Accolades
2009 All-American, Third Place (157)
2009 National Qualifier (157)
2009 NCAA Super Region 1 Champion (157)
2008 National Qualifier
2008 East Region Champion (157)
2008 National Qualifier (157)
2007 All-American, Sixth Place (157)
2007 National Qualifier (157)
2007 NCAA East Region Champion (157)
2007 Team Rookie of the Year
2008-09: Helped the Lakers to a ninth-place finish at the National Championships after earning his second All-America certificate with a third-place finish…fell just shy of the national championship match when he dropped a 6-4 double-overtime thriller to rival Travis Eggers of Upper Iowa… went 4-1 at the national tournament…earned his third-straight trip to the championships after winning his third-consecutive NCAA Super Region 1 title at 157 pounds… is the only Laker to win multiple region titles… set the program record for single-season victories with a 37-10 mark, breaking the old record of 34 shared by Brian Pogel and Hudson Harrison…record-breaking victory came in the NCAA quarterfinals with a 16-7 major decision over John Sundgren of St. Cloud St… the major decision marked his 12th of the year, setting a new single-season Mercyhurst standard in that category in addition to the all-time record of 21, eclipsing Zach Schafer’s mark of 19… entered the national rankings for the first time on March 3 with a No. 6 showing…placed in all six tournaments he entered and placed no less than fifth, earning a fifth-place mark at the Buffalo Open and Keystone Classic, fourth at the PSAC Championships, second at the National Catholic Invitational… after dropping a 4-3 decision to Todd Meneely of Nebraska-Omaha, Lamancusa went on a 17-match winning streak… also won nine in a row after dropping his first contest of the year… earned PSAC Wrestler of the Week honors on March 3, 2009.
2007-08: Qualified for NCAA Championships for second-straight year...Won the East Region Championship at 157 pounds...Posted a 21-16 overall record and a 21-15 mark at 157...Recorded a team-leading six major decisions...Placed second at the National Catholic invitational and fourth at the Simonson Invitational...Tallied two technical falls and one pin...Won 13 of his final 19 matches, three by major decision...Went 1-2 at the NCAA Championships with a win in the prelims.
2006-07: All-American, finishing sixth at NCAA Championships...Despite missing much of the season due to injury, still led team with four technical falls and ranked third in wins (22), takedowns (60) and nearfalls (24)...157 Champion at National Catholic Invitational...Placed third at the Keystone Classic against all Division I competition...Finished fourth at the Ohio Northern Invitational...NCAA East Regional Champion.
High School: Member of wrestling and football teams...team finished 13th in Ohio as a junior, then ninth as a senior...Career record of 134-15...Ohio State Champion as a senior...third at state championships as a junior...three-time all-league...league Most Valuable Wrestler...All-American as a junior...holds school records for career and season takedowns, and career and season wins...quickest pin was eight seconds...FFA, SADD...Stark County Freestyle Club...2003 Freestyle Cadet State Champion...two-time Fargo qualifier.
Personal: Education major...Son of Andy and Rhonda Lamancusa...Father wrestled at Mount Union...Two brothers, Aaron and Adam.
