Dean Hamiti

2025-26 Team USA Ranking: No. 3 at 79 kg/174 pounds

Years on Team USA: 1 (2025-26) 

Residence: Stillwater, Okla.

Regional Training Center: Cowboy RTC 

Club: Titan Mercury WC

High School: Joliet, Ill. (Joliet Catholic Academy)

Born: June 19, 2003

Career Highlights 

• Two-time international medalist
• 2025 NCAA National champion
• Four-time NCAA All-American

Career Biography

2026: Silver medalist at Zagreb Open Ranking Series event in Croatia

2025: Bronze medalist at Waclaw Ziolkowski Memorial … Senior World Team Trials runner-up … U.S. Open runner-up

2019: Placed fourth at UWW Cadet Freestyle Nationals

College: 2025 NCAA National champion … Four-time NCAA All-American … 2025 Big 12 runner-up … 2023 Big Ten champion … 2024 Big Ten runner-up … Placed third at 2022 Big Ten Championships

High School: Three-time Illinois state champion for Joliet Catholic Academy

USA Wrestling Age-Group: Placed fourth at 2019 Preseason Nationals … 2019 16U Nationals champion … Placed fourth at 2019 16U Folkstyle Nationals

Personal: Son of Dean Sr. and Mary Hamiti … Has two brothers, Luke and Jake … Brother Jake is currently on the Oklahoma State University wrestling team

Awards: 2022 Big Ten Freshman of the Year … Received the Illinois chapter’s Dave Schultz High School Excellence award during his senior year of high school