Travis Stefanik

Photo by: Lisa Elfstrum

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Weight:
184
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Nazareth, Pa.
High School:
Nazareth

Awards
2023 NCAA qualifier (285)
2023 honorable mention All-Ivy
2023 EIWA Academic Award
2022 NCAA qualifier (184)
2022 second-team All-Ivy
2020 NCAA qualifier (184)
2020 first-team All-Ivy
2020 NWCA Scholar All-American
2020 EIWA Academic Award
2019 NCAA qualifier (174)
2019 second-team All-Ivy

At Princeton
2022-23
Earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships to finish 4 for 4 in his career in earning NCAA bids ... competed at 285 all season, up from 184 in 2021-22 ... finished with a 16-14 record ... had three wins over NCAA Coaches-ranked wrestlers in the run-up to EIWAs, including over Rider's No. 31-ranked David Szuba, Binghamton's No. 18-ranked Cory Day, and Penn's No. 27-ranked Ben Goldin, all in the teams' duals.

2021-22
Earned an NCAA bid for the third time in as many years, making the EIWA final ... earned the 23rd seed at the NCAA Championships and went 1-2, opening with a decision loss to 10th-seeded Taylor Venz of Nebraska before a decision win over Indiana's 26th-seeded Donnell Washington and a decision loss to Iowa State's eighth-seeded Marcus Coleman ... held the second seed at the EIWA Championships and went 3-1 before a decision loss to top-seeded Jonathan Loew of Cornell ... went 4-1 at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational in his first competition of the season and defeated 20th-ranked Max Lyon of Purdue in his last match at the meet ... went 7-2 in dual matches, getting a win over Lehigh's 33rd-ranked A.J. Burkhart with both losses coming to ranked opponents in Loew and N.C. State's third-ranked Trent Hidlay ... finished with a 15-6 record on the season, earning second-team All-Ivy honors in winning four of his five in league duals.

2020-21
Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019-20
First-team All-Ivy ... EIWA sixth-place finisher ... NWCA Scholar All-American ... NCAA at-large qualifier before the event was canceled by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 virus ... EIWA Academic Award honoree ... was ranked 18th, 19th and 20th in December and March ... won eight matches in a row during the Ivy season, in duals against Drexel and Rutgers before opening EIWAs with a win ... beat Cornell's Jonathan Loew in a dual to clinch Princeton's first Ivy League title since 1986 and end Cornell's 92-match, 18-year Ivy dual-match winning streak ... win late in the Rutgers match helped seal Princeton's first win in that series since 1990 ... rebounded from a quarterfinal loss to Army West Point's Noah Stewart at EIWAs to win twice and finish sixth after a 3-3 tournament ... had an 11-4 record on the season.

2018-19
One of only nine freshmen in program history — and three from the season — to qualify for the NCAA Championships; earned bid as an at-large selection … reached the EIWA semifinals after upsetting third-seeded and eventual NCAA qualifier Ben Harvey of Army … earned second-team All-Ivy League honors after going 4-1 in Ivy honors … won the F&M Open and took third at the Tiger Open … earned a win in the dual at Iowa … won a match at Midlands ... had a 19-15 record on the season.

Before Princeton: Qualified for the 2018 World Junior Team Trials … placed fifth at 2018 UWW Junior Nationals … 2017 Pennsylvania state champion … ranked No. 2 at his weight class by both Flo and InterMat; ranked 21st overall among all weights by InterMat … won 2016 FloNationals … 2016 Ironman runner-up … three-time placewinner at Beast of the East, including runner-up finish (2016) … three-time NHSCA All-American … two-time district and regional champion … 2017 EPC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and District 11 Scholar Athlete of the Year … posted a 154-34 career record … team captain for both football and wrestling … earned 2016 Lehigh Valley Live Football Player of the Year honor … Maxwell Football Club Award recipient … 2016 EPC Offensive Player of the Year … two-time member of the state all-academic team … senior class liaison … two-time Future Business Leaders of America state qualifier; seventh-place finisher in 2017.

Personal: Son of Trischia Gostony and Chris Stefanik … has an older sister Mihkayla, and younger brother and teammate Nathan is in the Class of 2025 … cousin Mike Novogratz wrestled at Princeton … enjoys bowling, golfing and playing basketball … economics major.