Princeton University Athletics
Andy Lausier Named Assistant Wrestling Coach at Princeton
June 28, 2007 | Wrestling
Andy Lausier, the head wrestling coach at Stevens Institute of
Technology for the past four seasons and a former All-America at
Lycoming College, has been named an assistant wrestling coach at
Princeton University.
Lausier replaces Troy Letters, who left Princeton to pursue a career in commercial real estate.
Lausier
led the successful reinstatement of the Stevens Tech wrestling program
in the past four years, building the program from scratch (it had been
discontinued in 1992) into a team that made three consecutive NCAA
Division III championship appearances. He also led Stevens to 12
dual-meet victories in three seasons, including three over Top 25
ranked squads.
“Andy's experience is unique in that he took over
a program that had been dropped and in four short years made Stevens
one of the top competitors in Division III wrestling,” says Princeton
head coach Chris Ayres. “That understanding of running a successful
program, as well as his dedication, hard work and passion, will make
him an extremely valuable asset to our program.”
“I'm thrilled
to have the opportunity to join Coach Ayres and Princeton wrestling and
to work at one of the finest institutions in the nation,” Lausier says.
“I'm committed to working tirelessly to achieve all of our goals as a
team both on and off the mat.”
While at Stevens, Lausier also
coached seven conference finalists in three seasons and the 2007
Centennial Conference Wrestler of the Year. His 2006-07 squad finished
seventh nationally among Division III wrestling programs with a 3.31
team grade-point average, earning Scholar All-America honors.
He also was named the Centennial Conference Rookie Coach of the Year in 2005.
Before
heading to Stevens, Lausier spent two seasons as a graduate assistant
wrestling coach at The College of New Jersey, working daily with
athletes on skill development as well as assisting in the management of
TCNJ summer wrestling camps. He earned a master's degree in education
from TCNJ in 2003.
Lausier had a collegiate career record of
121-29 as a wrestler at Lycoming, where he graduated in 2001 with a
bachelor's degree in psychology. He earned All-America honors at 197
lbs. in 2000 and qualified for the NCAA championships three times.
The
native of Naperville, Ill., was a three-time team-captain and Middle
Atlantic Conference champion at Lycoming. He also was a member of an
NCAA Division III International All-Star team in both 1997 and 1998 and
spent the summer of 2000 at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado
Springs.