College wrestling: Updated award standings released by NCAA

INDIANAPOLIS – The NCAA has released the updated standings for the 2017 NCAA Wrestling Awards that will be awarded in March at the respective Division I, II and III 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 they must come against opponents in the same division. Ties in the two categories are broken based on the aggregate time.

In Division I, Penn State 149-pounder Zain Retherford keeps the top average with 5.47 team points per match in the race for the Most Dominant Wrestler, while teammate Jason Nolf is at 5.42 points at 157 pounds.

Francis Mizia of Mercyhurst, the 2015 champion for most technical falls, leads the Division II Most Dominant Wrestler standings with an average of 4.89 points at 165 pounds for the lead over Gannon 133-pounder Carmine Ciotti at 4.56.

With the minimum to be ranked this week raised to 17 matches, three-time national champion and the 2016 Division III Most Dominant Wrestler Riley Lefever of Wabash doesn’t meet the minimum so Wartburg heavyweight Lance Evans regains the lead with an average of 5.28 points.

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.

* 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)

This week’s Most Dominant Wrestler standings are calculated with a 17-match minimum against wrestlers from the same division.

Dean and Rider 165-pounder Chad Walsh have 15 falls this season to lead Division I, with Dean holding the tiebreaker with a significant time advantage of 35:20 to 71:19.

Western State 125-pounder Ronald Wardleigh has the lead in Division II with 15 falls to lead Tiffin heavyweight Garrett Gray with 13.

Hunter Harris of Messiah has pulled ahead in Division III with 27 falls this season at 141 pounds, four more than his nearest competitor.

True freshman Jack Mueller of Virginia has led Division I in tech falls all season, but was surpassed by Wisconsin heavyweight Connor Medbery with 11 tech falls, while Mueller and two-time national champion Isaiah Martinez of Illinois each have 10.

Nic Goebel of Findlay has surged to the lead in Division II tech falls with 10 at 157 pounds, three ahead of Martin Ramirez of Adams State and Nicholas Fiegener of California Baptist.

Stephen Jarrell of Johnson & Wales (Rhode Island) has 17 tech falls at 174 pounds to hold a lead of four over Ursinus 149-pounder Alex Kramer.

NCAA STAT LEADERS - MOST DOMINANT
Division I
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Avg. Team Points
1	Zain Retherford	Penn St.	149	5.47
2	Jason Nolf	Penn St.	157	5.42
3	Gabe Dean	Cornell	184	5.39
4	Bo Nickal	Penn St.	184	5.33
5	Seth Gross	South Dakota St.	133	4.69
6	Thomas Gilman	Iowa	125	4.68
7	Isaiah Martinez	Illinois	165	4.64
8	Zahid Valencia	Arizona St.	174	4.59
9	Chad Walsh	Rider	165	4.43
10	Mark Hall	Penn St.	174	4.38
Division II
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Avg. Team Points
1	Francis Mizia	Mercyhurst	165	4.89
2	Carmine Ciotti	Gannon	133	4.56
3	Garrett Gray	Tiffin	285	4.52
4	Tyler Richardson	East Stroudsburg	184	4.41
5	Nic Goebel	Findlay	149	4.35
6	Ronald Wardleigh	Western St.	125	4.27
7	Payton Tawater	Colorado Mesa	157	4.26
8	James Lehman	Wis.-Parkside	197	4.18
9	Chance Helmick	Chadron St.	174	4.18
10	Tyler Reinhart	Pitt.-Johnstown	165	4.12
Division III
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Avg. Team Points
1	Lance Evans	Wartburg	285	5.28
2	Troy Stanich	Stevens	133	4.97
3	Lucas Malmberg	Messiah	125	4.94
4	Devon Carrillo	Wesleyan (CT)	197	4.83
5	Jake Evans	Waynesburg	285	4.81
6	Alec Donovan	Centenary (NJ)	157	4.78
7	Dan Del Gallo	Southern Me.	149	4.72
8	Christoper Chorzepa	Williams	184	4.64
9	James Bethel	SUNY Oneonta	285	4.59
10	Seth Lansberry	Lycoming	149	4.58
10	Zachery Roseberry	Delaware Valley	285	4.58
Most dominant rankings are based off of a minimum of 17 matches

NCAA STAT LEADERS - FALLS
Division I
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Falls	Time
1	Gabe Dean	Cornell	184	15	35:20
2	Chad Walsh	Rider	165	15	71:19
3	Bo Nickal	Penn St.	184	13	39:54
4	Zain Retherford	Penn St.	149	13	42:30
5	Adam Mackie	Lock Haven	174	12	25:52
6	Ross Larson	Oklahoma	285	12	26:29
7	Jason Nolf	Penn St.	157	11	32:33
8	Mark Hall	Penn St.	174	11	36:00
9	Zahid Valencia	Arizona St.	174	10	28:33
10	Seth Gross	South Dakota St.	133	10	33:11
Division II
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Falls	Time
1	Ronald Wardleigh	Western St.	125	15	47:11
2	Garrett Gray	Tiffin	285	13	29:19
3	James Lehman	Wis.-Parkside	197	11	23:52
4	Kevin Barrett	Neb.-Kearney	285	11	32:52
5	Payton Tawater	Colorado Mesa	157	10	17:51
6	Austin Goergen	St. Cloud St.	285	10	19:41
7	Luke Fleming	Findlay	285	9	15:29
8	Bruno Nicoletti	Colorado Mesa	174	9	20:28
9	Andy Welton	Mercyhurst	285	9	22:15
10	Francis Mizia	Mercyhurst	165	9	26:13
Division III
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Falls	Time
1	Hunter Harris	Messiah	141	27	84:32
2	Jake Evans	Waynesburg	285	23	60:44
3	Troy Stanich	Stevens	133	19	62:00
4	DJ Tirelli	Johnson & Wales (RI)	141	17	28:01
5	AJ Kowal	Stevens	197	17	41:54
6	Nathan Barcaskey	Ohio Northern	285	16	80:33
7	James Bethel	SUNY Oneonta	285	15	33:29
8	Corbin Bunsold	Otterbein	184	15	40:08
9	Jamiel Stapelton	Johnson & Wales (RI)	149	15	47:30
10	Dusten Reed	Wartburg	133	14	20:15

NCAA STAT LEADERS - TECH FALLS
Division I
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Tech Falls	Time
1	Connor Medbery	Wisconsin	285	11	51:20
2	Jack Mueller	Virginia	125	10	38:47
3	Isaiah Martinez	Illinois	165	10	53:24
4	Kyle Shoop	Lock Haven	149	9	47:43
5	Thomas Haines	Lock Haven	285	9	54:23
6	Ronald Perry	Lock Haven	141	9	59:09
7	Te`Shan Campbell	Pittsburgh	165	8	34:01
8	TJ Dudley	Nebraska	184	8	37:39
9	Logan Massa	Michigan	165	8	45:46
10	Joshua Rodriguez	North Dakota St.	125	8	47:35
Division II
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Tech Falls	Time
1	Nic Goebel	Findlay	157	10	63:11
2	Martin Ramirez	Adams St.	133	7	25:42
3	Nicholas Fiegener	California Baptist	184	7	26:38
4	Francis Mizia	Mercyhurst	165	6	22:39
5	Jason Buhr	Colorado Mesa	165	6	28:29
6	Jacob Waste	California Baptist	197	6	32:25
7	Cody Law	Pitt.-Johnstown	157	6	33:57
8	Tyler Mies	Newman	149	6	35:21
9	Darren Wynn	McKendree	141	6	39:20
10	Eric Lewandowski	Gannon	157	5	12:53
Division III
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Tech Falls	Time
1	Stephen Jarrell	Johnson & Wales (RI)	165	17	98:11
2	Alex Kramer	Ursinus	149	13	46:49
3	Lucas Malmberg	Messiah	125	12	66:47
4	Jason Lynch	Chicago	197	12	66:57
5	Seth Lansberry	Lycoming	149	10	43:53
6	Zach Wilhelm	Stevens	149	10	59:06
7	Connor Brummett	Wabash	165	10	62:55
8	Ben Swarr	Messiah	174	10	67:47
9	Carlos Fuentez	Wheaton (IL)	125	9	56:02
10	Mason Geary	Wis.-La Crosse	149	8	32:12