The Cornell Big Red wrestling team represents Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

 of Ithaca

Ithaca, New York

The city of Ithaca, is a city in upstate New York and the county seat of Tompkins County, as well as the largest community in the Ithaca-Tompkins County metropolitan area...

, New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

. The squad is coached by Rob Koll

Rob Koll

Rob Koll is the David R. Dunlop ’59 Head Coach of Wrestling at Cornell University. Koll has lead his team to five top-five finishes in the NCAA Division I wrestling tournament, including second place finishes in 2010 and 2011. The 2010 and 2011 finishes were the best ever for an Ivy League team...

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Koll has lead the team to five top-five finishes in the NCAA Division I wrestling tournament

NCAA Wrestling Team Championship

The NCAA Wrestling Team Championship was first officially awarded in 1929 and began to be continuously awarded on an annual basis in 1934 except during World War II 1943-1945. In 1928 and from 1931 to 1933, there was only an unofficial title. Oklahoma A&M, now Oklahoma State, won the 1928, 1931...

, including second place finishes in 2010 and 2011. The 2010 and 2011 finishes were the best ever for an Ivy League

Ivy League

The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

 team and the best by an eastern team since Penn State won the title in 1953. The 2011 team was ranked first for much of the season, but lost in the NCAA tournament to Penn State, which surged under its coach Cael Sanderson

Cael Sanderson

Cael Norman Sanderson , is considered one of the greatest American amateur wrestlers of all time. A 2004 Olympic champion in Athens, Greece, he went undefeated in four years of college wrestling at Iowa State University , winning four consecutive NCAA titles...

. Koll has coached NCAA champions Kyle Dake (2010 & 2011), Troy Nickerson

Troy Nickerson

Troy Nickerson is a collegiate national champion wrestler from New York.Nickerson attended Chenango Forks High School in Binghamton, New York. At Chenango Forks, Nickerson became the first five-time High School state champion of New York and amassed a record of 217-6 while winning several junior...

 (2009), Jordan Leen (2008), Travis Lee

Travis Lee (wrestler)

Travis Lee is a former NCAA wrestler at the 125 lbs and 133 lbs weight class from Cornell University. Lee was the first individual NCAA wrestling champion from Hawaii, winning titles in 2003 and 2005 at 125 lbs and 133 lbs, respectively.Lee's first sport was judo, in which he...

 (2003 & 2005), and David Hirsh (1994).

National Champions

• • 1929 Glenn Stafford, 175 lb.
  • 1953 Frank Bettucci, 147 lb.
  • 1953 Don Dickason, 167 lb.
  • 1959 Dave Auble, 123 lb.
  • 1960 Dave Auble, 123 lb.
  • 1994 David Hirsch, 126 lb.
  • 2003 Travis Lee
    Travis Lee (wrestler)
    Travis Lee is a former NCAA wrestler at the 125 lbs and 133 lbs weight class from Cornell University. Lee was the first individual NCAA wrestling champion from Hawaii, winning titles in 2003 and 2005 at 125 lbs and 133 lbs, respectively.Lee's first sport was judo, in which he...
    
    , 125 lb.
  • 2005 Travis Lee
    Travis Lee (wrestler)
    Travis Lee is a former NCAA wrestler at the 125 lbs and 133 lbs weight class from Cornell University. Lee was the first individual NCAA wrestling champion from Hawaii, winning titles in 2003 and 2005 at 125 lbs and 133 lbs, respectively.Lee's first sport was judo, in which he...
    
    , 133 lb.
  • 2008 Jordan Leen, 157 lb.
  • 2009 Troy Nickerson
    Troy Nickerson
    Troy Nickerson is a collegiate national champion wrestler from New York.Nickerson attended Chenango Forks High School in Binghamton, New York. At Chenango Forks, Nickerson became the first five-time High School state champion of New York and amassed a record of 217-6 while winning several junior...
    
    , 125 lb.
  • 2010 Kyle Dake, 141 lb.
  • 2011 Kyle Dake, 149 lb.