Cornell Wrestling Sweeps Ivy Major Awards: Shapiro Wrestler of the Year, Ruiz Rookie of the Year and Coaching Staff of the Year
ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell took all three major wrestling awards the Ivy League gives out naming Meyer Shapiro as the Wrestler of the Year, Simon Ruiz as the Rookie of the Year and Coach Mike Grey and his staff as Coaching Staff of the Year as well as six First Team All-Ivy and three Second Team All-Ivy representatives the conference announced Wednesday afternoon.
Meyer Shapiro is the highest ranked Ivy League wrestler with a 9-1 overall record at 157 pounds and an undefeated record in Ivy League duals. Shapiro’s most notable wins this season came in December against No. 10 Ed Scott of NC State and then in the last dual against Bucknell’s No. 22 Jude Swisher. Of his nine wins, five are bonus with four technical falls and one fall.
Simon Ruiz has already made his mark at Cornell. The freshman is 19-5 on the season and undefeated in Ivy matches at 174 pounds. Ruiz has remained in the top 15 all season picking up seven wins over ranked opponents and led the team in bonus wins throughout the season with 12, seven being technical falls. Ruiz’s arguably largest accomplishment came on Feb. 9 in his 4-3 decision over No. 10 Nick Incontrera of Penn who had beat him at the Journeymen Classic at the beginning of the season.
Coach Mike Grey led his team to its fourth consecutive Ivy League Dual Meet wrestling title and 44th overall Ivy title. The Big Red also finished second at last year’s NCAA tournament with one individual champ and two additional All-Americans under Grey’s guidance. This season, seven individual wrestlers remained in the rankings each week throughout the season with all 10 weights being ranked for five weeks.
The league named six Big Red wrestlers to First Team All-Ivy. Tyler Ferrara (133), Meyer Shapiro (157), Julian Ramirez (165), Simon Ruiz (174), Chris Foca (184) and Ashton Davis (285) all made the team with Josh Saunders (141), Ethan Fernandez (149) and Mikey Dellagatta (197) landing on Second Team All-Ivy.
Junior Evan Canoyer also received recognition as Cornell’s representative for the 2024-25 Academic All-Ivy Team. The Government major from Waverly, Nebraska currently holds a 3.801 grade point average in his time on East Hill.
