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Senior John Laboranti will head into his final season at Penn State looking to once again challenge for the starting spot at heavyweight. With a talented group of big men in the room, Laboranti's 22 wins last year will serve him well as the experience gained in seven of Penn State's eight Big Ten duals will go a long way in his battles with outstanding teammates Stefan Tighe and Cameron Wade. Laboranti will be looking not only to secure a starting spot in the line-up, but make his first trip to the NCAA Championships. Lion Career: 2007-08: Blazed to MSU Open title by going 4-0 with a major decision on 11/11...went 1-1 at ESU Open on 11/17...posted 4-0 mark at Mat-Town Open on 11/24 to claim HWT title...went 5-0 to claim the HWT title at the Nittany Lion Open on 12/2, including victories over #18 Rashard Goff (ua-Cleveland State) and #15 Jermail Porter of Kent State...made Penn State dual match debut with 12-5 win over Lehigh's Justin Allen on 12/9 in Nittany Lions' 33-0 road win....dropped touch 3-1 decision to #10 Zach Hammond of Cornell on 1/4, getting taken down in final seconds in close loss...at National Duals, pinned Chattanooga's Matt Lettner to cap off PSU's 37-2 thrashing of No. 16 UTC in the opening round, downed #19 Jon May of Nebraska 3-1 (sv), beat Maciej Jochem of Cornell (4-2)...lost hard-fought 7-3 decision to #6 Matt Fields of Iowa in Big Ten dual match debut...got first career Big Ten dual meet win with 7-3 victory over Indiana's Nathan Everhart on 1/27...lost close 5-2 decision to #1 Dustin Fox of Northwestern on 2/1...last second takedown of Michigan's Chad Bleske gave him a 6-4 (sv) win and helped secure Penn State's 20-14 victory over #6 Michigan on 2/8...majored Michigan State's Alan O'Donnell on 2/15 (14-4)...went 0-2 at Big Ten Tournament. 2006-07: Red-shirted last year after transferring from Virginia Tech. Hokie Career: 2005-06: Went 8-8 overall...1-4 in dual matches...picked up two pins and two major decisions...dual match win was a non-conference major decision. High School/Personal: A Pittston High School grad...the Scranton native placed third and eighth at states during high school career...finished second at FILA Junior Nationals last year...was a four-time Junior Nationals All-American. CAREER STATISTICS
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