Jon Viruet

Class:
Senior
Position:
165 lbs
Hometown:
Springfield, Mass.
High School:
Springfield Central

Career Notes: Qualified for the NCAA Championships twice … Placed at the EIWA Championships three times … Earned All-Ivy twice … Served team as a three-year captain … Finished career with 97 wins … Posted three 20-win seasons, including one 30-win season.

2018-19: Qualified for the NCAA Championships (Mar. 21-23) … Gained First Team All-Ivy … Earned Brown’s Frederick W. “Doc” Marvel 1894 Award given to an athlete who has best represented Brown through excellence in scholarship, athletic performance, integrity, leadership, and community outreach … Won the 165-pound weight class at both the Bearcat Open (Nov. 11) and the Navy Classic (Nov. 17) … Placed fifth at the Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … Finished sixth at the EIWA Championships (Mar. 8-9) … Served the team as a captain … Earned EIWA All-Academic honors … Went 31-10 on the season for first career 30-win campaign … Finished 13-1 in duals and 11-0 in EIWA duals … Tallied 54 dual points, eight major decisions, five pins, and two technical falls on the year … Led the team in wins (31), major decisions (eight), dual wins (13), falls (five), dual EIWA wins (11), dual points (54), and dual pins (four) … Won 13 consecutive bouts from Jan. 17 to Mar. 8 … Earned Ivy dual wins over Cornell (Jan. 26), 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), Binghamton (Jan. 26), Hofstra (Feb. 16), and Sacred Heart (Feb. 23) … Registered six wins at Midlands …Tallied four wins apiece at the Bearcat Open and Navy Classic.

2017-18: Qualified for the NCAA Championships (Mar 15-17), upsetting the No. 8 seed at 165 pounds in the round of 32 … Placed sixth at the EIWA Championships (Mar. 3-4) … Finished fifth at the Bearcat Open (Nov. 12) … Ranked second on the team in wins (22), third in major decisions (four), first in dual points (29), and second in dual major decisions (three) … Went 22-17 overall, 7-5 in duals, and 5-4 in EIWA duals … Tallied four major decisions, a technical fall, and three pins on the season … Earned EIWA dual wins over American (Jan. 14), F&M (Jan. 20), Sacred Heart (Feb. 10), Hofstra (Feb. 17), and Columbia (Feb. 17) … Served team as captain.

2016-17: Earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy honors … Placed sixth at 165 lbs. at the EIWA Championships (Mar. 3-4) … Led Brown in wins (28), major decisions (eight), dual wins (11), dual EIWA wins (nine), dual points (47), and dual major decisions (four) … Recorded a 28-15 overall record, an 11-3 dual mark, and a 9-1 EIWA dual record … Tallied eight major decisions, two technical falls, and four pins … Logged fastest pin in 0:42 … Placed third at 174 at the Bearcat Open (Nov. 13), fourth at 174 at the Navy Classic (Nov. 19), and fourth at 165 at the F&M Open (Jan. 7) … Won 10 of 11 dual bouts to close the regular season (Jan. 21 to Feb. 18) … Earned Ivy wins over Cornell (Jan. 28), Princeton (Feb. 4), Penn (Feb. 4), and Harvard (Feb. 10) … Served team as captain … Won the Michael T. Wallace MVP Award and the Rob Davidson Most Dedicated Wrestler award.

2015-16: Went 16-12 overall, 7-5 in dual bouts, and 7-3 in EIWA duals on the year … Represented team at 165 lbs. at the EIWA Championships (Mar. 5-6) … Tied for third at 165 at the F&M Open (Dec. 30) … Posted two major decisions and two technical falls on the season … Tied for second on the team in dual EIWA wins (seven) and tied for third in dual wins (seven) … Earned EIWA dual wins vs. American (Jan. 9), Cornell (Jan. 16), Sacred Heart (Jan. 17), F&M (Jan. 22), Bucknell (Jan. 23), Princeton (Feb. 7), and Binghamton (Feb. 13) … Won the Artemis Joukowsky Award for Most Promising Freshman.

Before Brown: Won three Massachusetts Division I state titles and finished as runner up as a freshman … Captured four Western Massachusetts titles … Gained New England titles as a junior and senior … Claimed NHSCA Junior National Championship as a junior … Garened NHSCA Senior All-America honors as a senior … Took home Fargo Greco All-America accolades in 2014 … Wrestled for head coach Darby McLaughlin … Competed at the club level for Northeast Elite and Nieves Wrestling Club … Also ran cross country for head coach Joshua Rice … National Honor Society and National Math Honor Society member.

Personal: Jonathan is the son of Ricardo and Ilianette Viruet … Has an older brother, Richard, and a younger sister, Gabriella … Richard is a member of the wrestling team at Drexel University … Born on October 28, 1996 … Business, Entrepreneurship and Organizations concentrator.

Career Statistics
Year	Overall	Dual	EIWA Dual	MD	TF	Pins	Fastest Fall
2015-16	16-12	7-5	7-3	2-1	2-0	0-0	--
2016-17	28-15	11-3	9-1	8-1	2-0	4-1	0:42
2017-18	22-17	7-5	5-4	4-2	1-0	3-0	1:44
2018-19	31-10	13-1	11-0	8-2	2-0	5-0	0:57
Totals	97-54	38-14	32-8	22-6	7-0	12-1	0:42