Three years ago, the Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling staff has added yet another National Champion to the fold as Troy Letters, Lehigh[apos]s last national champion, joined the staff as Director of Wrestling Operations. This year, Letters heads into his second season as an assistant coach for Cael Sanderson.
Letters was a three-time All-American for the Mountain Hawks and claimed Lehigh[apos]s last national championship as well. He was National Runner-Up at 165 in 2003 as a freshman, won the 2004 NCAA National Championship and placed third in 2005. As a senior in 2006, Letters was hampered by a serious injury that kept him from gaining his fourth All-America nod.
Letters was an assistant coach at Princeton University during the 2006-07 season and then started and ran his own wrestling club in eastern Pennsylvania. He left Lehigh as one of the school[apos]s most decorated wrestlers. Beyond the success at Nationals, Letters was a three-time EIWA Champion and collected a superb 115-9 overall record. He posted an amazing 65-2 dual meet record.
He and his wife Concepcion reside in State College with their newborn daughter Blythe.