Penn State Wrestling is hot on the recruiting trail and they just added their second big commitment in the past couple of days.
Blair Academy’s William Henckel, the No. 12 overall recruit in the 2025 class according to FloWrestling, announced to the nation yesterday evening that he was choosing Cael Sanderson and the Nittany Lions as his college of choice. Blair Academy is known for its wrestling prowess and they’ve built a program that has sustained success across the nation. It’s no wonder that some of their elite grapplers are choosing to wrestle for the best coaching staff in the country and for the best wrestling program in the country. And Henckel now follows in the footsteps of former Blair standout and NCAA All-American, Shayne Van Ness.
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What William Henkel Brings Penn State Wrestling
Henkel is the fifth commit in the 2025 class as the Nittany Lions have already picked up pledges from PJ Duke, Nate Desmond, Dalton Perry, and Asher Cunningham. William won the U16 title at the 2021 Fargo and was an Ironman finalist. And he’s also no stranger to Penn State’s No. 5 overall recruit in the 2024 class, Joe Sealey. Henckel and Sealey butted heads in the U20 World Team Trials (William won 9-7) and they faced off in FloWrestling’s Who’s Number One back on September 2nd (Sealey won 4-2). William has competed at both 152 and 160 pounds and it looks like he will project to compete at 165/174 in college.
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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.
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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.
