Mitchell Mesenbrink

2025-26 Team USA Ranking: No. 2 at 74 kg/163 pounds

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

Residence: Bellefonte, Pa.

Regional Training Center: Nittany Lion WC 

Club: Titan Mercury WC

Personal Coach: John Mesenbrink, Ben Askren

High School: Hartland, Wis. (Arrowhead High School)

Born: June 2, 2003

Age-Group World Teams

2025 U23 Worlds (Gold at 74 kg), 2024 U23 Worlds (Bronze at 74 kg), 2023 U20 Worlds (Gold at 74 kg), 2022 U20 Worlds (Silver at 70 kg)

Career Highlights 

• U23 World champion
• U20 World champion
• Four-time age-group World medalist
• Three-time age-group Pan American champion
• Two-time NCAA National champion

Career Biography

2025: Gold medalist at U23 World Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia … Gold medalist at U23 Pan American Games in Asuncion, Paraguay … Final X runner-up … U.S. Open champion

2024: Bronze medalist at U23 World Championships in Tirana, Albania … U.S. Olympic Team Trials Challenge Tournament runner-up

2023: Gold medalist at U20 World Championships in Amman, Jordan … U20 Pan-American Championships gold medalist in Santiago de Chile, Chile … Dan Kolov – Nikola Petrov Tournament bronze medalist in Sofia, Bulgaria … U20 Freestyle World Team Trials champion … U20 U.S. Open champion

2022: U20 World Championships silver medalist in Sofia, Bulgaria … U20 Pan-American Championships gold medalist in Oaxtepec, Mexico … Fifth in Bill Farrell Memorial International … U20 Freestyle World Team Trials champion … U20 U.S. Open champion

College: 2025 and 2026 NCAA National champion … 2024 NCAA National Championships runner-up … Three-time NCAA All-American … Three-time Big Ten champion … Attended California Baptist University during redshirt year

High School: Three-time WIAA state champion (2020-22) for Arrowhead (Wisconsin) High School … Fourth in 2019 … Four-year letterman … Two-time team captain

USA Wrestling Age-Group: 2021 Southern Plains Regional champion … 2019 and 2021 Central Regional champion … 2021 High School National Recruiting Showcase champion … 2018 and 2019 Preseason Nationals champion … Placed fifth at 2019 16U Nationals … 2019 Phil Portuese Northeast Regional champion … 2019 Marines Western Regional champion … 2019 16U Folkstyle Nationals champion … Placed third at 2018 Central Regional … Finished fifth at Cadet Folkstyle Nationals … 2018 Dominate in the Dells runner-up … Finished fourth at 2017 Kids Freestyle Nationals … Placed fifth at 2016 Kids Freestyle Nationals … 2016 Central Regional champion … Placed third 2015 Norther Plains Regional … 2013 Northern Plains Regional champion … Placed fifth at 2012 Northern Plains Regional

Personal: Son of Bernadette and John Mesenbrink … One brother, Mack, and two sisters, Meryl and Morgan … Father wrestled at Drake University … Sister ran track at East Stroudsburg University 

Awards: 2024 Big Ten Freshman of the Year … 2026 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler … 2026 NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler … 2026 Dan Hodge Trophy award winner as the nation's best male collegiate wrestler

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