The 2025 NCAA Championships provided us with historic feats, upsets and dozens of notable facts and figures. Flowrestling’s Andy Hamilton and Andrew Spey took a dive into some of the compelling stats that came out of the national tournament in Philadelphia with some assistance from the Mat Talk Almanac. The multi-part series continues with a look at the home states of the competitors at the tournament.
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— Antrell Taylor became the first Nebraska native to win an NCAA title since Brad Vering in 2000. Taylor’s title was the fourth won by a Nebraskan.
— Taylor’s Husker teammate — Ridge Lovett — became the third wrestler from Idaho to win an NCAA title and the first since Jake Rosholt in 2006.
— Wisconsin natives Mitchell Mesenbrink and Stephen Buchanan won titles for Penn State and Iowa, respectively. It’s the first time Wisconsin has had multiple champs in the same year since 2007 when Ben Askren and Cole Konrad won titles.
— In addition to Mesenbrink and Buchanan, Wisconsin natives Parker Keckeisen and Keegan O’Toole also reached the finals. It’s the first time four Wisconsinites have reached the finals in the same year.
— Wyatt Hendrickson won the 10th NCAA title for Kansas and the first since Kendric Maple in 2013.
— An Indiana native has won a title each of the past five years at the NCAA Championships. Jesse Mendez has kept that streak going each of the past two seasons.
— Pennsylvania natives have now won 126 NCAA titles, thanks to the fifth championship won by Carter Starocci.
— Illinois natives Vincent Robinson and Dean Hamiti each won titles. It’s the first time the state has produced multiple champs in the same year since 2001 when T.J. Williams and John Lockhart won titles.
— Virginia Tech’s Caleb Henson became the first Georgia native to reach the finals twice.
— Iowa’s Drake Ayala became the fourth multi-time finalist from tradition-rich Fort Dodge, Iowa.
— Nebraska’s Brock Hardy became the first Utah native to reach the finals since Matt Brown in 2015.
