Penn State wrestling’s chances of getting Levi Haines back in the lineup next season took a hit late Friday morning.
In Winse v. NCAA, the Tenth Circuit granted the NCAA’s stay request.
Under that ruling, an athlete who graduated high school in 2022 and has already used all four years of eligibility would be ruled ineligible. That puts Haines in that group.
There is still a possible path forward. Haines could pursue a temporary restraining order, though he has not said publicly whether he plans to return.
Even with that uncertainty hanging over 2026-27, Haines’ Penn State résumé is already locked in. He leaves as a two-time national champion at two different weight classes, a three-time national finalist, a four-time All-American and a four-time Big Ten champion.
Before his final national championships run this past March, Haines looked back on the way he’d built his career.
“I was up always getting ready for another tournament,” Haines told reporters at a pre-National Championships presser in Cleveland Wednesday- and through that, I was able to just keep getting better wrestling. Each match I treated as practice for my next one, and I think I made a lot of big gains throughout the summer, and I got to see some cool places, meet some cool people. So I think I’ve been ready since the senior worlds, and just getting better through every little piece of data collected through competing.”
He also said he expected to stay with Nittany Lion Wrestling Club after his college career ends.
“Hopefully I can repay (Cael) a little bit, what he’s given to me, along with our other coaches,” he said. “Just look forward to hopefully being able to give back to him in some way in the future. I don’t plan on going anywhere anytime soon.”
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