Penn State Wrestling's Levi Haines wins 2nd NCAA title

Penn State Wrestling’s Levi Haines wins his second NCAA title Saturday night in Cleveland, Ohio.

With Haines’ 2-1 win over Nebraska’s Christopher Minto, the Nittany Lion all-time great wins his second NCAA title of his career. Furthermore, Penn State picks up their second NCAA title of the night inside the rocking Rocket Arena crowd.

Penn State Wrestling, Levi Haines — Penn State Wrestling’s Levi Haines defeated Lorenzo Norman 14-4 in Penn State’s dual meet against Stanford in the 2025 Journeymen Collegiate Wrestling Duals (12/20/25).
Credit – Lloyd McCully

This comes on the heels of Haines finishing third in last year’s NCAA Championships while compiling a record of 25-2.

Levi leapt to the top of the ranks quickly his true freshman year in Happy Valley. He took home the first of his four B1G titles that year and plowed his way to the 2023 NCAA finals.

Haines ultimately lost a hard fought battle in the finals, however he returned the following season and made the difficult climb to the top of the mountain. Putting together a perfect 23-0 record, Levi took home the first of his now two NCAA titles.

For his career, Haines finishes as a four-time B1G Champion and a four-time NCAA All-American.

And while this year’s Nittany Lions have done some incredible things on the map. Next year could be even more special.

Unfortunately Levi Haines is out of eligibility at Penn State. And every single Nittany Lion fan will remember what kind of incredible person he was on and off the mat.

Going back to what I just said about next year’s Nittany Lion squad. Levi Haines is the only starter who will move on.

Think about that for a minute.

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Even though he had no prior journalism experience, Chris has now covered Penn State Wrestling and Penn State Football for the past three years, including as the Penn State Wrestling Beat Writer for VictoryBellRings.com, part of the FanSided network.

And it's clear he also likes constant torture as he's been a PSU Basketball fan for way too long.

Several years back, Chris made the seamless transition from PGA Professional to computer programmer and thoroughly enjoys following and writing about all things related to Penn State sports during his spare time.

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Expertise: College Wrestling, College Football, Lays Chips Education: Penn State University Location: State College, PA Even though he had no prior journalism experience, Chris has now covered Penn State Wrestling and Penn State Football for the past three years, including as the Penn State Wrestling Beat Writer for VictoryBellRings.com, part of the FanSided network. And it's clear he also likes constant torture as he's been a PSU Basketball fan for way too long. Several years back, Chris made the seamless transition from PGA Professional to computer programmer and thoroughly enjoys following and writing about all things related to Penn State sports during his spare time.

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Expertise: College Wrestling, College Football, Lays Chips Education: Penn State University Location: State College, PA Even though he had no prior journalism experience, Chris has now covered Penn State Wrestling and Penn State Football for the past three years, including as the Penn State Wrestling Beat Writer for VictoryBellRings.com, part of the FanSided network. And it's clear he also likes constant torture as he's been a PSU Basketball fan for way too long. Several years back, Chris made the seamless transition from PGA Professional to computer programmer and thoroughly enjoys following and writing about all things related to Penn State sports during his spare time.

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