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NCAA Champion (2012)
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NCAA All-American (2011,2012, 2013)
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NCAA Qualifier (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
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EIWA Champion (2013)
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EIWA Finalist (2011, 2012)
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First-team All-Ivy (2011, 2012, 2013)
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Second-Team All-Ivy (2010)
At Cornell
2012-13: Bosak missed the first part of the season due to injury, but returned for Grapple at the Garden to win two matches over nationally ranked opponents. The Big Red senior qualified for his third NCAA tournament by winning the EIWA title at 184 pounds. With a 5-0 record, Bosak earned his third first-team All-Ivy honor. With a 20-2 overall record, he is 10-2 against NCAA qualifiers this season. Bosak currently ranks seventh in the Big Red career record books with 126 victories. He is also fourth in pins with 39. With 26 career major decisions, he ranks 11th. Bosak also holds the sixth spot in bonus wins with 73.
2011-12: Bosak wrapped up an impressive 2011-12 season by winning the NCAA title at 184 pounds. The Big Red captain entered the tournament as the No. 4 seed and notched four wins to advance to the finals where he met No. 6 Quentin Wright of Penn State. Bosak avenged his Southern Scuffle finals’ loss to the 2011 NCAA champion with a 4-2 sudden victory decision to win the NCAA crown. Bosak is now a two-time All-American. With a 33-4 season record, Bosak totals a 106-27 mark for his career to rank 15th in the Cornell record books. He is also fifth in career falls with 32 and seventh in bonus wins with 64. Bosak placed second at the EIWA tournament for the second season in a row to qualify for his third NCAA tournament. The Big Red wrestler opened the tournament with a 9-0 major decision over Columbia’s Shane Hughes to notch his 100th career victory. He opened the season on a 13 match win streak that saw him win titles at the Binghamton Open and Body Bar Invitational. At the Las Vegas Invitational, he placed second losing a 7-3 decision in the finals to the eventual No. 1 NCAA seed, Joe LeBlanc of Wyoming. Bosak also placed second at the Southern Scuffle. On Jan. 8, he edged out No. 1 Robert Hamlin of Lehigh in a dual, 2-1. He leads the team with 13 pins this season. Bosak will be back as a fifth-year senior for the 2012-13 seaon.
2010-11: Bosak had a breakout year, earning All-American honors and several tournament championships during an impressive 34-5 campaign. Bosak began with 18 consecutive wins to open the season, capturing titles at the Binghamton Open, Body Bar, and Las Vegas Invitational during that span. He finished second at the Southern Scuffle after dropping a decision to Edinboro’s Chris Honeycutt. However, he picked up key points for the Big Red with three falls and a major decision en route to the finals. Bosak went 4-0 as Cornell won the National Duals crown, with a technical fall against Mike Larson of Missouri providing needed bonus points in a very tight quarterfinal dual. He earned First Team All-Ivy status and was the EIWA runner up. In his second NCAA tournament appearance, Bosak blitzed through his first three matches, winning by 16-0 technical fall twice and by pin in the other bout. After a heartbreaking loss in overtime in the semifinals, Bosak bounced back to pound Honeycutt 12-0 to avenge the loss earlier in the season. He garnered his first All-American finish by taking fourth. Bosak completed the campaign with 21 bonus point victories, including nine falls. Fittingly, Bosak won the Almquist Award given to the most Improved wrestler at the year end banquet.
2009-10: An NCAA qualifier at 184 pounds, Bosak went 29-15 and finished fourth at the EIWA tournament. A second-team All-Ivy League pick by the coaches after going 4-1 in conference duals, he qualified for the national tournament after finishing fourth at the EIWAs. Bosak had 17 bonus victories, including nine wins by fall. After losing his NCAA opener, Bosak responded with three straight wins in the wrestlebacks, including pinning Harvard’s All-American Louis Caputo. He opened his sophomore sea¬son on an eight-match win streak that saw him claim the title at the Brute Binghamton Open where he defeated Caputo (Harvard), 4-3. At the Body Bar Invitational he placed third after a loss to No. 3 Dustin Kilgore (Kent State). At the Las Vegas Invitational, Bo¬sak won a 12-2 major decision against NCAA qualifier Josh Ihnen (Nebraska) and followed with a tech fall win over UNC Greensboro’s Andrew Saunders on his way to a fifth-place finish. After the winter break, he won a major decision (9-0) over Ohio qualifier Nick Purdue to take fifth at the Southern Scuffle.
2008-09: Bosak opened his Cornell career with a 10-2 record wrestling for Cornell at the Body Bar Invitational and the Las Vegas Invitational. He won by major decision in his first three collegiate matches on his way to placing second at the Body Bar Invitational. Bosak followed with a 5-2 mark at the Las Vegas Invitational where he finished in fourth place at 174 pounds.
Prior to Cornell
Bosak was a two-time Pennsylvania state runner-up, wrestling at 145 pounds in 2007 and at 160 in 2008. He was a four-time District 6 champion, and served as team captain his senior season. Bosak was the Powerade Champion at 160 pounds in 2008, and was also a runner-up at the 2008 Senior Nationals. In 2007, he placed third at 152 pounds at Junior Nationals. Bosak was a faculty scholar at State College Area HS.
Personal
Stephen Michael Bosak Jr. is the son Steve and Debbie Bosak, and he has a younger brother and three sisters. He is majoring in communication.
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