Campus welcomes home 2 time national champion wrestlers

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Wrestling Coach Steve Costanzo speaks during the recognition event. Costanzo is the National Wrestling Coaches Association 2016 Coach of the Year.

The St. Cloud State University campus community gathered with alumni, supporters and wrestling fans celebrates the wrestling team’s second consecutive NCAA Division II National Championship March 16 in the Atwood Memorial Center.

Huskies Wrestling defeated 30 teams March 11-12 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, including runner-up Notre Dame College, South Euclid, Ohio, (82 points) and third-place finisher University of Nebraska-Kearney (78.5 points). Minnesota State University Mankato finished ninth with 42 points.

Each of the seven Huskies in the tournament earned All-American honors, led by frosh redshirt Brett Velasquez, who is the individual national champion at 125-pounds. 

For his work this season, Coach Steve Costanzo was named the 2016 Coach of the Year by the National Wrestling Coaches Association.