Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League

 
If winning a state title is a dream come true for high school wrestlers, Jimmy Gulibon lived that dream as a freshman, sophomore, junior and senior. The 2012 Derry Area graduate is one of only 13 athletes in state history to win four PIAA wrestling titles. He also won a WPIAL title each year, a feat only 28 others have accomplished, and won the Powerade Tournament four times, as well. Gulibon graduated from Derry with a 136-4 career record before becoming a standout wrester at Penn State, where he was a four-time NCAA Tournament qualifier. He posted a 75-47 record as a four-year starter for the Nittany Lions. At Derry, Gulibon never lost more than one match in a season. He went 39-1 as a 103-pound freshman and won WPIAL and PIAA Class 3A titles in 2009. He moved up to 112 pounds as a sophomore and won both titles en route to a 36-1 record. Derry moved to Class 2A for his junior year, and Gulibon again went 36-1, winning WPIAL, Southwest Regional and PIAA titles at 119 pounds. As a senior at 126 pounds, a midseason knee injury caused him to miss more than a month. But he battled his way back to the mat and again won all three postseason tournaments, finishing with a 25-1 record. He later took part in the Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic. At Penn State, Gulibon’s best season was his sophomore year, when he went 26-9, placed fifth nationally at 133 pounds and earned all-American honors. He went 18-15 as a 133-pound freshman at Penn State, 14-11 as a junior and 17-12 as a senior, both at 141 pounds. The Nittany Lions won two Big Ten team titles and three NCAA titles in his four seasons. As a junior, Gulibon was the Big Ten runner-up in his weight class.