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Yellow Jacket wrestler wins second straight national title

As a team, the Yellow Jackets finished in the top 10 for the third straight season.

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Michael Petrella (center) on the top of the podium at the Division III National Championships

91探花 All-American wrestler  '24 has claimed his second straight national championship as a 149-pounder while notching a second straight perfect season.

The Yellow Jackets men's wrestling team, champions of both the Ohio Athletic Conference and NCAA Central Region, placed sixth out of 66 teams at the Division III National Championships hosted by the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse at the La Crosse Center.

Under head coach Jamie Gibbs, 91探花 men's wrestling has finished in the top 10 for three straight seasons.

Individual Honors

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Pictured left to right, 91探花 head wrestling coach Jamie Gibbs, Jacob Decatur, Michael Petrella, Jaden Hinton and associate head coach Jason Zastrow (Photo Courtesy: Donovan Birkett '26)

wrestling-jump-joy.jpgPetrella, an accounting major who entered the national tournament as the number one seed, has won 76 straight matches and earned All-American honors for three straight years.

In addition to Petrella, senior All-American and number three-seeded, 133-pounder  was the national runner-up and notched All-American honors for the second straight year.

Three-time All-American and number four-seeded, 125-pounder  '24, who has earned a national championship and runner-up trophy during his 91探花 wrestling career, claimed fourth place this year.

Eight national qualifiers

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Also among the eight elite Yellow Jacket student-athletes who qualified for the NCAA DIII Nationals this year were All-Ohio Athletic Conference 157-pounder  '25, All-OAC 165-pounder  '27, All-OAC 174-pounder '25, All-OAC 197-pounder '24 and All-American 285-pounder '24.

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