Chase Kranitz

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Weight:
184
Hometown:
Irwin, PA
High School:
Norwin
Prev School:
Buffalo

All-ACC Academic Team (2026)
NWCA Academic All-American (2026)

2025-26 (184): Finished in fourth place at the ACC Championships to earn an automatic bid to his first NCAA Championships … Finished 10-5 in dual meets, including having a 5-1 mark in conference duals to earn the No. 1 seed at 184 pounds at the ACC Championships ... ... Became the starter at 184-pounds after transferring from Buffalo prior to the start of last season … Delivered a momentum-shifting upset over No. 19 Ian Bush in Pitt’s dual win over No. 22 West Virginia ... Entered the InterMat rankings at No. 33 during Week 11 after defeating No. 32 Jaden Bullock, 9-6, in the Virginia Tech dual... Finished in third place at the Midlands Championships … Won by a 18-3 technical fall over Seth Digby in Pitt’s dual win at Maryland ... won bout during the Navy dual over Daniel Williams, 4-2.

2024-25 (184): Posted a 9-9 record on the season in his first year with the Panthers … Went 2-1 in dual bouts as Pitt’s reserve at 184 pounds … Beat Caleb Helgeson in Pitt’s dual at Iowa State … Went 3-2 at the Midlands Championship … Went 2-1 at the Journeymen Classic.

2023-24 (184): Went 3-0 in the Buffalo Duals to open the season … won a 4-2 decision at 184 at the Journeymen Classic … got Buffalo’s fist win with a 10-5 decision over Northern Colorado … went 2-1 as the Bulls took two out of three at the Gardner-Webb Duals … had two takedowns and a four-point nearfall in the first period to jump out to a 10-0 lead and went on to win a 13-6 decision over Jacob Lee (Michigan State) … Finished third at the MAC Championships after earning a pair of 7-3 decisions over Northern Illinois' Matt Zuber in the consolation semifinals and Colin Fegley of Lock Haven in the third-place match.

2022-23 (165): Went 15-9 overall, 1-1 in duals and 0-1 in MAC duals on the season… wrestled at 165 and 174 … earned his first career win via fall against Aaron Munford of LIU (165) … had a takedown, six escapes and a four-point nearfall on the season.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-time state qualifier from Norwin High School in Western Pennsylvania… placed fifth at the state championships in 2021… named a NHSCA All-American… had a career-record of 118-33.

By the Numbers
2025-26 (Pitt): 16-11 - 4th at ACC, 1-2 at NCAA
2024-25 (Pitt): 9-9
2023-24 (Buffalo): 25-14, 5-3 MAC
2022-23 (Buffalo): 15-9, 0-1 MAC
Career Record: 50-32, 5-4 MAC, 0-1 ACC
Career Record for Pitt: 9-9, 0-1 ACC