#40 CJ LaFragola
Stats: 2019
Transfer from Brown University where he was a four-year contributor on the Bears' wrestling team
Career Notes w/ Brown: Qualified for the NCAA Championships three times … Earned All-Ivy honors three times … Placed twice at the EIWA Championships … Posted three 20-win seasons.
2018-19: Qualified for the NCAA Championships (Mar. 21-23) … Earned Second Team All-Ivy honors … Finished fifth at the EIWA Championships (Mar. 8-9) … Won the 184-pound weight class at the Bearcat Open … Placed sixth at the Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … Served team as captain … Gained EIWA All-Academic accolades … Garnered NWCA All-Academic accolades … Won the program’s Rob Davidson Most Dedicated Wrestler Award … Went 24-11 on the year for third straight 20-win season … Notched a 12-2 dual record and 9-2 EIWA dual mark … Registered 42 dual points and six major decisions on the year … Ranked second on the team in wins (24), second in major decisions (six), second in dual wins (12), second in dual EIWA wins (nine), second in dual points (42), and first in dual major decisions (four) … Earned Ivy wins over Penn (Feb. 2), Princeton (Feb. 2), Columbia (Feb. 16), and Harvard (Feb. 21) … Added EIWA dual wins over Army (Jan. 17), F&M (Jan. 19), Bucknell (Jan. 19), Hofstra (Feb. 16), and Sacred Heart (Feb. 23) … Tallied three wins at EIWAs … Recorded five wins at Midlands … Posted four wins at the Bearcat Open.
2017-18: Qualified for the NCAA Championships (Mar. 15-17), tallying two wins at 184 pounds … Earned Second Team All-Ivy honors … Won the 184-pound weight class at the Navy Classic (Nov. 18) … Placed fifth at the EIWA Championships (Mar. 3-4) … Ranked third on the team in wins (21), third in dual wins (eight), first in dual EIWA wins (seven), and third in dual points (25) … Went 21-11 overall, 7-3 in duals, and 7-2 in EIWA duals … Posted three major decisions and a technical fall on the year … Claimed Ivy dual wins over Penn (Feb. 3), Princeton (Feb. 4), Harvard (Feb. 8), and Columbia (Feb. 17) … Added EIWA dual wins over F&M (Jan. 20), Sacred Heart (Feb. 10), and Hofstra (Feb. 17) … Served team as captain … Gained NWCA All-Academic honors … Earned the team’s Michael T. Wallace Most Valuable Performer Award … Gained EIWA All-Academic accolades.
2016-17: Qualified for the NCAA Championships (Mar. 16-18) at 184 pounds … Earned Second Team All-Ivy honors … Won the 184-pound weight class at the F&M Open (Jan. 7) … Ranked second on the team in wins (24), dual wins (11), dual EIWA wins (eight), and dual points (35) … Finished the year 24-15 overall, 11-3 in duals, and 8-2 in EIWA duals … Posted two major decisions and a technical fall … Won his last six dual bouts of the regular season … Earned Ivy dual wins over Columbia (Jan. 28), Princeton (Feb. 4), Penn (Feb. 4), and Harvard (Feb. 10) … Claimed additional EIWA wins against F&M (Jan. 21), Bucknell (Jan. 22), Sacred Heart (Feb. 11), and Hofstra (Feb. 18) … Gained a spot on the EIWA All-Academic Team … Won the team’s Most Improved Wrestler award.
2015-16: Went 7-9 overall with a 2-4 dual mark on the year … Placed second at 174 lbs. at the JWU Open (Jan. 30) … Tallied three falls on the season … Posted a fall in 0:16 vs. JWU at the JWU Open (Jan. 30) – the team’s fastest fall of the year … Earned dual wins over Sacred Heart (Jan. 17) and Bloomsburg (Jan. 23).
Before Brown: Earned all-state honors as a junior and senior … Gained all-conference accolades … Won Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award for the CAL conference … Went 42-2 as a senior … Captured three District 30 titles and one Region 8 title … Garnered All-Press of Atlantic City First Team laurels … Also played football and baseball at St. Joseph … Rushed for close to 2,000 yards in football and tallied a career batting average over .450 in baseball.
Personal: Christian is the son of Christopher and Karen LaFragola … Has one older brother, Domenic, a member of the football team at the University at Albany … Uncle Nick Spezio ’63 played football at Brown … Born on May 25, 1997 … Business, Entrepreneurship and Organizations concentrator.
