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2025 NCAA Championships - Sessions 5/6
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Mendez Wins 2025 NCAA Title
3/22/2025 9:06:00 PM | Wrestling
Junior has won consecutive national titles at 141
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Junior Jesse Mendez won his second-consecutive NCAA Championship at 141 pounds with a 12-9 win over Brock Hardy of Nebraska Saturday at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
Mendez defended his 2024 National Title after reaching the 2025 title match with a win over No. 2-seed Beau Bartlett in the semifinals Friday. Mendez, the No. 3 seed in 2025, defeated Bartlett for the 2024 title.
Ohio State has 25 individual national champions in the history of the program.
In the medal round earlier in the day, graduate Dylan D'Emilio finished fourth overall in the 149-pound bracket after beating Lachlan McNeil of North Carolina in the consolation semifinals and falling in the third-place match to Shayne Van Ness of Penn State. It was the highest finish at the national tournament for D'Emilio, who took eighth at the 2023 event.
Tom Ryan, head coach of the Buckeyes, has coached 75 All-Americans over his 19 seasons in Columbus. He has coached 14 All-Americans at the 141-pound weight class.
Mendez is the 14th individual national champion coached by Ryan at Ohio State.
The last Buckeye to win consecutive national championships was Kyle Snyder at heavyweight in 2016-17-18. Four wrestlers have won multiple national championships during Ryan's tenure (Stieber-4, Snyder -3, Jaggers-2, Mendez-2).
Ohio State finished tied for the No. 5 spot in the team standings with 51.5 points.
Session V (Medal Round)
Mendez and Hardy met in the 2024 Big Ten Championships with the Husker coming away with a 9-8 win.
In the national title match, Hardy scored first with a takedown and two-point nearfall for a 5-1 lead after a Mendez escape. Mendez then earned a takedown to make it 5-4 at the end of the first. Hardy escaped to open the second before another Mendez takedown put the Buckeye in the lead, 7-6. Mendez added a four-point near fall to lead 11-6 after two periods. Mendez chose the neutral position to start the third. Hardy added a takedown but it was not enough. With a point for riding time, Mendez won the 2025 National Championship with a 12-9 win by decision.
No. 13 Dylan D'Emilio (149) started the medal round in the consolation semifinals against No. 6 Lachlan McNeil of North Carolina in the morning session.
D'Emilio, a two-time All-American, and McNeil went to the second period scoreless. McNeil opened the middle period down and earned an escape point for a 1-0 lead. D'Emilio countered with a takedown and two-point nearfall for a 5-1 advantage. D'Emilio, with over a minute of riding time, added an escape point early in the third to lead 6-1. With a point for riding time, D'Emilio got the 7-1 win by decision to advance to the third-place match. The win guaranteed his best finish at the national tournament. He finished eighth in 2013 to earn his first All-America honor.
Against No. 3 Shayen Van Ness of Penn State in the battle for third, Van Ness got the early takedown for a 3-1 lead after a D'Emilio escape. D'Emilio added a pair of escapes around two Van Ness takedowns before before the Nittany Lion earned two nearfall points for an 11-3 lead after five minutes. Van Ness took third with a 15-4 win by major decision.
2025 Ohio State NCAA Qualifiers
Wt | InterMat Rk./2024 NCAA seed/Name (Yr.)/2024-25 Record/At NCAA Championships
125 | No. 18/20-seed - Brendan McCrone (R-So.)/23-11/2nd Appearance
NCAA History (Rcd.: 2-4): 2024 (29-seed/1-2): 2025 (20-seed/1-2)
(13) Marc-Anthony McGowan (Princeton) def. (20) Brendan McCrone (OSU) | D, 4-3
(20) Brendan McCrone (OSU) def. (29) Joey Cruz (Iowa) | MD, 12-4
(14) Spencer Moore (UNC) def. (20) Brendan McCrone (OSU) | D, 4-1
133 | No. 7/7-seed - Nic Bouzakis (R-So.)/24-9/2nd Appearance
NCAA History (Rcd.: 3-4): 2024 (16-seed/2-2): 2025 (7-seed/2-2)
(7) Nic Bouzakis (OSU) def. (26) Kai Orine (NCST) | Fall, 2:12
(7) Nic Bouzakis (OSU) def. (23) Sean Spidle (CMU) | D, 9-5
(2) Drake Ayala (Iowa) def. (7) Nic Bouzakis (OSU) | MD, 23-10
(13) Tyler Knox (STAN) def. (7) Nic Bouzakis (OSU) | D, 5-0
141 | No. 3/3-seed - Jesse Mendez (Jr.)/30-3/3rd Appearance
NCAA History (Rcd.: 15-3): 2023 (14-seed/5-3/6th), 2024 (1-seed/5-0/1st): 2025 (3-seed/5-0/1st)
(3) Jesse Mendez (OSU) def. (30) Briar Priest (PITT) | TF, 21-5
(3) Jesse Mendez (OSU) def. (14) Sergio Lemley (MICH) | MD, 11-2
(3) Jesse Mendez (OSU) def. (6) Vance VomBaur (MINN) | MD, 17-5 (Ohio State's 131st All-American)
(3) Jesse Mendez (OSU) def. (2) Beau Bartlett (PSU) | D, 2-1 TB-1
(3) Jesse Mendez (OSU) def. (1) Brock Hardy (NEB) | D, 12-9
149 | No. 10/13-seed - Dylan D'Emilio (R-Sr.)/25-6/5th Appearance
NCAA History (Rcd.: 14-11): 2021 (30-seed/2-2), 2022 (17-seed/1-2),
2023 (17-seed/4-3/8th), 2024 (14-seed/3-2): 2025 (13-seed/4-2/4th)
(13) Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) def. (20) Koy Buesgens (NCST) | D, 5-1 (NOTE: Career win No. 100)
(13) Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) def. (29) Jack Gioffre (UVA) | D, 8-5
(13) Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) def, (12) Ethan Stiles (ORST) | D, 7-3 (Ohio State's 132nd All-American)
(1) Caleb Henson (VT) def. (13) Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) | D, 6-2
(13) Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) def. (6) Lachlan McNeil (UNC) | D, 7-1
(3) Shayne Van Ness def. (13) Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) | MD, 15-4
157 | No. 3/5-seed - Brandon Cannon (R-Fr.)/24-5/1st Appearance
NCAA History (Rcd.: 3-2): 2025 (5-seed/3-2)
(5) Brandon Cannon (OSU) def. (28) Christopher Hamblin (ORST) | D, 9-5
(12) Caleb Fisk (OKST) def. (5) Brandon Cannon (OSU) | D, 10-7 SV-1
(5) Brandon Cannon (OSU) def. (22) Ed Scott (NCST) | D, 8-3
(5) Brandon Cannon (OSU) def. (19) Cobe Siebrecht (SDSU) | D, 14-7
(7) Vinny Zerban (NCOL) def. (5) Brandon Cannon (OSU) | D, 11-6
165 | No. 11/26-seed - Paddy Gallagher (R-Jr.)/17-9/2nd Appearance
NCAA History (Rcd.: 2-4); 2023 (28-seed/2-2), 2025 (26-seed/0-2)
(7) Hunter Garvin (STAN) def. (26) Paddy Gallagher (OSU) | D, 7-1
(23) Thomas Snipes (CIT) def. (26) Paddy Gallagher (OSU) | 2-2, TB-2 (RT)
174 | No. 6/9-seed - Carson Kharchla (Gr.)/14-5/3rd Appearance
NCAA History (Rcd.: 6-7): 2022 (7-seed/4-3/7th), 2023 (10-seed/2-2), 2025 (9-seed/0-2)
(24) Lennox Wolak (VT) def. (9) Carson Kharchla (OSU) | D, 4-2
(8) Lenny Pinto (NEB) def. (9) Carson Kharchla (OSU) | D, 12-7 SV-1
184 | No. 19/26-seed - Ryder Rogotzke (So.)/10-11/2nd Appearance
NCAA History (Rcd.: 1-4): 2024 (18-seed/1-2), 2025 (26-seed/0-2)
(7) Isaac Dean (Rider) def. (26) Ryder Rogotzke (OSU) | D, 7-3
(26) Ryder Rogotzke (OSU) v (23) Aiden Brenot (NDST)
197 | No. 20/23-seed - Seth Shumate (R-Sr.)/20-15/1st Appearance
NCAA History (Rcd.: 2-2): 2025 (23-seed/2-2)
(23) Seth Shumate (OSU) def. (10) Isaiah Salazar (MINN) | Fall, 4:12
(23) Seth Shumate (OSU) def. (26) Brock Zurawaki (Rider) | D, 11-6
(2) Stephen Buchanan (IOWA) def. (23) Seth Shumate (OSU) | TF, 18-3
(12) Steven Little (LR) def. (23) Seth Shumate (OSU) | TF, 15-0
HWT | No. 9/12-seed - Nick Feldman (R-So.)/20-10/2nd Appearance
NCAA History (Rcd.: 8-4): 2024 (5-2/9-seed/5th), 2025 (12-seed/3-2)
(12) Nick Feldman (OSU) def. (21) Jason Bullock (IND) | D, 4-2
(5) Ben Kueter (Iowa) def. (12) Nick Feldman (OSU) | D, 8-2
(12) Nick Feldman (OSU) def. (11) Jimmy Mullen (VT) | MD, 12-1
(12) Nick Feldman (OSU) def. (13) Seth Nevells (UMD) | Fall, 6:57
(7) Isaac Trumble (NCST) def. (12) Nick Feldman (OSU) | D, 5-3
Mendez defended his 2024 National Title after reaching the 2025 title match with a win over No. 2-seed Beau Bartlett in the semifinals Friday. Mendez, the No. 3 seed in 2025, defeated Bartlett for the 2024 title.
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— Ohio State Wrestling (@wrestlingbucks) March 23, 2025
Jesse '??????-???????? ???????????????? ????????????????' Mendez ??#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/K7hoqHrz92
Ohio State has 25 individual national champions in the history of the program.
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— Ohio State Wrestling (@wrestlingbucks) March 23, 2025
In the medal round earlier in the day, graduate Dylan D'Emilio finished fourth overall in the 149-pound bracket after beating Lachlan McNeil of North Carolina in the consolation semifinals and falling in the third-place match to Shayne Van Ness of Penn State. It was the highest finish at the national tournament for D'Emilio, who took eighth at the 2023 event.
Tom Ryan, head coach of the Buckeyes, has coached 75 All-Americans over his 19 seasons in Columbus. He has coached 14 All-Americans at the 141-pound weight class.
Mendez is the 14th individual national champion coached by Ryan at Ohio State.
Big-time Buckeye ?? #NCAAWrestling x @wrestlingbucks pic.twitter.com/V6obQGMjPS
— NCAA Wrestling (@NCAAWrestling) March 23, 2025
The last Buckeye to win consecutive national championships was Kyle Snyder at heavyweight in 2016-17-18. Four wrestlers have won multiple national championships during Ryan's tenure (Stieber-4, Snyder -3, Jaggers-2, Mendez-2).
Ohio State finished tied for the No. 5 spot in the team standings with 51.5 points.
Session V (Medal Round)
Mendez and Hardy met in the 2024 Big Ten Championships with the Husker coming away with a 9-8 win.
In the national title match, Hardy scored first with a takedown and two-point nearfall for a 5-1 lead after a Mendez escape. Mendez then earned a takedown to make it 5-4 at the end of the first. Hardy escaped to open the second before another Mendez takedown put the Buckeye in the lead, 7-6. Mendez added a four-point near fall to lead 11-6 after two periods. Mendez chose the neutral position to start the third. Hardy added a takedown but it was not enough. With a point for riding time, Mendez won the 2025 National Championship with a 12-9 win by decision.
No. 13 Dylan D'Emilio (149) started the medal round in the consolation semifinals against No. 6 Lachlan McNeil of North Carolina in the morning session.
D'Emilio, a two-time All-American, and McNeil went to the second period scoreless. McNeil opened the middle period down and earned an escape point for a 1-0 lead. D'Emilio countered with a takedown and two-point nearfall for a 5-1 advantage. D'Emilio, with over a minute of riding time, added an escape point early in the third to lead 6-1. With a point for riding time, D'Emilio got the 7-1 win by decision to advance to the third-place match. The win guaranteed his best finish at the national tournament. He finished eighth in 2013 to earn his first All-America honor.
Against No. 3 Shayen Van Ness of Penn State in the battle for third, Van Ness got the early takedown for a 3-1 lead after a D'Emilio escape. D'Emilio added a pair of escapes around two Van Ness takedowns before before the Nittany Lion earned two nearfall points for an 11-3 lead after five minutes. Van Ness took third with a 15-4 win by major decision.
2025 Ohio State NCAA Qualifiers
Wt | InterMat Rk./2024 NCAA seed/Name (Yr.)/2024-25 Record/At NCAA Championships
125 | No. 18/20-seed - Brendan McCrone (R-So.)/23-11/2nd Appearance
NCAA History (Rcd.: 2-4): 2024 (29-seed/1-2): 2025 (20-seed/1-2)
(13) Marc-Anthony McGowan (Princeton) def. (20) Brendan McCrone (OSU) | D, 4-3
(20) Brendan McCrone (OSU) def. (29) Joey Cruz (Iowa) | MD, 12-4
(14) Spencer Moore (UNC) def. (20) Brendan McCrone (OSU) | D, 4-1
133 | No. 7/7-seed - Nic Bouzakis (R-So.)/24-9/2nd Appearance
NCAA History (Rcd.: 3-4): 2024 (16-seed/2-2): 2025 (7-seed/2-2)
(7) Nic Bouzakis (OSU) def. (26) Kai Orine (NCST) | Fall, 2:12
(7) Nic Bouzakis (OSU) def. (23) Sean Spidle (CMU) | D, 9-5
(2) Drake Ayala (Iowa) def. (7) Nic Bouzakis (OSU) | MD, 23-10
(13) Tyler Knox (STAN) def. (7) Nic Bouzakis (OSU) | D, 5-0
141 | No. 3/3-seed - Jesse Mendez (Jr.)/30-3/3rd Appearance
NCAA History (Rcd.: 15-3): 2023 (14-seed/5-3/6th), 2024 (1-seed/5-0/1st): 2025 (3-seed/5-0/1st)
(3) Jesse Mendez (OSU) def. (30) Briar Priest (PITT) | TF, 21-5
(3) Jesse Mendez (OSU) def. (14) Sergio Lemley (MICH) | MD, 11-2
(3) Jesse Mendez (OSU) def. (6) Vance VomBaur (MINN) | MD, 17-5 (Ohio State's 131st All-American)
(3) Jesse Mendez (OSU) def. (2) Beau Bartlett (PSU) | D, 2-1 TB-1
(3) Jesse Mendez (OSU) def. (1) Brock Hardy (NEB) | D, 12-9
Had to double it ??
— NCAA Wrestling (@NCAAWrestling) March 23, 2025
(3) Jesse Mendez of @wrestlingbucks defeats (1) Brock Hardy of Nebraska with a 12-9 decision, securing his second national title. #NCAAWrestling pic.twitter.com/6ahoqjWqMx
149 | No. 10/13-seed - Dylan D'Emilio (R-Sr.)/25-6/5th Appearance
NCAA History (Rcd.: 14-11): 2021 (30-seed/2-2), 2022 (17-seed/1-2),
2023 (17-seed/4-3/8th), 2024 (14-seed/3-2): 2025 (13-seed/4-2/4th)
(13) Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) def. (20) Koy Buesgens (NCST) | D, 5-1 (NOTE: Career win No. 100)
(13) Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) def. (29) Jack Gioffre (UVA) | D, 8-5
(13) Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) def, (12) Ethan Stiles (ORST) | D, 7-3 (Ohio State's 132nd All-American)
(1) Caleb Henson (VT) def. (13) Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) | D, 6-2
(13) Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) def. (6) Lachlan McNeil (UNC) | D, 7-1
(3) Shayne Van Ness def. (13) Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) | MD, 15-4
157 | No. 3/5-seed - Brandon Cannon (R-Fr.)/24-5/1st Appearance
NCAA History (Rcd.: 3-2): 2025 (5-seed/3-2)
(5) Brandon Cannon (OSU) def. (28) Christopher Hamblin (ORST) | D, 9-5
(12) Caleb Fisk (OKST) def. (5) Brandon Cannon (OSU) | D, 10-7 SV-1
(5) Brandon Cannon (OSU) def. (22) Ed Scott (NCST) | D, 8-3
(5) Brandon Cannon (OSU) def. (19) Cobe Siebrecht (SDSU) | D, 14-7
(7) Vinny Zerban (NCOL) def. (5) Brandon Cannon (OSU) | D, 11-6
165 | No. 11/26-seed - Paddy Gallagher (R-Jr.)/17-9/2nd Appearance
NCAA History (Rcd.: 2-4); 2023 (28-seed/2-2), 2025 (26-seed/0-2)
(7) Hunter Garvin (STAN) def. (26) Paddy Gallagher (OSU) | D, 7-1
(23) Thomas Snipes (CIT) def. (26) Paddy Gallagher (OSU) | 2-2, TB-2 (RT)
174 | No. 6/9-seed - Carson Kharchla (Gr.)/14-5/3rd Appearance
NCAA History (Rcd.: 6-7): 2022 (7-seed/4-3/7th), 2023 (10-seed/2-2), 2025 (9-seed/0-2)
(24) Lennox Wolak (VT) def. (9) Carson Kharchla (OSU) | D, 4-2
(8) Lenny Pinto (NEB) def. (9) Carson Kharchla (OSU) | D, 12-7 SV-1
184 | No. 19/26-seed - Ryder Rogotzke (So.)/10-11/2nd Appearance
NCAA History (Rcd.: 1-4): 2024 (18-seed/1-2), 2025 (26-seed/0-2)
(7) Isaac Dean (Rider) def. (26) Ryder Rogotzke (OSU) | D, 7-3
(26) Ryder Rogotzke (OSU) v (23) Aiden Brenot (NDST)
197 | No. 20/23-seed - Seth Shumate (R-Sr.)/20-15/1st Appearance
NCAA History (Rcd.: 2-2): 2025 (23-seed/2-2)
(23) Seth Shumate (OSU) def. (10) Isaiah Salazar (MINN) | Fall, 4:12
(23) Seth Shumate (OSU) def. (26) Brock Zurawaki (Rider) | D, 11-6
(2) Stephen Buchanan (IOWA) def. (23) Seth Shumate (OSU) | TF, 18-3
(12) Steven Little (LR) def. (23) Seth Shumate (OSU) | TF, 15-0
HWT | No. 9/12-seed - Nick Feldman (R-So.)/20-10/2nd Appearance
NCAA History (Rcd.: 8-4): 2024 (5-2/9-seed/5th), 2025 (12-seed/3-2)
(12) Nick Feldman (OSU) def. (21) Jason Bullock (IND) | D, 4-2
(5) Ben Kueter (Iowa) def. (12) Nick Feldman (OSU) | D, 8-2
(12) Nick Feldman (OSU) def. (11) Jimmy Mullen (VT) | MD, 12-1
(12) Nick Feldman (OSU) def. (13) Seth Nevells (UMD) | Fall, 6:57
(7) Isaac Trumble (NCST) def. (12) Nick Feldman (OSU) | D, 5-3
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