Redshirt Freshman (2025-26)
- Qualified for first NCAA Championships, named No. 4 seed of 157-lb. bracket.
- The first indiviudual Big 12 Champion in school history.
- 2026 Big 12 Champion (157-lb.), went 4-0 with notable wins over No. 3 seed Ty Watters in the semis and No. 2 seed Landon Robideau in the finals to crown himself a champion on Mar. 7.
- Named 157-lb. bracket No. 1 seed headed into the Big 12 Championship.
- Holds a team lead of 24 wins overall, with a lead of 13 bonus point wins.
- 11-1 at 157-lbs. after going 13-1 at 149-lbs.
- First two matches at 157 were against then-No. 3 Vinny Zerban (Iowa State) and then-No. 1 Ty Watters (West Virginia), defeating them both in a span of three days.
- Went 11-1 in duals and a perfect 8-0 in Big 12 action
- Notched nine ranked wins between the two classes, with four against opponents at 157
- Ended the regular season at No. 4 in Intermat’s polls (157) after beginning the season unranked
- Placed third in the 149-lb. division at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on Dec. 13, 2025
- Caught national attention after defeating then-No.2 Lachlan McNeil of Michigan by MD (12-3) at the National Duals Invitational on Nov. 15, 2024
- Won the Michigan State Open 149-lb. Frosh / Soph division after going 4-0 with four bonus point wins.
Freshman (2023-24)
- Impressed in his rookie season across limited action, beating Zach Redding (Iowa State) and Brock Rogers (CSU Bakersfield)
- Began his college career in emphatic fashion against No. 9 Iowa State (1/5), pinning Zach Redding in :48 for the first dual victory of his career
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- In November, Larkin won the 2023 Bill Farrell Memorial International, becoming the youngest wrestler to win his bracket. At 20, the freshman captured his first Senior-level international event and punched his ticket to the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials.
Personal
Coaches regard Kaleb Larkin as a phenomenal wrestler, an unbelievable student, and an amazing person. In 2019, he was an NHSCA runner-up and Greco Nationals fourth-place finisher in Fargo. He earned a sixth-place finish at the '21 Junior World Team Trials Freestyle. Larkin has big goals in life and will be a second-generation Sun Devil after his father, Eric, was a four-time All-American and the 2003 149-lb national champion.