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Career Honors
2023 NCAA Qualifier (141)
2023 EIWA Championships Runner up (141)
2023 Honorable Mention All-Ivy (141)
2019 NCAA Championships Qualifier (125)
2019 EIWA Championships Fourth Place (125)
2019 EIWA Championships Sixth Place (133)
2019 Honorable Mention All-Ivy (125)
2019 Keystone Classic Runner Up (133)
2018 Keystone Classic Runner Up (125)
2018 MSU Open Fifth Place (125)
2020 EIWA Academic Achievement Award
2019 EIWA Academic Achievement Award

2022-23 (141): Returned to the starting lineup and shined with a 9-5 dual record including a 7-2 mark against EIWA opponents and a 4-1 record in Ivy bouts towards posting a 20-11 overall record ... Placed second at the EIWA Championships and punched his ticket to the NCAA Championships for the second time in his career ... Closed out his dual career with six straight wins, including a major decision win over Princeton's Chris Martino (2/10) … In Penn's opening dual of the season (11/26), Ferrante earned a 4-1 decision win over #2 Iowa's Drew Bennett in Iowa's Carver-Hawkeye Arena … For the second straight season, earned a huge dual win over Princeton with a major decision win over Martino to give Penn a 16-15 advantage … Placed third at the PRTC Keystone Classic. 

2021-22: Went 8-7 overall, 1-2 in dual meets … Competed at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic (11/14), the Keystone Classic (11/21), and the Matmen Open (12/29-30) … Competed in dual meets against #2 Penn State (12/3), Harvard (1/28), and #19 Princeton (2/12) … Went 4-0 at the Keystone Classic to take first place at 141 pounds … Earned wins against Sacred Heart’s Anthony Pizzirusso (F 2:14), Harvard’s Kenny Hermann (3-2), App State’s Heath Gonyer (4-3), and George Mason’s Kaden Cassidy (SV 5-3) … Picked up a big win against #19 Princeton as he moved up a weight class and earned a takedown in sudden victory over Leonard Merkin.

2020-21: All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

2019-20: One of three team captains … Placed sixth at the EIWA Championships (3/6-7) … Runner-up at the Keystone Classic (11/24) … Placed third at the F&M Open (1/4) … Finished season with a 16-13 record … Started in nine duals, posting a 4-5 record … Secured a 3-1 decision with a last-minute takedown against Army (1/17) … Pinned his opponent in Penn’s dual against Duke (1/11) … Earned major decisions in duals against Binghamton and LIU (1/19).

2018-19: NCAA Championships qualifier (125) … Finished fourth at EIWA Championships … Honorable mention All-Ivy (125) … Keystone Classic runner-up … Finished fifth at Michigan State Open … EIWA Academic Achievement Award recipient … Posted a 25-10 overall record … Went 11-1 in dual meets … Scored team-high 44 dual meet points … Led team with nine major decisions … 12-3 against EIWA opponents … Went 4-2 at MSU Open (11/3) to finish fifth … Went 3-1 at Keystone Classic (11/19) to finish second … Had two wins by fall at Keystone … Avenged Keystone final loss with 13-7 win over Rider’s Jonathan Tropea in dual meet (11/29) … Went 3-2 at Midlands (12/29-30) and finished Round of 12 after reaching quarterfinals … Went 3-2 at EIWA Championships to finish fourth (3/8-9) … Won first two matches at EIWAs to reach semifinals … Earned automatic bid to NCAAs and went 1-2 as No. 23 seed … Lost to No. 10 Brent Fleetwood (North Dakota St.) in first round, 2-0 … Defeated Chattanooga’s No. 26 Alonzo Allen in overtime, 7-5, in consolation match … Had tournament run end with 8-4 loss to No. 9 Rayvon Foley (Michigan State).

High School: Ranked No. 18 in the country at 132 pounds by InterMat … Ranked No. 20 in the country at 132 pounds by FloWrestling … Three-time New Jersey placewinner … Finished third at 126 pounds in 2017 … Finished fifth in 2016 … Finished eighth in 2015 … Finished second at Doc Buchanan in 2018 … Took sixth at Beast of the East in 2018 … Four-time Beast of the East placewinner … Three-time Doc Buchanan placewinner … Fourth at Powerade in 2017 … Finished sixth at Fargo in 2015 … Wrestled on three New Jersey state championship teams … Bergen Catholic is currently ranked No. 2 in the nation by FloWrestling and InterMat … Served as team captain … National Honor Society member … National Social Studies Honor Society member … High Honor Roll student … Model U.N. member.
 
Personal: Son of Alicia and Carmen Ferrante … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences ... Athletic experience at Penn endowed by the Paul Oppenheimer Wrestling Student-Athlete Experience Endowment.