Carter Starocci
NCAA championship record, 2021–2025. Regular-season results are not included.
Carter Starocci wrestled for Penn State at five NCAA championships, 2021–2025, and went 25–0. Starocci won five titles, at 174 lb in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, and at 184 lb in 2025.
NCAA career
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Penn State | 184 | 1 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 2024 | Penn State | 174 | 9 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 2023 | Penn State | 174 | 1 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 2022 | Penn State | 174 | 1 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 2021 | Penn State | 174 | 3 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
Every NCAA bout · 25
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 184 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Caden Rogers · Lehigh (PA) | 1 | 32 | TF 18–2 |
| Round of 16 | W | Shane Cartagena-Walsh · Rutgers (NJ) | 1 | 16 | TF 15–0 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Jaxon Smith · Maryland | 1 | 8 | MD 9–1 |
| Semifinal | W | Dustin Plott · Oklahoma State | 1 | 4 | Dec 9–3 |
| Final | W | Parker Keckeisen · Northern Iowa | 1 | 2 | Dec 4–3 |
| 2024 · 174 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Andrew Sparks · Minnesota | 9 | 24 | Dec 12–6 |
| Round of 16 | W | Adam Kemp · California-Poly | 9 | 8 | Dec 5–3 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Mekhi Lewis · Virginia Tech | 9 | 1 | Dec 4–0 |
| Semifinal | W | Shane Griffith · Michigan | 9 | 4 | Dec 2–0 |
| Final | W | Rocco Welsh · Ohio State | 9 | 6 | Dec 2–0 |
| 2023 · 174 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | John Worthing · Clarion (PA) | 1 | 33 | Fall 1:21 |
| Round of 16 | W | Donnell Washington · Indiana (IN) | 1 | 17 | Dec 4–0 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Bailee O'Reilly · Minnesota | 1 | 8 | Dec 5–2 |
| Semifinal | W | Chris Foca · Cornell (NY) | 1 | 4 | Dec 6–0 |
| Final | W | Mikey Labriola · Nebraska | 1 | 2 | Fall 2:46 |
| 2022 · 174 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Connor O'Neill · Rutgers (NJ) | 1 | 33 | Fall 6:39 |
| Round of 16 | W | Adam Kemp · California-Poly | 1 | 16 | Dec 10–4 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Mikey Labriola · Nebraska | 1 | 9 | Dec 6–1 |
| Semifinal | W | Hayden Hidlay · North Carolina State | 1 | 4 | Dec 10–3 |
| Final | W | Mekhi Lewis · Virginia Tech | 1 | 2 | Dec 5–5 (tiebreaker) |
| 2021 · 174 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Victor Marcelli · Virginia | 3 | 30 | MD 10–2 |
| Round of 16 | W | Hayden Hastings · Wyoming | 3 | 14 | Dec 8–2 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Andrew McNally · Kent State (OH) | 3 | 6 | Dec 6–3 |
| Semifinal | W | Demetrius Romero · Utah Valley | 3 | 2 | Dec 2–0 |
| Final | W | Michael Kemerer · Iowa | 3 | 1 | Dec 3–1 |
Scoring · 2021 to 2025
The sums over the bouts in scope.
| Opponent | Round | Result | Score | Mat time | TD | E | R | NF | Stall | RT | Pts | Sheet | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | A | F | A | F | A | F | A | D | C | F | A | F | A | ||||||
| 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Caden Rogers · Lehigh (PA) | Round of 32 | W Technical fall | 18–2 | 6:20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | Sheet |
| Shane Cartagena-Walsh · Rutgers (NJ) | Round of 16 | W Technical fall | 15–0 | 4:24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | Sheet |
| Jaxon Smith · Maryland | Quarterfinal | W Major decision | 9–1 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | Sheet |
| Dustin Plott · Oklahoma State | Semifinal | W Decision | 9–3 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | Sheet |
| Parker Keckeisen · Northern Iowa | Final | W Decision | 4–3 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | Sheet |
| 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Sparks · Minnesota | Round of 32 | W Decision | 12–6 | 7:00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | Sheet |
| Adam Kemp · California-Poly | Round of 16 | W Decision | 5–3 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | Sheet |
| Mekhi Lewis · Virginia Tech | Quarterfinal | W Decision | 4–0 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Sheet |
| Shane Griffith · Michigan | Semifinal | W Decision | 2–0 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Sheet |
| Rocco Welsh · Ohio State | Final | W Decision | 2–0 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Sheet |
| 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
| John Worthing · Clarion (PA) | Round of 32 | W Fall | – | 1:21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Sheet |
| Donnell Washington · Indiana (IN) | Round of 16 | W Decision | 4–0 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Sheet |
| Bailee O'Reilly · Minnesota | Quarterfinal | W Decision | 5–2 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | Sheet |
| Chris Foca · Cornell (NY) | Semifinal | W Decision | 6–0 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | Sheet |
| Mikey Labriola · Nebraska | Final | W Fall | – | 2:46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Sheet |
| 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Connor O'Neill · Rutgers (NJ) | Round of 32 | W Fall | – | 6:39 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | Sheet |
| Adam Kemp · California-Poly | Round of 16 | W Decision | 10–4 | 7:00 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | Sheet |
| Mikey Labriola · Nebraska | Quarterfinal | W Decision | 6–1 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | Sheet |
| Hayden Hidlay · North Carolina State | Semifinal | W Decision | 10–3 | 7:00 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | Sheet |
| Mekhi Lewis · Virginia Tech | Final | W Decision | 5–5 | 10:00 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | Sheet |
| 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Victor Marcelli · Virginia | Round of 32 | W Major decision | 10–2 | 7:00 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | Sheet |
| Hayden Hastings · Wyoming | Round of 16 | W Decision | 8–2 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | Sheet |
| Andrew McNally · Kent State (OH) | Quarterfinal | W Decision | 6–3 | 7:00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | Sheet |
| Demetrius Romero · Utah Valley | Semifinal | W Decision | 2–0 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Sheet |
| Michael Kemerer · Iowa | Final | W Decision | 3–1 | 7:15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Sheet |
TD takedowns · E escapes · R reversals · NF near-fall points · Stall stalling drawn / called · RT riding-time points · Pts points; F for, A against.
How these are counted
Every figure here is counted from the scoring record, bout by bout, from the counts on each scoring sheet.
A bout counts once for each side: a wrestler's for columns are their own counts and the against columns are the opponent's; a team's are the sums over its qualifiers' bouts that year.
- Takedowns
- For: takedowns scored. Against: takedowns allowed.
- Escapes
- For: escapes. Against: escapes allowed.
- Reversals
- For: reversals. Against: reversals allowed.
- Near-fall points
- For: near-fall points. Against: near-fall points allowed.
- Stalling calls
- For: drawn, the stalling calls against the opponent. Against: called, the stalling calls against this side.
- Riding-time points
- For: riding-time points. Against: riding-time points allowed.
- Points
- For: points scored. Against: points allowed.
Points is the sum of every scoring row credited to that side, penalties and riding time included; points allowed is the opponent's sum. Cautions, penalty points and the tiebreak riding-time rows are carried in the data and shown on the bout page, not in these tables.
Statistics include only bouts whose scoring sheet is reconciled: the sheet's rows add up to every printed period total and to the scoreboard. A sheet that does not reconcile, and a bout with no wrestling, are left out, and the scoring record's hub says how many and why.
The scoring record begins in 2012, the first championship with full bout-level data: every bout's scoring sheet, not only its result. Earlier championships have their brackets and results in the record, but not their scoring sheets.
Totals are the sums over the bouts in scope. Per qualifier divides the totals by the record's qualifier count for that program and year, the same count the program page prints (team rows only). Per bout divides the totals by the bouts in scope. Per 7 min is the totals times 420 divided by the sum of the mat time, in seconds, over the bouts in scope: one pooled rate, never a mean of per-bout rates. A bout with no mat time is left out of both the numerator and the denominator of that unit, and the page says how many are left out.
Rates list wrestlers with three or more bouts; a wrestler with fewer is left out of the per-bout and per-7-minute lists.
Cite this page: “Carter Starocci”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_bn7nbaqfavanz6dt/carter-starocci