| Year: | 1993 |
| Team: | Cornell |
Mark Fergeson was already accomplished at the national and world level when he arrived as a freshman at Cornell. He competed for Union High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he was a 3x state champion, a 4x finalist, and held an overall record of 132-4-1. At age 16 he won the 1987 Cadet National Championship. That title qualified Fergeson for the U16 World Championships in Ontario, Canada where he also won the Gold Medal. He capped his high school career with a win for Team USA at the Pittsburgh Press/Dapper Dan Classic.
Fergeson found immediate success at Cornell, earning Ivy League Rookie of the year and qualifying for the NCAA tournament with a third-place finish at the EIWA tournament as a freshman.
He went on to become a 2x EIWA champion and 3x EIWA finalist. He helped Cornell win the team title for the first time in 34 years in 1992 and again in 1993. At the NCAA tournament he was a 4x qualifier and a 2x All-American for the Big Red, placing 5th in 1992 and 4th in 1993. As senior, he earned the #1 national ranking, competed in the NWCA All-Star Dual meet, and won the Fletcher Trophy for most career team points scored in the EIWA tournament. Fergeson was the all-time winningest wrestler in Cornell history at the time of his graduation, and he still holds the Cornell record for most major decisions and dual meet wins.
After graduating with a degree in Nutritional Science, he attended medical school at the University of Oklahoma, where he was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha, the highest academic honor in medical school. He is a nationally respected medical educator and currently holds the Harris D. Riley, Jr., Chair in Pediatric Education at the University of Oklahoma where he served as Dean of Students from 2015-2022.
Fergeson volunteers extensively from being a youth wrestling and soccer coach to helping resettle refugees to providing rides for the elderly. He was inducted into the Cornell University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003. Fergeson currently lives in Oklahoma City with his wife Gina and their two sons who both played college soccer.