Austin Hecker says of himself, “I’m the kind of athlete that doesn’t really stop.” True enough, considering the health problem he has overcome to compete with the Stony Brook Wrestling Club.
Hecker, a 125-pound freshman, was one of seven members of the 30-person team to compete in the National Collegiate Wrestling Championship in Allen, Texas last month. Though he lost his first and only round, just being there was a triumph.
Hecker tore his ACL during his senior year at Sanford H. Calhoun High School in Merrick, NY, a potentially
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