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2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships

Akil Murugan

The 2025 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships took place from March 20–22, 2025, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Penn State delivered one of the most dominant performances in NCAA history, winning its 13th national title with a record 177 team points and becoming just the second team ever to place All-Americans at all 10 weight classes, matching Minnesota’s feat from 2001.

🏆 Final Team Standings

  1. Penn State – 177 points
  2. Nebraska – 117 points
  3. Oklahoma State – 113 points
  4. Iowa – 92 points
  5. Illinois – 85 points

🥇 Individual Champions

WeightChampionSchoolFinal ResultRunner-Up
125 lbsVincent RobinsonNC State2–1Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State)
133 lbsLucas ByrdIllinois3–2 (TB-2)Drake Ayala (Iowa)
141 lbsJesse MendezOhio State12–9Brock Hardy (Nebraska)
149 lbsRidge LovettNebraska1–0Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech)
157 lbsAntrell TaylorNebraska4–2Joey Blaze (Purdue)
165 lbsMitchell MesenbrinkPenn State8–2Mike Caliendo (Iowa)
174 lbsDean Hamiti Jr.Oklahoma State4–1 (SV-1)Keegan O’Toole (Missouri)
184 lbsCarter StarocciPenn State4–3Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa)
197 lbsStephen BuchananIowa5–2Josh Barr (Penn State)
285 lbsWyatt HendricksonOklahoma State5–4Gable Steveson (Minnesota)

🏅 2025 NCAA All-Americans

The top 8 wrestlers in each weight class earned All-American honors:

125 lbs

  1. Vincent Robinson (NC State)
  2. Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State)
  3. Luke Lilledahl (Penn State)
  4. Matt Ramos (Purdue)
  5. Eddie Ventresca (Virginia Tech)
  6. Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh)
  7. Caleb Smith (Nebraska)
  8. Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado)

133 lbs

  1. Lucas Byrd (Illinois)
  2. Drake Ayala (Iowa)
  3. Zeth Romney (Cal Poly)
  4. Zan Fugitt (Wisconsin)
  5. Braeden Davis (Penn State)
  6. Connor McGonagle (Virginia Tech)
  7. Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska)
  8. Tyler Knox (Stanford)

141 lbs

  1. Jesse Mendez (Ohio State)
  2. Brock Hardy (Nebraska)
  3. Beau Bartlett (Penn State)
  4. C.J. Composto (Penn)
  5. Cael Happel (Northern Iowa)
  6. Josh Koderhandt (Navy)
  7. Jacob Frost (Iowa State)
  8. Vance VomBaur (Minnesota)

149 lbs

  1. Ridge Lovett (Nebraska)
  2. Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech)
  3. Shayne Van Ness (Penn State)
  4. Dylan D’Emilio (Ohio State)
  5. Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina)
  6. Ethan Stiles (Oregon State)
  7. Sammy Alvarez (Rider)
  8. Gavin Drexler (North Dakota State)

157 lbs

  1. Antrell Taylor (Nebraska)
  2. Joey Blaze (Purdue)
  3. Tyler Kasak (Penn State)
  4. Trevor Chumbley (Northwestern)
  5. Meyer Shapiro (Cornell)
  6. Vinny Zerban (Northern Colorado)
  7. Matty Bianchi (Little Rock)
  8. Caleb Fish (Oklahoma State)

165 lbs

  1. Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State)
  2. Mike Caliendo (Iowa)
  3. Peyton Hall (West Virginia)
  4. Christopher Minto (Nebraska)
  5. Terrell Barraclough (Utah Valley)
  6. Hunter Garvin (Stanford)
  7. Cam Steed (Missouri)
  8. Cameron Amine (Oklahoma State)

174 lbs

  1. Dean Hamiti Jr. (Oklahoma State)
  2. Keegan O’Toole (Missouri)
  3. Levi Haines (Penn State)
  4. Patrick Kennedy (Iowa)
  5. Simon Ruiz (Cornell)
  6. Cade DeVos (South Dakota State)
  7. Matthew Singleton (NC State)
  8. Danny Wask (Navy)

184 lbs

  1. Carter Starocci (Penn State)
  2. Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa)
  3. Max McEnelly (Minnesota)
  4. Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State)
  5. Chris Foca (Cornell)
  6. Jaxon Smith (Maryland)
  7. Silas Allred (Nebraska)
  8. Donnell Washington (Indiana)

197 lbs

  1. Stephen Buchanan (Iowa)
  2. Josh Barr (Penn State)
  3. A.J. Ferrari (Cal State Bakersfield)
  4. Jacob Cardenas (Michigan)
  5. Joseph Novak (Wyoming)
  6. Stephen Little (Little Rock)
  7. Mac Stout (Pittsburgh)
  8. Camden McDanel (Nebraska)

285 lbs

  1. Wyatt Hendrickson (Oklahoma State)
  2. Gable Steveson (Minnesota)
  3. Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State)
  4. Isaac Trumble (NC State)
  5. Owen Trephan (Lehigh)
  6. Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State)
  7. Joshua Heindselman (Michigan)
  8. Ben Kueter (Iowa)

📝 Historical Highlights

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