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PRINTER'S NO. 786
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 107
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MARTIN, DUSH, LANGERHOLC, LAUGHLIN, BOSCOLA,
BROWN, SANTARSIERO, BROOKS, ROTHMAN, VOGEL, BAKER, MASTRIANO,
PHILLIPS-HILL, CAPPELLETTI, PITTMAN, J. WARD AND CULVER,
MAY 12, 2025
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, MAY 12, 2025
A RESOLUTION
Congratulating The Pennsylvania State University wrestling team
on its 13th National Collegiate Athletic Association Division
I Championship and congratulating both the residents of this
Commonwealth and the student athletes of Pennsylvania
universities who competed and placed during the National
Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Wrestling
Championship.
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) wrestling
team won its 12th National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) Division I Wrestling Championship in the past 14
Championship Tournaments, its fourth consecutive championship
and 13th team title overall; and
WHEREAS, PSU has the third-most team titles in history behind
Oklahoma State University with 34 and the University of Iowa
with 24; and
WHEREAS, PSU scored 177 points, setting a record for most
points scored in a tournament, which was previously set at 172.5
points by PSU in 2024; and
WHEREAS, PSU went 20-0 on the tournament's first day and
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became the first team since Iowa University in 1992 to have 10
quarterfinalists; and
WHEREAS, The PSU wrestling team had each of its wrestlers
earn the title of All-American, setting a new school record of
10 All-Americans in a single season, the second team in NCAA
wrestling history to do so after the Minnesota wrestling team in
2001; and
WHEREAS, PSU now has 264 individuals that have earned the
distinction of All-American, 101 of which have wrestled under
PSU Wrestling Head Coach Cael Sanderson; and
WHEREAS, PSU has a total of 61 NCAA titles in school history
spread amongst 38 individuals, 40 titles of which occurred since
2011 and Coach Sanderson's arrival; and
WHEREAS, The PSU wrestling team has won the most individual
titles in the nation since 2011, nearly tripling the next
closest teams in that time span with Cornell earning 14,
Oklahoma State earning 12, Ohio State earning 11 and Iowa
earning 8; and
WHEREAS, Coach Sanderson and his coaching staff won their
12th NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship; and
WHEREAS, Coach Sanderson now has the second highest number of
wins under any coach in NCAA wrestling history, officially
surpassing Ed Gallagher of Oklahoma State University with 11
wins and second to Iowa University's Dan Gable at 15 wins; and
WHEREAS, The Nittany Lion wrestling team's coaching staff has
been instrumental in the team's multiple successes; and
WHEREAS, Coach Sanderson's championship wrestlers finished
with a 49-10 record in the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Tournament; and
WHEREAS, PSU is the only team since Coach Sanderson's arrival
in 2011 with at least one championship victor from each
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individual weight class in the NCAA Championship Tournament; and
WHEREAS, In his first appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, PSU wrestler Luke Lilledahl of Wyoming Seminary
College Preparatory School placed third in the 125-pound
division, earning the All-American distinction for the first
time and the only true freshman to do so; and
WHEREAS, In his first appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, PSU wrestler Braeden Davis placed fifth in the 133-
pound division, earning the All-American distinction for the
first time; and
WHEREAS, In his fourth appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, PSU wrestler Beau Bartlett of Wyoming Seminary
College Preparatory School placed third in the 141-pound
division, earning the All-American distinction for the third
time; and
WHEREAS, In his second appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, PSU wrestler Shayne Van Ness placed third in the
149-pound division, earning the All-American distinction for the
second time; and
WHEREAS, In his second appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, PSU wrestler Tyler Kasak of Doylestown placed third
in the 157-pound division, earning the All-American distinction
for the second time; and
WHEREAS, In his second appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, PSU Wrestler Mitchell Mesenbrink placed first in the
165-pound division for the first time, earning the All-American
distinction for the second time; and
WHEREAS, Mitchell Mesenbrink earned the 2025 NCAA Wrestling
Most Technical Falls Award; and
WHEREAS, In his third appearance at the NCAA Championship
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Tournament, PSU wrestler Levi Haines placed third in the 174-
pound division, earning the All-American distinction for the
third time; and
WHEREAS, In his fifth appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, PSU wrestler Carter Starocci of Erie placed first in
the 184-pound division, earning the All-American distinction for
the fifth time; and
WHEREAS, Carter Starocci earned the distinction of the
nation's very first five-time NCAA Champion; and
WHEREAS, In his first appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, PSU wrestler Josh Barr placed second in the 197-
pound division, earning the All-American distinction for the
first time; and
WHEREAS, In his fifth appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, PSU Wrestler Greg Kerkvliet placed sixth in the 285-
pound division, earning the All-American distinction for the
fifth time; and
WHEREAS, Lehigh University wrestler Sheldon Seymour placed
sixth in the 125-pound division, earning the All-American
distinction; and
WHEREAS, Nebraska University wrestler Jacob Van Dee of Union
City placed seventh in the 133-pound division, earning the All-
American distinction; and
WHEREAS, University of Pennsylvania wrestler C.J. Composto
placed fourth in the 141-pound division, earning the All-
American distinction; and
WHEREAS, Cornell University wrestler Meyer Shapiro of Wyoming
Seminary College Preparatory School placed fifth in the 157-
pound division, earning the All-American Distinction; and
WHEREAS, University of Pittsburgh wrestler Mac Stout of Mt.
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Lebanon placed seventh in the 197-pound division, earning the
All-American distinction; and
WHEREAS, Lehigh University wrestler Owen Trephan placed fifth
in the 285-pound division, earning the All-American distinction;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate congratulate The Pennsylvania State
University wrestling team on its 13th National Collegiate
Athletic Association Division I Wrestling Championship and
congratulate the residents of this Commonwealth who competed and
placed during the National Collegiate Athletic Association
Division I Wrestling Championship; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Senate congratulate Carter Starocci and
Mitchell Mesenbrink on their individual wins at the NCAA
Division I Wrestling Championship and their individual awards;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Senate wish The Pennsylvania State
University wrestling team, all Pennsylvania native wrestlers and
all wrestlers of Pennsylvania universities continued success
both athletically and academically in the future.
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