St. Louis, Mo. --- A pair of Minnesota State's wrestlers at the 2022 NCAA Division II Championships in St. Louis, Mo., are coming home as national champions. 
 
Senior Trevor Turriff (De Pere, Wis.) claimed the national title at 174-lbs., and junior Darrell Mason (Chicago, Ill.) claimed the national title at 285-lbs. The last time two Mavericks brought home Individual titles was in 2008, when Jason Rhoten and Andy Pickar accomplished the feat.
 
Turriff seeded fourth in the 174-lb. division, picked up a major decision (11-3) over Brock Biddle of Pitt-Johnstown before downing Ty McGeary of West Liberty, (7-2). In the semifinals, Turriff won in sudden victory over Austin Eldirdge of Nebraska-Kearney (SV-1, 9-7) and advanced to the 174-lb championship match for the second straight year. In the championship match Turriff claimed the title beating Andrew Sams of Indianapolis by decision (3-2). Finishing the season 21-3 claiming All-American honors for the second straight year. 
 
Mason seeded second at 285, decisioned Freddie Nixon of Gannon, (5-2), in his first-round match and then defeated A.J. Cooper of Fort Hays State (8-4). In the semifinals, Mason won by decision over Shawn Streck of Central Oklahoma (3-2) and advanced to the 285-lb championship match. In the championship match Mason claimed the title beating Andrew Dunn of Kutztown by decision (5-3), finishing the season 22-0 claiming All-American honors.  For his performance at the national tournament, Mason was named Outstanding Wrestler.
 
With today's results, Minnesota State finished seventh in the team standings with 39 points. 
 
With two national champions and All-Americans this year, Minnesota State head coach Jim Makovsky has had 10 national champions and 95 NCAA All-Americans over the course of his 29 years with the Mavericks.