NCAA releases wrestling award standings update

INDIANAPOLIS – The NCAA has released the updated standings for the 2016 NCAA Wrestling Awards that will be awarded in March at the Division I Wrestling Championships.

The inaugural NCAA Wrestling Awards were presented at the 2012 wrestling championships. The three awards, given in each division, honor the Most Dominant Wrestler as well as the student-athletes that have accumulated the most falls and the most technical falls throughout the course of the regular and postseasons.

For falls and tech falls to be counted towards a student-athletes total they must come against opponents in the same division. Ties in the two categories are broken based on the aggregate time.

In the Division I Most Dominant Wrestler standings, Penn State teammates Zain Retherford and Jason Nolf are in a statistical tie with 4.93 average team points per match.

The Most Dominant Wrestler standings are calculated by adding the total number of points awarded through match results and dividing that number by the total number of matches wrestled. Points per match are awarded as follows and based on a minimum of 17 matches in the division.

* Fall, forfeit, injury default or DQ = 6 points (-6 points for a loss)

* Tech falls = 5 points (-5 points for a loss)

* Major decision = 4 points (-4 points for a loss)

* Decision = 3 points (-3 points for a loss)

Navy teammates Michael Woulfe and Mathew Miller lead Division I with 15 falls this season. Miller holds the tiebreaker in aggregate time (43:01-59:52). Nolf is also in position for the award with 14 falls this season.

Isaiah Martinez of Illinois has surpassed his winning total from last season with 13 tech falls this season at 157 pounds to hold the Division I lead with five more than the next closest competitor.

The NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships will be March 17-19 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

NCAA Stat Leaders-Falls

RANK	NAME	TEAM	WEIGHT	WINS	TIME
1	Mathew Miller	Navy	184	15	43:01
2	Michael Woulfe	Navy	197	15	59:52
3	Jason Nolf	Penn State	157	14	48:40
4	Zain Retherford	Penn State	149	12	35:45
5	Joe Stolfi	Bucknell	285	12	42:58
6	Mike Hughes	Hofstra	285	9	11:17
7	Alex Dieringer	Oklahoma State	165	9	16:10
8	Jeric Kasunic	American	197	9	16:48
9	Evan Henderson	North Carolina	149	9	17:50
10	Nick Gwiazdowski	North Carolina State	285	9	19:32

NCAA Stat Leaders- Tech Falls

RANK	NAME	TEAM	WEIGHT	WINS	TIME
1	Isaiah Martinez	Illinois	157	13	59:45
2	Nate Brown	Lehigh	184	8	35:43
3	Jason Nolf	Penn State	157	8	52:16
4	Tom Sleigh	Bucknell	184	7	33:00
5	Nahshon Garrett	Cornell	133	7	33:55
6	Bo Nickal	Penn State	174	7	39:13
7	Zain Retherford	Penn State	149	7	42:25
8	Alex Dieringer	Oklahoma State	165	6	22:20
9	Austin Trott	Gardner-Webb	165	6	22:52
10	Scottie Boykin	Chattanooga	197	6	24:42

NCAA Most Dominant

RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	WEIGHT	AVG. TEAM POINTS
1	Zain Retherford	Penn St.	149	4.93
1	Jason Nolf	Penn St.	157	4.93
3	Alex Dieringer	Oklahoma St.	165	4.77
4	Nick Gwiazdowski	North Carolina St.	285	4.75
5	Morgan McIntosh	Penn St.	197	4.68
6	Joe Stolfi	Bucknell	285	4.55
7	Nahshon Garrett	Cornell	133	4.52
8	Bo Nickal	Penn St.	174	4.37
9	Thomas Gilman	Iowa	125	4.32
10	Gabriel Dean	Cornell	184	4.29