CAREER
Athletic: All-American (4th – 2026)… Second Team All-Big Ten (2026)… Big Ten Freshman of the Week (12/23/25, 1/30/26, 2/19/26)
Academic: NWCA Scholar All-American (2026)
2025-26 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Became a freshman All-American after booking a fourth-place finish at 133 pounds during the 2026 NCAA Championships in Cleveland… Booked a runner-up result at the 2026 Big Ten Championships at 133… Finished with a 25-3 overall record coupled with a 15-0 mark in dual meets and an unblemished 8-0 result in Big Ten dual action… Forced 68 dual points for PSU while surrendering zero… Picked up three wins by fall, nine technical falls and seven major decisions to round out 19 bonus-point victories, a bonus rate of 67.8 percent.
Oklahoma (11/14): Teched Tyson Charmoli in his collegiate debut, 18-3 (5:13), in the BJC. Black Knight Invite (11/23): Won the BKI title with a 4-0 run including a pin, two techs and a major… Downed No. 27 Ethan Berginc with a 21-6 tech in the title bout. Drexel (12/5): Pinned Kyle Waterman at the 4:33 mark. Lehigh (12/7): Teched Mason Ziegler 19-4 (5:37). Wyoming (12/13): Pinned No. 22 Luke Willochell at 3:39 in the dual meet in Laramie. Collegiate Wrestling Duals (12/20): Majored No. 29 Tristan Daugherty of NDSU 11-3 and pinned No. 6 Tyler Knox of Stanford while leading 16-2 (6:44). Rutgers (1/10): Majored No. 24 Dylan Shawver, 12-2, in Rec Hall. Iowa (1/16): Posted a 4-2 win over No. 8 Drake Ayala on the road. Northwestern (1/18): Majored No. 24 Sean Spidle, 15-4. Indiana (1/23): Rolled to a 19-4 tech fall (5:44) over Blaine Frazier. Maryland (1/24): Posted a dominant 15-3 major over No. 15 Braxton Brown with four takedowns and two forced stalls. Nebraska (1/30): Posted a 5-1 decision over No. 10 Jacob Van Dee. Michigan (2/6): Was dominant in a 17-2 second-period tech fall (4:41) over Gauge Botero. Ohio State (2/13): Posted a thrilling 3-2 win in the tiebreaker over No. 2 Ben Davino, utilizing a reversal to win the bout with just 14 seconds left. Princeton (2/20): Majored No. 32 Ethan Rivera, 11-3. Big Ten Championships (3/7-8): Earned B1G Runner-Up status with a 2-1 run at his first B1G Tournament… Majored No. 24 Dylan Shawver of Rutgers, 16-3, beat No. 9 Drake Ayala of Iowa 4-1 (sv) and dropped a hard fought 2-1 (tb1) match to No. 3 Ben Davino of Ohio State in the B1G finals. NCAA Championships (3/19-21): Became an All-American as a true freshman with a 4-2 run at his first NCAA tournament… Posted three tech falls… Beat No. 6 Drake Ayala of Iowa in the quarterfinals before a tough 2-3 (tb2) loss to No. 2 Ben Davino of Ohio State in semifinals.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-time Ohio State champion… Booked a 196-2 career record in high school… Was a four-time team captain at Perrysburg High School… Was a U17 World Champion at the 2023 event in Istanbul, and added a bronze-medal finish at the U20 World Championships in 2024 before returning to the top of the podium at the 2025 U20 World Championships in Samokov… Was a member of the United States National Team following a Bronze Medal finish at the 2025 U.S. World Team Trials in 2025… Became a member of the U.S. Senior National Team with a 2026 victory at Final X.
PERSONAL
Born in the fall of 2006, Marcus Blaze is the youngest child of Addie and Joseph Blaze… He has one brother, named Joey, who wrestles collegiately at Purdue University, in addition to an older sister named Payton… Blaze studies business at Penn State in the prestigious Smeal College of Business.
CAREER STATISTICS
|
Year |
Overall |
Duals (B1G) |
TRN (B1G/NCAA) |
F |
TF |
M |
PTS |
|
2025-26 |
25-3 |
15-0 (8-0) |
6-3 (2-1/4-2) |
4-0 |
9-0 |
7-0 |
67 |
|
Career |
25-3 |
15-0 (8-0) |
6-3 (2-1/4-2) |
4-0 |
9-0 |
7-0 |
67 |