SUNY Cortland Athletics

Stephon Sair was a national champion wrestler and All-America football safety and punt returner at Cortland in the mid-2000s and is currently the successful wrestling head coach at Manhasset (N.Y.) High School.
 
* A Huntington, N.Y., native, he earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from Cortland in 2007 and a master's degree in physical education from Cortland in 2011
 
* Competed four years on Cortland's wrestling team (174 pounds and 184 pounds), two as a team captain, and four years as a safety and punt returner on Cortland's football team
 
* Three-time NCAA Division III wrestling All-American with a national championship at 174 pounds in 2006, runner-up finish at 184 pounds in 2007 and fourth-place finish at 174 pounds in 2005
 
* Three-time Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference (ECWC) champion (two-time Wrestler of the Year) and three-time all-state honoree at all-divisions New York State Championships (third place in 2007, fourth in 2004 and 2006)
 
* Wrestling career record of 80-14 with 12 pins and helped Cortland place in the top 10 nationally three times, including a sixth-place finish in 2006
 
* Cortland's wrestling Red Letter Award winner as a senior
 
* 2017 National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Division III Hall of Fame inductee
 
* Earned Football Gazette honorable mention All-America honors as a safety in 2005 and a punt returner in 2006 and garnered six All-East honors (Football Gazette safety in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and punt returner in 2006; D3football.com safety in 2005 and 2006)
 
* Three-time first team All-ECAC Southeast safety from 2004-06 and six-time All-New Jersey Athletic Conference, including first team safety three years from 2004-06 and first team punt returner in 2006
 
* Football career totals of 213 tackles, 13 interceptions, 35 pass breakups and four forced fumbles, along with 53 punt returns for 675 yards (12.7 yards per return) in 39 games; graduated as school's career leader in interceptions and still ranks third
 
* Scored five touchdowns - one punt return, two rushing, and two interception returns (including 70-yarder at Ithaca in 2005)
 
* Helped football team qualify for NCAA Division III playoffs in 2005 (7-3 record) and qualify for ECAC bowl games in 2006 (9-2 record) and 2003
 
* 2006-07 Cortland C-Club Senior Male Athlete of the Year
 
* Physical education teacher and coach in the Manhasset school district since 2010 and teacher in the Huntington school district from 2008-10
 
* Wrestling head coach at Manhasset High School since 2010, where he has earned six conference Coach of the Year honors and has led the program to five top-10 Nassau County finishes
 
* Started an ALS ("Lou Gehrig's Disease") Research fundraiser with the wrestling program at Manhasset High, and has volunteered as a football coach with the Huntington Police Athletic League (PAL)