Team
Michigan State
92 NCAA tournaments, 1930–2026. Best team finish: 1st (1967).
1team title
25top-10 finishes
25individual titles
133All-Americans
419qualifiers
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Team history
No team history has been written for Michigan State yet. The record below is complete; the writing comes one program at a time.
Recent tournaments
All years| Year | Place | Qualifiers | Record | Champions | All-Americans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | T66 | 2 | 0–4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | T58 | 3 | 1–6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | T44 | 5 | 4–10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | T40 | 4 | 6–8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | T41 | 5 | 3–10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 30 | 8 | 8–16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 33 | 3 | 7–6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 66* | 1 | 0–2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | T41 | 3 | 4–6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | T69 | 1 | 0–2 | 0 | 0 |
* Calculated from the bouts; the published standings don’t list Michigan State that year.
Place is the published NCAA team standing, except where starred. Qualifiers are tournament entries; All-Americans are top-eight finishes as each era awarded them.
Individual champions
25- 2009 133 Franklin Gomez
- 1995 118 Kelvin Jackson
- 1974 126 Pat Milkovich
- 1972 118 Greg Johnson
- 1972 126 Pat Milkovich
- 1972 142 Tom Milkovich
- 1971 118 Greg Johnson
- 1970 118 Greg Johnson
- 1968 137 Dale Anderson
- 1967 137 Dale Anderson
- 1967 167 George Radman
- 1966 152 Dick Cook
- 1961 137 Norm Young
- 1958 191 Ken Maidlow
- 1956 137 Jim Sinadinos
- 1954 157 Bob Hoke
- 1951 167 Gene Gibbons
- 1948 136 Dick Dickenson
- 1947 155 Gale Mikles
- 1942 121 Merle Jennings
- 1942 128 Burl 'Bo' Jennings
- 1942 136 Bill Maxwell
- 1941 121 Merle Jennings
- 1941 128 Burl 'Bo' Jennings
- 1936 158 Walter Jacobs