after he posted a top-eight finish at the U.S. National Wrestling Championships ... started his collegiate career off with a bang by claiming the heavyweight title at the Keydet Invitational by winning both matches by fall with victories over Charles Waldon from Davidson (:14) and Matt Miles of VMI (1:50) ... earned his first collegiate major decision victory after defeated Leevi MacDonald of ODU (14-1) ... ended his regular season with a season-high three-match win streak after posting victories over Doug Easlick of Virginia Tech (4-2), Jeremy Duncan of Maryland (5-3) and Ngozi Collins of North Carolina State (8-3) ...
PREP: 1998 Cadet world champion in Greco Roman and a Cadet National Champion in freestyle and Greco Roman ... 1999 Jr. National Greco Roman runner-up ... named the Most Outstanding Wrestler and was the 1998 New York state champion ... tabbed the 1998 New York State grand champion ... a Demeo Award winner ... letter four times in wrestling at Queensbury High School ... also lettered three time in football where he was a first-team All-State linebacker and guard ...
PERSONAL: Born January 10, 1981 in Glensfalls, N.Y. ... was recruited by Purdue and Pittsburgh ... chose UVa for its academics ... has two brothers, Eric (20) and Nate (16).
Etu by the Numbers
| Year | Weight Class | Overall W-L | Dual W-L | Pins |
| 1999-2000 | HWT | 10-8 | 5-2 | 3 |
| 2000-2001 | HWT | 20-7 | 4-4 | 4 |
| 2001-2002 | HWT | 13-4 | 3-2 | 4 |
| Totals | HWT | 43-19 | 12-8 | 11 |
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