Parents: BERNADETTE AND JOHN MESENBRINK
Major: PYSCHOLOGY
CAREER NOTES:
Athletic: All-American (2nd, 2024)...Big Ten Champion (2024)...Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2024)...Transferred to Penn State after redshirting at Cal-Baptist in 2022-23....World U20 Silver Medalist at 70kg in 2022...U20 World Champion at 74 kg in 2023.
2023-24 / REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Became All-American in first season at Penn State, earning NCAA National Runner-Up laurels as a freshman...Went 26-1 overall (only loss in national finals on riding time point)...Went 12-0 in duals, 8-0 in Big Ten duals...Four pins, nine techs, four majors...Big Ten Champion and Big Ten Freshman of the Year.
Journeymen (11/12): Went 3-0 in first event as a Nittany Lion, including two technical falls. Black Knight (11/19): Went 4-0 to win title, including 25-6 tech of #1 Brevin Cassella of Binghamton and first period pin (2:15) of #22 Anthony White of Rutgers. Lehigh (12/3): Notched 17-2 tech fall over #32 Jake Logan in Penn State dual debut in Rec Hall. Hofstra (12/10): Pinned Matt Waddell (1:24). Oregon State (1/5): Notched four takedowns and a four-point turn to dominated #10 Matthew Olguin in a 17-2 (3:44) tech fall. Indiana (1/14): Leading 7-1 in first period, won by injury default over #23 Tyler Lillard at 1:28. Michigan (1/19): Dominated #7 Cameron Amine, rolling to 12-1 major decision, nearly DQ’ing Amine by forcing him into four stall calls. Michigan State (1/21): Majored #10 Caleb Fish 18-9, tallying five takedowns in East Lansing. Maryland (1/28): Quick first period pin of Ryan Money (0:50). Ohio State (2/2): Used two takedowns and two reversals to post 10-4 win over #20 Bryce Hepner. Iowa (2/9): Controlled #6 Michael Caliendo 12-6 for B1G road win. Rutgers (2/12): Rolled to 18-3 tech fall over Dylan White (6:52). Nebraska (2/18): Takedowns in second and third period for exciting 9-5 win over #15 Antrell Taylor.
Big Ten Championship (3/9-10): Blazed through tourney field at first B1G tournament, going 3-0 with a pin and a tech to win Big Ten Championship, pinned #31 Blaine Brenner of Minnesota (3:59), teched #6 Mikey Caliendo of Iowa 23-7 in semis and rallied late for a thrilling 13-11 win over #4 Dean Hamiti of Wisconsin in finals, named 2024 Big Ten Freshman of the Year at conclusion of tournament.
NCAA Championships (3/21-23): Became freshman All-American and national runner-up with 4-1 run at NCAAs. Had two majors and a tech fall to get to finals. Lost hard fought 9-8 decision to #4 David Carr of Iowa State in finals on riding time.
2022-23 / TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON / REDSHIRT RETAINED:
Season: Redshirt season at Cal-Baptist...Went 2-0 with two pins...Both wins in dual meets but did not compete again during the season, retaining his redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL / PERSONAL:
Mesenbrink is a native of Hartland, Wisc., and went to Arrowhead High School...Four-time Wisconsin state place winner, three-time state champion (3rd, 1st, 1st, 1st)...Four-year letterman, two-time team captain...Classic 8 Academic Honors all four years...Son of Bernadette and John Mesenbrink...Has one brother, Mack, and two sisters, Meryl and Morgan...Father wrestled collegiately at Drake University...Sister Morgan played field hockey at East Stroudsburg University. She was the team captain and PSAC MVP for the D2 NCAA Champions at East Stroudsburg.
MESENBRINK MATCH-BY-MATCH
2023-24
Date Wt. Result Opponent Place Rec
11/12 165 W, 14-10 Nicco Ruiz, Arizona State Jrny 1-0
11/12 165 W, 19-3 Eric Shindel, Hofstra (TF; 4:34) Jrny 2-0
11/12 165 W, 20-5 Cooper Noehre, Purdue (TF; 5:37) Jrny 3-0
11/19 165 W, 17-2 Dakota Morris, Army (TF; 6:16) BK 4-0
11/19 165 W, 25-6 #21 Brevin Cassella, Binghamton (TF; 6:55) BK 5-0
11/19 165 WBF #22 Anthony White, Rutgers (2:15) BK 6-0
11/19 165 W, 8-5 Terrell Barraclough, Penn State BK (1st) 7-0
12/3 165 W, 17-2 #32 Jake Logan, Lehigh (TF; 6:13) dual 8-0
12/10 165 WBF Matt Waddell, Hofstra (1:24) dual 9-0
1/5 165 W, 17-2 #10 Matthew Olguin, Oregon St. (TF; 3:44) dual 10-0
1/14 165 W, inj.def. #23 Tyler Lillard, Indiana (inj.def.; 1:28) dual 11-0
1/19 165 W, 12-1 #7 Cameron Amine, Michigan (major) dual 12-0
1/21 165 W, 18-9 #10 Caleb Fish, Michigan State (major) dual 13-0
1/28 165 WBF Ryan Money, Maryland (0:50) dual 14-0
2/2 165 W, 10-4 #20 Bryce Hepner, Ohio State dual 15-0
2/9 165 W, 12-6 #6 Michael Caliendo, Iowa dual 16-0
2/12 165 W, 18-3 Anthony White, Rutgers (TF; 6:52) dual 17-0
2/18 165 W, 9-5 #15 Antrell Taylor, Nebraska dual 18-0
2/25 165 W, forf. Forfeit, Edinboro dual 19-0
3/9 165 WBF #31 Blaine Brenner, Minnesota (3:59) B1G 20-0
3/9 165 W, 23-7 #6 Mikey Caliendo, Iowa (TF; 6:47) B1G 21-0
3/10 165 W, 13-11 #4 Dean Hamiti, Wisconsin B1G (1st) 22-0
3/21 165 W, 18-2 #31 Maxx Mayfield, Northwestern (TF; 5:32) NCAA 23-0
3/21 165 W, 11-3 #15 Brevin Cassella, Binghamton (major) NCAA 24-0
3/22 165 W, 6-1 #10 Cameron Amine, Michigan NCAA 25-0
3/22 165 W, 17-9 #6 Mikey Caliendo, Iowa (major) NCAA 26-0
3/23 165 L, 8-9 #4 David Carr, Iowa State NCAA (2nd) 26-1
2022-23
Date Wt. Result Opponent Place Rec
11/5 165 WBF Daniel Vizcarra, Cal Poly (3:52) dual 1-0
11/5 165 WBF Omar Rosas, Vanguard Univ. (1:36) dual 2-0
CAREER STATISTICS
Year Overall Duals (B1G) TRN (B1G/NCAA) F TF M PTS
*2022-23 2-0 2-0 (0-0) 0-0 (0-0/0-0) 2-0 0-0 0-0 12
2023-24 26-1 12-0 (8-0) 7-0 (0-0/0-0) 4-0 9-0 4-0 56
Career 28-1 14-0 (8-0) 7-0 (0-0/0-0) 6-0 9-0 6-0 68
* at Cal-Baptist // Redshirt season (results count)