Elijah Cleaver Season 2020-21

Career Accolades

• NWCA Scholar All-American (2021)
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2022)

As a Junior (2022-23)

• 3-4 overall, 0-0 in duals at 149 pounds
• Went 1-2 at the Menlo Open (Nov. 6)
• Finished 2-2 at the Reno Tournament of Champions (Dec. 18)

As a Sophomore (2021-22)

• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• 5-7 overall, 0-1 in duals at 149 pounds
• Went 3-2 at the Menlo Open (Nov. 7)
• Finished 2-2 at the Roadrunner Open (Nov. 21)

As a Freshman (2020-21)

• NWCA Scholar All-American
• 1-4 overall
  • 1-3 at 149 pounds and 0-1 at 174 pounds
• Placed sixth at 174 pounds at the Pac-12 Championships in Corvallis, Ore.
• Registered a fall in 1:57 over California Baptist's Anthony Loera (Jan. 28)

Prior to Stanford

• A 2020 graduate of Nyssa High School in eastern Oregon
• A four-year letterwinner, captained his wrestling team for three seasons
• Oregon 3A state champions in 2017, finished as the runners-up in 2018 and 2019, and took third in 2020
• Three-time 3A league champions (2017, 2018, 2019)
• Three-time 3A state champion (2018, 2019, 2020)
• Placed third at state as a freshman (2017)
• Four-time 3A district champion and two-time MVP (2019, 2020)
• Registered the most wins in school history with a career record of 171-17
• Also lettered four times in baseball (three-time captain) and football (two-time captain)
  • Third-team all-state and first-team all-league as a utility player in 2019
  • All-Oregon honorable mention and first-team all-league tight end in 2018
  • All-league second team linebacker in 2018 and 2019

Personal

• Son of Luke and Tracy Cleaver
  • Father wrestled and mother played softball at Pacific University (Ore.)
• Has a younger sibling, Addie
• Full name is Elijah Dael Cleaver

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