Fan Voting is officially LIVE for the 2025 WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy presented by @ASICSWrestling!
— WIN Magazine (@WINWrestlingMag) March 25, 2025
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The winner will be announced on Monday, March 31 at 12pm CT. pic.twitter.com/8Bz2NRfnkg
The finalists have been announced for the 2025 WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy, presented annually by ASICS Wrestling to the nation’s top NCAA Division I wrestler.
The coveted trophy was created in 1994 by former WIN founder Mike Chapman and named after Dan Hodge, the late three-time NCAA champion (1955-57) from the University of Oklahoma.
In addition to former Hodge Trophy winners, a retired coach from each region, a representative of each national wrestling organization and national media members, wrestling fans can once again be part of the voting as well. The week following the NCAAs, fans will be able to vote online at WIN-Magazine.com with the winner earning five first-place votes. Fan voting will close on Friday, March 28, at 5 PM CST.
Like the Heisman, the Hodge is a season-season award given to the wrestler who gets the most amount of first-place votes from the Hodge Trophy Voting Committee and Fan Vote based on these criteria: record, dominance/bonus-point percentage, quality of competition and sportsmanship.
Wrestlers who have won multiple Hodge Trophies are given a vote for each year they won the award.
The 2025 Hodge winner will be announced at 12 pm CST on Monday, March 31.
Statistical Look at Notable 2025 Hodge Trophy Finalists
The three finalists below are the only undefeated 2025 NCAA DI champions.
The list includes how many pins (P), tech falls (TF), major decisions (MD) and Forfeits/Defaults (F/Def) each wrestler accumulated during the 2024-25 season. The final stat is their bonus-point percentage showing the percentage of their total matches in which they’ve scored bonus points.
2025 Hodge Trophy Candidates:
Mitchell Mesenbrink - 165 pounds
Penn State - Sophomore - Hartland, Wisc.
Record: 27-0
Pins: 0
Technical Falls: 18
Major Decisions: 3
F/Def: 3
Bonus %: 88.9
Carter Starocci - 184 pounds
Penn State - Senior - Erie, Pa.
Record: 26-0
Pins: 6
Technical Falls: 10
Major Decisions: 5
F/Def: 1
Bonus %: 84.6
Wyatt Hendrickson - HWT
Oklahoma State - Senior - Newton, Kan.
Record: 27-0
Pins: 13
Technical Falls: 8
Major Decisions: 0
F/Def: 1
Bonus %: 81.5