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  • Wrestling’s Braunagel brothers: Born to be captains

    Jan 26, 2021 1:00 pm by Division of Intercollegiate AthleticsAthletics
    the identical twin Braunagel brothers, Zac and Danny. Or Danny and Zac?

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    • the identical twin Braunagel brothers, Zac and Danny. Or Danny and Zac?

    Illini wrestling features a pair of feisty identical twins from southern Illinois: Danny and Zac Braunagel. Early in the Fall of 2019, Coach Jim Heffernan confidently bestowed the title of co-captains to his then redshirt freshman phenoms.