2023-24 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Santino Morina
- Position:
- 197/285
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Paulsboro, N.J.
- High School:
- Paulsboro
2023-24 / Redshirt Senior
EIWA Academic Achievement Award…competed in 29 matches as the Dragons starter at 285 pounds..12-17 overall…6-9 in duals…compiled three victories at the Battle of the Citadel including a pin in 2:33 over Jet Galbreath (The Citadel)...took 6th at the PRTC Keystone Classic…defeated Matthew Cruise (Penn) by decision, 4-1…won back-to-back duals over John Meyers (Clarion) and Gannon Rosenfeld (Wisconsin)...gave the Dragons their first EIWA victory of the season, 20-15, with a 4-1 decision over Sebastian Garibaldi (Princeton)...defeated Aeden Begue (LIU) by decision in the EIWA Championships…a member of the team that owned the nation’s third highest team GPA at 3.5456.
2022-23 / Redshirt Junior
EIWA Academic Achievement Award…wrestled at 285 for the Dragons…competed to a 4-12 record with all wins by decision…defeated Donovan Sprouse (George Mason; 2-1) and Aeden Begue (LIU; 8-3) in the LIU Duals…at the EIWA championships wrestled to an 8-2 decision over Marc Berisha of Sacred Heart…a member of the team that owned the nation’s highest team GPA at 3.6117.
2021-22 / Redshirt Sophomore
Competed in 13 matches at 197 for the Dragons…earned a 6-0 decision victory over Brooks Sacharczyk of Little Rock, a 9-4 decision win against Cade Wilson of Brown and a 7-1 decision victory against Carsten Rawls of American…named EIWA Academic Achievement Award Winner.
Did not compete… a member of the team that owned the nation’s seventh highest team GPA at 3.455.
2019-20 / Freshman (at Old Dominion)
Redshirt year…went 10-6 at 197 pounds while competing unattached…runner-up at the National Collegiate Open, going 3-1 at the event.
Background
Attended Paulsboro High School in Paulsboro, N.J. for four years and was a three-sport athlete…owned a 155-25 record…won four NJSIAA Group 1 state team championships with Paulsboro…three-time regional champion, doing so as a sophomore, junior and senior…placed at the state tournament as a sophomore (eighth), junior (fifth) and senior (third)…racked up multiple all-conference accolades in both football and wrestling…also played two years of baseball.
Personal
Son of Carmel and Gina Morina…has three sibling: Natale, Maria Elena and Gia…majoring in business.
