2025-26 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Luke Nichter
- Position:
- 157
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Chambersburg, Pa.
- High School:
- Chambersburg Area
2024-25 / Redshirt Senior
EIWA Academic Achieve Award recipient…wrestled in 25 matches, posting a 15-10 record…finished second at the EIWA Championships…finished 10-7 in dual action…earned bonus points in nine matches, collecting four falls…starter at 157 pounds…recorded his first win of the season against Navy’s Devon Deem by a 13-4 major decision…placed seventh at the Keystone Classic…pinned CSU Bakersfield's Jose Farias in the first round (1/10)...upset NCAA qualifier and No. 20 ranked Jude Swisher (Penn) with a fall at the NWCA Mid-Major Duals (1/11)...helped the Dragons win the EIWA Independence Division Championship…finished 3-1 at the National Duals…6-1 in EIWA Dual matches…posted a 2-1 record at EIWAs...defeated number-three seed Jonathan Ley of Navy to advance to the championship match…member of the team that had the 8th highest GPA in the nation (3.562).
2023-24 / Redshirt Junior
Redshirt season…competed in 19 matches for the Dragons in tournament action at 157 pounds…13-6 overall…competed in five tournaments unattached…placed 3rd at the Shorty Hitchcock Memorial Classic compiling two technical falls…won Zingo Nationals with a fall against JT Chance of George Mason in 1:17 and a tech fall, 16-0 (2:43) over Loranzo Rajaonarivelo of GMU…a member of the team that owned the nation’s third highest team GPA at 3.5456
2022-23 / Junior
NWCA Scholar All-American…EIWA Academic Achievement Award…Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area…wrestled at 149 for the Dragons…17-8 record…went 10-2 in decisions, added five major decisions, and won twice by fall…opened the year with an eighth-place finish at the Mizzou Tiger Style Invite…defeated Trey Kruse (Purdue) in a 6-1 decision to help lead Drexel to its first win over the Boilermakers…six straight victories in dual competition with four against conference opponents…claimed fifth place at the EIWA Championships, going 4-2 on the weekend…recorded wins over Kaemen Smith (Navy), Michael Zarif (Binghamton), Max Brignola (Lehigh) and, a 3-1 decision over Danny Fongaro of Columbia in the medal round...a member of the team that owned the nation’s highest team GPA at 3.6117.
2021-22 / Sophomore
Competed at 149 for the Dragons and earned a 9-4 record…accrued one regular decision victory, three major decisions, one tech fall and three falls…opened season with a seven-match win streak, including a 30-second fall against Matt Williams of Army and a 39-second fall against Anthony White of UNA-Rutgers…earned a major decision victory against Cristian Dailey of Franklin and Marshall at the EIWA championships…named an EIWA Academic Achievement Award Winner…named NWCA Scholar All-American.
Competed to an 8-3 overall record and 5-0 dual record at 149 pounds in his freshman season…made his collegiate debut against Raf Lievano from Sacred Heart where he recorded a 16-2 major decision victory…followed it up with seven straight wins from Feb. 15 to Feb. 26…tallied two tech fall victories over Anthony Dushaj (LIU) and Dustin Morgillo (George Mason)…placed third at 149 pounds in his first appearance at the EIWA Championships…beat Michael Zarif (Binghamton) in a 15-4 major decision in the opening round…recorded his only loss against top ranked Jimmy Hoffman from Lehigh…closed out the tournament with back to back wins over Matthew Kolonia (Bucknell) in a pin at 2:55 and a 6-2 decision over Greg Gaxiola (Hofstra)…earned a spot at the NCAA Tournament in St. Louis…selected No. 9 Legend Lamar (POLY) and No. 8 Jaden Abas (STAN) in the opening round and the first consolation…an NWCA Scholar All-American…a member of the team that owned the nation’s seventh highest team GPA at 3.455… one of eight wrestlers to receive the EIWA Academic Achievement Award…received Most Outstanding Freshman at the team’s year end awards.
Background
Attended Chambersburg Area Senior High School in Chambersburg, Pa. and was a four-year member of the wrestling team…posted a 154-28 record across four seasons…2020 PIAA AAA state champion at 160 pounds…four-time state placer, finishing as runner-up in 2018, fourth in 2019 and sixth in 2017…as a senior placed second at Escape the Rock and fourth at Beast of the East…finished 2019 ranked sixth nationally by FloWrestling…three-time Section 1 champion and one-time runner-up…won District 3 as a sophomore…took first place at Escape the Rock as a junior…won at least 32 matches in all four years, including 45 as a senior.
Personal
Son of Jamie and Brian Nichter…has two siblings…both parents played basketball at West Chester…majoring in business.
