Four (Or More) Time State Champions in College = Utah

 When it comes to the state of Utah, I would consider it to be the most ignored wrestling state. I think it has too rich of a history both at the high school level & the collegiate level to label it a non-wrestling state but at  the same time it pales in comparison to the states we consider to be "wrestling states." It leaves the state in a weird limbo for how to classify it as a wrestling fan. All I know is that it has produced a few very good wrestlers. Christianity may be the stronghold of amateur wrestling, but leave it to Mormonism to have produced the very best...collegiately speaking anyway. 

Allen Lake 

Although Utah has had a High School State championship since 1938, they didn't crown their first four time State champion until 1981 when Allen Lake of Delta won his fourth title. Per my records, he did not wrestle in college. 

Brandon Moat 

Brandon Moat won four Utah High School State titles from 90'-93' for Duchesne. Per my records, he did not wrestle in college. 

Trent Bell 

Trent Bell won four Utah High School State titles from 90'-93' for Piute.  Collegiately he wrestled for Ricks College, which is today known as Brigham Young-Idaho. 

Roger Smith 

Roger Smith won four Utah High School State titles from 92'-95'.  From what I have found, he did not wrestle in college. 

Cody Sanderson 

Cody Sanderson of Wasatch won four Utah High School State titles from 92'-95'.  He competed collegiately for Iowa State.  A two time NCAA finalist his junior & senior seasons of 99' & 00', he was also a BIG 12 champion in his senior season as well.  

Rocky Smart 

Representing Pleasant Grove, Rocky Smart won four Utah High School State titles from 93'-96'. He began his collegiate career at Brigham Young where he was an NCAA qualifier, but he was then forced to find a new home as the Cougars discontinued their wrestling program. Now competing for Arizona State, Smart qualified for three more NCAA appearances losing out in the round to be an All American in all three.  A PAC-12 champion his senior season, he was also a three time CKLV place-winner. 

Kyle Bell 

Kyle Bell won four Utah High School State titles from 94'-97' for Piute. From what I have found he did not wrestle in college. 

Brian Blain  

Brian Blain won four Utah High School State championships from 94'-97' for Pleasant Grove. From what I could find, he did not wrestle in college. 

Cael Sanderson 

Representing Wasatch, Cael Sanderson won four Utah State High School championships from 94'-97'.  He competed collegiately for Iowa State, to where to this day he is still considered to be the greatest college wrestler of all time. During his varsity competition days he went 159-0, winning four NCAA as well as four BIG 12 titles. 

Jeff Newby 

Jeff Newby won four Utah High School State championships for Box Elder from 99'-02'.  He began his college career at Boise State but finished up at Utah Valley. 

Bryant Anderson   

Bryant Anderson of Wayne won four Utah High School State titles from 99'-02'. He wrestled collegiately for Utah Valley. 

Andrew Hochstrasser 

Andrew Hochstrasser won four Utah High School State titles for Tooele from 01'-04'.  Collegiately he wrestled for Boise State where he was a two time All American. Placing 4th as a junior in 2009, he was an NCAA finalist in 2011. He also won two PAC-12 titles. 

Mark Pentz 

Mark Pentz won four Utah High School State titles for Millard from 03'-06'. From what I could find he did not wrestle in college. 

Sean Porter 

Sean Porter won four Utah High School State titles from 04'-07' for Davis. He competed collegiately for Utah Valley & then transferred to Southern Virginia. 

Shay Warren 

Shay Warren won four Utah High School State championships for Weber from 04'-07'.  He wrestled for Harvard where in his senior season of 2013, he took 8th place at the EIWA championships. 

Aaron Butler 

The late Aaron Butler who lost his life serving our country in Afghanistan, won four Utah High School State titles for Monticello from 05'-08'.  He did not wrestle in college. 

Jason Chamberlain 

Representing Springville, Jason Chamberlain won four Utah High School State titles from 05'-08'.  Competing for Boise State in college, he was a two time All American placing 3rd as a junior & taking NCAA runner-up honors as a senior.  He was also a three time PAC-12 champion, winning both a CKLV & a Reno title his junior year. 

Bryson Foy

Bryson Foy won four Utah High School State titles for Altamont from 07'-10'.  He wrestled collegiately for Utah Valley. 

Zach Prince    

Zach Prince won four Utah State High School Championships from 10'-13' for Hurricane. From what I have found he did not wrestle in college. 

Kyle Foy 

Kyle Foy of Altamont won four Utah High School State titles from 10'-13'. From what I could find, he did not wrestle in college. 

Rylee Foy     

Rylee Foy won four Utah High School state titles for Altamont from 12'-15'. I don't believe he wrestled in college.