Caleb Henson and Tony Robie named ACC Wrestler and Coach of the YearCaleb Henson and Tony Robie named ACC Wrestler and Coach of the Year
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Caleb Henson and Tony Robie named ACC Wrestler and Coach of the Year

Henson claims honor in back-to-back seasons, and Robie collects fourth straight coaching accolade

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BLACKSBURG – After another year of historic milestones, the accolades for Virginia Tech wrestling continue to pour in as national finalist and ACC champion Caleb Henson and head coach Tony Robie took home Atlantic Coast Conference Wrestler of the Year and Coach of the Year to wrap up the 2024-2025 season as announced by the league office on Tuesday.

The annual awards are determined by a vote of the league’s head coaches.

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The Hitman goes back-to-back as ACC Wrestler of the Year after a historic junior season in Blacksburg. Entering the season as the defending national champion, Henson boasted an undefeated regular season – including winning the prestigious Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational by beating eventual national champion Ridge Lovett in the finals – en route to his second ACC title. Henson defeated three-time All-American Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) to claim his second ACC title and enter the 2025 NCAA Championships as the No. 1 seed – just the third Hokie in program history to claim the top seed. The Cartersville, GA native won his first three matches in Philadelphia to become Tech’s seventh three-time All-American before defeating Ohio State’s Dylan D’Emilio in the semifinals to advance to the national finals for the second time in his career. Henson became the first back-to-back finalist in program history and just the second to make two finals appearances for the Hokies (Mekhi Lewis, 2022, 2019).

Ranked No. 1 for the entire duration of the season till his runner-up finish in Philadelphia Henson finished his third season for the Hokies with a 22-1 record, setting the best single season win percentage in program history (95.65%) at a 56.52% bonus rate with six wins over All-Americans. Henson is just the second Hokie to be named ACC Wrestler of the Year multiple times, joining Mekhi Lewis (2022, 2019).

For the tenth time in the last 13 seasons, the ACC Coach of the Year resides in Blacksburg. The honor is a four-peat – and sixth in eight seasons – for Robie in his time at the helm for the Hokies. Robie had been tabbed as the lead vote getter by league coaches in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, and 2017.

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Under Robie’s guidance this season, Virginia Tech finished in the top-11 for the seventh time in the last eight seasons, the ACC tournament title with four champions and six finalists, a share of the conference regular season title, a national finals appearance for the fifth time in eight seasons, and three All-Americans – Henson, Eddie Ventresca (5th, 125-pounds), and Connor McGonagle (6th, 133-pounds).

The Hokies stretched their streak of three or more All-Americans to 12-consecutive seasons, a streak only shared with Penn State and Iowa. For the eighth time in program history and the third-straight season, Tech sent nine student-athletes to the NCAA Championships while garnering a program record three top-four seeds and four top-six seeds.

ACC Wrestler of the Year Award Winners
Caleb Henson, 2025
Caleb Henson, 2024
Mekhi Lewis, 2022
Mekhi Lewis, 2019
Pete Yates, 2013
Devin Carter, 2012
Mike Faust, 2006 

ACC Freshman of the Year Award Winners
Thomas Stewart, Jr., 2024
Caleb Henson, 2023
Sam Latona, 2021
Mitch Moore, 2019
Hunter Bolen, 2018
David McFadden, 2016
Joey Dance, 2014
Nick Brascetta, 2012
Devin Carter, 2011
Brian Stephans, 2010
Jarrod Garnett, 2009 

ACC Coach of the Year Award Winners
Tony Robie, 2025
Tony Robie, 2024
Tony Robie, 2023
Tony Robie, 2022
Tony Robie, 2019
Tony Robie/Kevin Dresser, 2017
Kevin Dresser, 2016
Kevin Dresser, 2015
Kevin Dresser, 2014
Kevin Dresser, 2013