With three No. 1 individuals, Cumberlands (Ky.) climbs to No. 4 in NAIA Coaches Poll

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the 42nd-straight edition, Grand View (Iowa) owns the No. 1 ranking in the NAIA Wrestling Coaches’ Top 20 Poll, the national office announced Friday. The next installment of the Coaches’ Poll is scheduled to release on January 17.

Top 20 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000-01)
• Grand View, which claimed 184 points via 12 ranked wrestlers, now own 46 all-time No. 1 rankings. The total is the most for any program dating back to the start of the 2000-01 season.
• Top-ranked Josh Wenger (141 pounds) and Grant Henderson (165 pounds) highlight the lineup for the Vikings. Wenger is 8-2 on the season, including a 3-0 mark at 141 pounds, while Henderson boasts a 9-2 record.
• Cam Tessari (157 pounds) of Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) and Anthony Orozco (174 pounds) of Menlo (Calif.) are the new top-ranked individuals. Tessari is a perfect 7-0 on the season, while Orozco is 7-2. Both of Orozco’s losses came against NCAA Division I competition.
• No. 4 Cumberlands (Ky.) boasts the most top-ranked individuals with three – Hayden Lee (125 pounds), Jake Sinkovics (133 pounds) and Tres Leon (149 pounds).
• No. 16 Oklahoma City and No. 20 Morningside (Iowa) are the two newcomers to the poll.
• Since 2001, only Grand View (2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17), former members Notre Dame (Ohio) (2010-11) and Lindenwood (Mo.) (2006-07) have spent the entire season ranked No. 1.

Poll Methodology
• The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the eight conferences.
• Two days prior to the national poll, each qualifying group rater submits the top six individuals from each weight class in his conference into the system. Only wrestlers listed on a conference ballot are considered for the national ballot.
• The top 20 individuals in each weight class are based on how each voter ranks the best individuals. An individual receives 20 points for each first-place vote, 19 for second place and so on through the list. This same point system is used to determine the team ranking.
• The postseason poll is determined using the individual and team results from the national championship

2017-18 NAIA Wrestling Coaches’ Top 20 Poll – No. 3 (December 29, 2017)

Rank	Previous Rank	School	Total Team Points
1	1	Grand View (Iowa)	184
2	2	Missouri Valley	159
3	3	Indiana Tech	126
4	7	Cumberlands (Ky.)	111
5	8	Williams Baptist (Ark.)	107
6	6	Providence (Mont.)	100
7	5	Life (Ga.)	99
T8	9	Southeastern (Fla.)	80
T8	4	Menlo (Calif.)	80
10	13	Montana State-Northern	77
T11	11	Campbellsville (Ky.)	75
T11	14	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	75
13	12	Southern Oregon	69
14	10	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	66
15	15	Baker (Kan.)	56
16	RV	Oklahoma City	48
17	18	Eastern Oregon	47
18	19	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	42
19	17	Concordia (Neb.)	39
20	RV	Morningside (Iowa)	33

Others receiving votes: Northwestern (Iowa) 32; Midland (Neb.) 32; Warner Pacific (Ore.) 31; Cumberland (Tenn.) 26; Benedictine (Kan.) 25; Jamestown (N.D.) 25; Graceland (Iowa) 24; Hastings (Neb.) 24; Lyon (Ark.) 20; Reinhardt (Ga.) 20; Missouri Baptist 19; Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) 18; Saint Mary (Kan.) 17; Bacone (Okla.) 16; Bethany (Kan.) 12; Doane (Neb.) 11; York (Neb.) 10; William Penn (Iowa) 9; Kansas Wesleyan 9; Marian (Ind.) 9; Brewton-Parker (Ga.) 8; Truett McConnell (Ga.) 8; Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.) 7; Ottawa (Kan.) 6; Dickinson State (N.D.) 5; Lourdes (Ohio) 5; Oklahoma Wesleyan 5; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 2; Waldorf (Iowa) 1. 

125 pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
125	1st	Hayden	Lee	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	160
125	2nd	Sawyer	Miller	Indiana Tech	SAC	152
125	3rd	Matthew	Nguyen	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	139
125	4th	Dustin	Miller	Lyon College	AMC	138
125	5th	Keegan	Hessler	Morningside (Iowa)	GPAC	126
125	6th	Olson	Delisca	Southeastern	Mid-South	122
125	7th	Chandler	Strand	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	108
125	8th	Josh	Johnson	Warner Pacific	Cascade	102
125	9th	Jacob	Seto	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	97
125	10th	Isaac	Wilson	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	79
125	11th	Nick	Kunz	Montana State-Northern	Cascade	76
125	12th	John	Altieri	William Penn (Iowa)	Heart of America	73
125	13th	Lucas	Nelson	Brewton-Parker (GA)	Mid-South	65
125	14th		Caballa	Eastern Oregon University (OR)	Cascade	54
125	15th	Kruz	Adamson	Graceland University	Heart of America	38
125	16th	Montana	Moon	Oklahoma City	SAC	31
125	T17th	Michael	Beets	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Mid-South	29
125	T17th	Zane	Baugh	Baker (Kan.)	Heart of America	29
125	19th	Robert	Ozuna	York (Neb.)	KCAC	21
125	20th	Ray	Porter	Lourdes University	SAC	18
133 pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
133	1st	Jake	Sinkovics	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	160
133	2nd	Erique	Early	Indiana Tech	SAC	152
133	3rd	Cartland	Allen	Graceland University	Heart of America	144
133	4th	Michael	Andreano	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	GPAC	134
133	T5th	Tanner	Irwin	Williams Baptist	AMC	121
133	T5th	Trevor	Murano	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	121
133	7th	Ethan	Owen	Southeastern	Mid-South	113
133	8th	Giovanni	Castillo	Concordia (Neb.)	GPAC	100
133	9th	Zachary	Durbin	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	84
133	10th	Brandon	Vela	Bacone (Okla.)	SAC	78
133	11th		Pitts	Williams Baptist	AMC	75
133	12th	Brady	Moser	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	71
133	13th	Ian	Morken	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	59
133	T14th	Collin	Anderson	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	50
133	T14th	Haidon	Allen	St. Mary (KS)	KCAC	50
133	T16th	Gresh	Jones	Dickinson State (N.D.)	Heart of America	41
133	T16th	Blake	McNall	Eastern Oregon University (OR)	Cascade	41
133	18th	Tyler	Dickman	Baker (Kan.)	Heart of America	25
133	19th	Triston	Blansit	Reinhardt University (GA)	AAC	25
133	20th	Trey	Edwards	Bethany (Kan.)	KCAC	17
141 pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
141	1st	Josh	Wenger	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	160
141	2nd	David	Berg	Midland (Neb.)	GPAC	149
141	3rd	Tyler	Fraley	Williams Baptist	AMC	144
141	4th	Devin	Poppen	Southern Oregon	Cascade	124
141	5th	Gaige	Torres	Indiana Tech	SAC	118
141	6th	Sonny	Gulesian	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	GPAC	117
141	7th	Matt	Weber	Montana State-Northern	Cascade	109
141	8th	Jayce	Carr	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Mid-South	105
141	9th	AJ	Rockwell	Eastern Oregon University (OR)	Cascade	92
141	10th	Mason	Calvert	Life University	Mid-South	80
141	11th	Albert	Landeros	Hastings (Neb.)	GPAC	75
141	12th	Taylor	Moeder	Kansas Wesleyan	KCAC	74
141	13th	Andrew	Ramirez	Southern Oregon	Cascade	60
141	14th	John	Bindner	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	50
141	15th	Nathan	Ryan	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	GPAC	49
141	16th	Grayson	Brenna	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	37
141	T17th	Cameron	Huizar	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	21
141	T17th	Austin	Meyn	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Mid-South	21
141	19th	Levi	Moss	Marian University (IN)	AMC	8
141	20th	Taylor	Lehman	Waldorf (Iowa)	Heart of America	7
149 pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
149	1st	Tres	Leon	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	160
149	2nd	Jaedin	Sklapsky	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Mid-South	152
149	3rd	Nosomy	Pozo	Life University	Mid-South	143
149	4th	Dante	Preciado	Northwestern (Iowa)	GPAC	127
149	5th	Shonn	Roberts	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	124
149	6th	Thomas	Garty	Indiana Tech	SAC	115
149	7th	Austin	Roper	Benedictine College	Heart of America	98
149	8th	Matt	Landgraff	Oklahoma City	SAC	94
149	9th	Dylan	Chatterton	Southeastern	Mid-South	92
149	10th	Chandler	Michael	Southern Oregon	Cascade	91
149	11th	Steven	Garcia	Morningside (Iowa)	GPAC	87
149	12th	Justin	Atkinson	Indiana Tech	SAC	80
149	13th	Terrill	Sidner	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	60
149	14th	Colby	Johnson	Baker (Kan.)	Heart of America	59
149	15th	George	Benoit	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	52
149	16th	Brandon	Aragon	Jamestown (N.D.)	GPAC	38
149	17th	Calloway	Morphis	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	32
149	18th	Kyle	Lee	Williams Baptist	AMC	28
149	19th	Dominique	Evans	Midland (Neb.)	GPAC	12
149	20th	Kalvin	Harris	Reinhardt University (GA)	AAC	12
157 pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
157	1st	Cam	Tessari	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	158
157	2nd	Brandon	Weber	Montana State-Northern	Cascade	152
157	3rd	Tobias	Barnes	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	145
157	4th	James	Williams	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	135
157	5th	Mason	Miller	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	124
157	T6th	Hunter	Hodges	Southern Oregon	Cascade	119
157	T6th	Kalob	Rahoi	Life University	Mid-South	119
157	8th	Casey	Dobson	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	103
157	9th	Kenny	Boyd	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	86
157	10th	Brandon	Lawson-Archuleta	Bethany (Kan.)	KCAC	81
157	11th	Chase	Hack	Indiana Tech	SAC	79
157	12th	Drake	Randall	Eastern Oregon University (OR)	Cascade	67
157	13th	Evyn	Insalaco	Southeastern	Mid-South	53
157	14th	Shota	Sisco	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Mid-South	44
157	15th	Jackson	Schauer	Jamestown (N.D.)	GPAC	42
157	16th	Nicholas	Drendel	Williams Baptist	AMC	32
157	17th	Tyler	Wilson	Lourdes University	SAC	29
157	18th	Trezdon	O`Neal	Marian University (IN)	AMC	28
157	19th	Kyle	Fowler	Morningside (Iowa)	GPAC	21
157	20th	Adrian	Ojeda	York (Neb.)	KCAC	15
165 pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
165	1st	Grant	Henderson	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	160
165	2nd	Andrew	Simmons	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	143
165	3rd	Blake	Cooper	Warner Pacific	Cascade	130
165	4th	Lucius	Van Rensburg	Life University	Mid-South	129
165	5th		Coleman	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	121
165	6th	Dalton	Tipton	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	114
165	T7th	Mitch	Roadruck	Indiana Tech	SAC	110
165	T7th	Joseph	Jauregui	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	110
165	9th	Andrew	Bartel	Montana State-Northern	Cascade	93
165	10th	Josh	Romero	Benedictine College	Heart of America	89
165	11th	Riley	Jaramillo	St. Mary (KS)	KCAC	75
165	12th	Jonathan	Lado	Concordia (Neb.)	GPAC	73
165	13th	Angel	del Cueto	Southeastern	Mid-South	71
165	14th	Brok	Williams	Oklahoma City	SAC	56
165	15th	Tristan	Macri	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	44
165	16th	Taylor	Owens	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	40
165	17th	Micah	Miller	Ottawa University	KCAC	34
165	T18th	Jonathan	Stewart	Williams Baptist	AMC	24
165	T18th	Brett	Johnson	Marian University (IN)	AMC	24
165	20th	Chase	Vincent	Oklahoma City	SAC	17
174 pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
174	1st	Anthony	Orozco	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	156
174	2nd	Justin	Brown	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Mid-South	152
174	3rd	Dylan	Blackford	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	148
174	4th	Adrian	Lyons-Lopez	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	135
174	5th	Colton	Gonzalez	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	122
174	6th	Scott	Sopko	Indiana Tech	SAC	101
174	7th	Mike	Zupan	Jamestown (N.D.)	GPAC	98
174	8th	Keion	McVay	Williams Baptist	AMC	93
174	9th	Alex	Destra	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	91
174	10th	Kody	Davis	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	86
174	11th	Lucas	Lovvorn	Baker (Kan.)	Heart of America	84
174	12th	Jeremiah	Reed	Hannibal-LaGrange (MO)	AMC	72
174	13th	Michael	Carew	Reinhardt University (GA)	AAC	69
174	14th	Tyler	Noon	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	65
174	15th	Brandon	Shuler	Northwestern (Iowa)	GPAC	63
174	16th	Joseph	McAleavey	Bacone (Okla.)	SAC	43
174	17th	Nathan	Garcia	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	GPAC	32
174	18th	Hunter	Bell	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	27
174	19th	Walker	Fisher	Concordia (Neb.)	GPAC	18
174	20th	Nathan	Ferkovich	Southeastern	Mid-South	11
184 pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
184	1st	Charles	Sharon	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Mid-South	160
184	2nd	Josh	Chiles	Williams Baptist	AMC	140
184	3rd	Hunter	Smith	Life University	Mid-South	137
184	T4th	Jacob	Smith	Baker (Kan.)	Heart of America	134
184	T4th	Cameron	Jones	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	134
184	6th	Tristan	Ramberg	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	119
184	7th	Bryce	Fisher	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	115
184	8th	Randy	Keesler	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	108
184	9th	Tyler	Webley	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	90
184	10th	Joshua	Nelsen	Concordia (Neb.)	GPAC	87
184	11th	Zach	Linton	Doane College	GPAC	74
184	12th	Zach	Davis	Indiana Tech	SAC	59
184	13th	Chris	Williams	Southeastern	Mid-South	52
184	14th	Alexander	Miller	Lindenwood - Belleville (Ill.)	AMC	51
184	15th	Steeler	French	Montana State-Northern	Cascade	50
184	16th	Bruce	Valdez	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	43
184	17th	Logan	Moore	Morningside (Iowa)	GPAC	39
184	18th	Jason	Davis	Southeastern	Mid-South	23
184	19th	Antonio	Stewart	Reinhardt University (GA)	AAC	22
184	20th	Charlie	Hill	Marian University (IN)	AMC	11
197 pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
197	1st	Dalton	Bailey	Life University	Mid-South	160
197	2nd	Evan	Hansen	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	152
197	3rd	Tanner	Fischer	Southern Oregon	Cascade	143
197	4th	Donavan	Fouchey	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	137
197	5th	Isaac	Bartel	Montana State-Northern	Cascade	127
197	6th	David	Dow	Baker (Kan.)	Heart of America	121
197	7th	Eric	Fan	Eastern Oregon University (OR)	Cascade	110
197	8th	Andrew	Mahone	Missouri Baptist University	AMC	103
197	9th	De`Andre	Jones	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Mid-South	94
197	10th	Josiah		Southeastern	Mid-South	81
197	11th	Eric		Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	72
197	12th	Nicholas	Null	Northwestern (Iowa)	GPAC	69
197	13th	Elias	Mason	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	68
197	14th	Jack	Murphy	York (Neb.)	KCAC	61
197	15th	John	Hensley	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	45
197	16th	Evan	Hudson	Oklahoma City	SAC	32
197	17th	Alexander	Reimers	Concordia (Neb.)	GPAC	31
197	18th	Jacob	Hill	Lyon College	AMC	27
197	19th	Riley	Williams	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	SAC	24
197	20th	Chandler	Knight	Doane College	GPAC	12
285 pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
285	1st	Demetrius	Thomas	Williams Baptist	AMC	160
285	2nd	Dean	Broghammer	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	152
285	3rd	Javier	Gonzalez	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	144
285	4th	Bryson	McGowan	Oklahoma City	SAC	131
285	5th	Jesse	Gomez	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	129
285	6th	Quandre	Chisolm	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	117
285	7th	Jeremiah	Gerl	Hastings (Neb.)	GPAC	114
285	8th	Cooper	Thomas	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	106
285	9th	Mathew	Hopkins	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	90
285	10th	Aaron	Rafalko	Midland (Neb.)	GPAC	81
285	11th	Brandon	Reed	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	67
285	12th	Nigel	Burnett	Hannibal-LaGrange (MO)	AMC	60
285	13th	Jeff	Chandler	Truett-McConnell (Ga.)	AAC	56
285	14th	Hinton	Bolinger	Reinhardt University (GA)	AAC	55
285	15th	Cory	Flemming	Missouri Baptist University	AMC	51
285	16th	Kyler	Childers	Oklahoma Wesleyan	KCAC	43
285	17th	Raynel	Brown	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	42
285	18th	Jon	Floyd	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Mid-South	30
285	19th	Richard	Schooler	Ottawa University	KCAC	23
285	20th	Phil	Rasmussen	Morningside (Iowa)	GPAC	14