Oklahoma State's Wyatt Hendrickson fires off faithful message after shocking NCAA title win in front of Trump

Oklahoma State wrestler Wyatt Hendrickson pulled disconnected a stunning upset against Minnesota’s Gable Steveson connected Saturday successful beforehand of President Donald Trump astatine the NCAA Wrestling Championships.

Hendrickson won the nationalist rubric successful the 285-pound division. Steveson is an Olympic golden medalist who took a twelvemonth disconnected from collegiate wrestling to prosecute NFL and WWE careers. He returned to schoolhouse this play to decorativeness up his eligibility and made it arsenic acold arsenic helium could go.

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Oklahoma State's Wyatt Hendrickson celebrates aft defeating Minnesota's Gable Steveson during a 285-pound lucifer successful the finals astatine the NCAA wrestling championships connected Saturday, March 22, 2025 successful Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

A time aft the win, Hendrickson fired disconnected a faithful connection connected X.

"That conscionable happened. Nothing is intolerable erstwhile you person God by your side!" helium wrote.

Hendrickson, who is simply a 2nd lieutenant successful the U.S. Air Force, expounded much astir his religion successful the post-match media availability with reporters.

"I deliberation it's going to beryllium a mates much days earlier the emotions settee down. But first, I conscionable privation to convey my family. I privation to convey my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, for blessing me," helium said, via ASAP Sports. "In that past shot, I was successful connected that limb and determination was a small other propulsion down maine to get that takedown. I don't deliberation that was by chance.

"At the opening of the week, Brandon Mason, our doctor, we went to Life Church, and helium was, like, ‘Hey, guys large sermon.’ I was listening to the sermon. He was talking astir David and Goliath. And David had a imaginativeness of triumph earlier helium stepped connected the mat."

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President Donald Trump, right, greets Oklahoma State's Wyatt Hendrickson aft helium defeated Minnesota's Gable Steveson during a 285-pound lucifer successful the finals astatine the NCAA wrestling championships connected Saturday, March 22, 2025 successful Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

He said helium focused connected that biblical transition up of the last lucifer against Steveson, who was believed to beryllium the favorite.

"I benignant of carried that with maine each week. Even though helium went aft Goliath and everyone was, like, 'This can't beryllium done,' helium had a caput of a champion, helium had a imaginativeness of victory. Leading up to this tournament, I knew that my caput had to beryllium successful the close spot if I wanted to extremity up connected top.

"Going retired there, I was courageous. And my spot is – it worked out. I wrestled that match. I was patient. I went successful with the close mindset. And disconnected the bat I was, like, 'This isn't going to beryllium an casual match.' Right disconnected the opening it was scrambles connected the out. I didn't privation to concede immoderate points. That was the mindset I had to have, was to enactment similar I wanted to beryllium a champion and wrestle similar I wanted to beryllium a champion.

"He took maine down once. But I took him down erstwhile it mattered."

Hendrickson saluted Trump aft the triumph and shook his hand.

Oklahoma State's Wyatt Hendrickson, right, reacts aft defeating Minnesota's Gable Steveson during a 285-pound lucifer successful the finals astatine the NCAA wrestling championships connected Saturday, March 22, 2025 successful Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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He added aft the lucifer that helium planned to prosecute a vocation successful the U.S. Air Force.

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