Parents: BERNADETTE AND JOHN MESENBRINK
Major: PYSCHOLOGY
CAREER NOTES:
Athletic: 2X All-American (2nd, 2024; 1st, 2025)...National Champion (2025)...2X Big Ten Champion (2024, 2025)...Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2024)...Transferred to Penn State after red shirting at Cal-Baptist in 2022-23....World U20 Silver Medalist at 70kg in 2022...U20 World Champion at 74 kg in 2023.
Academic: NWCA National All-Academic Team (2025)...Academic All-Big Ten (2025)...CSC First Team At-Large Academic All-American (2025).
2024-25 / SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Season: Capped off stellar unbeaten season by earning first individual NCAA National Championship...Became two-time All-American with the run...Went 27-0 overall with 18 techs and three majors...Won NCAA’s season-long Technical Falls Award after nationals...Won second Big Ten title as well...Went 15-0 in dual meets, 8-0 in Big Ten duals.
Drexel (11/17): Dominant 21-4 tech fall (5:14) over Cody Walsh. Black Knight Invitational (11/24): Named Outstanding Wrestler at Black Knight Invitational after winning title with 4-0 mark, all tech falls, including techs over #32 Tony White of Rutgers and #14 Gunner Filipowicz of Army in finals. Big Ten Wrestler of the Week (11/27). Lehigh (12/8): Dominated Thayne Lawrence in 18-1 tech fall (4:37). Wyoming (12/15): Seventh tech in as many matches with a 15-0 win over Cooper Voorhees (3:17). Journeymen Collegiate (12/22): Went 3-0 in Nashville, including 17-1 tech fall over #21 Joey Bianchi of Little Rock (5:27). Michigan State (1/10): Rolled to 20-5 tech fall over Jay Navison (3:57). Nebraska (1/17): Dominated #7 Bubba Wilson in Lincoln, rolling to a 20-3 tech fall (5:39). Rutgers (1/24): Five takedowns in a 19-3 tech fall (6:30) over #26 Anthony White. Iowa (1/31): Dominated #2 Mikey Caliendo, forcing three stalls and grabbing five takedowns in 19-4 tech fall (6:24). Michigan (2/7): Majored #10 Beau Mantanona 18-4, with five takedowns. Maryland (2/9): Teched Alex Uryniak 18-3 (4:59). Ohio State: Teched Brock Herman 19-4 (4:39). Illinois (2/16): Majored #14 Braeden Scoles 10-1. American (2/21): Teched Kaden Milheim 19-2 (5:20).
Big Ten Championships (3/8-9): Won second Big Ten title by going 3-0 in Evanston. Got medical forfeit win over #9 Paddy Gallagher of Ohio State, teched #10 Beau Mantanona of Michigan 25-8 (6:29) and then downed #2 Mikey Caliendo of Iowa 4-1 in the finals.
NCAA Championships (3/20-22): Won first National Championship and became two-time All-American with 5-0 showing in Philadelphia. Teched #33 and #16 before downing #8 Cameron Amine of Oklahoma State in quarterfinals. Majored #12 Chris Minto of Nebraska in national semis to set up dominant 8-2 win over #3 Mikey Caliendo of Iowa in the national finals.
2023-24 / REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Became All-American in first season at Penn State, earning NCAA National Runner-Up laurels as a freshman...Went 26-1 overall (only loss in national finals on riding time point)...Went 12-0 in duals, 8-0 in Big Ten duals...Four pins, nine techs, four majors...Big Ten Champion and Big Ten Freshman of the Year.
Journeymen (11/12): Went 3-0 in first event as a Nittany Lion, including two technical falls. Black Knight (11/19): Went 4-0 to win title, including 25-6 tech of #1 Brevin Cassella of Binghamton and first period pin (2:15) of #22 Anthony White of Rutgers. Lehigh (12/3): Notched 17-2 tech fall over #32 Jake Logan in Penn State dual debut in Rec Hall. Hofstra (12/10): Pinned Matt Waddell (1:24). Oregon State (1/5): Notched four takedowns and a four-point turn to dominated #10 Matthew Olguin in a 17-2 (3:44) tech fall. Indiana (1/14): Leading 7-1 in first period, won by injury default over #23 Tyler Lillard at 1:28. Michigan (1/19): Dominated #7 Cameron Amine, rolling to 12-1 major decision, nearly DQ’ing Amine by forcing him into four stall calls. Michigan State (1/21): Majored #10 Caleb Fish 18-9, tallying five takedowns in East Lansing. Maryland (1/28): Quick first period pin of Ryan Money (0:50). Ohio State (2/2): Used two takedowns and two reversals to post 10-4 win over #20 Bryce Hepner. Iowa (2/9): Controlled #6 Michael Caliendo 12-6 for B1G road win. Rutgers (2/12): Rolled to 18-3 tech fall over Dylan White (6:52). Nebraska (2/18): Takedowns in second and third period for exciting 9-5 win over #15 Antrell Taylor.
Big Ten Championship (3/9-10): Blazed through tourney field at first B1G tournament, going 3-0 with a pin and a tech to win Big Ten Championship, pinned #31 Blaine Brenner of Minnesota (3:59), teched #6 Mikey Caliendo of Iowa 23-7 in semis and rallied late for a thrilling 13-11 win over #4 Dean Hamiti of Wisconsin in finals, named 2024 Big Ten Freshman of the Year at conclusion of tournament.
NCAA Championships (3/21-23): Became freshman All-American and national runner-up with 4-1 run at NCAAs. Had two majors and a tech fall to get to finals. Lost hard fought 9-8 decision to #4 David Carr of Iowa State in finals on riding time.
2022-23 / TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON / REDSHIRT RETAINED:
Season: Redshirt season at Cal-Baptist...Went 2-0 with two pins...Both wins in dual meets but did not compete again during the season, retaining his redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL / PERSONAL:
Four-time Wisconsin state place winner, three-time state champion (3rd, 1st, 1st, 1st)...Four-year letterman, two-time team captain...Classic 8 Academic Honors all four years...Son of Bernadette and John Mesenbrink...Has one brother, Mack, and two sisters, Meryl and Morgan...Father wrestled collegiately at Drake University...Sister Morgan ran track and field and East Stroudsburg University.
MESENBRINK MATCH-BY-MATCH
2024-25
Date Wt. Result Opponent Place Rec
11/17 165 W, 21-4 Cody Walsh, Drexel (TF; 5:19) dual 1-0
11/24 165 W, 18-3 Carter Baer, Binghamton (TF; 5:37) BK 2-0
11/24 165 W, 18-1 Cam Adams, Michigan State (TF; 4:01) BK 3-0
11/24 165 W, 19-4 #32 Tony White, Rutgers (TF; 5:46) BK 4-0
11/24 165 W, 17-2 #14 Gunner Filipowicz, Army (TF; 4:50) BK 5-0
12/8 165 W, 18-1 Thayne Lawrence, Lehigh (TF; 4:37) dual 6-0
12/15 165 W, 15-0 Cooper Voorhees, Wyoming (TF; 3:17) dual 7-0
12/22 165 W, forf. Forfeit, Binghamton dual 8-0
12/22 165 W, 17-1 #21 Joey Bianchi, Little Rock (TF; 5:27) dual 9-0
12/22 165 W, forf. Forfeit, Missouri dual 10-0
1/10 165 W, 20-5 Jay Nivison, Michigan State (TF; 3:57) dual 11-0
1/17 165 W, 20-3 #7 Bubba Wilson, Nebraska (TF; 5:39) dual 12-0
1/24 165 W, 19-3 #26 Anthony White, Rutgers (TF; 6:30) dual 13-0
1/31 165 W, 19-4 #2 Mikey Caliendo, Iowa (TF; 6:24) dual 14-0
2/7 165 W, 18-4 #10 Beau Mantanona, Michigan (major) dual 15-0
2/9 165 W, 18-3 Alex Uryniak, Maryland (TF; 4:59) dual 16-0
2/14 165 W, 19-4 Brock Herman, Ohio State (TF; 4:39) dual 17-0
2/16 165 W, 10-1 #14 Braeden Scoles, Illinois (major) dual 18-0
2/21 165 W, 19-2 Kaden Milheim, American (TF; 5:20) dual 19-0
3/8 165 W, md.frf. #9 Paddy Gallagher, Ohio State B1G 20-0
3/8 165 W, 25-8 #10 Beau Mantanona, Michigan (TF; 6:29) B1G 21-0
3/9 165 W, 4-1 #2 Mikey Caliendo, Iowa B1G (1st) 22-0
3/20 165 W, 16-0 #33 Chandler Amaker, CMU (TF; 3:32) NCAA 23-0
3/20 165 W, 22-6 #16 Kyle Mosher, Hofstra (TF; 4:15) NCAA 24-0
3/21 165 W, 5-0 #8 Cameron Amine, Oklahoma State NCAA 25-0
3/21 165 W, 13-2 #12 Chris Minto, Nebraska (major) NCAA 26-0
3/22 165 W, 8-2 #3 Mike Caliendo, Iowa NCAA (1st) 27-0
2023-24
Date Wt. Result Opponent Place Rec
11/12 165 W, 14-10 Nicco Ruiz, Arizona State Jrny 1-0
11/12 165 W, 19-3 Eric Shindel, Hofstra (TF; 4:34) Jrny 2-0
11/12 165 W, 20-5 Cooper Noehre, Purdue (TF; 5:37) Jrny 3-0
11/19 165 W, 17-2 Dakota Morris, Army (TF; 6:16) BK 4-0
11/19 165 W, 25-6 #21 Brevin Cassella, Binghamton (TF; 6:55) BK 5-0
11/19 165 WBF #22 Anthony White, Rutgers (2:15) BK 6-0
11/19 165 W, 8-5 Terrell Barraclough, Penn State BK (1st) 7-0
12/3 165 W, 17-2 #32 Jake Logan, Lehigh (TF; 6:13) dual 8-0
12/10 165 WBF Matt Waddell, Hofstra (1:24) dual 9-0
1/5 165 W, 17-2 #10 Matthew Olguin, Oregon St. (TF; 3:44) dual 10-0
1/14 165 W, inj.def. #23 Tyler Lillard, Indiana (inj.def.; 1:28) dual 11-0
1/19 165 W, 12-1 #7 Cameron Amine, Michigan (major) dual 12-0
1/21 165 W, 18-9 #10 Caleb Fish, Michigan State (major) dual 13-0
1/28 165 WBF Ryan Money, Maryland (0:50) dual 14-0
2/2 165 W, 10-4 #20 Bryce Hepner, Ohio State dual 15-0
2/9 165 W, 12-6 #6 Michael Caliendo, Iowa dual 16-0
2/12 165 W, 18-3 Anthony White, Rutgers (TF; 6:52) dual 17-0
2/18 165 W, 9-5 #15 Antrell Taylor, Nebraska dual 18-0
2/25 165 W, forf. Forfeit, Edinboro dual 19-0
3/9 165 WBF #31 Blaine Brenner, Minnesota (3:59) B1G 20-0
3/9 165 W, 23-7 #6 Mikey Caliendo, Iowa (TF; 6:47) B1G 21-0
3/10 165 W, 13-11 #4 Dean Hamiti, Wisconsin B1G (1st) 22-0
3/21 165 W, 18-2 #31 Maxx Mayfield, Northwestern (TF; 5:32) NCAA 23-0
3/21 165 W, 11-3 #15 Brevin Cassella, Binghamton (major) NCAA 24-0
3/22 165 W, 6-1 #10 Cameron Amine, Michigan NCAA 25-0
3/22 165 W, 17-9 #6 Mikey Caliendo, Iowa (major) NCAA 26-0
3/23 165 L, 8-9 #4 David Carr, Iowa State NCAA (2nd) 26-1
2022-23
Date Wt. Result Opponent Place Rec
11/5 165 WBF Daniel Vizcarra, Cal Poly (3:52) dual 1-0
11/5 165 WBF Omar Rosas, Vanguard Univ. (1:36) dual 2-0
CAREER STATISTICS
|
Year |
Overall |
Duals (B1G) |
TRN (B1G/NCAA) |
F |
TF |
M |
PTS |
|
*2022-23 |
2-0 |
2-0 (0-0) |
0-0 (0-0/0-0) |
2-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
12 |
|
2023-24 |
26-1 |
12-0 (8-0) |
7-0 (3-0/4-1) |
4-0 |
9-0 |
4-0 |
56 |
|
2024-25 |
27-0 |
15-0 (8-0) |
12-0 (3-0/5-0) |
0-0 |
18-0 |
3-0 |
75 |
|
Career |
55-1 |
29-0 (16-0) |
19-0 (6-0/9-1) |
6-0 |
27-0 |
7-0 |
143 |
* at Cal-Baptist // Red shirt season (results count)