Kyle Dake Biography

Kyle Dake is an American former collegiate wrestler at Cornell University. He won four NCAA Division I national titles. With his fourth title in 2013, he joined Cael Sanderson and Pat Smith as the only four-time Division I champions. The feat was later matched again by Logan Stieber. He won the 141-pound weight class as a freshman in 2010, the 149-pound class in 2011, the 157-pound class in 2012, and the 165-pound class in 2013 defeating David Taylor, the defending champion and 2012 Dan Hodge Trophy winner. Dake is the only wrestler in NCAA history to win four national championships in four different weight classes. No other wrestler had previously won NCAA titles in more than two weight classes.