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Decision on NC State's Darrion Caldwell Due In October

RALEIGH, N.C. * A decision on whether or not to redshirt defending
national champion wrestler Darrion Caldwell of NC State in 2009-10 will
be made sometime in September or October, according to Wolfpack head
coach Carter Jordan.

Speculation that Caldwell, a rising senior, would redshirt the upcoming
season began shortly after he won the 2009 national championship back in
March. Speculation continued to build throughout the summer as Caldwell
wrestled for the USA World team in the World Championships in
Azerbaijan. Any decision on Caldwell's future, Jordan said, will be a
joint decision between Caldwell and the NC State wrestling coaching
staff.

"This won't be an easy decision," Jordan said. "Ultimately we
want to make the best decision for Darrion. There are compelling reasons
on both sides of the argument. We still have time and we'll use that
time wisely."

Caldwell had a storybook 2008-09 season, fashioning a 38-1 record at
149 pounds and becoming NC State's fifth individual national champion.
Competing in college wrestling's deepest and most talented weight
classification, Caldwell's only loss was by injury default. He had 17
pins, fourth most in a single season in school history, and had a 10-1
record against ranked opponents. He went 7-0 against opponents ranked in
the national top 10, including his final three matches in the NCAA
Championships, two by major decision. At one point, he had a 29-match
winning streak, the fourth longest in school history.

After three seasons at NC State, Caldwell has a 94-12 record with 50
pins. He ranks third in career victories, third in career won-lost
percentage (.887) and third in career pins. He is well within reach of
setting new school records in all three categories. He also has a great
opportunity to become just the fourth three-time All-American in school
history, and another national championship would make him the first
multiple-national champion in school history.

NC State should field a very young but talented team in 2009-10. Jordan
signed three high school national champions as the headliners in a
star-studded recruiting class. The Wolfpack also returns five starters
and 12 letterwinners, not counting Caldwell, from last year's team,
which suffered through a disappointing, injury-plagued season. With or
without Caldwell, Jordan expects much better things in 2009-10.

"We're going to have a really nice team this year," Jordan said.
"The overall talent level is improving, and we'll have more depth
than we've had in recent years. I believe that by the end of the year
we'll be a very strong team and well-positioned to be strong for the
foreseeable future. So if Darrion competes this year, it will be because
it's what's best for Darrion and not just because he'll make us a
more a competitive team."

* WOLFPACK *

Steve Anceravage, a two-time All-America wrestler for Cornell, has joined the NC State coaching staff as an assistant coach

RALEIGH, N.C. * Steve Anceravage, a two-time All-America wrestler for
Cornell, has joined the NC State coaching staff as an assistant coach.

A four-time NCAA qualifier, Anceravage capped off his stellar
collegiate career this past March by with a fifth-place finish at 174
pounds at the NCAA Championships. He finished sixth at 174 in 2008.
Anceravage finished his career with a 119-28 overall record, including a
35-3 mark as a senior in 2009.

“Steve Anceravage was an outstanding college wrestler and is an
excellent addition to our coaching staff,” Wolfpack hed coach Carter
Jordan said. “He comes from a college program in Cornell that has had
a great deal of success, a program that stresses academics as much as
athletics. In addition to being an excellent wrestler, Steve is smart
and ambitious, and he’s ready to hit the ground running. He has a
great work ethic and is very excited about joining our program. He’ll
be a difference-maker, both on and off the mat.”

Anceravage, a Bloomsburg, Pa., native, was a four-time EIWA finalist
and a four-time All-Ivy League honoree. In 2009, he earned the EIWA’s
Fletcher Award, given annually to the wrestler who earned the most
points for his team over his career at the EIWA Tournament. He broke the
Cornell school record for falls in a season by pinning 17 opponents
during his junior campaign. He also holds the Cornell record for career
pins with 37, after notching nine more than Travis Lee, an NCAA
champion for the Big Red in 2003 and 2005.

Anceravage completed his time at Cornell ranked fifth in career wins
with 119 and was just the 11th Cornell wrestler to finish with more than
100 career wins. Prior to Cornell, Anceravage enjoyed a highly
successful career at Bloomsburg High School by capturing the state title
at 152 pounds as a senior after helping his team win the Class AA state
dual championship. He was a state runner-up as a junior and earned
fourth- and sixth-place finishes at the 2003 junior nationals in
Greco-Roman and freestyle, respectively.