PJ Duke

2025-26 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 70 kg

Years on Team USA: 1 (2025-26) 

Residence: Slate Hill, N.Y.

Hometown: Slate Hill, N.Y.

Regional Training Center: KD Training Center, Nittany Lion WC

Club: Titan Mercury WC

Personal Coach: Khaled Dassan

College: Penn State University

High School: Slate Hill, N.Y. (Minisink Valley) 

Born: July 7, 2006

Age-Group World Teams 

2025 U20 Worlds (Gold at 70 kg), 2024 U20 Worlds (Bronze at 70 kg)

Career Notes 

• Senior World Team member
• U20 World Championships gold medalist
• Two-time U20 World Championships medalist
• Four-time New York state champion

Career Biography

2025: U20 World Championships gold medalist in Samokov, Bulgaria… Final X champion… Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion… U20 World Team Trials champion… U20 Nationals champion…

2024: U20 World Championships bronze medalist in Pontevedra, Spain… U20 Pan American Championships gold medalist in Lima, Peru… Bill Farrell Memorial International gold medalist… Third in Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament… U20 World Team Trials champion… U20 Nationals champion…

College: Entering freshman year at Penn State University under head coach Cael Sanderson… 

High School: Four-time New York state champion for Minisink Valley High School, New York’s 11^th four-time state champion… with a career record of 152-1…

Age-Group: 2022 USA Wrestling 16U Nationals champion… 2022 Phil Portuese Northeast Regional champion…

Personal: Son of Annie and Peter Duke…

Awards: 2025 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award Northeast Region winner …Two-time New York state tournament Outstanding Wrestler recipient (2024-25)