Dean Hamiti and Wyatt Hendrickson defeated 2 NCAA champs

[Cornell Kevin]

Believe the question is asking for guys who had to beat two separate individuals who were already NCAA champs, not guys who were 2x champions.

 

[pokemonster]

On the note of Hamiti - he's only 21 and done with college. Did he screw himself by not taking the usual wrestler route, a la the majority of the other successful phenoms? How many NCAA titles would he have if he would've taken the Bo Bassett route and been a freshman this year? 

Edited Monday at 03:49 AM by pokemonster

[ionel]

10 minutes ago, pokemonster said:

One the note of Hamiti - he's only 21 and done with college. Did he screw himself by not taking the usual wrestler route, a la the majority of the other successful phenoms? How many NCAA titles would he have if he would've taken the Bo Bassett route and been a freshman this year? 

Maybe he'll have a better/longer freestyle career because he's out at 21? 

[scourge165]

1 hour ago, ionel said:

Maybe he'll have a better/longer freestyle career because he's out at 21? 

And maybe he'd have won it this year and then gotten bogged down with injuries or a savant like...Lockett/Duke if he had 2 more years. Hard to say. 

He was REAL close several times. A poorly Wrestled Match vs Mesenbrink from being in the finals in '24, but he won it and he seems to me to be a GREAT fit at 74KG.

[Boring]

On 4/28/2025 at 5:43 AM, scourge165 said:

And maybe he'd have won it this year and then gotten bogged down with injuries or a savant like...Lockett/Duke if he had 2 more years. Hard to say. 

He was REAL close several times. A poorly Wrestled Match vs Mesenbrink from being in the finals in '24, but he won it and he seems to me to be a GREAT fit at 74KG.

Plus he still looks like a beanpole out there, he's got plenty of room to move up to the next weight class.