Height: 5-8
Class: Freshman
Hometown: Kings Park, N.Y.
Previous School: Kings Park

2015-16: Went 8-12 in his debut season at 125 lbs ... collected back-to-back pinfalls of Ferrum's Brett Binnix (3:57) and Scranton's Jake Thomson (6:59) at the Monarch Invitational (Nov. 7) ... won a high-scoring 19-10 decision over Daniel Webster's Jo-Jo Morse on Jan. 15 ... pinned American Internationa;'s Josef Smith in 6:37 on Jan. 21 ... doubled up Southern Maine's Casey Abshire in a 14-7 victory on Feb. 13 ... lost a hard-fought 5-3 sudden-victory decision to Wayne Yuan of NYU on Feb. 18.

Prior to LIU Post: Three-year varsity wrestler at Kings Park High School ... 2015 Suffolk County League V finalist at the 126-lb. weight class ... recipient of the Coach's Award ... compiled a record of 33-7 in his senior year ... placed second at the New York State Greco-Roman Championships ... finished fourth at the USAW Junior Freestyle Championships.

Personal: Has three brothers, Gianmarco, Antonio and Richard, and one sister, Juliana ... son of Salvatore and Christina Paterno ... enjoys video games, working out and hanging out with friends ... his favorite athlete is John Smith ... the people he admires most are his parents ... aspires to have his own business ... currently undecided on a major.