A four-time NCAA qualifier, Anceravage capped off his stellar collegiate career this past March by with a fifth-place finish at 174 pounds at the NCAA Championships. He finished sixth at 174 in 2008. Anceravage finished his career with a 119-28 overall record, including a 35-3 mark as a senior in 2009.
“Steve Anceravage was an outstanding college wrestler and is an excellent addition to our coaching staff,” Wolfpack hed coach Carter Jordan said. “He comes from a college program in Cornell that has had a great deal of success, a program that stresses academics as much as athletics. In addition to being an excellent wrestler, Steve is smart and ambitious, and he’s ready to hit the ground running. He has a great work ethic and is very excited about joining our program. He’ll be a difference-maker, both on and off the mat.”
Anceravage, a Bloomsburg, Pa., native, was a four-time EIWA finalist and a four-time All-Ivy League honoree. In 2009, he earned the EIWA’s Fletcher Award, given annually to the wrestler who earned the most points for his team over his career at the EIWA Tournament. He broke the Cornell school record for falls in a season by pinning 17 opponents during his junior campaign. He also holds the Cornell record for career pins with 37, after notching nine more than Travis Lee, an NCAA champion for the Big Red in 2003 and 2005.
Anceravage completed his time at Cornell ranked fifth in career wins with 119 and was just the 11th Cornell wrestler to finish with more than 100 career wins. Prior to Cornell, Anceravage enjoyed a highly successful career at Bloomsburg High School by capturing the state title at 152 pounds as a senior after helping his team win the Class AA state dual championship. He was a state runner-up as a junior and earned fourth- and sixth-place finishes at the 2003 junior nationals in Greco-Roman and freestyle, respectively.
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