Wyatt Hendrickson

World Championships, 2025

Athlete Bio

Age

Hometown

Newton, KS

Education

Air Force Academy, Oklahoma State University

2025-26 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 125 kg/275.5 pounds

Years on Team USA: 1 (2025-26)

Residence: Stillwater, Okla.

Regional Training Center: Cowboy RTC

Club: U.S. Air Force WCAP

Personal Coach: David Taylor

High School: Newton, Kan. (Newton High School)

Born: January 13, 2001, in Newton, Kan.

Senior World Teams

2025 Senior Worlds (17th at 125 kg)

Age-Group World Teams

2023 U23 Worlds (Gold at 125 kg), 2021 U20 Worlds (Fifth at 125 kg)

Career Highlights

Senior World Team member
U23 World champion
Two-time age-group World Team member
U.S. Open champion
NCAA champion for Oklahoma State

Career Biography

2026: Bronze medalist at Muhamet Malo Ranking Series event in Tirana, Albania … Silver medalist at Zagreb Open Ranking Series event in Croatia

2025: Placed 17th at World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia … Gold medalist at Pan American Championships in Monterrey, Mexico … Final X champion … U.S. Open champion

2023: Gold medalist at U23 World Championships in Tirana, Albania … Placed fourth at Senior World Team Trials … Placed fourth at U.S. Open … U23 World Team Trials champion

2021: Placed fifth at U20 World Championships in Ufa, Russia … UWW Junior Freestyle Nationals champion

College: 2025 NCAA Champion at 285 pounds for Oklahoma State under head coach David Taylor … Defeated 2020 Olympic champion Gable Steveson of Minnesota in the 2025 NCAA finals … Became the third Oklahoma State Cowboy to win the Dan Hodge Trophy … Third in 2023 and 2024 NCAA Championships for Air Force … Three-time NCAA All-American … Five-time NCAA Championships qualifier … Three-time Big 12 Tournament champion … Finished career with a 127-11 record

High School: Two-time Kansas state champion and three-time finalist at Newton High School

USA Wrestling Age-Group: 2018 Junior Freestyle Nationals bronze medalist, fifth in Greco-Roman … 2018 Junior Folkstyle Nationals runner-up … 2017 Cadet Freestyle and Greco-Roman Nationals bronze medalist … 2017 Southern Plains Regional Greco-Roman champion, third in freestyle … Placed fourth at 2016 Southern Plains Greco-Roman Regionals … 2013 Kids Folkstyle Nationals bronze medalist

Personal: Son of Lynnette and Todd Hendrickson … Has two sisters, Megan and Gracie

Awards: 2025 Dan Hodge Trophy award winner as nation’s best college wrestler

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