2025-26 Wrestling Roster
Roster
184
/ Wrestling
197
/ Wrestling
125
/ Wrestling
184
/ Wrestling
141/149
/ Wrestling
149/157
/ Wrestling
141
/ Wrestling
141
/ Wrestling
125
/ Wrestling
149
/ Wrestling
285
/ Wrestling
285
/ Wrestling
149
/ Wrestling
285
/ Wrestling
285
/ Wrestling
141
/ Wrestling
141
/ Wrestling
133
/ Wrestling
125/133
/ Wrestling
165
/ Wrestling
165
/ Wrestling
125
/ Wrestling
125
/ Wrestling
149
/ Wrestling
285
/ Wrestling
157
/ Wrestling
133
/ Wrestling
125
/ Wrestling
174
/ Wrestling
157/165
/ Wrestling
157
/ Wrestling
157
/ Wrestling
Dillon Bechtold
- Position:
- 197
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Pottstown, Pa.
- High School:
- Owen J. Roberts
2024-25 (First Year): 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 6th 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.
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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Thursday, January 15
Bucknell Men's Basketball Post Game: January 14 vs. Lafayette
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Bucknell Women's Basketball Post Game: January 14 vs. Lafayette
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Bucknell Football Coach Jeff Behrman Introductory Press Conference (January 10, 2026)
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