2024 NWCA All-Star Classic

Penn State Wrestling Fan Guide To The NWCA All-Star Classic

Penn State Wrestling Fan Guide To The NWCA All-Star Classic

Penn State Wrestling fans have plenty of reasons to buy tickets or tune in to the NWCA All-Star Classic this Saturday, November 16.

Nov 13, 2024 by David Bray
Penn State Wrestling Fan Guide To The NWCA All-Star Classic

The 2024 NWCA All-Star Classic goes down this Saturday, November 16 at 7:00 pm Eastern at Rec Hall on the campus of Penn State. Not only are the Nittany Lions playing host for this year's event, they'll have five different athletes competing. 

All five Nittany Lions will compete in elite matchups with significant rankings implications. At 141 lbs, #3 Beau Bartlett will wrestle Ohio State's #2 Jesse Mendez in an NCAA finals rematch, at 149 lbs, #2 Shayne Van Ness will take on West Virginia's #2 Ty Watters, at 157 lbs, #4 Tyler Kasak will wrestle Ohio's #5 Peyten Keller, at #2 Levi Haines will take on #3 Cade DeVos of SDSU, and at 184 lbs, #1 Carter Starocci will headline the event against #2 Parker Keckeisen, Northern Iowa's most recent NCAA champion.


Penn State Wrestlers at the 2024 NWCA All-Star Classic

141: #2 Jesse Mendez, Ohio State vs #3 Beau Bartlett, Penn State

149: #2 Shayne Van Ness, Penn State vs #3 Ty Watters, West Virginia

157: #4 Tyler Kasak, Penn State vs #5 Peyten Kellar, Ohio

174: #2 Levi Haines, Penn State vs  #3 Cade DeVos, SDSU

184: #1 Carter Starocci, Penn State vs #2 Parker Keckeisen, Northern Iowa

Complete NWCA All-Star Classic Match List

Men's Matches

125: #2 Jore Volk, Wyoming vs #5 Tanner Jordan, South Dakota State

133: #2 Nasir Bailey, Little Rock vs #6 Lucas Byrd, Illinois

141: #2 Jesse Mendez, Ohio State vs #3 Beau Bartlett, Penn State

149: #2 Shayne Van Ness, Penn State vs #3 Ty Watters, West Virginia

157: #4 Tyler Kasak, Penn State vs #5 Peyten Kellar, Ohio

165: #8 Hunter Garvin, Stanford vs #4 Peyton Hall, West Virginia

174: #2 Levi Haines, Penn State vs  #3 Cade DeVos, SDSU

184: #1 Carter Starocci, Penn State vs #2 Parker Keckeisen, Northern Iowa

197: #6 Stephen Little, Little Rock vs #9 Zac Braunagel, Illinois

197: #1 (D2) Derek Blubaugh, Indianapolis vs #1 (D3) Massoma Endene, Wartburg

285: #3 Nick Feldman, Ohio State vs #8 Taye Ghadiali, Campbell

Women's Matches

110: 1 Emma Baertlein, Southern Oregon vs #4 Kendra Ryan, North Central

124: #1 Amani Jones, North Central vs #2 Maya Davis, Grand View

145: #1 Jamilah McBryde, Life vs #2 Aine Drury, King

160: #1 Cheyenne Bowman, King vs #1 Latifah McBryde, Life

131: #1 Victoria Baez Dillion, King vs #1 Carolina Moreno, Southern Oregon

The 2024 NWCA All-Star Classic presented by Nike will take place on Saturday, November 16, 2024, at 7:00 pm (ET) in Rec Hall on the campus of Penn State. 

This event can be viewed only on FloWrestling and will feature 10 highly ranked Division 1 folkstyle matchups along with 5 cross-divisional women’s freestyle matches. So far FloWrestling has officially announced seven of matchups with the rest to be announced soon.

FloWrestling Archived Footage

Video footage from the event will be archived and stored in a video library for FloWrestling subscribers to watch for the duration of their subscription.

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