Grand View and Indiana Tech remain Top Two in newest NAIA Coaches Poll

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Locking down the No. 1 ranking for yet another week in the NAIA Wrestling Coaches’ Top 20 Poll, Grand View (Iowa) has now held the top spot for 36-straight installments, the national office announced Wednesday. The Vikings claimed 188 points in the fourth regular-season installment. The fifth edition is scheduled for release on Wednesday, Feb. 8.

Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000-01)
• For the 41st time in program history, which is the most for any institution since the start of the 2000-01 season, Grand View (Iowa) maintains the No. 1 spot in the NAIA Wrestling Coaches’ Top 20 Poll. The Vikings, hoping for their sixth-straight national title, have held the mark in 36-straight installments.

• The last time Grand View was not ranked No. 1 was on Oct. 17, 2012.

• The Vikings boast 12 ranked grapplers, with 11 falling in the top six of their weight classes.

• Four of the 10 weight classes are led by individuals from Grand View – Jacob Colon (133 pounds), Grant Henderson (165 pounds), Lawton Benna (174 pounds) and Dean Broghammer (285 pounds).

• All four Vikings remain at the top of their weight classes for another week as Grand View traveled to the NWCA Duals in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where it earned first-place out of 16 programs. Colon took a 13-0 major decision over Indiana Tech’s Mitch Pawlak to win the 133 pound class. Henderson and Broghammer also won by major decisions with a 12-0 MJ for Henderson over Indiana Tech’s John Weldon, and an 11-0 MJ victory was taken by Broghammer in the 285 pound class over Oscar Martinez of Indiana Tech.

• Colon is the defending national champion in his weight class and has only two losses on the year coming to NCAA Division I grapplers. The Vikings travel to Marshall, Mo., for the Missouri Valley Invitational Jan. 20 for their next competition.

• Four of the remaining individual leaders remained in control of their weight classes – Tyler Fraley, William Baptist (Ark.) (141 pounds), Victor Hughes, Baker (Kan.) (149 pounds), Cam Tessari, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (157 pounds) and Dalton Bailey, Life (Ga.) (197 pounds). Hugo Perez of Midland (Neb.) took over the 125 pounds class from his previous ranking of No. 2, while Charles Sharon of Campbellsville (Ky.) moved up from No. 3 in the 184-pound class.

• For the third-straight installment, Indiana Tech comes in at No. 2. Bringing in 10-ranked athletes, the Warriors are 11-4 on the year. Senior Mitch Pawlak leads his team with a No. 2 ranking in 133 pounds, the highest individual ranking for any Warrior. In taking on then-No. 11 Concordia (Neb.), Pawlek helped his team to a win with three-straight falls.

• The rest of the top five saw adjustments this edition as Montana State-Northern slid up two spots to No. 3, No. 4 Campbellsville (Ky.) making a large jump forward nine spots, and Great Falls (Mont.) rounding out the group at No. 5 after a four-place move forward.
• No. 20 Northwestern (Iowa) is the lone newcomer to the Top 20. The Raiders are led by Andras Lukacs-Farkas, who is currently ranked No. 4 in 174 pounds. The Hungary native is coming off a 15-5 major decision over Doane’s Kyle Hoffman.

• Since 2001, only Grand View (2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16), former members Notre Dame (Ohio) (2010-11) and Lindenwood (Mo.) (2006-07) have spent the entire season ranked No. 1.

2016-17 NAIA Wrestling Coaches’ Top 20 Poll – No. 4 (January 18, 2017)

Rank	Previous Rank	School	Total Team Points
1	1	Grand View (Iowa)	188
2	2	Indiana Tech	71
3	5	Montana State-Northern	65
4	13	Campbellsville (Ky.)	61
5	9	Great Falls (Mont.)	56
6	4	Menlo (Calif.)	54
7	14	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	53
8	6	Oklahoma City	49
T9	3	Williams Baptist (Ark.)	46
T9	7	Southern Oregon	46
T11	11	Concordia (Neb.)	45.5
T11	16	Life (Ga.)	45.5
13	11	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	43
14	15	Cumberlands (Ky.)	40
15	9	Midland (Neb.)	38
16	19	Southeastern (Fla.)	33.5
17	18	Morningside (Iowa)	31.5
18	17	Cumberland (Tenn.)	28.5
19	8	Missouri Valley	26.5
20	RV	Northwestern (Iowa)	26

Dropped from the Top 20: York (Neb.) (20)

Others receiving votes: Baker (Kan.) 25.5; Warner Pacific (Ore.) 24.5; Dickinson State (N.D.) 23; York (Neb.) 22.5; Eastern Oregon 18.5; Brewton –Parker (Ga.) 18; Briar Cliff (Iowa) 18; Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 18; Benedictine (Kan.) 11.5; Hastings (Neb.) 9.5; Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.) 7; Bacone (Okla.) 4; Doane (Neb.) 4; Simpson (Calif.) 3; Calumet (Ind.) 2.5; Lyon (Ark.) 2; Bethany (Kan.) 1.5

125

Rank	First Name	Last Name	School	Total Points	Group
1st	Hugo	Perez	Midland (Neb.)	104	GPAC; North (NAIA)
2nd	Adrian	Camposano	Campbellsville (Ky.)	103	East (NAIA)
3rd	Matthew	Nguyen	Eastern Oregon University (OR)	98	West (NAIA)
4th	Da`Wayne	Robertson	Grand View (Iowa)	91	Central (NAIA)
5th	Troy	Lakin	Menlo (Calif.)	70	West (NAIA)
6th	Devane	Dodgens	Life University	49.5	East (NAIA)
7th	Giovanni	Castillo	Concordia (Neb.)	47	GPAC; North (NAIA)
8th	Oscar	Marin	York (Neb.)	42	South (NAIA)
9th	Chandler	Strand	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	35	West (NAIA)
10th	Sawyer	Miller	Indiana Tech	23	Midwest (NAIA)
11th	Keegan	Hessler	Morningside (Iowa)	19.5	GPAC; North (NAIA)
12th	Joshua	Johnson	Warner Pacific	19	West (NAIA)
13th	Mhar	Caballa	Eastern Oregon University (OR)	15.5	West (NAIA)
14th	Zane	Baugh	Baker (Kan.)	13.5	Central (NAIA)
15th	Mason	Naifeh	Oklahoma City	10	South (NAIA)
16th	Isaac	Wilson	Great Falls (Mont.)	9	West (NAIA)
133
Rank	First Name	Last Name	School	Total Points	Group
1st	Jacob	Colon	Grand View (Iowa)	120	Central (NAIA)
2nd	Mitch	Pawlak	Indiana Tech	103	Midwest (NAIA)
3rd	Hunter	Genco	Grand View (Iowa)	96	Central (NAIA)
4th	Brian	Ha	Menlo (Calif.)	83	West (NAIA)
5th	Sammy	Rosario	Cumberland (Tenn.)	70	East (NAIA)
6th	Jake	Sinkovics	Cumberlands (Ky.)	58	East (NAIA)
7th	Michael	Andreano	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	48.5	GPAC; North (NAIA)
8th	David	Berg	Midland (Neb.)	39	GPAC; North (NAIA)
9th	Kodie	Cole	Concordia (Neb.)	69	GPAC; North (NAIA)
10th	Blaysen	Terukina	Menlo (Calif.)	21.5	West (NAIA)
11th	Erique	Early	Indiana Tech	20	Midwest (NAIA)
12th	Vincente	Hernandez	Simpson (Calif.)	17.5	West (NAIA)
13th	Gresh	Jones	Dickinson State (N.D.)	13.5	Central (NAIA)
14th	Tanner	Irwin	Williams Baptist	12.5	Midwest (NAIA)
15th	Ty	Kolterman	Bethany (Kan.)	10.5	South (NAIA)
16th	Zachary	Durbin	Missouri Valley	6	Central (NAIA)
141
Rank	First Name	Last Name	School	Total Points	Group
1st	Tyler	Fraley	Williams Baptist	118	Midwest (NAIA)
2nd	Josh	Wenger	Grand View (Iowa)	110	Central (NAIA)
3rd	Steele	Escobedo	Menlo (Calif.)	93	West (NAIA)
4th	Shonn	Roberts	Great Falls (Mont.)	77	West (NAIA)
5th	Tres	Leon	Cumberlands (Ky.)	64	East (NAIA)
6th	Matt	Weber	Montana State-Northern	59.5	West (NAIA)
7th	Sonny	Gulesian	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	40	GPAC; North (NAIA)
8th	dillon	scanlon	Benedictine College	36	Central (NAIA)
9th	Marcelo	Sierra	Lindenwood - Belleville (Ill.)	30	Midwest (NAIA)
10th	Devin	Poppen	Southern Oregon	25	West (NAIA)
11th	Matthew	Miller	Indiana Tech	21.5	Midwest (NAIA)
12th	Brandon	Weber	Cumberland (Tenn.)	19.5	East (NAIA)
13th	Jayce	Carr	Campbellsville (Ky.)	18.5	East (NAIA)
14th	Dante	Preciado	Northwestern (Iowa)	11.5	GPAC; North (NAIA)
15th	Christian	Mesa	Hastings (Neb.)	10	GPAC; North (NAIA)
16th	Justine	Acuff	Southern Oregon	9	West (NAIA)
149
Rank	First Name	Last Name	School	Total Points	Group
1st	Victor	Hughes	Baker (Kan.)	120	Central (NAIA)
2nd	Tyler	Cowger	Southern Oregon	108	West (NAIA)
3rd	Jaedin	sklapsky	Campbellsville (Ky.)	82	East (NAIA)
4th	Steven	Garcia	Morningside (Iowa)	75.5	GPAC; North (NAIA)
5th	Daniel	Leonard	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	65	East (NAIA)
6th	Justin	Atkinson	Indiana Tech	60	Midwest (NAIA)
7th	Scottie	Bonds	Midland (Neb.)	55	GPAC; North (NAIA)
8th	Anton	King	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	35	West (NAIA)
9th	Hunter	Bell	Cumberlands (Ky.)	33	East (NAIA)
10th	Thomas	Garty	Indiana Tech	32.5	Midwest (NAIA)
11th	Adrian	Hughes	Southeastern	20.5	East (NAIA)
12th	Chris	Vaughan	Hastings (Neb.)	14	GPAC; North (NAIA)
13th	Dallas	Brown	Life University	14	East (NAIA)
14th	Chase	Krutzky	Missouri Valley	10	Central (NAIA)
15th	Patrick	Grigsby	Williams Baptist	9	Midwest (NAIA)
16th	Kenny	Boyd	Missouri Valley	8	Central (NAIA)
157
Rank	First Name	Last Name	School	Total Points	Group
1st	Cam	Tessari	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	120	East (NAIA)
2nd	Nathen	Pristavec	Brewton-Parker (GA)	108	GPAC; East (NAIA)
3rd	Hunter	Hodges	Southern Oregon	84	West (NAIA)
4th	Tyler	Lashbrook	Morningside (Iowa)	84	GPAC; North (NAIA)
5th	Brandon	Weber	Montana State-Northern	66	West (NAIA)
6th	Sean	Elkins	Dickinson State (N.D.)	51.5	Central (NAIA)
7th	Giovanny	Bonilla	Southeastern	41.5	East (NAIA)
8th	Zach	Revier	Williams Baptist	39.5	Midwest (NAIA)
9th	Nate	Croley	Cumberland (Tenn.)	36	East (NAIA)
10th	Martin	Phillips	Doane College	27.5	GPAC; North (NAIA)
11th	Kristian	Holguin-Mendez	Oklahoma City	45	South (NAIA)
12th	James	Williams	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	22	West (NAIA)
13th	Tobias	Barnes	Missouri Valley	16.5	Central (NAIA)
14th	Tristan	Macri	Cumberlands (Ky.)	8	East (NAIA)
15th	Tyler	Mann	Benedictine College	7.5	Central (NAIA)
16th	Chandler	Michael	Southern Oregon	5	West (NAIA)
165
Rank	First Name	Last Name	School	Total Points	Group
1st	Grant	Henderson	Grand View (Iowa)	120	Central (NAIA)
2nd	Blake	Cooper	Warner Pacific	101	West (NAIA)
3rd	John	Weldon	Indiana Tech	87	Midwest (NAIA)
4th	Khaldoon	Rashid	Great Falls (Mont.)	85	West (NAIA)
5th	Tim	Dinsdale	Southeastern	71	East (NAIA)
6th	Andrew	Simmons	Missouri Valley	66	Central (NAIA)
7th	Dalton	Tipton	Missouri Valley	46	Central (NAIA)
8th	Andrew	Bartel	Montana State-Northern	41	West (NAIA)
9th	Diorian	Coleman	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	32.5	East (NAIA)
10th	Zachary	Mitchell	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	22	South (NAIA)
11th	Austin	Coy	York (Neb.)	18	South (NAIA)
12th	Anthony	Orozco	Benedictine College	17.5	Central (NAIA)
13th	Austin	Moyer	Hastings (Neb.)	11.5	GPAC; North (NAIA)
14th	Connor	Webber	Lyon College	9.5	Midwest (NAIA)
15th	Sam	Goings	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	9	West (NAIA)
16th	Zach	Davis	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	4.5	GPAC; North (NAIA)
174
Rank	First Name	Last Name	School	Total Points	Group
1st	Lawton	Benna	Grand View (Iowa)	120	Central (NAIA)
2nd	Jose	Alvarez	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	108	South (NAIA)
3rd	Ricky	McCarty	Oklahoma City	96	South (NAIA)
4th	Andras	Lukacs-Farkas	Northwestern (Iowa)	78	GPAC; North (NAIA)
5th	Nicholas	Meck	York (Neb.)	72	South (NAIA)
6th	Zach	Colgan	Southeastern	48	East (NAIA)
7th	Randy	Keesler	Great Falls (Mont.)	46.5	West (NAIA)
8th	Dylan	Blackford	Grand View (Iowa)	40	Central (NAIA)
9th	Colton	Gonzalez	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	27	East (NAIA)
10th	Antonio	Rodriguez	Indiana Tech	22	Midwest (NAIA)
11th	Jeffrey	Haley	Williams Baptist	19.5	Midwest (NAIA)
12th	justin	brown	Campbellsville (Ky.)	17.5	East (NAIA)
13th	Keion	McVay	Williams Baptist	14	Midwest (NAIA)
14th	Brenn	Schiess	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	14	West (NAIA)
15th	Billy	Thompson	Hastings (Neb.)	9	GPAC; North (NAIA)
16th	Orlando	Nawade	Cumberland (Tenn.)	8.5	East (NAIA)
184
Rank	First Name	Last Name	School	Total Points	Group
1st	charles	sharon	Campbellsville (Ky.)	114	East (NAIA)
2nd	Ben	Stroh	Montana State-Northern	110	West (NAIA)
3rd	Michael	Pixley	Grand View (Iowa)	100	Central (NAIA)
4th	Michael	Naiper	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	62	South (NAIA)
5th	Matt	Walker	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	53	East (NAIA)
6th	Derek	Sivertsen	Oklahoma City	51.5	South (NAIA)
7th	Kyle	Delaune	Cumberland (Tenn.)	48.5	East (NAIA)
8th	Jon	Solano	Dickinson State (N.D.)	34	Central (NAIA)
9th	Tyler	Noon	Menlo (Calif.)	29.5	West (NAIA)
10th	Dillon	Francisco	Indiana Tech	25.5	Midwest (NAIA)
11th	Lane	Oversen	Dickinson State (N.D.)	22	Central (NAIA)
12th	Nicholas	Null	Northwestern (Iowa)	21.5	GPAC; North (NAIA)
13th	Josh	Chiles	Williams Baptist	18.5	Midwest (NAIA)
14th	Logan	Moore	Morningside (Iowa)	17.5	GPAC; North (NAIA)
15th	Max	Hane	Southern Oregon	12.5	West (NAIA)
16th	Sam	Voigtlaender	Great Falls (Mont.)	8.5	West (NAIA)
197
Rank	First Name	Last Name	School	Total Points	Group
1st	Dalton	Bailey	Life University	120	East (NAIA)
2nd	Ken	Burkhardt Jr	Concordia (Neb.)	108	GPAC; North (NAIA)
3rd	Evan	Hansen	Grand View (Iowa)	93	Central (NAIA)
4th	John	Hensley	Great Falls (Mont.)	77	West (NAIA)
5th	Johnathen	Dennis	Grand View (Iowa)	70	Central (NAIA)
6th	Ramsey	Bloy	Cumberlands (Ky.)	66	East (NAIA)
7th	Riley	Williams	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	35	South (NAIA)
8th	Mathew	Hopkins	Great Falls (Mont.)	33.5	West (NAIA)
9th	Tanner	Fischer	Southern Oregon	30.5	West (NAIA)
10th	Oscar	Martinez	Indiana Tech	20	Midwest (NAIA)
11th	David	Dow	Baker (Kan.)	19.5	Central (NAIA)
12th	Alexander	Reimers	Concordia (Neb.)	18.5	GPAC; North (NAIA)
13th	Darius	Lewis	Lindenwood - Belleville (Ill.)	17	Midwest (NAIA)
14th	Evan	Hudson	Oklahoma City	16	South (NAIA)
15th	Eric	Deluse	Cumberlands (Ky.)	14	East (NAIA)
16th	Jeremiah	Gerl	Hastings (Neb.)	11	GPAC; North (NAIA)
285
Rank	First Name	Last Name	School	Total Points	Group
1st	Dean	Broghammer	Grand View (Iowa)	120	Central (NAIA)
2nd	Taylor	Kornoely	Montana State-Northern	108	West (NAIA)
3rd	Korey	Walker	Oklahoma City	84	South (NAIA)
4th	Jacob	Roza	Life University	80	East (NAIA)
5th	Ceron	Francisco	Concordia (Neb.)	76	GPAC; North (NAIA)
6th	Jacob	Laden	Grand View (Iowa)	54	Central (NAIA)
7th	Randall	Null	Northwestern (Iowa)	53	GPAC; North (NAIA)
8th	Demetrius	Thomas	Williams Baptist	38.5	Midwest (NAIA)
9th	Javier	Gonzalez	Menlo (Calif.)	37	West (NAIA)
10th	Fernando	Herrera	Bacone (Okla.)	22	South (NAIA)
11th	Stephen	Wilbert	Warner Pacific	21.5	West (NAIA)
12th	James	Jones	Midland (Neb.)	19	GPAC; North (NAIA)
13th	Scott	Pitrowski	Calumet (Ind.)	13	Midwest (NAIA)
14th	Justin	Smith	Missouri Valley	9	Central (NAIA)
15th	Terrell	Moore	Campbellsville (Ky.)	8	East (NAIA)
16th	Brian	Ervin	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	4.5	GPAC; North (NAIA)