Marcus Blaze

2025-26 Team USA Ranking: No. 3 at 65 kg/143 pounds

Years on Team USA: 2 (2024-25, 2025-26) 

Residence: State College, Pa.

Regional Training Center: Nittany Lion WC 

Club: Titan Mercury WC

High School: Perrysburg, Ohio (Perrysburg High School)

Born: November 23, 2006

Age-Group World Teams

2025 U23 Worlds (17th at 65 kg), 2025 U20 Worlds (Gold at 61 kg), 2024 U20 Worlds (Bronze at 61 kg), 2023 U17 Worlds (Gold at 55 kg)

Career Highlights 

• U20 World champion
• U17 World champion
• Three-time age-group World medalist

Career Biography

2025: Placed 17th at U23 World Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia … Gold medalist at U20 World Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria … Earned true third at Final X … U20 World Team Trials champion … Placed third at Senior World Team Trials … Finished third at U.S. Open

2024: Bronze medalist at U20 World Championships in Pontevedra, Spain … Senior World Team Trials runner-up … U20 World Team Trials champion … Placed third at U.S. Olympic Team Trials

2023: Gold medalist at U17 World Championships in Istanbul, Türkiye … U17 U.S. Open champion

2021: UWW 15U Cadet Freestyle Nationals champion, fourth in Greco-Roman

College: Currently a freshman at Penn State … Majoring in Business

High School: Four-time Ohio State champion … Finished with a career record of 196-2 … Four-year team captain

USA Wrestling Age-Group: 2022 16U Nationals champion … 2022 Central Regional champion … Placed fourth at 2021 16U Junior Nationals … 2021 Central Regional bronze medalist … Placed fourth at 2019 Kids Freestyle Nationals … Placed fifth at 2019 Kids Greco-Roman Nationals … 2019 Central Regional Freestyle champion, runner-up in Greco-Roman

Personal: Son of Addie and Joseph Blaze … One brother, Joey, who wrestles at Purdue … One sister, Payton