Parents: AIMEE AND KEN HAINES
Major: AGRICULTURE
CAREER NOTES:
Athletic: Big Ten Champion (2023)...First Team All-Big Ten (2023)...NCAA National Runner-up (2023)...All-American (2023)...Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2023).
Academic: NWCA National All-Academic Team (2023).
2022-23 / FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Rolled to a 25-2 overall record as a true freshman...Went 11-0 in dual meets and 7-0 in Big Ten duals...Big Ten Champion at 157, named Big Ten Freshman of the Year...Became freshman All-American and NCAA National Runner-Up with second place finish...Five majors, one tech and three pins.
Bearcat Open (11/13): Posted 3-1 mark with two majors, placed fifth in Binghamton. Black Knight (11/20): Went 4-0, with three wins over ranked wrestlers, to claim title at 157. Downed #29 Troy Nation of Campbell, #28 Nate Lukez of AWP and teammate #31 Terrell Barraclough in the finals. Collegiate Duals (12/19-20): Made dual meet debut, pinning #31 Corbyn Munson of Central Michigan in the first period (1:38). Downed UNC’s Danny Nini 4-1. Posted 8-3 decision over Iowa State’s Jason Kraisser. Wisconsin (1/6): Made B1G dual debut with a strong 16-6 major over #16 Garrett Model in Madison. Michigan (1/20): Takedown early in extra time to beat #10 Will Lewan 3-1 (sv) in BJC Dual. Iowa (1/27): Key win in Penn State’s BJC dual victory over the Hawkeyes, used a third period takedown to beat #15 Cobe Siebrecht 3-2. Ohio State (2/3): Rolled to a 14-2 major with 4:10 in riding time over #25 Paddy Gallagher. Indiana (2/5): Beat Derek Gilcher 8-2. Rutgers (2/10): Posted 8-2 win over #33 Andrew Clark. Maryland (2/12): First period pin over Kevin Schork (1:42). Clarion (2/19): Picked up first career tech, 18-3 (4:26) over Trevor Elfvin in dual finale.
Big Ten Championships (3/4-5): Won Big Ten title as a true freshman, going 3-0 in Ann Arbor. Beat #24 Derek Gilcher of Indiana 6-0 and #6 Kendall Coleman of Purdue to advance to finals. Took down #1 Peyton Robb of Nebraska in sudden victory to clinch the title, winning 3-1 (sv).
NCAA Championships (3/16-18): Became an NCAA finalist as a true freshman, earning All-America honors with a 4-1 run to the title bout in his first trip to nationals. Claimed wins over the #31 and #15 ranked wrestlers and then pinned #7 Bryce Andonian of Virginia Tech in the quarterfinals. Beat #2 Peyton Robb of Nebraska 5-3 in the semis before losing to #1 Austin O’Connor of North Carolina in the national finals.
HIGH SCHOOL / PERSONAL:
Biglerville High School grad...Three year letter winner team captain as a junior...Went 40-1 as a freshman, taking state runner-up honors...30-4 as a sophomore, repeating as state runner-up...Perfect 30-0 mark as a junior, winning state championship...Did not compete as a senior, trained instead and competed in collegiate level opens, won the Edinboro Open and Franklin & Marshall Open in what would have been senior year of high school...Honors student at Biglerville HS...Member of 2021 Cadet World Team...Son of Aimee and Ken Haines...Has one older sister, Julia...Father Ken wrestled and played soccer at Lock Haven University, mother Aimee played field hockey and lacrosse at LHU...Sister Julia plays soccer at Lock Haven and uncle Chris Haines wrestled at LHU...Considering a wildlife and fisheries major at Penn State.
HAINES MATCH-BY-MATCH
2022-23
Date Wt. Result Opponent Place Rec
11/13 157 W, 5-1 Caleb Dowling, West Virginia Bing 1-0
11/13 157 L, 6-8 Vincent Zerban, Northern Colorado Bing 1-1
11/13 157 W, 10-2 Walker Heard, West Virginia (major) Bing 2-1
11/13 157 W, 16-2 Brayden Roberts, West Virginia (maj) Bing (5th) 3-1
11/20 157 W, 8-2 Trae McDaniel, Army West Point BK 4-1
11/20 157 W, 17-3 #29 Troy Nation, Campbell (major) BK 5-1
11/20 157 W, 7-4 #28 Nate Lukez, Army West Point BK 6-1
11/20 157 W, 2-1 #31 Terrell Barraclough, Penn State BK (1st) 7-1
12/19 157 WBF #31 Corbyn Munson, Central Michigan (1:38) dual 8-1
12/19 157 W, 4-1 Danny Nini, North Carolina dual 9-1
12/20 157 W, 8-3 Jason Kraisser, Iowa State dual 10-1
1/6 157 W, 16-6 #16 Garrett Model, Wisconsin (major) dual 11-1
1/20 157 W, 3-1 (sv) #10 Will Lewan, Michigan dual 12-1
1/27 157 W, 3-2 #15 Cobe Siebrecht, Iowa dual 13-1
2/3 157 W, 14-2 #25 Paddy Gallagher, Ohio State (major) dual 14-1
2/5 157 W, 8-2 Derek Gilcher, Indiana dual 15-1
2/10 157 W, 8-2 #33 Andrew Clark, Rutgers dual 16-1
2/12 157 WBF Kevin Schork, Maryland (1:42) dual 17-1
2/19 157 W, 18-3 Trevor Elfvin, Clarion (TF; 4:26) dual 18-1
3/4 157 W, 6-0 #24 Derek Gilcher, Indiana B1G 19-1
3/4 157 W, 3-2 #6 Kendall Coleman, Purdue B1G 20-1
3/5 157 W, 3-1 (sv) #1 Peyton Robb, Nebraska B1G (1st) 21-1
3/16 157 W, 10-3 #31 Ashton Eyler, Lock Haven NCAA 22-1
3/16 157 W, 8-2 #15 Jacob Wright, Wyoming NCAA 23-1
3/17 157 WBF #7 Bryce Andonian, Virginia Tech (6:11) NCAA 24-1
3/17 157 W, 5-3 #3 Peyton Robb, Nebraska NCAA 25-1
3/18 157 L, 2-6 #1 Austin O’Connor, North Carolina NCAA (2nd) 25-2
Levi Haines Season 2022-23
Position157
ClassFreshman
HometownArendtsville, Pa.