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Nick Lee
Nick Lee

Nick Lee

2023 Senior Worlds (7th at 65 kg)

Athlete Bio#

Nick Lee

Age

27

Hometown

Evansville, IN

Education

Penn State

2024-25 Team USA Ranking: No. 2 at 65 kg

Years on Team USA: 3 (2021-22, 2023-25)

Residence: State College, Pa.

Club: Titan Mercury WC

Regional Training Center: Nittany Lion WC

College: Penn State

High School: Evansville, Indiana (Mater Dei)

Born: March 12, 1998

Senior World Teams

2023 Senior Worlds (Seventh at 65 kg)

Career Highlights
  • 2023 Final X champion
  • 2023 U.S. Open champion
  • 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up
  • Third at 2021 Olympic Team Trials
  • Third at 2019 Senior Nationals
  • Two-time NCAA champion for Penn State (2021, 2022)
  • Three-time Cadet Pan American champion

Career Biography 

2024: Pan American Championships champion…Pan American Qualifier Wrestle Off champion…Sixth at Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament…U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up…

2023: Seventh at Senior World Championships…Final X champion… U.S. Open champion…

2022: Second at Bill Farrell Memorial International…

2021: Third at U.S. Olympic Team Trials…

2019: Third at Senior Nationals (Dec.)…

2018: Second at World Team Trials Challenge Tournament…

2017: Fifth at UWW Junior Nationals…

2016: Seventh at UWW Junior Nationals…

College: 2021 and 2022 NCAA champion for Penn State…2020 First-Team All-American…Fifth at 2018 NCAA Championships…Fifth at 2019 NCAA Championships…Third at 2018 and 2019 Big Ten Championships…

High School: Second in 2016 Indiana State championships at 132 pounds for Mater Dei High School…2015 Indiana state champion at 132 pounds…Third in 2015 Indiana state championships at 126 pounds…

Age-Group Achievements: 2016 Junior Nationals freestyle champion… 2014 Cadet Pan American champion in freestyle and Greco-Roman…2013 Cadet Pan American champion in freestyle…

Personal: Son of Laura and Christopher Lee… Brothers Joe and Matt wrestle at Penn State…

Instagram: @nicklee_psu

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