Michigan's All Time List - #21 to #30

30. Ben Bennett (Rockford)

Bennett put together a record of 212-3 during his high school years at Rockford.  He won state titles as a freshman, junior, and senior, and added a 3rd place finish as a sophomore.  Following his senior season he won national titles at both Senior Nationals, where he was OW, and at Fargo in Junior Freestyle.  We was named to the Asics/Tiger All-American Team as a 3rd Team selection and was a WrestlingUSA All-American choice as well.

Success continued at the collegiate level when he was part of a consensus top-three recruiting class at Central Michigan.  At CMU, he became the program's only 4x All-American with 6th, 8th, 6th, and 4th place finishes in his career.  He won four MAC titles - one of only six to accomplish the feat.  Bennett was MAC Freshman of the Year in 2010 and MAC Wrestler of the Year in 2012.  He holds the school record for consecutive wins at 30, and is sixth all-time with 121 career wins.  Following graduation, Bennett stayed with the Chippewa program and was a long-time Assistant Coach with the program before being hired as Head Coach a few seasons ago.

29. Cameron Amine (Detroit Catholic Central)

The youngest in a long line of Amine legends, Cam won three Michigan state championships and reached the finals in all four years at Detroit Catholic Central High School. Amine amassed 167 wins at DCC and was a crucial part of Detroit Catholic Central's team titles in each of his last three seasons. He received Michigan’s Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award in 2019 and was a six-time Fargo All-American.

For the Wolverines, Amine was a 3x All American, and he added one more podium finish for the Oklahoma State Cowboys in his Senior year. He finished 7th, 4th, 4th, and 8th in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2025, respectively. Amine finished top-4 at Big Tens all four years for the Wolverines, peaking as a runner-up in 2022. With his Covid year, Amine was able to compete for 5 seasons, so he also reached the bloodround in 2024. Amine is still training at Cowboy RTC in Stillwater, looking to make World and Olympic teams.

28. Dave Dean (Montrose)

Dean won two state titles for Montrose as a sophomore and a senior, with a third place finish as a junior.  Nationally, he had success at Fargo in Junior Greco, where he placed top-six three times - 6th in 1982, 4th in 1983, and 1st in 1984.  

At Minnesota, Dean advanced to the 1987 NCAA Finals at the #8 seed, knocking off the #1 and #4 seeds in the process, and would place 2nd.  In 1989, he placed 3rd at the NCAA Tournament, capping off a career in which he won 105 matches, including 26 straight during the '89 season.  Dean was also a two-time Big Ten champion.

He continued to compete on the Senior level in Greco following college, picking up a silver medal at the Pan-Am Championships in 1994.  After spending 13 years as an Assistant Coach at MSU, Dean took over the Lowell program, leading them to two state championships in 2009 and 2014.

27. Wynn Michalak (Caro)

Michalak prepped at Caro HS and won two state championships plus a 3rd place finish as a junior.  He amassed 232 wins against 8 losses and also helped the Tigers win a team title as as senior.  An all-state football player as well, Michalak landed on CMU to continue his career on the mats.

At Central, Michalak put together one of the more impressive careers in school and conference history.  He won four MAC titles and was named MAC Wrestler of the Year three times, and was also MAC Freshman of the Year.  Michalak reached the podium on three of his four trips to NCAA's as well, placing 6th as a freshman, 8th as a sophomore, and ending his career as a national finalist as a senior, when he went 31-2 on the year.  His 128 wins are fourth all-time, 2nd in career winning percentage (.842), and 3rd in career pins (50).

The Senior level would follow and Michalak stayed on the circuit for nearly a decade, winning a US Senior National title in 2015.  He also added titles at the NYAC International, Dave Schultz Memorial, and Grand Prix of Spain, among others.

26. Andy Simmons (Williamston)

With a 219-0 career record and four state titles, Simmons put together one of the greatest high school careers in state history while wrestling for Williamston.  His 219 consecutive wins set a national record, though Roger Kish would surpass it a year later.  

He placed in Junior Freestyle all four years of high school - 4th, 2nd, 6th, and 3rd, respectively, and added a runner-up finish in Greco as a senior.  Simmons was a 2nd Team Asics/Tiger All-American selection as both a junior and a senior, and an Honorable Mention pick as a sophomore.  He also represented Team USA at the Dapper Dan and Dream Team Classic events, picking up a win at the former.  

Simmons was a two-time NCAA All-American at Michigan State, qualifying for the Championships all four years and winning a Big Ten title as well.  He placed 6th as a sophomore and 5th as a junior, both at 141 pounds.  His 115 career wins has him tied for 8th all-time in career wins for the Spartans.

While in college, Simmons also made the Junior World Team in 2003 and the University World Team in 2006.  He was 6th at Junior Worlds in Turkey and placed 7th at University Worlds in Mongolia.  Following college, he placed 4th at the 2009 US Open.  After a six year layoff, he returned in 2018 where he placed 7th at the US Open and later 3rd at the World Team Trials.

25. Roger Kish (Lapeer West)

Kish had an incredible career amassing 252 wins and two losses on his way to four state titles for Lapeer West, all at 160 and above.  In Fargo, he placed top-three in all four attempts at the Cadet level - 3rd and 2nd in Freestyle ('99/'00), 2nd and 1st in Greco ('99/'00).  He was a 2001 FILA Cadet Freestyle champ and was 7th at the 2001 Junior Freestyle Nationals.  A Junior Freestyle championship would come a year later, in 2002, when he finished 3rd in Greco as well.  He capped off his career by winning Senior Nationals in 2003.

In 2003, WrestlingUSA named Kish Wrestler of the Year and he was also named to the Asics/Tiger All-American team as a 1st Team choice.  He was Honorable Mention the two years prior. Kish also competed at both the Dapper Dan and Cliff Keen Dream Team Classic, scoring falls in both, one of which was over Jake Herbert.

His college career led him to Minnesota, where he was a two-time NCAA All-American.  He was a runner-up at the 2006 NCAA's and 3rd a year later in 2007.  In his other two trips, he came up one match short of the podium. Kish won a Big Ten title in 2006 for the Gophers and compiled a career record of 117-27.  Kish spent a decade as the Head Coach of North Dakota State before making the move to Oklahoma a few seasons ago.

24. Logan Massa (St. Johns)

Massa was a 4x state finalist and 3x state champ in his high school career, becoming one of the most dominant wrestlers in MHSAA history. He was the Midwest Region and Michigan recipient of the prestigious Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award following his Fila Junior national championship at 70kg in 2014. Massa was also a 2x All American in Fargo, placing 3rd in 2012 and 2nd in 2014. Massa's impressive high school resume led him to the #2 overall recruit in the class of 2015.

Massa went on to join his brother, Taylor, at the University of Michigan. Massa's college accomplishments were equally as impressive as high school, reaching the podium at the NCAA tournament 3 times in his career. Massa's best year was arguably his Freshman year, taking 3rd at NCAAs after reaching the B1G finals. He also won the prestigious Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational in his Frosh year. Despite battling injuries in his next two seasons, Massa would still reach the NCAA tournament his Sophomore and Junior years. The Wolverine would then find the podium in his last two seasons, taking 5th in both 2021 and 2022. Without injuries, Massa could have climbed this list and been one of the few 5x All Americans in NCAA history.

Perhaps most impressively are Massa's two US Open championships on the Senior level circuit, beating NCAA champion Mekhi Lewis in the finals in 2020.

23. Joe Pantaleo (Roseville)

Pantaleo was a two-time state champion for Roseville, going unbeaten in his final two seasons.  He'd continue at University of Michigan where he put together an impressive career for the Wolverines.  In 1987, Pantaleo qualified for his first NCAA tournament by placing 3rd in the Big Tens.  In each of his final two seasons at Michigan, Pantaleo was an NCAA runner-up.  He was also a two-time Big Ten runner-up and put together a career mark of 134-32-1.  

On the freestyle side, he won the Espoir (Junior/U20) Nationals in 1987 and would go on to win the Espior Worlds that summer as well.  In the finals, he defeated Nasir Gadschichanov of USSR, who later won a world silver medal in 1990.  He added a University National title in 1991 and was twice an Olympic alternate, in 1992 and 1996.   At the 1992 trials, he won a mini-tournament bracket that consisted of Randy Lewis, Nate Carr, and Terry Steiner, among others.

Pantaleo coached at the Division 1 level from 1990-1997 at Michigan, Iowa, and Michigan State, and then later at Liberty from 2009-2011.  He remains active in the sport as an official in our state, as well as at the collegiate level.

22. Josh Churella (Novi)

Churella was a three-time state champ at Novi HS and also managed to pick up an 8th-place finish as an undersized freshman 103-pounder.  Through his final three seasons, his prep record was 142-1.  Churella was a three-time Fargo All-American as well, finishing 8th in Cadet freestyle in '01, 6th in Junior freestyle in '02, and 5th in Junior freestyle in '03.  He added a 3rd place finish at the 2003 Senior Nationals as well.

Not surprisingly he competed for Michigan in college, where he became a three-time NCAA All-American.  He was 8th as a sophomore, 2nd as a junior, and 4th as a senior. In 2005, he won a Big Ten title for the Wolverines as a freshman.  His career record was 124-21, including an impressive 62-6 mark in duals.

Following his senior year, he won a University National title and placed 7th at the University Worlds.  After finishing 4th at the World Team Trials in 2009, Churella would place 3rd at the next two World Team Trials and the Olympic Trials in 2012.  He is currently an Assistant Coach for his alma mater, where he's been on staff since 2012.

21. Ryan Churella (Novi)

One of three Churellas on the list, Ryan won two state championships at Novi HS, adding a runner-up finish as a sophomore.  He also added a Senior National title, winning an OT match over future 4x AA Dustin Manotti in the finals, before heading off to Michigan.

At Michigan, Churella qualified for the NCAA's all four years and picked up three All-American honors in the Maize and Blue.  He finished 3rd at 149 as a sophomore before moving up to 165 for his final two seasons, in which he placed 4th and 2nd.  Churella won three Big Ten titles as well and won 117 matches against just 18 losses.  Additionally, he had two separate, impressive winning streaks of 34 and 29 victories.    

Following college, he had success on the Senior level while coaching for the Wolverines.  In 2008 he was 3rd at the US Nationals and 4th at the Olympic Trials.  A year later, Churella was 4th at the US Nationals and 3rd at the World Team Trials.