On Wine: Returning two-time Conference Champion at heavyweight...Will be expected to start at heavyweight after joining the team following the football season...Has never lost a Southern Conference dual match (6-0) in his career...Is 7-1 with five pins in his career at duals in The Thunderdome.

2008-09: Won the Southern Conference Heavyweight title for the second straight season...Was VMI's first repeat champion since Adam Britt won three consecutive titles from 2001-03...Placed second at the All-Academy Championships, losing in overtime to Army's Mike Sprigg in the Championship, and the "Shorty" Hitchcock Memorial Classic...Led the team with five pins despite not competing until second semester...Was undefeated in SoCon duals for the second straight season...Went 6-2 in dual matches, including 4-0 with two pins in home duals...Had a string of six straight wins at midseason and won nine of 10 matches at one point.

2007-08: Won the Southern Conference Heavyweight title as a freshman...Was VMI's first Conference Champion at Heavyweight in nine seasons...Also won a match against Oregon's Charlie Alexander (3-0) at the NCAA Championships before losing to eventual champion Dustin Fox of Northwestern...Dropped a 1-0 decision to Cleveland State's Rashard Goff at the NCAA's....Won four of his nine matches on the season via pin...Did not join the team until after the football season and won his first match, pinning Gardner-Webb's Evan Rhodes in 4:04...Went 4-1 in duals and 2-0 in SoCon matches...In his first four dual matches, had three pins and a major decision...Also pinned his first opponent at the SoCon Championships.

High School: Virginia State AAA Champion at heavyweight as a senior, going 46-0 with 28 pins to bring his three-year career record to 105-9...As a junior, was runner-up in the AAA Championships at 285 lbs., when he went 28-3...Placed third in States as a sophomore...School record-holder with 105 career wins and 69 career pins under head coach Rob Prebish.

Personal: Son of Jeff and Crystal Furnia...Psychology major.

Wine's Career Placings

• 2008 Southern Conference Champion (285 lbs.)

• 2009 Southern Conference Champion (285 lbs.)

• 2009 "Shorty" Hitchcock Memorial Classic-2nd (285 lbs.)

• 2009 All-Academy Championships-2nd (285 lbs.)