Ohio State's Logan Stieber makes history as he becomes NCAA Division I's fourth four time champion.
Alex Dieringer of Oklahoma State wins title #2 of 3.
Nick Gwiazdowski of North Carolina State wins title #2
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| 2015 Champion 125 Nathan Tomasello of Ohio State |
A four time state champion for Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy, Tomasello had a phenomenal collegiate career for the Buckeyes. Winning four BIG 10 titles, he won the NCAA title in his freshman year of 2015. Despite never making the finals again, Tomasello showed a tremendous amount of heart and tenacity as he battled back to 3rd place finishes in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Post college he continues to wrestle as well as coach. He is currently at Duke.
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| 2015 Champion 133 Cody Brewer of Oklahoma |
A four time Missouri state champion for Oak Park high school, Brewer put together an outstanding career for the Sooners. Finishing in 7th place in 2013 as a freshman, Brewer would take home 8th place as a sophomore. His NCAA title performance came in his junior season as he finished his career with a 3rd place showing in 2016. Going 95-25, he turned his talents to coaching post his own career.
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| 2015 Champion 149 Drake Houdashelt of Missouri |
A two time state champion for Fort Zumalt West High school, Houdashelt won four MAC titles for the Tigers during his time as Missouri. Placing 6th at the NCAA's as a sophomore, Houdashelt was then 5th in 2014 as a junior. He finished off his career with the NCAA championship in 2015 as a senior. Post graduating he stayed on at Missouri to help future Tigers to their successes.
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| 2015 Champion 157 Isaiah Martinez of Illinois |
Martinez came to Illinois from Lemoore High School in California. During his time as an Illini he won four BIG 10 titles. Winning back to back NCAA titles in his freshman and sophomore seasons of 2015 and 2016, he would finish out his Illini career with back to back NCAA runner-up finishes in 2017 and 2018. Post college he has continued to wrestle as well as coach. Winning World Cup Gold in 2019, he is currently a part of the Oregon State coaching staff.
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| 2015 Champion 174 Matt Brown of Penn State |
When Cael Sanderson took over the job at Penn State, I knew it was only a matter of time before he produced an NCAA champion from his home state of Utah. Brown, a three time state champion for Cyprus High School, was a three time All American for the Nittany Lions. Taking NCAA runner-up honors as a sophomore in 2013, he was then 5th in the nation as a junior in 2014. He ended his collegiate career with the national title in 2015.
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| 2015 Champion 184 Gabe Dean of Cornell |
Gabe Dean could have as easily ended up a collegiate football star as he did a wrestling one, and luckily for us, he chose wrestling. The Michigan state high school champion from Lowell high school, comes from a wrestling family where Dad, David was an NCAA runner-up for Minnesota and brother Max, who has already made the NCAA finals, continues his wrestling career for Cornell.
As to Gabe, winning four EIWA conference titles, he was 3rd in the nation as a freshman in 2014. He then won back to back NCAA titles as a sophomore and junior in 2015 and 2016. As a senior in 2016, he finished as the NCAA runner-up. Post college he has won two Pan-American silvers.
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| 2015 Champion 197 Kyven Gadson of Iowa State |
Gadson himself comes from a huge wrestling family. Father Willie was an All American for Iowa State, as was Uncle Charlie, who along with Uncle Ken also wrestled collegiately for SUNY-Farmingdale. During high school Gadson won two state titles for Waterloo East High School, becoming a three time BIG 12 champion for the Cyclones. Finishing in 6th place as a sophomore in 2013, he then placed 4th in the nation as a junior in 2014. He finished off his career with the NCAA championship in 2015. Post college he continues to wrestle, winning World Cup Bronze in 2019.
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Stieber, Dieringer and Gwiazdowski previously mentioend
Tomasello and Brewer did not repeat
Martinez repeated in 2016 but did not in 2017 or 2018
Dean repeated in 2016 but did not in 2017
Houdaselt, Brown and Gadson were all seniors
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