Wrestling - Boys Varsity

 

The Wyoming Seminary wrestling program is considered to be one of the best high school programs in the country. In the past several years, the Blue Knights have produced numerous National Prep Champions and All-Americans and have been consistently ranked within the top five programs in the nation. Sem wrestlers have recently gone on to compete at elite wrestling programs such as Harvard, Northwestern, Cornell, Penn State, Lehigh, Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina State, Virginia Tech, Maryland and many more.

2020 NATIONAL PREP CHAMPIONS

2020 PENNSYLVANIA INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS CHAMPIONS

With six first-place finishes and five runners-up, Wyoming Seminary captured the 2020 National Prep Championship on Feb. 22. The Blue Knights edged Blair Academy, 349-268, to earn their first national title since 2014, and their sixth in school history. Other national title seasons were 1937, 1947, 1948, 1952, and 2014. 

The victory came a week after the Blue Knights captured their 14^th straight Pennsylvania Prep title, ahead of Malvern Prep, 349-294.
Beau Bartlett, who is headed to Penn State University, became only the 11^th wrestler in the 85-year history of the National Prep Wrestling Championships to earn four individual national championships. He earned the award for Most Pins in the Least Amount of Time, including a four-second pin and a win by fall in seven seconds at the national tournament.
Lachlan McNeil ’20, who will wrestle at the University of North Carolina, was named Outstanding Wrestler at nationals.

Sem's six national champions in 2020 is the second best in school history. The Blue Knights saw seven wrestlers earn titles in 1948, while five earned national titles in 2015. In total, Sem earned 35 individual national titles from 2010 to 2021.

Cornell Robinson was named the Blue Knights' head coach prior to the 2021 season, arriving to Sem by way of Christian Brothers College High School in St. Louis, Missouri.

2020 National Prep All-Americans and their finish at National Prep Championship

106 – Daniel Sheen ‘22 – 2^nd place

113 – Brennan Cernus ‘22 – Champion

120 – Gregor McNeil ‘21 – 6^th Place

126 – Nic Bouzakis ‘22 – Champion

132 – Drew Munch ‘20 – 2^nd place

138 – Beau Bartlett ‘20 – Champion

145 – Lachlan McNeill ‘20 – WON

152 – Connor Kievman ‘20 – 2^nd place

160 – Gabe Arnold ‘23 – Champion

170 – Andrew Donahue ‘22– Champion

182 – Cole Rees ‘21 – 2^nd place

220 – Kolby Franklin ‘22 – 2^nd place

285 – Nate Miller ‘21 – 5^th place

 

2020 Pennsylvania Prep Results

106 – Daniel Sheen ‘22 – Champion

113 – Brennan Cernus ’22 – Champion

120 – Gregor McNeil ’21 – 2^nd place

126 – Nic Bouzakis ‘22 – Champion

132 – Drew Munch ‘20 – Champion

138 – Beau Bartlett ‘20 – Champion

145 – Lachlan McNeil ‘20 – 2^nd place

152 – Connor Kievman ‘20 – 2^nd place

160 – Gabe Arnold ‘23 – Champion

170 – Andrew Donahue ‘22 – Champion

182 – Cole Rees ’21 – Champion

195 – Trinidad Gonzalez ‘20 – 2^nd place

220 – Kolby Franklin ‘22 – Champion

285 – Nate Miller ‘21 – 2^nd place

2018-2019 Season Recap

The Blue Knights turned in another incredible season, both individually and as a team, in 2018-2019.
Sem crowned three national prep champions.  Beau Bartlett won his 3^rd straight title, Connor Kievman won his 2^nd  and senior Austin Cooley finished his career on top.  For the first time in recent history- Sem had All Americans at all 14 weight classes. The Blue Knights finished second in the country in the team standings at the National Prep Championships.
Prior to nationals, Sem captured its 13^th consecutive state title at the Pennsylvania Independent Schools Wrestling Championships in February at Malvern Prep. The Blue Knights got state titles from Troy Spratley (113), Drew Munch (126), Beau Bartlett (132), Connor Kievman (145), Benny Baker (152), Jake Stefanowicz (160), Cole Rees (170), Darrien Roberts (182), Austin Cooley (195), Jake Kaminski (220) and Mike Leyland (285)

Sem seniors and post grads from the Class of 2019 are now attending the following colleges:

Benny Baker- Cornell
Austin Cooley - Pitt
Darrien Roberts- Oklahoma
Jacob Stefanowicz- Penn
Mike Doggett Harvard
Michael Giallorenzi- Bucknell
Justin Hoyle- Hofstra
Carter Tuttle- Pitt
Nick Tannuzzo- Williams
Mike Leyland -Oklahoma

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Cornell Robinson — Head Coach
Cornell Robinson was introduced as Head Boys Wrestling Coach for the Wyoming Seminary Blue Knights in August 2021.

Coach Robinson brings a decorated wrestling background as a coach at the high school and international levels, including the Junior World Team in 2012 and Cadet Pan Am Team in 2013.

He served as Head Coach at Christian Brothers College High School, a preparatory school in St. Louis, Missouri, from 2014-2021. He also held head coaching duties at Timberland High School (2008-2014) and Parkway North High School (2004-2005).

Aside from wrestling, Coach Robinson has coached high school and college football, including Cheyney University, an NCAA Division II program.

Coach Robinson is a 2001 graduate of Evangel University with a Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education. He played football at Evangel, earning All American honors in 2000. He earned a Master's Degree in Education from Lindenwood University in 2007.

Coach Robinson's coaching philosophy involves developing wrestlers to reach their full potential — as both students and athletes — with a responsibility to develop them into upstanding citizens committed to excellence. He helps wrestlers bring a positive attitude and work ethic to the classroom and wrestling mat with a focus on goal-setting.

Joe Rovelli — Assistant Coach

The 2021-22 wrestling campaign is Joe Rovelli's 11th season coaching at Wyoming Seminary.

Coach Rovelli was an outstanding high school and collegiate wrestler prior to beginning his coaching career. He was a state champion and two-time state finalist at Meyers High School in Wilkes-Barre and was a four-time NCAA qualifier at Hofstra University.

Coach Rovelli is the Director of Financial Aid at Wyoming Seminary.

Cody Kievman — Assistant Coach

Cody Kievman won more than 130 wrestling matches in high school prior to attending Lehigh University, where he was a four-time varsity letterman.

Coach Kievman previously coached at Keystone College before joining Wyoming Seminary in the 2021-22 season.

Will Weber — Assistant Coach

Pat Heck — Assistant Coach