Kyle Dake of Cornell wins title #2 of 4 as Nebraska's Jordan Burroughs, champion in 2009 returns off a redshirt to win his second NCAA title.
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| 2011 champion 125 Anthony Robles of Arizona State |
One of the most inspirational wrestlers the world of collegiate wrestling has ever seen, despite being born without a leg, Anthony Robles achieved what some would have deemed impossible. A two time state champion in high school, Robles won three PAC-12 titles for the Sun Devils. Finishing one match shy of All American status as a freshman in 2008, he was 4th in 2009 as a sophomore and 7th in 2010 as a junior. He'd end his career as an NCAA champion in 2011, accumulating 122 victories. Post college he has been apart of the announce team for the NCAA championships.
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| 2011 Champion 133 Jordan Oliver of Oklahoma State |
A three time Pennsylvania state champion for Easton Area high school, Oliver had a standout career competing for the Cowboys. 4th in the nation as a freshman in 2010, he won his first NCAA title as a sophomore in 2011. A controversial call in the NCAA finals as a junior in 2012, he finished as the runner-up, coming back in 2013 to win his second NCAA title.
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| 2011 Champion 141 Kellen Russell of Michigan |
A three time New Jersey state champion for Blair Academy, Kellen Russell went 134-12 for the Wolverines, winning four BIG 10 titles. A match away from placing as a freshman in 2008, he finished 7th in the nation as a sophomore in 2009. Taking a redshirt in 2010, he came back to win back to back NCAA titles in 2011 and 2012. Post college he returned to Michigan to coach.
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| 2011 Champion 157 Bubba Jenkins of Arizona State |
During his prep years Jenkins competed for both Cox high school and First Colonial High school winning a Virginia state title. He began his collegiate career at Penn State where he finished as the NCAA runner-up in 2008 as a sophomore. In 2009 a back injury caused him to go 0-2 at the NCAA championships. Being at odds with the Penn State coaching staff, Jenkins did not compete in the 2010 season, transferring to Arizona State, where in his final year of eligibility in 2011 he would win the NCAA title. Jenkins then got into the world of MMA, where he is known as the "Bad Man."
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| 2011 Champion 174 Jon Reader of Iowa State |
Reader came to Iowa State from Michigan where he was a three time state champion for Davison High School. As a freshman in 2008 he finished 7th in the nation. As a sophomore in 2009 he finished 4th. Later that summer he won Pan-American Silver and looked poised to have a great junior season. Unfortunately though he'd face some hiccups, failing to place at the 2010 NCAA championships. 2011 would be a year of redemption as he not only one the NCAA title, but he did so in an undefeated season. Post college he has coached at the college level, South Dakota State and Wisconsin being two of them.
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| 2011 Champion 184 Quentin Wright of Penn State |
I watched Quentin Wright compete at an All Star even in high school where he lost his match. I told my friend a former backup at Michigan State that of everyone we watched at the even that night, Wright would turn out to have one of the best collegiate careers of all of them. At the time my friend looked at me like I was crazy and we made a dollar bet. A two time state champion for Bald Eagle Area, Wright took 6th in the nation as a true freshman in 2009. After redshirting in 2010, he won his first NCAA title in 2011. Finishing as the NCAA runner-up in 2012,he came back to win his second title in 2013. I sat next to my Michigan State friend at the 2013 championships. After Wright won his title, he reached into his pocket, pulled out a dollar and said to me as he handed it my way, "How did you know Wright was gonna turn out as good as he did?" Two reasons. A, the guy had an unbelievably positive attitude and B, I could tell how coachable he was. Those are usual phenomenal combinations.
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| 2011 Champion 197 Dustin Kilgore of Kent State |
One of the best wrestlers the Golden Flashes have ever produced, Kilgore came to Kent State from Berea High school where he was 3rd-champion-2nd in his last three years of high school. Winning four MAC titles, he was 7th in the nation as a sophomore in 2010, winning the NCAA title as a junior in 2011. Taking an Olympic redshirt in 2012,he came back in 2013 to finish as the NCAA runner-up. He won 178 matches during his collegiate career.
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| 2011 Champion HWT Zach Rey of Lehigh |
A two time New Jersey state champion for Hopatcong High school, Rey had an outstanding career for the Mountain Hawks. Finishing 3rd in the nation as a sophomore in 2010, his national title performance could come in his junior season of 2011. He finished as the NCAA runner-up in 2012. Post college he won Pan-American gold in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
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Dake and Burroughs previously mentioned
Russell repeated
Neither Oliver or Wright repeated in 2012, but both repeated in 2013
Kilgore and Rey did not repeat
Robles, Jenkins and Reader were all seniors
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