Career Honors
2024 NCAA Qualifier
2022 NCAA Qualifier
2021 NCAA Qualifier
2023-24 // Senior Year
Bumped up to Navy’s 165-pound starter during senior campaign … Compiled a 24-7 overall record and a 10-2 dual record … Earned his third automatic berth to the NCAA Championship after placing second at the EIWA Championship with a 3-1 record … Posted a 2-2 record at nationals with victories over Minnesota’s No. 28 Blaine Brenner (6-0) and Ohio’s No. 15 Garrett Thompson (7-3) … Won all six matches to place first at the Franklin & Marshall Open … Claimed a career-high 10 dual wins over Illinois, Ohio, American, Oklahoma, South Dakota State, Lehigh, Binghamton, North Carolina, Lock Haven and Bucknell … Also posted career highs in wins by major decision (seven) and victories over ranked wrestlers (eight) … Won a career-best 15-straight matches during the season.
2022-23 // Junior Year
Navy’s starter at 157 pounds in three duals … Posted an 8-7 overall record and 2-1 dual record … Won four matches to place first at the Bearcat Open for the second-straight season … Also competed in the Navy Classic and Soldier Salute … Defeated 26th-nationally ranked Max Brignola of Lehigh by a 4-1 decision in Navy’s dual against the Mountain Hawks … Secured Navy the Star Match against Army by a 7-2 decision in the final bout of the dual against Nathan Lukez, helping the Mids win, 18-13 … Compiled a 1-2 record at the EIWA Championship with a 4-3 decision victory against Rhise Royster of Long Island.
2021-22 // Sophomore Year
Navy’s starter at 157 pounds, he recorded a 27-8 overall record and a 9-2 dual record … Went 4-0 at the Clarion Open to take first place … Went 4-0 at the Bearcat Open, including a 7-5 decision over Intermat 19th-nationally- ranked Colton Yapoujian of Cornell to claim first place … Placed fourth at the Franklin & Marshall Open and eighth at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite … Defeated Army’s 23rd-ranked Marcus Hartman by a 10-4 decision to help the Mids defeat Army, 22-9 … Also defeated 31st-ranked Dazjon Casto of The Citadel and 26th-ranked Jordan Slivka of Ohio … Earned dual victories over Maryland, Hofstra, Cleveland State, Columbia, Binghamton, Bucknell, Clarion and Army … Went 3-1 at EIWA Championship to place second, earning an automatic berth to the NCAA Championship … One of three Mids to compete at the NCAA Championship … Defeated 13th-seeded Jack Bokina of Brown by a 22-7 (3:56) tech fall, fifth-seeded / 25th-nationally ranked Markus Hartman of Army by a 4-2 decision and top-seeded / sixth-ranked Josh Humphreys of Lehigh by fall (2:52) for his three wins at the EIWA Championship … Ended the season as Intermat’s 19th-best wrestler in 157-pound weight class.
2020-21 // Freshman Year
Navy wrestled a COVID-shortened season that did not include tournaments outside of the EIWA and NCAA Championships … Navy’s starter at 157 pounds, he recorded a 9-3 overall mark and was undefeated in dual action (4-0) … Earned dual victories over Tyler Badgett of Pitt (16-1), Trevor Elfvin of Clarion (10-5), AJ Burkhart of Lehigh (9-8) and Christian Hunt of Army (14-3) … Earned his first collegiate victory with a 16-1 (3:08) tech fall over Tyler Badgett in the season’s opening dual … Dropped his first match at the EIWA Championship to fifth-seeded Jaden Fisher of Bucknell (9-4), but came back to win three in a row to place including a 10-1 major decision over sixth-seeded Luca Frinzi of Lehigh in the third-place match … Earned an automatic berth to the NCAA Championship by way of his EIWA Championship finish. He was one of two freshmen (David Key, 184) on the team to qualify for the NCAA Championship … Posted a 1-2 record at the NCAA Championship, claiming a 5-3 victory over 28th-seeded Caleb Licking of Nebraska.
High School
2020 graduate of Notre Dame High School in Easton, Pa. … Four-year wrestling letter winner - two at Nazareth HS (2017, ‘18) and two at Notre Dame HS (2019, ‘20) … Two-time PIAA Class 2A State Champion (2019, ‘20) … Placed fourth at the 2017 PIAA Class 3A State Championship … Ranked No. 3 nationally by Intermat his senior year … 2020 Walsh Jesuit Ironman Wrestling Tournament runner-up … Closed out his career with a 121-17 mark, including a 47-1 record his senior year that featured wins in the final 40 matches of his career … Two-year wrestling team captain (2019, ‘20) … Member of the Key Club.
Personal
Son of Robert and Deborah Cerniglia … Majoring in general science … Also considered Pitt, Rutgers, NC State, Penn, and George Mason.
Career Numbers
| YEAR |
OVERALL RECORD |
DUAL RECORD |
DECISION |
MAJOR DECISION |
TECHNICAL FALL |
FALL |
FORFEIT |
OVERTIME |
VS. RANKED OPPONENTS |
| 2023-24 |
24-7 |
10-2 |
8-4 |
7-1 |
4-1 |
5-0 |
0-1 |
0-0 |
8-4 |
| 2022-23 |
8-7 |
2-1 |
5-4 |
2-0 |
1-0 |
0-2 |
0-1 |
0-0 |
1-1 |
| 2021-22 |
27-8 |
9-2 |
13-7 |
5-1 |
3-0 |
6-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
6-7 |
| 2020-21 |
9-3 |
4-0 |
3-1 |
2-2 |
3-0 |
1-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-2 |
| Career |
68-25 |
25-5 |
29-16 |
17-4 |
11-1 |
12-2 |
0-2 |
0-0 |
15-14 |
