The Nittany Lion Wrestling Club (NLWC) is an amateur wrestling club and

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. It was designated by

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as a

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Olympic Regional Training Center and it hosts its practices at the Penn State wrestling room.

Resident athletes

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* Jordan Conaway * Jaime Espinal * Franklin Gómez * Nick Nevills *

Bo Nickal Bo Dean Nickal (born January 14, 1996) is an American professional mixed martial artist, former freestyle and graduated folkstyle wrestler who currently competes in the UFC middleweight division. In freestyle wrestling, he claimed the 2019 U ...

Jason Nolf Jason Michael Nolf (born January 10, 1996) is an American freestyle and former folkstyle wrestler. In freestyle, Nolf is the Pan American Champion at the 79-kilograms division. As a folkstyle wrestler, he is a three-time NCAA Division I Ch ...

* Josh Rodriguez * Zain Retherford * David Taylor * Kyle Dake * Thomas Gilman * Vincenzo Joseph * Kyle Snyder *

Anthony Cassar Anthony Cassar (born March 9, 1996) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler. He is a one-time NCAA Division I champion and a one-time Big Ten Conference champion out of Penn State University, as well as a one-time ...

* Riley Lefever

Coaching staff

Cael Sanderson Cael Norman Sanderson ( ; born June 20, 1979) is an American former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler who is the current head coach of Penn State University's wrestling team. As a wrestler, he won an Olympic Gold medal and was undefeated in four ...

*Cody Sanderson *Casey Cunningham *

Jake Varner Jacob Stephen "Jake" Varner (born March 24, 1986) is an American wrestler. Varner won the gold medal in the 96 kg category at the 2012 Summer Olympics in freestyle wrestling. Varner wrestled collegiately for the Iowa State University Cyc ...

*Mark McKnight *Eric Thompson

Key people

*;Board of Directors **Jim Martin; President **Judd Arnold; Vice President **Bob Noll **Mary Noll **Matt Gaul **Dave Becker **Darrel Zaccagni **Bill Buckley *;Management **Rich Lorenzo; Executive Director of Treasurer **Nick Fanthorpe; Co-director and coach **Dave Hart; Director / Business Chair / Membership Chair and Secretary *;Commentators (events) ** David Taylor **Jeff Byers **Vincenzo Joseph

Events

During the

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, the NLWC has managed to put on a series of dual meets due to the current lack of

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events. Streamed on Rofkin, the first card took place on September 19, 2020, at

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Event list

NLWC I

The ''NLWC I'' took place on September 19, 2020 in

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. Results

NLWC II

The ''NLWC II'' took place on October 20, 2020 in

. Results

NLWC III

The ''NLWC III'' took place on November 24, 2020 in

. Results

NLWC IV

The ''NLWC IV'' (also known as ''NLWC vs. WWC'') took place on December 22, 2020 in

. Unlike previous cards, this event featured a dual meet between the NLWC and the Wolfpack RTC. Results

NLWC V

The ''NLWC V'' took place on February 23, 2021 in

. Results

References

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