As found on Rider University’s website, below is Jesse Dellavecchia’s bio. Learn about this wrestler’s career.

“2019-20:

– Became Rider’s first-ever MAC Champion at 157 lbs., defeating nationally-ranked wrestlers Larry Early (Old Dominion) and Jarrett Jacques (Missouri) to earn the title

– Clair Bee Rider Male Athlete of the Year

– NCAA Qualifier for the second-straight year

– Posted a 30-2 record, winning his first 13 matches and final 13 bouts of the year

– Finished first at the Keystone Classic

– Placed first at the Princeton Open

– Placed second at the Southern Scuffle

– His only two losses came to wrestlers ranked in the top five in the country – Hayden Hidlay (NC State) and Quincy Monday (Princeton)

– In addition to wins over Early and Jacques, scored seven wins over wrestlers ranked in the Top 30 in the nation, including a win over Monday at the Princeton Open

– Also defeated Top 30 wrestlers Markus Hartman (Army), Robert Kanniard (Rutgers), Matthew Zavistoski (Appalachian State) and Justin McCoy (two wins)(Virginia)

– Three-time Rider Athlete of the Month

2018-19:

– Nationally-ranked as highly as No. 13 nationally at 165

– Posted a 25-7 mark overall, including an 11-1 record in dual matches

– Won a pair of matches at NCAA’s, going 2-2

– Dellavecchia’s NCAA bid marked the 11^th-straight year Rider had a national qualifier at 165. He joined Chad Walsh (2015-18), Ramon Santiago (2013-14), James Brundage (2012), Jim Resnick (2011), Rob Morrison (2010) and Jason Lapham (2009).

– Went 5-1 in EWL duals and finished second at EWL Championships

– His only losses against EWL competition came against Lock Haven’s Chance Marsteller, who was an All-American finishing third at NCAA’s

– Finished tied for second on the team with four wins by fall

– Selected EWL Wrestler of the Week on Jan. 14

– Finished fourth at the Southern Scuffle and sixth at the Keystone Classic

2017-18:

– Wrestled unattached, posting a 20-5 record

Before Rider:

Posted a 15-9 record as a freshman at Binghamton in 2015-16, including a 6-5 mark in dual competition… Notched four pins and one major decision… Did not wrestle in 2016-17… A two-time New York State Finalist, three-time All-State selection and four-time NHSCA All-American for East Islip High School.

Personal:

The son of Dawn and Dave Dellavecchia… A business major.”

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As found on the Stanford University website, 2021 NCAA Champion Shane Griffith’s career summary (learn about this wrestler’s background below)!

“Career Accolades

• Pac-12 team champion (2019) – first in program history
• Hodge Trophy finalist (2020) – just second in program history
• Amateur Wrestling News National Rookie of the Year (2020)
• Two-time NCAA Qualifier (2020, 2021)
• Pac-12 Wrestler of the Year (2020)
• Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year (2020)
• Co-Most Outstanding Wrestler at Pac-12 Championships (2020)
• Pac-12 champion at 165 pounds (2020)
• NWCA First Team All-American (2020)
  • Along with teammate Real Woods, just the second/third freshman All-American in school history
• Finalist for FloWrestling Freshman of the Year (2020)
• The Open Mat DI All-Freshman First Team (2020)
• Two-time Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week (Feb. 5, 2020, Feb. 19, 2020)
• NWCA Scholar All-American (2020)
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020)

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2020-21)

• NCAA Qualifier
• 7-1 overall and 3-0 in duals wrestling at 165 and 174 pounds
  • Registered 34 consecutive wins dating back to 2019
    • Win streak is the second-longest in program history
  • Posted five major decisions
• Runner-up at the Pac-12 Championships (Feb. 28) in Corvallis, Ore.

As a Redshirt Freshman (2019-20)

• Hodge Trophy finalist – just second in program history
• Amateur Wrestling News National Rookie of the Year
• Pac-12 Wrestler of the Year
• Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year
• Co-Most Outstanding Wrestler at Pac-12 Championships
• NWCA First Team All-American
  • Along with teammate Real Woods, just the second/third freshman All-American in school history
• Finalist for FloWrestling Freshman of the Year
• The Open Mat DI All-Freshman First Team
• Two-time Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week (Feb. 5, Feb. 19)
• NWCA Scholar All-American
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• 28-0 overall and 13-0 in duals at 165 pounds
  • Best start to a career in program history
  • Second-longest winning-streak in school history (28)
  • Seventh-most wins by a freshman in school history
  • One of just eight undefeated NCAA DI wrestlers in 2019-20
  • Registered 18 wins by bonus points
  • Led the team with nine pins
• NCAA Qualifier
  • Awarded the No. 3 seed for the NCAA Championships
• Pac-12 champion at 165 pounds
  • Just the seventh freshman to win a conference title in program history
• Listed as No. 6 in the country on the NCAA’s Most Dominant Wrestler list (all weights)
• Won the Battle at The Citadel (Nov. 3), Roadrunner Open (Nov. 24) and Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2)
• Recorded six wins over ranked opponents

As a Freshman (2018-19) • Pac-12 Champions

• Redshirted his first season on The Farm
• 25-2 wrestling unattached at 165 pounds
• Won the Princeton Open (Nov. 4), Roadrunner Open (Nov. 18) and National Collegiate Open (March 2)
• Placed third at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2)
• Finished fifth at the Reno Tournament of Champions (Dec. 20)

Freestyle

• Won gold at 79 kg at the 2019 Junior Pan American Championships in Guatemala City
• Runner-up at 74 kg at the 2019 Junior World Team Trials in Raleigh, N.C.
• Placed second at 79 kg at the 2019 UWW Junior Nationals in Las Vegas

Prior to Stanford

• A 2018 graduate of Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, N.J.
• Four-year letter winner in wrestling, captaining his team for two seasons
• Team was four-time state champions, ranking in the top 10 in the nation
• Three-time state champion and runner-up the other year
• Only underclassman to win Most Outstanding Wrestler at the state tournament
• Super 32 champion
• Fargo runner-up
• DOC Buchanan champion

Personal

• Son of Jeffrey and Alison Griffith
• Has an older sister, Ashley
• Full name is Shane Patrick Griffith”

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