Never won a PA state title ✅
Went to Pitt and developed ✅
Lost in first NCAA final match ✅
Undefeated senior season ✅
Won NCAA title in last match ✅
Nino Bonaccorsi 🤝 Keith Gavin
Destiny. A hug 15 years in the making.
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We're excited to announce the addition of two-time All-American
@LukePletcher
to our staff as the volunteer assistant!
Welcome to
#pinzburgh
, Luke!
📰:
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2023 Hodge Trophy Finalist 🏆
Pitt's Nino Bonaccorsi is officially up for America's best college wrestler!
» 21-0 perfect season at 197 pounds
» 15 wins against NCAA qualifiers
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The sixth Pitt wrestler to complete a perfect season with a national title 🥇
Hugh Peery, 1953 + 1954
Ed Peery, 1955 + 1957
Ed DeWitt, 1956
Pat Santoro, 1988
Keith Gavin, 2008
And now… Nino Bonaccorsi, 2023
📺
@ESPN
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UWW U23 National Champion 🏆
Nino Bonaccorsi wins the 92kg title and will represent Team USA at the UWW U23 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia this November! 🇺🇸
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👏
@NeenBon
Pizza Order Doubled ✅🍕
It was always free pizza for 500 Pitt students at the wrestling match!
Thanks,
@jerrythekid21
👏
See you tonight at the Pete!
Pitt-North Carolina at 7 p.m.
@JohnnyBracciole
Im not worth 30 million . But if it’s true that only the first 250 students get free pizza I’m willing to double it to the first 500 get free pizza courtesy of JJ .
@Pitt_WRES
165 | JAKE WENTZEL BEATS NO. 1 💥
He beats NCAA champion Mekhi Lewis!
Wentzel was up 3-0 with riding time clinched when Lewis suffered an injury.
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The Pride of Pittsburgh 💛
Bethel Park’s Bonaccorsi will wrestle for NCAA immortality Saturday night…
Let’s raise the roof one last time!
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» 103 Career Wins
» NCAA All-American
» 5x NCAA Qualifier
» 2x ACC Champion
» 5x ACC Medalist
The torn ACL/meniscus. The comeback.
The wins. The podiums. The No. 1 ranking.
The loyalty. The laughs. The leadership.
Thanks for it all,
@ColeMatthews9
💙
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Thank you,
@Micky_Phill
💙
5x NCAA Qualifier
5x ACC Finalist
2x ACC Champion
4x All-ACC Academic
2020 NWCA All-American
You made Pitt so proud over and over again over the past six seasons.
Nino’s Natty Lunch 🏆🥪🍦
@Pitt_ATHLETICS
staff celebrated Pitt’s national champion wrestler today with a special lunch in the Pete!
Thanks to Primanti Bros. and Millie’s for catering today’s luncheon 👏
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Luke Pletcher 🤝 Assistant Coach
@LukePletcher
has been elevated from volunteer assistant to a full-time coaching role on Keith Gavin's Pitt staff.
Congrats to the Latrobe native who was a Big Ten champion and 3x All-American!
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Overheard in the Ohio State crowd:
“Wait… they have another one?”
Yeah, we do. And they are both incredible.
Majoring a top-20 ranked opponent ✅
Have a Sunday, Heller brothers! 👏
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#PINZBURGH
ᴀᴄᴄ ᴄᴏ-ᴄᴏᴀᴄʜ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀ 🏆
Congrats, Keith Gavin! 👏
☑️: Best NCAA Finish in 51 Years
☑️: Two NCAA Finalists
☑️: Two All-Americans
☑️: Two ACC Champions
✍️:
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FINAL.
Pitt finishes the regular season 13-3‼
The Panthers earn 13 wins for the fifth time in program history and for the first time since the 2013-14 season.
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U23 Freestyle National Champion 🏆
Cole Matthews wins the 65kg title at the USA U23 World Team Trials! 🇺🇸
Matthews beat Dylan D’Emilio and Ridge Lovett in some great matches and could represent Team USA at the U23 World Championships in Spain.
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@ColeMatthews9
Be a role model.
Be a great example.
Be a leader.
Nino Bonaccorsi did it the right way.
Now his name will live forever on Pitt's prestigious Varsity Walk ✍️
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@NeenBon
🥇 National Champion Wrestler
🗣 National Champion Coach
🐐 All-Time Great Pitt Man
🔜
@Pitt_ATHLETICS
Hall of Fame ‘23
Congrats Keith Gavin on being named to the Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame! 👏
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It’s the 25th and Santa has arrived 🎅
Anthony Santaniello signs with Pitt ✍️
👏 2023 NJ Outstanding Wrestler
🥇 2x State Champion
🏆 4x State Finalist
📈 138 wins at Brick Memorial
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#PINZBURGH
Not the Saturday we wanted.
But the Pitt Panthers posted their best NCAA team finish since 1970.
11th » 40.5 Points
And the best is yet to come.
RECAP:
#pinzburgh
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Just a yinzer doing big things for his city.
🔹No. 2 in the country at 133 pounds
🔹13-1 overall record
🔹6-1 vs. ranked opponents
🔹ACC Wrestler of the Week
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Congrats, Dayton Pitzer! 👏
🥇🥇🥇 3x PA State Champion
🏆 PIAA 2A Outstanding Wrestler
💯 Career Pins for Mount Pleasant
The Pitt commit finished one of the greatest prep careers in state history!
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📸 via
@SteveRotstein
Nino Bonaccorsi cleaned up nice at the 2023 Panthers’ Choice Awards 🏆
🌟 Panther Award (Varsity Walk)
🌟 Male Athlete of the Year
🌟 Male Performance of the Year
🌟 Gold Standard Teammate
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