Muhlenberg College Athletics

Honors
• Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll, 2023, 2024 and 2025
• NWCA Scholar-American, 2022

Tournament Places
2021 Alvernia Invitational – 2nd
2021 Petrofes Invitational – 5th
2021 Wilkes Invitational – 5th

Career Highlights
2024-25
• Competed at 165 in all but one bout as a senior
• Represented Muhlenberg at conference and regional meets
• Half of six wins came on major decisions
• Recorded major decision on first day of NCAA regional
• Pinned Shenandoah opponent at Scotty Wood Duals

2023-24
• Represented Muhlenberg at 157 at conference and regional meets
• Recorded technical fall in Scotty Wood Duals win vs. Camden
• Pinned opponent in second period at Penn College Invitational

2022-23
• Competed at both 149 and 157 for the Mules
• Pinned opponent from Southern Virginia in just 1:34 in season debut
• Scored dramatic win against regionally ranked opponent from Alfred State, winning by fall with just 8 seconds left in regulation
• Represented Muhlenberg at 149 at both the Centennial Conference Championships and NCAA Mideast Regional
• Won one bout at the regional meet

2021-22
• Was among the team leaders in wins before suffering a season-ending injury
• Finished with 13-9 record
• Placed in three tournaments at 149
• Recorded major decision in his first career bout en route to second-place finish at Alvernia
• Went 5-2 with two first-period pins en route to fifth-place finish at Wilkes
• Overcame an early 12-3 deficit to defeat opponent from New Jersey City, 15-14

Personal
• Lettered four years in wrestling at Princeton High School
• Mercer County finalist as a junior and Super Region qualifier as a senior
• Had the highest GPA on the team three straight years
• Served as team captain
• Parents are Pete and Gizelle Sockler
• Both parents and older brother Patrick '19, also a wrestler, are Muhlenberg alums
• Born Nov. 20, 2002
• A double major in finance and accounting