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Championship overall and second consecutive title; and
WHEREAS, For the first time in NCAA history, PSU featured two
four-time NCAA champions on its season roster; and
WHEREAS, Carter Starocci and Aaron Brooks joined an elite
group of five other four-time NCAA champions, including Coach
Sanderson; and
WHEREAS, In his third appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, PSU wrestler Beau Bartlett placed second in the 141-
pound division, earning the All-American distinction for the
second time; and
WHEREAS, In his first appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, true freshman PSU wrestler Tyler Kasak placed third
in the 149-pound division, only the ninth wrestler in history to
do so after losing in the first round, earning the All-American
distinction for the first time; and
WHEREAS, In his second appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, PSU wrestler Levi Haines placed first in the 157-
pound division, earning the All-American distinction for the
second time; and
WHEREAS, In his first appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, PSU Wrestler Mitchell Mesenbrink placed second in
the 165-pound division, earning the All-American distinction for
the first time; and
WHEREAS, In his fourth appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, PSU wrestler Carter Starocci placed first in the
174-pound division, defeating Pennsylvania native Rocco Welsh,
making him PSU's first four-time NCAA Champion, and earning the
All-American distinction for the fourth time; and
WHEREAS, In his fourth appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, PSU wrestler Bernie Truax placed fifth in the 184-
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