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D.J. Bruce
  • Class
  • Weight
  • High School/Other
  • Hometown
  • r-Senior
  • 197 lbs.
  • Naperville
  • Naperville, Ill.
YearOverallDualLeagueMajor Dec.Tech FallFallTimePoints
2007-20085-43-32-0200-10
2008-200925-1214-72-34281:2064
2009-20107-04-00-01021:0821
Career37-1621-104-372101:0895

2010-11: Did not train with the team while taking the season off.

2009-10: Went 7-0 early on before tearing his ACL and having season-ending surgery … Qualified for a medical hardship waiver … Wrestled all seven matches at heavyweight … Was 4-0 in dual matches … Won the Navy Classic by going 3-0.

2008-09: Qualified for his first NCAA Tournament by placing fourth at the ACC Tournament … Went 0-2 at the Championships … Posted an overall mark of 25-16 on the year … Went 14-7 in dual meets and 2-3 in ACC competition … Had four major decisions, two technical falls and eight pins … Scored 64 points for the team in dual meets … Took second at the Navy Classic and seventh at the Las Vegas Invitational … Beat then-No. 20 and former Hokie Cody Gardner of Ohio State, 6-5, in overtime at the Vegas Invite … Had a big pin in the Rutgers match to tie the dual up heading to the final bout, which Tech won … Sealed the upset win at No. 6 Central Michigan.

2007-08: Was scheduled to redshirt but was forced into action late in the season due to injuries at the upper weights … Finished 5-4 on the season at 197 pounds with two major decisions … Went 2-0 in ACC matches and 3-3 in dual meets … Earned the No. 4 seed at the ACC Championships and picked up two wins there to place third.

High School: Lettered four times for Coach Tom Champion at Naperville North High … Was the Illinois state runner-up his senior year … Took fourth place as a junior and was a state qualifier as a sophomore … Placed second at the 2006 Fargo nationals, third in 2005, fourth in 2004 and seventh in 2007 … A two-time FILA Cadet Champion.

Personal: Daniel James Bruce was born January 1, 1989 … The son of Pam Bruce … Majoring in accounting.