AJ Pedro

Position:
174 lbs
Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
Concentration:
BEO Organizational Studies
Hometown:
Methuen, Mass.
High School:
Phillips Exeter Academy (N.H.)

2021-22: Won the team's Ralph Anderton-Edward Durgin Award, presented to the wrestler who performed best under pressure ... Earned a dual victory over Hofstra at 174 pounds to help secure the team victory over the Pride.

2020-21: Earned Academic All-Ivy honors … Served team as a captain … Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019-20: Did not wrestle.

2018-19: Placed third at the Patriots Open (Dec. 9) … Represented the team at the EIWA Championships (Mar. 8-9) … Earned EIWA All-Academic honors … Went 8-9 overall, including 2-5 in duals and 1-3 in EIWA duals … Tallied three major decisions and two pins on the year … Tallied four wins at the Patriots Open … Earned an Ivy dual win over Penn (Feb. 2).

2017-18: Placed sixth at both the Bearcat Open (Nov. 12) and Navy Classic (Nov. 18) … Went 10-7 overall … Tallied two major decisions and a technical fall … Earned four wins apiece at both the Bearcat Open and Navy Classic … Won twice at the Midlands Championships (Dec. 29) … Earned the team’s Artemis Joukowsky Award for Most Promising Freshman.

Before Brown: Earned a Top-100 recruiting ranking per InterMat … Ranked nationally in his weight class per FloWrestling …Finished as a Prep National runner-up and New England champion in 2017 … Compiled an 80-8 career record … Earned five National High School All-America honors … Placed third at Beast of the East as a senior … Finished in sixth at the USA Wrestling Fargo Freestyle National Championships and fourth at Beast of the East as a junior … Won Prep New England titles in 2014 and 2015 … Placed third at prep Nationals in 2014 and 2015 … Wrestled for head coach Dave Hudson.

Personal: Anthony James Pedro is the son of Marie and James ’94 Pedro; James wrestled at Brown, qualifying twice for the NCAA Championships, before earning two bronze medals in the Olympics in judo and going on to coach USA Judo at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics … Has three siblings, Casey, Ricky, and Talia … Born on April 23, 1998 … Plans to concentrate in Business, Entrepreneurship and Organizations.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown because I know that by surrounding myself with the goal-oriented and driven people at this school, I can achieve my goals academically and athletically at a place I felt at home as soon as I set foot on campus.”