Penn State Nittany Lions wrestling
Individual Championships

Penn State Nittany Lions wrestling

Section Title: Individual Championships
Table Section Text: None

Year	NCAA Champion	Weight Class

1935	Howard Johnston	165 lbs

1952	Joe Lemyre	167 lbs

1953	Hud Samson	191 lbs

1955	Larry Fornicola	137 lbs

1955	Bill Oberly	Heavyweight

1957	Jon Johnston	130 lbs

1971	Andy Matter	167 lbs

1972	Andy Matter	167 lbs

1975	John Fritz	126 lbs

1984	Carl Destefanis	118 lbs

1984	Scott Lynch	134 lbs

1988	Jim Martin	126 lbs

1991	Jeff Prescott	118 lbs

1992	Jeff Prescott	118 lbs

1994	Kerry McCoy	275 lbs

1995	John Hughes	142 lbs

1996	Sanshire Abe	126 lbs

1997	Kerry McCoy	275 lbs

1999	Glen Pritzlaff	174 lbs

2000	Jeremy Hunter	125 lbs

2008	Phil Davis	197 lbs

2011	Quentin Wright	184 lbs

2012	Frank Molinaro	149 lbs

2012	David Taylor	165 lbs

2012	Ed Ruth	174 lbs

2013	Ed Ruth	184 lbs

2013	Quentin Wright	197 lbs

2014	David Taylor	165 lbs

2014	Ed Ruth	184 lbs

2015	Matt Brown	174 lbs

2016	Nico Megaludis	125 lbs

2016	Zain Retherford	149 lbs

2017	Zain Retherford	149 lbs

2017	Jason Nolf	157 lbs

2017	Vincenzo Joseph	165 lbs

2017	Mark Hall	174 lbs

2017	Bo Nickal	184 lbs

2018	Zain Retherford	149 lbs

2018	Jason Nolf	157 lbs

2018	Vincenzo Joseph	165 lbs

2018	Bo Nickal	184 lbs

2019	Jason Nolf	157 lbs

2019	Bo Nickal	197 lbs

2019	Anthony Cassar	285 lbs

Sentence(s)

The program’s record for most NCAA Champions in one season was set in 2017, with 5 NCAA Champions crowned - Zain Retherford (149 lbs), Jason Nolf (157 lbs), Vincenzo Joseph (165 lbs), Mark Hall (174 lbs)and Bo Nickal (184 lbs).

final_sentence: The program’s record for most NCAA Champions in one season was set in 2017, with 5 NCAA Champions crowned - Zain Retherford (149 lbs), Jason Nolf (157 lbs), Vincenzo Joseph (165 lbs), Mark Hall (174 lbs)and Bo Nickal (184 lbs).