2007-08 Wrestling Roster

David Metzler

  • Weight 141
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Dayton, Va.
  • Highschool Turner-Ashby

Biography

On Metzler: Expected to start at either 141 or 149 lbs...Team Captain who will be counted on for points in the middle weights.

2006-07: Competed as an unattached entry at the Davidson Open and Southern Scuffle while redshirting...Went 5-2 while winning the 149-pound weight class at the Davidson Open.

2005-06: Placed fourth at the Southern Conference Championships at 141 lbs...Co-Captain...Missed four weeks due to injury...Claimed dual victories against Duke and Gardner-Webb.

2004-05: Missed the team’s final five dual matches due to a knee injury suffered against Appalachian State (1/27) in the only dual match he lost...Contributed the second-most dual points on the team despite missing five matches...Led the team with six pins...Placed 2nd at the Va. Intercollegiates and 4th at the Keystone Classic and SoCon Championships, all at 141...Third on the team in win percentage (65.2%).

2003-04: One of only two Keydet wrestlers to post 30 wins as a freshman last year...Finished 24-13 in tournament matches... Recorded six wins by major decision and eight pins...Finished second at the All-Academy Championships, third at the SoCon Championships and Virginia States and fourth at the Carolina Open...Also placed fifth at the Southern Scuffle, sixth at the Keystone Classic and third at the Keydet Invitational.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Turner Ashby...Four-time district and regional champion ...Placed in top six of state championships all four years, twice capturing the state championship... Valley District Most Valuable Wrestler as a senior.

Personal: Son of Daniel Metzler and Guadalupe Alvarez...Biology major.