Dan Burk Class: Freshman Hometown: Naperville, Ill. High School: Neuqua Valley Weight: 165

High School: Named first team all-conference and honorable mention All-State as a senior after posting a 30-13 record at 171 pounds ... helped guide Neuqua Valley to two-straight Upstate 8 championships in 2007 and 2008 and a second-place finish at the state regional championships in 2008 ... named "hardest working" all four years in high school and was a two-time recipient of the Sportsmanship Award ... at 160 pounds, voted captain of the junior varsity squad in 2006 and 2007 and captain of the freshman team in 2005 ... a three-year member of Team Overtime and finished second at the 2009 US Army Midwest Nationals ... owned a 3.5 cumulative GPA in high school and was named to the Academic All-Conference team in 2008.

Personal: Son of Nancy and Jeff Burk ... born June 7, 1991 ... father, Jeff, was a varsity letterwinner in wrestling at Portland State University ... intends to major in kinesiology ... admires Dan Gable and Randy Couture.