Lehigh boasts a proud tradition across many sports, but the university’s wrestling team has enjoyed particular success through the years, establishing it as one of the finest and most successful programs in the country.

The team first competed back in 1910, and in the years since its members have compiled numerous individual and team honors. As one of the leading private universities competing in the sport, Lehigh has seen its wrestlers win 28 individual NCAA national championships and 203 EIWA championships. More than 130 wrestlers have been named All-Americans through the years, and the team was won the EIWA team title 34 times; 16 times, the team finished in the Top 5 of the NCAA championships.

The team trains in the new Caruso Wrestling Complex and competes in the Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. The state-of-the-art complex is named for former Lehigh wrestling great Michael Caruso ’67, Lehigh’s only three-time NCAA champion.