🤼 Wrestling Snacks #71

NCAA Legends: Edition 1 - 4X NCAA Champs, and more...

Snacks

This week’s Snacks kicks off a new series: NCAA Legends, where we dive into the rich history of NCAA Wrestling.

I’ve compiled lists of the greatest NCAA Division I wrestlers of all time—those who have won 4, 3, and 2 National Titles. I’ll be breaking them up into multiple editions, organizing them chronologically by the number of titles won. A new edition will be released each month as we work through the full list.

Let’s get started!

4X NCAA National Champions

Below is a list of all NCAA Division I wrestlers who have won four NCAA National Titles:

Name

School

Years

Pat Smith

Oklahoma St.

[1990, 1991, 1992, 1994]

Cael Sanderson

Iowa St.

[1999, 2000, 2001, 2002]

Kyle Dake

Cornell

[2010, 2011, 2012, 2013]

Logan Stieber

Ohio St.

[2012, 2013, 2014, 2015]

Yianni Diakomihalis

Cornell

[2018, 2019, 2022, 2023]

Aaron Brooks

Penn St.

[2021, 2022, 2023, 2024]

Carter Starocci

Penn St.

[2021, 2022, 2023, 2024]

This group of wrestlers has collectively won 20 World and Olympic medals, including 4 Olympic medals, 8 Senior World medals, 2 U23 World medals, 2 Junior World medals, and 4 Cadet World medals.

  • Olympic Medals: 🥇1, 🥉3 (4 total)

  • Senior World Medals: 🥇5, 🥈3 (8 total)

  • U23 World Medals: 🥇1, 🥉1 (2 total)

  • Junior World Medals: 🥈2 (2 total)

  • Cadet World Medals: 🥇3, 🥉1 (4 total)

Next edition: The legendary 3X NCAA National Champions—some of the most dominant wrestlers in NCAA history!

Growth Bite

This week's Growth Bite comes from a short YouTube clip by Dan Martell that gave me a bit of inspiration.

You’re just one idea away…

Community Treat

This week's Community Treat comes from a Twitter post by Alfred State Wrestling. Here are some stats on the percentage of varsity wrestlers who qualify for the national tournament across four divisions:

Later alligator,

Seth

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