At the NCAA Championships over the weekend, wrestlers were spotted wearing headbands with a simple message: “100% Jesus.”
College competitors Aaron Brooks and David Carr were two people who were willing to demonstrate their faith in Jesus Christ in public.
Brooks of Penn State and Kerr of Iowa State each wore white belts with this exhortation written on their heads.
fox news report Brooks joined four-time NCAA champion Nittany Lions teammate Carter Starocci on Saturday night.
They join an exclusive club of four-time champions that also includes coach Cael Sanderson. Brooks defeated longtime rival Trent Hidley of North Carolina State University.
Penn State Nittany Lions during the Division I Men’s Wrestling Championships at T-Mobile Center on March 23, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Ebert Nelson/NCAA Photo via Getty Images)
Penn State’s Aaron Brooks celebrates defeating North Carolina State’s Trent Hilday in a 197-pound match in the NCAA wrestling championship finals on Saturday, March 23, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) )
Both men were not only proud of their accomplishments, but also spoke proudly of their faith and honor in a higher power.
When asked what he was thinking after winning the title, Brooks said, “Maybe it’s boring. That’s the truth: The Lord and the Holy Spirit,” Fox News detailed. “It calms me down. It calms me down, but I remember it being bigger than this.
“These four titles will pass away, but the word of God will remain forever.”
Kerr spoke about God in his postgame press conference.
Iowa State University File/David Carr walks on the mat before his match against Princeton’s Quincy Monday during the Division I Men’s Wrestling Championships at the BOK Center on March 17, 2023 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Shane Bevell/NCAA Photo via Getty Images)
“As always, glory be to God,” he began his postgame press conference. “I prayed before the match, ‘Give me infinite energy and focus,’ and when I got into the match, I just kept telling myself that I was just going to stay focused and keep wrestling hard. .
“And it feels great to finish my career on top.”
