Dan Burk

Dan Burk

Player Profile

Class:
RS Sophomore

Hometown:
Naperville, Ill.

High School:
Neuqua Valley

Weight:
165

Birthdate:
06/07/1991

02/06/2012

Four Huskies Take Titles at Harper Open

NIU wins four of the 10 weight classes, places 13 wrestlers overall

01/13/2012

Northern Illinois Falls to Ohio, 27-6

Kevin Fanta and Mike Lukowski record lone Huskie victories in conference loss

01/08/2012

Huskies Storm Back to Clip Lock Haven, 22-16

Northern Illinois wins final five matches after trailing 16-3

12/01/2011

Northern Illinois Falls to Purdue At The Wire, 19-15

Huskies mount comeback in higher weights, but fall in final match

11/26/2011

Huskies Down Campbell and SIUE, Fall to Indiana at Hoosier Duals

Senior Brad Dieckhaus goes 3-0 in 2011-12 debut, while Northern Illinois improves record to 3-2

2010-11: Finished the season with a record of 5-7 after winning four of his last five matches while wrestling at 165... placed third at the Harper Open... defeated Knox College's Sergio Ulloa by pin fall in just 1:48 and defeated Southern Illinois-Edwardsville's Gabe Hocum.



2009-10: Began the season wrestling at the 174 pound weight class... picked up three wins after dropping to the 165 pound weight class to earn the third place finish at the "Flash" Flanagan Open... defeating two wrestlers from Loras... posted a 3-6 record while earning one pin.



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...father, Jeff, was a varsity letterwinner in wrestling at Portland State University...admires Dan Gable and Randy Couture. Birthdate: June 7, 1991. Major: Kinesiology.



Season Wins Losses Pins
2009-10 RS 3 6 1
2010-11 3 7 1
CAREER 3 7
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