Individual National Champions
Pitt wrestlers have won individual NCAA national championships 16 different times in various weight classes. All-time, Pitt has the 13th most individual NCAA champion wrestlers among all Division I schools.
- Hugh Peery, 115 lbs (1952, 1953, 1954)
- Joe Solomon, 167 lbs (1954)
- Ed Peery, 123 lbs (1955, 1956, 1957)
- Ed DeWitt, 167 lbs (1956)
- Tom Alberts, 167 lbs (1957)
- Ron Schirf, 191 lbs (1957)
- Paul Powell, 123 lbs (1958)
- Larry Lauche, 130 lbs (1961)
- Jim Harrison, 167 lbs (1963)
- Pat Santoro, 142 lbs (1988, 1989)
- Keith Gavin, 174 lbs (2008)
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