Chance Marsteller

Chandler Shane "Chance" Marsteller (born July 9, 1995) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler. In college, he competed at Oklahoma State, before transferring to Lock Haven. While at Lock Haven, he was a two-time NCAA Division I All-American. On the senior level circuit, Marsteller represented the United States at the 2023 World Championships in men's freestyle wrestling at 79 kg.

Early life Marsteller attended Kennard-Dale High School in Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania. As a high school wrestler, he compiled a 166–0 record, winning four PIAA class AAA state championships. He also won two Super 32 championships, four Powerade titles, and three Cadet USA Wrestling Asics/Vaughan national championships, two in freestyle and one in Greco-Roman. In 2012, he was crowned the FILA Cadet freestyle national champion, earning him a spot on the United States Cadet World Team at the 2012 Cadet World Championships in Azerbaijan. In 2014, he was honored with the Junior Hodge Trophy Award and Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award.

College career Oklahoma State As the nation's No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2014, Marsteller signed with Oklahoma State University. He redshirted his first season in 2014–15, compiling a 14–4 overall record and picking up two wins over ranked opponents. He made his Oklahoma State debut on November 14, 2015, before 42,287 fans at Iowa's Kinnick Stadium, winning his dual meet match with a 14–11 score. He finished his redshirt freshman 2015–16 season with a 6–5 record. Marsteller later spoke of how his weight cut down to the 157-pound weight class that year, a weight he hadn't wrestled since his freshman year of high school, feeling disconnected mentally, and wanting to be closer to home, led to his decision to transfer after the season.

Lock Haven He transferred to Lock Haven University, a school three hours from his hometown in Pennsylvania, in May 2016. However, Marsteller had been in a steady decline with alcohol and drug addiction, which started to intensify during his college years. On August 25, 2016, Marsteller was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, disorderly conduct, and open lewdness after police arrested him for harassing the residents of an apartment complex in Lock Haven. He was subsequently kicked off the wrestling team and out of school and sentenced to a seven-year probation. Using that incident as a motivational tool to redeem himself and turn things around, Marsteller had a successful stint at rehab, re-enrolled at Lock Haven in the 2017 spring semester, finished that semester with a 4.0 GPA, and was embraced with support being back home.

By the time the 2017–18 season had started, Marsteller was back on the Lock Haven wrestling team once again. He finished the year with a 44–4 record, a single season school win record for Lock Haven, and placed fourth at the NCAA national championships becoming an All-American. His redshirt senior year in 2018–19, Marsteller went 28–3, and was honored as the Eastern Wrestling League Athlete of the Year, Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Division I Wrestler of the Year, and finished third at the NCAA national championships, becoming a two-time All-American.

While turning things around and finding success on and off the mat, Marsteller later came out with how he had relapsed and continued to struggle with drug addiction throughout college. This would hinder him from reaching his potential, as he knew he wasn't competing near his ceiling of capability. Opioids, fentanyl, and heroin were different drugs he would use, and though he continued to manage training, practicing, and going about day-to-day life, his drug addiction was worsening and growing stronger.

Freestyle career Marsteller would continue his wrestling career on the senior level circuit, following his collegiate career in 2019.

In 2020, after driving under the influence and wrecking his car and his wife's car in one night, Marsteller entered rehab again. After almost losing everything, he sobered up for good in July 2020, while also rebuilding relationships with his family.

Around the start of 2022, Marsteller began visiting the New York City Regional Training Center in Hoboken, New Jersey, and ultimately moving there for more individual coaching and a strong group of wrestling partners. He would go on to make the 2022 Final X, the final wrestle-off for a spot on the United States World Team at the 2022 World Championships, where he lost a two-out-of-three series to American wrestling legend Jordan Burroughs at 79 kg.

The following year, he bested Jordan Burroughs at the 2023 Final X, making his first senior level United States World Team. He finished 14th at the 2023 World Championships, representing the United States at 79 kg.

Marsteller won the 2026 US Open at 79 kg, qualifying him for Final X in June.

Freestyle record

Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location

Win 104–41

Las Vegas, Nevada Win 103–41

Win 102–41

Win 101–41

Loss

Louisville, Kentucky Loss 100–41

Win 100–40

Las Vegas, Nevada Win 99–40

Loss 98–40

Win 98–39

Win 97–39

Win 96–39

Win 95-39

Win 94-39

Win 93-39

Loss 92–39

Sofia, Bulgaria Win 92–38

Win 91–38

Win 90–38

Win 89–38

Nice, France Win 88–38

Win 87–38

Win 86–38

Loss 85–38

Loss 85–37

Win 85–36

Win 84–36

Win 83–36

Win 82–36

Madrid, Spain Win

Win

Win 81–36

Loss 80–36

State College, Pennsylvania Loss 80–35

Win 80–34

Win 79–34

Win

Acapulco, Mexico Win

Win 78–34

Win 77–34

Zagreb, Croatia Loss 76–34

Win 76–33

Win 75–33

Win 74–33

Loss 73–33

Belgrade, Serbia Win 73–32

Win 72–32

Budapest, Hungary Win 71–32

Loss 70–32

Win 70–31

Win 69–31

Win 68–31

Loss 67–31

Win 67–30

Las Vegas, Nevada Win 66–30

Win 65–30

Win 64–30

Win 63–30

Win 62–30

Alexandria, Egypt Win 61–30

Loss 60–30

Win 60–29

Win

Zagreb, Croatia Loss 58–29

Win 58–28

Win 57–28

Tunis, Tunisia Loss 56–28

Win 56–27

Win 55–27

Loss 54–27

Loss 54–26

Win 54–25

Loss 53–25

Win 53–24

Loss 52–24

Win 52–23

Win 51–23

Win 50–23

Win 49–23

Las Vegas, Nevada Loss 48–23

Loss 48–22

Win 48–21

Win 47–21

Win 46–21

Loss 45–21

Istanbul, Turkey Win 45–20

Win 44–20

Win 43–20

Win 42–20

Loss 41–20

Loss 41–19

Win 41–18

Loss 40–18

Fort Worth, Texas Loss 40–17

Win 40–16

Win 39–16

Fort Worth, Texas Win 38–16

Win 37–16

Win 36–16

Win 35–16

Loss 34–16

Fort Worth, Texas Win 34–15

Win 33–15

Loss 32–15

New York City, New York Win 32–14

Loss 31–14

Minsk, Belarus Loss 31–13

Loss 31–12

Las Vegas, Nevada Win 31–11

Win 30–11

Win 29–11

Win 28–11

Loss 27–11

Rochester, Minnesota Loss 27–10

Loss 27–9

Lincoln, Nebraska Win 27–8

Loss 26–8

Win 26–7

Win 25–7

Akron, Ohio Win 24–7

Win 23–7

Win 22–7

Win 21–7

Win 20–7

Win 19–7

Las Vegas, Nevada Loss 18–7

Win 18–6

Win 17–6

Win 16–6

Win 15–6

Loss 14–6

Loss 14–5

New York City, New York Loss 14–4

Win 14–3

Win 13–3

Win 12–3

Loss 11–3

Akron, Ohio Loss 11–2

Win 11–1

Win 10–1

Win 9–1

Win 8–1

Win 7–1

Win 6–1

Win 5–1

Fairfax, Virginia Win 4–1

Win 4–1

Loss 4–2

Win 4–1

Win 3–1

Cedar Falls, Iowa Win 2–1

Loss 1–1

Win 1–0

Personal life Marsteller is married to his wife Jenna, with who he has two sons, Cannon and Easton.

On November 15, 2024, a documentary was released on Marsteller's comeback story of going from a high school phenom, to falling into drug addiction, to finding redemption and redefining his legacy.