Oregon State Beavers wrestling
The Oregon State Beavers wrestling program was established in 1909. Traditionally a nationally prominent team, the Beavers won the Amateur Athletic Union national championship in 1926 and have won their conference championship over 50 times. The team has produced 99 All-Americans, 12 individual national champions, is associated with five National Wrestling Hall of Fame members, and has had wrestlers represent their nations at the olympic games on ten different occasions. The team has finished their season ranked in the NCAA top 25 on 46 occasions, including finishing 21 seasons in the top 10 and two seasons as national runners-up.
Chris Pendleton is the head coach. In his four years at Oregon State, he coached six All-Americans, won one Pac-12 Championship, and compiled a 27-20-0 record while coaching the team to two top 25 finishes.
Dan Hodge Trophy Winners
The Dan Hodge Trophy has been awarded to the nation's top wrestler each season since 1995.- 1996 - Les Gutches
National Wrestling Hall of Fame members
OSU is associated with six members of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.- Robin Reed - Inducted 1978
- Dale Thomas - Inducted 1980
- Jim Zalesky - Inducted 2004
- Les Gutches - Inducted 2009
- Greg Strobel - Inducted 2012
- Jeff Smith - Inducted 2024
Oregon Sports Hall of Fame members
Oregon State Wrestling is associated with seven members of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame.- Chester Newton - Inducted 1980
- Robin Reed - Inducted 1980
- Jess Lewis - Inducted 1981
- Ron Finley - Inducted 1982
- Dale Thomas - Inducted 1991
- Les Gutches - Inducted 2011
- Lucas Chinn - Inducted 2019
Individual National Champions
The Oregon State Beavers wrestling program has had 12 individual national champions.- 1961 - Don Conway
- 1969 - Jess Lewis
- 1970 - Jess Lewis
- 1971 - Roger Weigel
- 1973 - Greg Strobel
- 1974 - Greg Strobel
- 1975 - Larry Bielenberg
- 1978 - Dan Hicks
- 1979 - Dan Hicks
- 1980 - Howard Harris
- 1995 - Les Gutches
- 1996 - Les Gutches
All-Americans
- 1952 - John Witte
- 1957 - John Dustin
- 1958 - John Dustin
- 1960 - Mits Tamura
- 1961 - Don Conway, Ron Finley
- 1964 - Len Kauffman
- 1965 - Len Kauffman
- 1966 - Ron Iwasaki
- 1967 - Jeff Smith, Ron Iwasaki
- 1968 - Jess Lewis
- 1969 - Jess Lewis, Phil Frey, Jim Vandehey, Bob Hawkins, Kim Snider
- 1970 - Jess Lewis, Jim Crumley, Roger Weigel, Bob Tomasovic, Jim Vandehey, Kim Snider
- 1971 - Roger Weigel, Mike R. Jones, Jim Crumley
- 1972 - Tom Phillips, Greg Strobel, Jim Hagen
- 1973 - Greg Strobel, Tom Phillips, Mike R. Jones, Jim Hagen, Jim Crumley
- 1974 - Greg Strobel, Gordan Iiams, Larry Bielenberg
- 1975 - Larry Bielenberg, Doug Ziebart
- 1976 - Larry Bielenberg
- 1977 - Larry Bielenberg, Dick Knorr, Pat Plourd, Marty Ryan, Howard Harris
- 1978 - Dan Hicks, Howard Harris
- 1979 - Dan Hicks, Dick Knorr, Howard Harris, Mark Evenhus, Mike Bauer
- 1980 - Howard Harris, Mike Bauer
- 1981 - Marty Ryan, Brad Swartz
- 1983 - Jim Baumgardner
- 1984 - Jim Baumgardner
- 1986 - Jeff Cardwell
- 1987 - Jeff Cardwell
- 1988 - Dave Orndorff
- 1991 - Babak Mohammadi
- 1992 - Babak Mohammadi, Trent Flack
- 1993 - Trent Flack, Dave Nieradka
- 1994 - Babak Mohammadi, Dan Alar, Les Gutches, Dave Nieradka
- 1995 - Les Gutches, Babak Mohammadi, Glenn Nieradka, Chad Renner
- 1996 - Les Gutches, Oscar Wood
- 1998 - Oscar Wood, Jason Buce
- 1999 - Mat Orndorff
- 2001 - Eric Jorgensen
- 2002 - Nathan Coy
- 2007 - Ty Watterson
- 2009 - Heinrich Barnes
- 2011 - Colby Covington
- 2012 - Clayton Jack, Michael Mangrum, Scott Sakaguchi
- 2013 - Taylor Meeks, Scott Sakaguchi, RJ Pena
- 2016 - Amarveer Dhesi
- 2018 - Amarveer Dhesi, Ronnie Bresser
- 2019 - Amarveer Dhesi, Ronnie Bresser
- 2022 - Grant Willits, Hunter Willits, Brandon Kaylor, Devan Turner
- 2023 - Trey Munoz
- 2024 - Trey Munoz
- 2025 - Ethan Stiles