| Brandon Precin |
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2007-08: Earned first-career All-America honor with seventh-place finish at NCAA Championships ... Finished year with 37-9 record ... Went 13-3 in duals and 5-3 in Big Ten ...Posted 4-2 mark at NCAA Championships ... Scored win over Cornell's Mike Rodriguez to advance to second round ... Defeated Penn's ninth-seeded Peterkin to advance to quarterfinals ... Took top seed and eventual champion Angel Escobedo of Indiana to the wire, falling in second overtime by riding time ... Defeated Bloomsburg's seventh-seeded Michael Sees and Old Dominion's 10th-seeded Jared Nicholson in consolation bracket ... Finished seventh at Big Ten Championships with 3-2 record ... Started season with 21-straight wins ... Tournament wins at Eastern Michigan Open, Michigan State Open and Missouri Open ... Finished second at Midlands Championships ... Defeated top-seeded Nick Simmons in Midlands semifinals ... Posted four wins at National Duals with only loss coming to then-top-ranked Paul Donahoe of Nebraska ... Three of his losses came to Indiana's Escobedo ... Notched two wins over eventual third-place finisher Mark McKnight of Penn State ... Pinned NCAA qualifier Colin Cudd of Wisconsin in dual match.
2006-07: Posted 2-2 record at first NCAA Championships ... Finished seventh at Big Ten Championships by pinning Ohio State's Will Livingston ... Started every dual for the Wildcats at 125 lbs. in freshman season ... Entered season-opening Eastern Michigan Open unseeded and placed sixth ... Defeated top-seeded Mark Moos of Michigan in first collegiate match ... Captured third place at the Reno Tournament of Champions with wins over Oklahoma State's then-18th-ranked Tyler Schinn and Central Michigan's then-13th ranked Luke Smith ... Eighth at the 2006 Midlands Championships ... Scored a technical fall against Cornell's Luis Salinas at NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals (1/13) ... First win against a Big Ten opponent came in a triple overtime win over Collin Cudd of Wisconsin (1/26) ... Upset Penn State's then-seventh-ranked Mark McKnight in dual match (2/2) ... Topped Michigan's Mike Watts in last Big Ten dual (2/18).
High School: Two-time Illinois state champion ... 186-6 varsity record ... Four-time conference champion, four-time regional champion and three-time sectional titleholder ... Named team's Most Valuable Player all four years of his career ... Captain his senior season ... Named SWSC Outstand Wrestling, SICA Outstanding Wrestling and WGN/Chicago Tribune Athlete of the Month his senior year ... Competed in 2006 Illinois/Indiana All-Star Duals and recognized as Outstanding Wrestler ... In club competition, he was a three-time fresstyle state champion and a three-time FILA Cadet All-American ... Competed for Team Overtime ... Four-year honor roll student ... Member of National Honor Society.
Personal: Born Brandon Scott Precin on 7/3/88 ... Son of Robert and Jeanine Precin ... Grandfather Clarence Precin competed in 1946 Olympics in archery ... Chose Northwestern over Illinois, Central Michigan and Columbia ... Anticipated major is biology.
Precin's Stats
| Yr. | Overall | Dual | |
| 2006-07 | 33-15 | 12-8 | |
| 2007-08 | 37-9 | 13-3 | |
| Career | 70-24 | 25-5 | |
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