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Kevin DeJuliis ’03 has been Washington & Jefferson College’s career wrestling victories leader for the past 11 years, having produced 117 during his standout career. He also held the single-season record for victories (36) for a decade before Josh Etzel topped his total with 37 during the 2012-13 season.
DeJuliis became the program’s all-time wins leader during his senior year at the Case Western Reserve Quadrangular. He defeated CWRU’s Mike Huang 5-0 to pass teammate Wesley Koteski ’02 for the school record.
DeJuliis made two appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament. As a junior, he became the fifth wrestler in school history to earn All-America laurels after placing seventh in the 133-pound bracket at the 2002 national championship. DeJuliis earned his spot in the national championship field after winning the NCAA Midwest Regional. He pinned his final regional opponent, Manchester’s Nathan Hills, with 21 seconds remaining in the match. His title helped W&J place second among 12 teams at the NCAA Regional, the top team finish in school history at the tournament.
He was selected as the Presidents' Athletic Conference Most Valuable Wrestler in 2003 after winning the 133-pound conference championship. DeJuliis is one of 13 wrestlers in program history to be selected the conference MVP.
DeJuliis, who owns two of the top five single-season win totals in school history (36 - 2002-03; 32 - 2001-02), graduated from the Pennsylvania State Police Academy in 2007 and resides with in Cecil Township with his wife, Kala, and their daughter, Leena.
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