Four-Time NCAA Champions (2)

Kyle Dake

2010 (141) • 2011 (149) • 2012 (157) • 2013 (165)
Universally considered in the conversation of the best collegiate wrestlers in history, Dake became the first to win national titles in four different weight classes, the first to win four national titles without taking a redshirt season and just the third athlete to claim four national titles overall. The 2013 Hodge Award winner as the national Wrestler of the Year was a three-time conference champion and a two-time EIWA Wrestler of the Year. The Outstanding Wrestler of the NCAA tournament in 2013, Dake became the third Cornell wrestler to capture the award and the first since Dave Auble in 1960. He was named the 2013 Ivy League Wrestler of the Year and was a three-time first-team all-league pick. He wrapped up his amazing career with a 137-4 record, including winning his final 79 collegiate matches, a Cornell record. He ranks among the school's career leaders in wins, winning percentage (.972), bonus wins (54) and wins by fall (44). Dake was named the Charles H. Moore Senior co-Athlete of the Year at Cornell, the Sports Illustrated Male College Athlete of the Year and was an ESPY finalist for Best Male College Athlete in 2013. The four-time NCAA All-American was elected to the EIWA Hall of Fame in 2014. Dake was a four-time Southern Scuffle champion (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) and a two-time Las Vegas Invitational champ (2012, 2013), as well as the 2011 Body Bar Invitational champion. Dake was the runner-up at the 2016 Olympic Trials at 86kg after finishing third at 74kg in 2012.
 

Yianni Diakomihalis

2018 (141) • 2019 (141) • 2022 (149) • 2023 (149)
The fifth four-time NCAA champion in history, twice apiece at 141 and 149 pounds, Diakomihalis was also a four-time EIWA and Ivy League Wrestler of the Year. He was the Amateur Wrestling News, Ivy League and EIWA Rookie of the Year as a freshman in 2018 en route to an NCAA title. He completed his freshman season with a 37-1 overall record and bettered that by going a perfect 29-0 as a sophomore. Diakomihalis became just the second Big Red rookie to secure a national title, joining four-time NCAA champ Kyle Dake. After claiming his second title 2018-19, he took an Olympic redshirt season in 2019-20, then COVID canceled the 2020-21 campaign. He again went unbeaten in 2021-22, winning his third NCAA title with a 28-0 mark. He was 21-1 as a senior, earning a spot as a Hodge Trophy finalist for the third time. During his journey that ended with a 115-2 career record, Diakomihalis posted a 75-match win streak, the second-longest in school history. The four-time EIWA champion and first-team All-Ivy League selection closed his career with the school's all-time top winning percentage (.983) and NCAA Dominance Ranking (4.248) and top 10 school marks in bonus point wins (ninth, 72), wins by tech fall (second, 24), dual meet wins (second, 53) and points responsible for (10th, 503).
 

Two-Time NCAA Champions (4)

Dave Auble

1959 (123) • 1960 (123)
One of the greatest wrestlers in Cornell history, Auble won three straight Eastern tournaments in the 123-pound weight class and was voted by Eastern coaches as the outstanding wrestler two of those years (1959 and 1960). He won two NCAA titles in the same weight class and was voted the outstanding wrestler of the national tournament his senior year. His collegiate record from 1958 to 1960 was a sparkling 51-1, with his only loss came in the opening round of the National Intercollegiates in his sophomore year. Auble's combined record in collegiate and AAU competition between 1958 to '60 was an incredible 75-2, with the other loss coming in the 1959 National AAU final round in the 125.5 class. He won the 1959 Pan American championship. In the Olympic year of 1960, Auble pinned the nine of 11 opponents and won all bouts in Olympic regional competition, but just missed out on making the U.S. team by virtue of his second close loss at the hands of Terry McCann. In 1962, Auble placed fourth in the world championships in the 125.5-pound class. He made the Olympic team in 1964, finishing fourth in his weight class. Auble is a former head wrestling coach at UCLA and Campbell who was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2010.

Vito Arujau

2023 (133) • 2024 (133)
Arujau won NCAA titles at 133 pounds as a junior and senior, joining Kyle Dake (4 titles), Yianni Diakomihalis (4), Dave Auble (2), Gabe Dean (2) and Travis Lee (2) as the sixth multi-time national champion in Cornell wrestling history. One of nine four-time NCAA All-Americans in program history, Arujau ended his career 93-8 overall. He stands near the top of the Big Red record book in several categories, including overall winning percentage (10th, .912), bonus-point wins (t-15th, 57), wins by tech fall (9th, 16), wins by major decision (t-3rd, 37), dual meet wins (12th, 45), dual meet winning percentage (7th, .957), NCAA tournament wins (t-1st, 20) and NCAA tournament winning percentage (6th, .870). Arujau won two EIWA titles and was named EIWA Wrestler of the Year as a senior. The two-time Big Red captain earned first-team All-Ivy honors as a freshman, junior and senior and second-team honors as a sophomore. He became the fourth wrestler in Cornell history to be named the Most Outstanding Wrestler at the NCAA Championships and was a finalist for the Hodge Trophy as a junior. Before his senior season, Arujau became the first Cornell wrestler to win a senior world championship as an undergrad when he claimed the 61kg title in Belgrade, Serbia.

Gabe Dean

2015 (184) • 2016 (184)
Dean was a four-time EIWA champion, four-time NCAA All-American and two-time national champion at 184 pounds. He made the finals three times and placed no lower than third at NCAAs during his four-year career. Dean was a two-time Ancient Eight Wrestler of the Year unanimously after closing out his career with a perfect 17-0 record in four seasons of conference duals. Dean posted a 152-7 career record with 101 bonus point wins and posted win streaks of 52 and 45 matches. Fifty of his wins came by fall. Dean was Ivy League and EIWA Rookie of the Year in 2014. Dean was a four-time first-team All-Ivy League selection and became just the 11th wrestler in EIWA history to claim four straight titles. He was the third four-time Southern Scuffle champion and the sixth three-time Las Vegas Invitational champion.
 

Travis Lee

2003 (125) • 2005 (133)
Lee became the school's second two-time national champion in wrestling in 2005, capping off a tremendous senior season that saw him earn2 Ivy League Wrestler of the Year honors for the second time. Lee also became the first Ivy wrestler to earn All-America honors four times and became the all-time Cornell and Ivy League leader in wins with 143. Lee won Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) titles all four years and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler twice. He posted an unbeaten season en route to a national title at 125 pounds as a sophomore, and then recorded a 37-1 record as a senior, avenging his only loss of the year in the NCAA finals at 133 pounds to capture the 2005 title. He played a major role in the Big Red's fourth-place team finish at this year's NCAA championships, its highest finish in 52 years. The finish was also the second highest in both school and Ivy League history at the NCAA championships.

 

NCAA Champions (9)

Frank Bettucci

1953 (147)
A National Wrestling Hall of Fame inductee, Bettucci was a three-time Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association 147-pound champion, winning the title in 1951, 1952 and 1953. He won the NCAA 147-pound title as a senior, earning All-America honors. He was named the outstanding wrestler at both the EIWA and NCAA championships in 1953. Bettucci went undefeated in dual meets as a junior and senior. He won the 1956 Olympic final tryouts, but a knee injury prevented him from competing. Bettucci won the AAU 147.5 title and reached the finals of the Olympic tryouts in 1960.
 

Steve Bosak

2012 (184)
A three-time All-American, Bosak won a national title at 184 pounds as a junior in 2012 and placed third as a senior.The four-time NCAA qualifier won an Eastern title in 2013, the last of three consecutive years in which he reached the finals. Bosak was a four-time All-Ivy pick, including a first-teamer in each of his final three seasons. He claimed the EIWA's Sheridan Award in 2011. Bosak closed his career with a record of 131-30 and ranked among the school's career leaders in wins, winning percentage, falls and major decisions.
 

Don Dickason

1953 (167)
Dickason took top national honors at 167 pounds in 1953. He earned the trip to the NCAAs by winning the Eastern Intercollegiate 167-pound championship. Dickason was runner-up in the 177-pound weight class at the EIWA tournament in 1951. He co-captained the team as a junior and senior, and won his numerals as a member of the freshman football team in 1949. Dickason had a career dual meet record of 18-8-2 (7-3 in 1951; 5-2-1 in 1952; and 6-3-1 in 1953).
 

Nahshon Garrett

2016 (133)
A four-time NCAA All-American, Garrett won the 2016 national championship at 133 pounds after finishing third, second and fifth, respectively, in his first three seasons at 125 pounds. A national finalist in 2014 at 125 pounds, Garrett became the 10th four-time EIWA champion in league history. The 2014 EIWA and 2014 and 2016 Ivy League Wrestler of the Year, Garrett is a four-time Eastern champ and first-team All-Ivy League pick. He was Ivy League and EIWA Rookie of the Year in 2013. Garrett sported a 149-12 career record with 92 career bonus wins.
 

David Hirsch

1994 (126)
Hirsch was a three-time Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association 126-pound champion, a two-time All-American and an NCAA Division I champion while he was a member of the Big Red from 1990-94. At the 1994 NCAAs, Hirsch won the 126-pound title, becoming the first Cornellian to win a national wrestling crown since 1960 and only the fifth Cornellian ever to win a national wrestling title at the time. He placed fifth at the 1993 NCAA championships to earn All-America honors. Hirsch finished his senior season with a school-record 41 wins and only three losses. His career record of 116-17 ranked third in all-time wins at Cornell. He was named the outstanding wrestler of the EIWA championships in 1994 after winning his third straight Eastern title and was the recipient of the John Fletcher Memorial Trophy, which is presented to the senior wrestler who has made the greatest contribution to his team during his career in the EIWA tournaments. The three-time All-Ivy first-team selection was named the Ivy League Wrestler of the Year in 1994. Hirsch served as tri-captain of the team in 1993-94, when he was named the Cornell Daily Sun Athlete of the Year and the Ithaca Journal Male Athlete of the Year. He served as an assistant wrestling coach at Cornell in 1994-95.
 

Jordan Leen

2008 (157)
Leen, a four-time NCAA qualifier, wrapped up his impressive wrestling career for the Big Red with a 118-29 mark that ranked him sixth in the Cornell record books for career wins. He was  awarded the team's Andy Noel "Leadership Award" after captaining the Big Red to two top 10 NCAA finishes in his last two seasons. Leen capped off his impressive four-year campaign by capturing his third All-America honor with a third-place finish at the NCAA tournament. As a junior, Leen was the lowest seeded wrestler to advance to the finals as a No. 8 seed, winning the national title at 157 pounds with a 5-4 win over No. 2 ranked Mike Poeta of Illinois. He became just the second collegiate wrestler from Tennessee to ever win an NCAA championship. Leen finished his career as a three-time first-team All-Ivy honoree and remained perfect against Ancient Eight competition with a 17-0 mark. At the National Duals this past winter, Leen won all four of his matches by major decision to help the Big Red finish with its highest dual ranking in school history of second in the country.
 

Troy Nickerson

2009 (125)
Nickerson was an NCAA champion as a junior at , a two-time NCAA finalist and four-year All-American and a member of four Ivy championship teams. The three-time EIWA champion received the prestigious Fletcher Award in 2010 as the senior who contributes the most team points at the EIWA tournament throughout his career. With a 97-8 career record, Nickerson ranked sixth all-time in winning percentage at Cornell in a career (.924). A four-time first-team All-Ivy pick, he earned EIWA Wrestler of the Year accolades in 2009. Nickerson was a two-year captain and finished with 38 pins, second in school history, and received the 2009 Sheridan Award given to the wrestler that wins the most matches by fall in the least amount of time at the EIWA meet. He had the two fastest falls in school history, including a record-setting 13-second win during a dual meet against Eastern Michigan as a junior. As a freshman, Nickerson burst onto the scene, winning Ivy League Wrestler and Rookie of the Year, the first male athlete in any Ivy sport to capture both awards in the same season. He also was EIWA Freshman of the Year in 2006.
 

Cam Simaz

2012 (197)
Simaz, a two-time Ivy League Wrestler of the Year, won an NCAA title as a senior at 197 pounds. He graduated ranked second in the school's career record book with a 145-21 record and first with 100 bonus victories. Simaz was 31-1 as a senior with his only loss coming from a medical forfeit. The four-time All-American went 5-0 to top off his stellar career with an NCAA title in 2012. At the EIWA tournament as a senior, he became just the 11th wrestler in conference history to win four titles. That earned him the Fletcher Award, given to the wrestler that has scored the most points for his team at the tournament in his career. With two wins by fall and a major decision, Simaz was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler. Simaz finished his Ancient Eight career a perfect 20-0 and was named first-team All-Ivy four times. During his career, the Big Red won four Ivy League and EIWA team titles and finished in the top six at the NCAAs each year, including national runner-up finishes in 2010 and 2011.
 

Glenn Stafford

1929 (175)
Stafford was the first Cornell and Eastern wrestler to capture first place honors at the NCAA wrestling championships. He appeared in the second NCAA championship ever held, winning the title at 175 pounds. To reach the NCAAs, he had an outstanding season, winning important dual matches and capturing the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association championship. He was captain of the 1928-29 team. As a sophomore, he placed second at the EIWA championships at 175 pounds and won the heavyweight title as a junior. In addition he was crowned AAU wrestling champion in 1929.