NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
18
AND COUNTING
Joe Lemyre
Hud Samson
167 pounds
191 pounds
1952
1953
John Johnston
Andy Matter
John Fritz
130 pounds
167 pounds
126 pounds
1955
1957
1971 & 1972
1975
Carl DeStefanis
Scott Lynch
Jim Martin
Jeff Prescott
John Hughes
118 pounds
134 pounds
126 pounds
118 pounds
142 pounds
1984
1984
1988
1991 & 1992
1995
Sanshiro Abe
Kerry McCoy
Glenn Pritzlaff
Jeremy Hunter
Phil Davis
126 pounds
Heavyweight
174 pounds
125 pounds
197 pounds
1996
1994 & 1997
1999
2000
2008
Howard Johnston
18
8th
18 different Nittany Lions have won a total of 21 individual NCAA Championship titles.
Penn State ranks tied for eighth in the nation in the number of individual NCAA titles won.
Larry Fornicola
Bill Oberly
137 pounds
Heavyweight
1955
165 pounds
1935
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