How do Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic alumni fare at the NCAA level? They typically do very well. This year's NCAA Championships featured six NCAA champs, 11 NCAA finalists, and 29 All-Americans who had competed in the PWC in the past. Check out the full list below.
2023 NCAA Champions
125 lbs - Pat Glory, Princeton
133 lbs - Vito Arujau, Cornell
157 lbs - Austin O'Connor, North Carolina
165 lbs - Keegan O'Toole, Missouri
174 lbs - Carter Starocci, Penn State
197 lbs - Nino Bonaccorsi, Pitt
Carter Starocci's 2019 victory over Iowa's Abe Assad
2023 NCAA Runners-Up
141 lbs - Real Woods, Iowa
149 lbs - Sammy Sasso, Ohio State
157 lbs - Levi Haines, Penn State
165 lbs - David Carr, Iowa State
174 lbs - Mikey Labriola, Nebraska
Watch Levi Haines' 2022 PWC match against Iowa's Aiden Riggins
2023 3rd-8th Place Finishers
125 lbs - Brandon Courtney, Arizona State
125 lbs - Spencer Lee, Iowa
125 lbs - Eddie Ventresca, Virginia Tech
133 lbs - Jesse Mendez, Ohio State
141 lbs - Beau Bartlett, Penn State
141 lbs - Lachlan McNeil, North Carolina
141 lbs - Brock Hardy, Nebraska
149 lbs - Max Murin, Iowa
149 lbs - Michael Blockhus, Minnesota
157 lbs - Ed Scott, NC State
165 lbs - Cam Amine, Michigan
165 lbs - Shane Griffith, Stanford
184 lbs - Kaleb Romero, Ohio State
184 lbs - Trent Hidlay, NC State
184 lbs - Gavin Kane, North Carolina
197 lbs - Jacob Warner, Iowa
285 lbs - Zach Elam, Missouri
285 lbs - Trent Hillger, Wisconsin
Brock Hardy & Sammy Sasso's 2018 Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic thriller
