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2025 Big 12 Wrestling Championship Breaks Conference Attendance Record

TULSA, Okla. – The 2025 Big 12 Wrestling Championship set a Conference record with a total attendance of 21,309 over the weekend at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Big 12 surpassed its previous record of 19,892 at the venue in 2019.

The Conference began holding its wrestling championship at the BOK Center in 2017 and eclipsed 17,000 fans six times in its nine years held in Tulsa.

Oklahoma State claimed the Big 12 crown Sunday night in thrilling fashion, securing the team championship with Wyatt Hendrickson’s heavyweight victory in the final match. The Cowboys have now claimed 20 of the 29 Big 12 tournament trophies titles that have been awarded in Conference history, as well as the 2012 and 2013 regular season titles in the only years it was awarded.

Northern Iowa earned runner-up honors after winning titles in three different weight classes to match the program’s best performance at the Big 12 Championship since earning a runner-up finish in 2018.

Missouri’s Keegan O’Toole was voted the 2025 Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Championship by the league’s coaches. The Big 12 champ at 174 pounds became the first Missouri Tiger to earn the distinction since Ben Askren in 2004.