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Dillon Bechtold
- Position:
- 197
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Pottstown, Pa.
- High School:
- Owen J. Roberts
Career: Two-time NCAA National Championships qualifier...3-4 record at the NCAA Championships...2026 EIWA Champion at 197 lbs (first in Bucknell history)...
2025-26 (Sophomore): Represented Bucknell at the NCAA Wrestling Championships posting a 1-2 record...Won the 197 lbs title at the EIWA Championships (first in Bucknell history)...Notched NCAA Division I Men's Scholar All-American honors...Despite an early season injury, finished 16-6 overall with a 12-4 record in duals...Defeated seven ranked opponents, most notably #5 Mac Stout (Pittsburgh)...Recorded four technical falls and one major decision...Won the team's Coaches Award...
2024-25 (Freshman): Represented Bucknell at the NCAA Wrestling Championships going 2-2 and making it to the third round of the consolation bracket…was the runner-up at the EIWA Championships at 197 lbs…earned NCAA Division I Men’s Scholar All-American honors…EIWA Academic Acheivement Award recipient...went 24-11 overall at 197 lbs, including a 12-4 record in duals…tied for first on the team in tech falls with six…recorded nine decisions, two major decisions and two pins…earned sixth at the Navy Classic at 197 lbs…earned fifth at the Midlands Championships at 197 lbs…defeated multiple ranked opponents including #30 Wolfgang Frable from Army, #33 Tucker Hogan from Lock Haven and #32 Payton Thomas from Navy.
Before Bucknell: Four-year letterwinner and two-time team captain for the Owen J. Roberts High School wrestling team … captured a Pennsylvania state championship title and was a two-time Pennsylvania state finalist … Escape the Rock and King of the Mountain tournament champion … Schalles PA Pinner Award recipient … Fargo All-American … Super 32 All-American … helped lead team to fourth-place finish at states … posted a 129-12 career record in high school, including a perfect 42-0 mark as a senior … 41 of 42 wins came by bonus points during senior campaign … logged 83 career pins.
Personal: Dillon Cole Bechtold … born May 14, 2005 in Pottstown, Pa. … son of Jamie and Dan Bechtold … has three siblings: Dean, Decker and Davis … father wrestled at Elizabethtown College … mother played basketball at Elizabethtown ... studying in the Freeman College of Management.
2025-26 (Sophomore): Represented Bucknell at the NCAA Wrestling Championships posting a 1-2 record...Won the 197 lbs title at the EIWA Championships (first in Bucknell history)...Notched NCAA Division I Men's Scholar All-American honors...Despite an early season injury, finished 16-6 overall with a 12-4 record in duals...Defeated seven ranked opponents, most notably #5 Mac Stout (Pittsburgh)...Recorded four technical falls and one major decision...Won the team's Coaches Award...
2024-25 (Freshman): Represented Bucknell at the NCAA Wrestling Championships going 2-2 and making it to the third round of the consolation bracket…was the runner-up at the EIWA Championships at 197 lbs…earned NCAA Division I Men’s Scholar All-American honors…EIWA Academic Acheivement Award recipient...went 24-11 overall at 197 lbs, including a 12-4 record in duals…tied for first on the team in tech falls with six…recorded nine decisions, two major decisions and two pins…earned sixth at the Navy Classic at 197 lbs…earned fifth at the Midlands Championships at 197 lbs…defeated multiple ranked opponents including #30 Wolfgang Frable from Army, #33 Tucker Hogan from Lock Haven and #32 Payton Thomas from Navy.
Before Bucknell: Four-year letterwinner and two-time team captain for the Owen J. Roberts High School wrestling team … captured a Pennsylvania state championship title and was a two-time Pennsylvania state finalist … Escape the Rock and King of the Mountain tournament champion … Schalles PA Pinner Award recipient … Fargo All-American … Super 32 All-American … helped lead team to fourth-place finish at states … posted a 129-12 career record in high school, including a perfect 42-0 mark as a senior … 41 of 42 wins came by bonus points during senior campaign … logged 83 career pins.
Personal: Dillon Cole Bechtold … born May 14, 2005 in Pottstown, Pa. … son of Jamie and Dan Bechtold … has three siblings: Dean, Decker and Davis … father wrestled at Elizabethtown College … mother played basketball at Elizabethtown ... studying in the Freeman College of Management.
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