State Media Wrestler Interviews

[Tom McAndrew]

 

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[Tom McAndrew]

0:00 Meet Branden Wentzel
0:11 First Wrestling Memory
0:35 Winning A High School State Title
0:55 Family Support And Wrestling With His Brother
1:11 Overcoming The COVID Wrestling Shutdown
1:26 Realizing He Could Wrestle In College
1:41 Why Branden Chose Penn State
1:51 Training With The Best
2:06 What Makes Coach Cael Sanderson Special
2:30 Penn State’s Family Culture
2:38 Branden’s Five-Year Vision
2:54 Excitement For Next Season

 

[Tom McAndrew]

0:00 Meet Brock Weiss
0:04 Growing Up in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania
0:09 His First Wrestling Memory
0:25 Favorite High School Wrestling Memory
0:33 The People Who Shaped His Journey
0:50 Why He Chose Penn State
0:58 What Makes Cael Sanderson a Strong Leader
1:13 Life Goals Beyond Wrestling
1:28 Giving Everything

 

[Tom McAndrew]

0:00 Meet Sam Beckett
0:15 Falling in love with the sport
0:34 Why high school wrestling was special
0:49 What makes Coach Cael Sanderson special
1:07 Penn State wrestling culture
1:27 The coach who changed his path
1:50 When he knew he wanted to wrestle in college
2:02 Why he transferred to Penn State
2:35 PhD school
2:49 Goals for next season

 

[Tom McAndrew]

0:00 Meet Braeden Davis
0:12 Starting wrestling at 4 years old
0:28 Favorite high school wrestling memory
0:40 What made high school wrestling special
0:57 Overcoming injuries
1:06 Realizing he could wrestle Division I
1:23 Why he chose Penn State
1:45 What separates Cael Sanderson as a coach
2:11 What he is excited for next season
2:20 Where he sees himself in five years

 

[Tom McAndrew]

0:00 — Penn State's Family Culture
0:13 — Five Straight NCAA Titles
1:56 — What Fans Don't See
2:34 — Who Gets Most Competitive?
3:24 — Life Outside Wrestling
4:24 — Fishing, Hunting & Pickleball
5:52 — Relationships With Coaches
6:44 — Funniest Teammates
7:33 — Olympic Dreams
8:42 — Why Unselfishness Matters
9:19 — The Power of Penn State Fans
10:35 — Three Words That Define Penn State

 

[CuriousGeorge]

Beckett interview was interesting. I wanted to find out more and found this interview as well. (Not a State Media interview so move if this is the wrong spot to post but thought it fit as a deeper dive) Graduated Stanford in 2 years. :0 Came to PSU without an invite and started training in summer. I believe he said he is in a PhD program although not sure if that is a PT program or something else.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

State Wide is a show that State Media generates that covers a lot of sports at PSU. At this time of the year, it mostly focuses on football. In last week's edition before the PSU - Buffalo game, a portion of the show dealt with PSU wrestling. I'm only posting the subjects and time stamps for the portion that deals with wrestling.



34:49 Jaden James Joins Statewide
35:42 Inside the Penn State Wrestling Room
37:15 What Makes Penn State Wrestling Different
38:22 Jaden’s Family & His Notre Dame Connection
39:53 U20 Worlds & Wrestling Around the World
41:23 What Jaden Learned From the World Championships
43:46 Training With Penn State’s Elite Coaches
45:23 Why Jaden James Is Gray Shirting
48:02 What Jaden’s Plan Means for His Penn State Future