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• All-American (2008, 2009)
• 5th Place NCAA Finish (2009)
• 6th Place NCAA Finish (2008)
• NCAA Qualifier (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) 
• EIWA Champion (2007) 
• EIWA Fletcher Award Recipient (2009)
• EIWA Finalist (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) 
• All-Ivy First Team (2008, 2009)
• All-Ivy Second Team (2006, 2007)  

At Cornell
2007-08: After moving up a weight class from last season to wrestle at 174 pounds, Anceravage went 3-1 at the EIWA tournament to place second and earn his third automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The No. 11 seed at the NCAAs, Anceravage pinned No. 6 Alton Lucas of Hofstra in 1:33 to advance to the semifinals. He was edged out of the championship bracket by No. 3 Brandon Browne of Nebraska, 3-2, moving into the wrestlebacks. Anceravage then won a 1-0 decision over No. 9 Brandon Mason of Oklahoma State to earn his first All-America honors. In his next match, he avenged his EIWA’s final loss by winning a 6-1 decision over Navy’s Matt Stolpinski. With a 4-3 record, Anceravage placed sixth at the NCAA tournament. This season he was a perfect 5-0 against Ancient Eight opponents, where he won every match by fall en route to earning his first All-Ivy first-team honor. Anceravage opened his season on a 15-match win streak which saw him earn titles at the Brute Binghamton Open and Body Bar Invitational. With a 5-1 mark at the Southern Scuffle, Anceravage placed third. He totaled 35 wins, which is good for third on the team. Anceravage set a school record for falls this season by pinning 17 of his opponents to total 28 in his three-year career. He earned bonus points in 21 of his 43 matches this season.

2006-07: Anceravage was named to the All-Ivy second team this season after going 3-1 in the league and 22-6 overall. In his second season wrestling for the Big Red, Anceravage found success in tournament action, placing second at the Body Bar Invitational and Southern Scuffle before winning the title at the EIWA tournament. Anceravage’s only Ivy loss of the regular season was at the hands of Penn‘s Zach Shanaman by a close 6-4 decision. At the EIWAs, the Big Red wrestler turned the tables, pinning Shanaman in 2:48 in the semifinals. The EIWA’s champion at 165 pounds, Anceravage qualified for his second NCAA tournament after defeating the No. 1 seed, Michael Cannon (American), in the finals, 9-6. At the NCAA tournament, he went 2-2, picking up a win by fall.

2005-06: Anceravage successfully returned from injury which kept him out of the lineup as a freshman. He finished the season an impressive 25-8. He was an All-Ivy second-team selection this season. In the first action of his collegiate career, Anceravage went 3-1 at the Body Bar Invitational, taking second place. He then took third at the Las Vegas Invitational and second at the Southern Scuffle. After receiving a bye in the first round of the EIWA tournament, he defeated Jon Anderson (Army) to move on to the semi-final round, where he beat 2004 national champion Troy Letters (Lehigh). He fell to the No. 1 seed, Muzaffar Abdurakhmanov (American), in the final to take second place and an automatic bid to nationals. Anceravage was the No. 11 seed at the NCAA Championships where he went 0-2.

2004-05: Did not compete.

Prior to Cornell:
Anceravage completed a highly successful career at Bloomsburg High School by capturing the state title at 152 pounds 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. Despite being one of a few scholastic wrestlers entered at the 2003 junior world trials, Anceravage lost just twice and won five matches against NCAA Division I wrestlers to place sixth among 37 contenders at 145 pounds.

Personal:
Stephen Rundio Anceravage is the son of Bo and Lisa Anceravage, and he is studying policy analysis and management in Cornell's College of Human Ecology. He has two sisters and a younger brother.