PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island-- The Wartburg men's wrestling team won its 16th NCAA Division III National Championship Saturday with 83.5 points. The Knights are co-Champions with Johnson and Wales, which also had 83.5 team points.

Massoma Endene and Mitchell Williamson won individual National Championships at 197 and 285, respectively. The duo are now the 51st and 52nd NCAA National Champions in Wartburg history.

The 16 team titles and the 52 total individual National Championships in program history both mark a new all-time best in DIII.
 

Johnson & Wales and Wartburg were in a back-and-forth battle for the ages at the 2025 NCAA D3 Championships, resulting in a tie for the team title.#ncaawrestling pic.twitter.com/YHQ1vRSo31

— FloWrestling (@FloWrestling) March 16, 2025

Top 30 final team standings

	Team	Points
1	JWU (Providence), RI	83.5
1	Wartburg, IA	83.5
3	Augsburg, MN	74.0
4	Baldwin Wallace, OH	69.0
5	Wis.-La Crosse, WI	65.0
6	Coe, IA	60.0
6	North Central (IL), IL	60.0
8	Alvernia, PA	58.0
9	Coast Guard, CT	40.5
9	Wis.-Eau Claire, WI	40.5
11	TCNJ, NJ	38.0
12	Wabash, IN	32.5
13	Wis.-Whitewater, WI	31.0
14	Roanoke, VA	28.5
15	Ferrum, VA	27.5
16	Loras, IA	27.0
17	Luther, IA	22.5
18	Stevens, NJ	22.0
19	Concordia-M`head, MN	21.0
19	RIT, NY	21.0
21	Southern Me., ME	19.0
21	SUNY Oneonta, NY	19.0
23	Adrian, MI	18.5
24	Merchant Marine, NY	18.0
24	UChicago, IL	18.0
26	Elizabethtown, PA	17.5
26	McDaniel, MD	17.5
26	Millikin, IL	17.5
29	NYU, NY	17.0
30	Averett, VA	16.5

 
Finals
197: Massoma Endene (WB) wins by 11-3 maj dec vs Cameron Butka (Wilkes)
285: Mitchell Williamson (WB) wins by 4-1 dec vs Carl DiGiorgio (Coast Guard)
 

WHAT A FINISH 🤯

Mitch Williamson gives @WartburgKnights the team lead with this massive finish at 285-pounds!#WhyD3 | #D3wrestle pic.twitter.com/hN5bjqyUOV

— NCAA Division III (@NCAADIII) March 16, 2025

 
Quotes:
Moe on three-peating as National Champion: "I achieved my longtime goal and I'm extremely blessed."
 
When asked what the title race has been like knowing tonight's finals would play the deciding factor, he said, "two weeks ago, a lot of people doubted us, as we qualified six guys which this year was the least amount from the teams that are always in title contention every year (Augsburg, UW-La Crosse, Wartburg), and I think we're in first place right now (after 197) so anything is possible when you put your mind to it. I'm so grateful to have the team that I do."
 
Mitch on his National Championship celebration: "This isn't my first national championship as I won one at JuCo and it was the same thing in scoring a last second takedown to win, and the ice in my veins celebration was what I did back then, so thought I had to pay homage to that so did it here tonight."
 
On his individual title: "We haven't had won one at heavyweight in a while and we had a long, long string of All-Americans for 21 straight years at heavyweight and I'm hoping that I can re-start that." Note: Wartburg had All-Americans at HWT from 1999-2019.
 
Notes:

• 197 final was the No. 1 vs the No. 2 seed
• Endene capped off an undefeated season (20-0)
• Endene moved his overall winning streak to 61
• Endene's last collegiate loss was a 2-1 decision on Jan. 7, 2023 to UW-La Crosse at the NWCA National Duals
• Endene becomes the 11^th National Champion for Wartburg at 197 lbs
• Endene becomes the 15^th three-time National Champion in NCAA Division III history
• Endene becomes the fourth three-time National Champion at Wartburg
• He is the first for Wartburg since Kenny Anderson (2012-14)
• He is the first in NCAA DIII to three-peat since Nazar Kulchytskyy of UW-Oshkosh (2012-14)
• Endene becomes the third three-straight National Champion at the same weight class at Wartburg
• Endene becomes the sixth three-straight National Champion at the same weight class in NCAA DIII history
• Williamson is the first 285 NCAA All-American for Wartburg since Bowen Wileman in 2019
• Williamson is the highest placing 285 NCAA competitor for Wartburg since Lance Evans' fourth-place finish in 2016
• Williamson is the first 285 National Champion since John Helgerson in 2011
• This is Williamson's first NCAA individual National Championship. He previously won the NJCAA National Championship in 2021 while at Iowa Lakes
• Williamson is the third HWT National Champion for Wartburg
• Williamson ends the season 23-1
• Williamson moved his winning streak to seven
• Williamson was unseeded in his bracket
• The duo are now the 53^rd and 54^th overall individual National Champions in Wartburg history (NCAA and NWCA)
• The duo are now the 51^st and 52^nd overall individual NCAA National Champions in Wartburg history
• The duo are now the 106^th and 107^th individual National Champions in Wartburg Athletics history among all NCAA-sponsored sports
• This marks Wartburg's 16^th Men's Wrestling National Championship
• That total marks a new best in DIII as this overtakes Augsburg's 15 titles
• Johnson and Wales had seven qualifiers and Augsburg had eight
• This was the ninth Championship under head coach Eric Keller
• This is the 39^th total team National Championship in Wartburg Athletics among all NCAA-sponsored sports
• With the team and individual titles, Wartburg has now won an individual or team National Championship for 30-straight years

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