Life powers to No. 7 in NAIA rankings; Grand View is No. 1 for 40th straight poll

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Grand View (Iowa) locks down the No. 1 ranking for the 40th-consecutive edition of the NAIA Wrestling Coaches’ Top 20 Poll, the national office announced Wednesday. The next installment of the Coaches’ Poll is slated for December 6.

Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000-01)
• Grand View boasts 11 ranked grapplers en route to 160 total points. The Vikings hold the No. 1 ranking for the 45th time in program history, which is the most for any program dating back to the start of the 2000-01 season
• The last time the Vikings were not ranked No. 1 was on October 17, 2012.
• Josh Wenger at 141 pounds and Grant Henderson at 165 pounds highlight the ranked grapplers for Grand View, as both individuals list atop their respective weight class. Wenger is 6-2 on the young season, while Henderson is 8-1.
• Sawyer Miller of Indiana Tech (125 pounds) and Dalton Bailey of Life (197 pounds) are the only new top-ranked individuals. Bailey spent a number of weeks at No. 1 last season before falling to Grand View’s Evan Hansen in the national championship final. However, the senior avenged that loss last week, downing Hansen 7-4 in the title match at the Grand View Open to retake the top spot.
• No. 16 Southeastern (Fla.) and No. 18 Reinhardt (Ga.) are the newcomers to the poll. Southeastern was ranked multiple times last season, while Reinhardt is garnering its first-ever top 20 mention.
• 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
• For the complete Top 20 calendar, click here.

2017-18 NAIA Wrestling Coaches’ Top 20 Poll – No. 1 (November 15, 2017)

Rank	Previous Rank	School	Total Team Points
1	1	Grand View (Iowa)	160
2	2	Missouri Valley	128
3	6	Indiana Tech	123
4	4	Menlo (Calif.)	118
5	3	Providence (Mont.)	101
6	7	Cumberlands (Ky.)	91
T7	11	Life (Ga.)	90
T7	5	Campbellsville (Ky.)	90
9	10	Williams Baptist (Ark.)	88
10	8	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	83
11	9	Southern Oregon	63
12	17	Montana State-Northern	60
13	15	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	59
14	13	Baker (Kan.)	57
15	12	Morningside (Iowa)	55
16	RV	Southeastern (Fla.)	48
17	T18	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	45
18	RV	Reinhardt (Ga.)	42
19	14	Midland (Neb.)	40
20	16	Concordia (Neb.)	36

Others receiving votes: Eastern Oregon 34; Benedictine (Kan.) 34; Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.) 31; York (Neb.) 30; Oklahoma City 30; Graceland (Iowa) 28; Lyon (Ark.) 28; Northwestern (Iowa) 26; Truett McConnell (Ga.) 25; Missouri Baptist 25; Hastings (Neb.) 22; Bacone (Okla.) 22; Marian (Ind.) 20; Doane (Neb.) 20; Warner Pacific (Ore.) 19; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 19; Cumberland (Tenn.) 17; Ottawa (Kan.) 16; Jamestown (N.D.) 16; Saint Mary (Kan.) 13; William Penn (Iowa) 12; Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) 12; Bethany (Kan.) 9; Kansas Wesleyan 6; Lourdes (Ohio) 6; Brewton-Parker (Ga.) 5; Oklahoma Wesleyan 5; Waldorf (Iowa) 2. 

Individual rankings

25 Pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
125	1st	Sawyer	Miller	Indiana Tech	SAC	136
125	2nd	Dustin	Miller	Lyon College	AMC	135
125	3rd	Keegan	Hessler	Morningside (Iowa)	GPAC	127
125	4th	Chandler	Strand	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	112
125	5th	Hayden	Lee	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	107
125	6th	Olson	Delisca	Southeastern	Mid-South	99
125	7th	Josh	Johnson	Warner Pacific	Cascade	97
125	8th	Sean	Nguyen	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Mid-South	93
125	9th	John	Altieri	William Penn (Iowa)	Heart of America	83
125	10th	Mhar	Caballa	Eastern Oregon University (OR)	Cascade	82
125	11th	Isaac	Wilson	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	66
125	12th	Zane	Baugh	Baker (Kan.)	Heart of America	61
125	13th	Chad	Lampe	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	57
125	14th	Joel	Timmons	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	44
125	15th	Devonte	Upshaw	Truett-McConnell (Ga.)	AAC	38
125	16th	Randy	McCray	Brewton-Parker (GA)	Mid-South	28
125	17th	Josh	Venia	Indiana Tech	SAC	26
125	18th	Robert	Ozuna	York (Neb.)	KCAC	22
125	19th	Triston	Santos	Doane College	GPAC	17
125	20th	Devin	Phaly	Morningside (Iowa)	GPAC	16
133 Pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
133	1st	Jake	Sinkovics	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	140
133	2nd	Blaysen	Terukina	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	130
133	3rd	Erique	Early	Indiana Tech	SAC	126
133	4th	Cartland	Allen	Graceland University	Heart of America	119
133	5th	Michael	Andreano	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	GPAC	107
133	6th	Ethan	Owen	Southeastern	Mid-South	100
133	7th	Tanner	Irwin	Williams Baptist	AMC	97
133	8th	Zachary	Durbin	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	78
133	9th	Brandon	Vela	Bacone (Okla.)	SAC	74
133	10th	Brady	Moser	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	68
133	11th	Collin	Anderson	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	67
133	12th	Giovanni	Castillo	Concordia (Neb.)	GPAC	65
133	13th	David	Berryman	Benedictine College	Heart of America	59
133	14th	Jaitlan	Pitts	Williams Baptist	AMC	51
133	15th	Tyler	Dickman	Baker (Kan.)	Heart of America	49
133	16th	Trevor	Murano	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	41
133	17th	Haidon	Allen	St. Mary (KS)	KCAC	21
133	18th	Blake	McNall	Eastern Oregon University (OR)	Cascade	15
133	19th	Triston	Blansit	Reinhardt University (GA)	AAC	12
133	20th	Aaron	Rugnao	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Mid-South	9
141 Pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
141	1st	Josh	Wenger	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	140
141	2nd	David	Berg	Midland (Neb.)	GPAC	132
141	3rd	Chase	Zemenak	Reinhardt University (GA)	AAC	126
141	4th	Devin	Poppen	Southern Oregon	Cascade	119
141	5th	Jayce	Carr	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Mid-South	107
141	6th	Nathan	Ryan	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	GPAC	97
141	T7th	Matt	Weber	Montana State-Northern	Cascade	93
141	T7th	Austin	Roper	Benedictine College	Heart of America	93
141	9th	Marcelo	Sierra	Lindenwood - Belleville (Ill.)	AMC	85
141	T10th	Sonny	Gulesian	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	GPAC	68
141	T10th	DeMarco	Speller	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	SAC	68
141	12th	Mason	Calvert	Life University	Mid-South	47
141	13th	Gaige	Torres	Indiana Tech	SAC	43
141	14th	AJ	Rockwell	Eastern Oregon University (OR)	Cascade	39
141	15th	Andrew	Ramirez	Southern Oregon	Cascade	37
141	16th	Jared	McKinley	Marian University (IN)	AMC	36
141	17th	Cameron	Huizar	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	26
141	18th	Taylor	Moeder	Kansas Wesleyan	KCAC	21
141	19th	Taylor	Lehman	Waldorf (Iowa)	Heart of America	19
141	20th	David	Salazar	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	18
149 Pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
149	1st	Jaedin	Sklapsky	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Mid-South	140
149	2nd	Thomas	Garty	Indiana Tech	SAC	128
149	3rd	Steven	Garcia	Morningside (Iowa)	GPAC	127
149	4th	Tres	Leon	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	120
149	5th	Nosomy	Pozo	Life University	Mid-South	111
149	6th	Shonn	Roberts	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	107
149	7th	Dante	Preciado	Northwestern (Iowa)	GPAC	97
149	8th	Kenny	Boyd	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	94
149	9th	Terrill	Sidner	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	83
149	10th	Justin	Atkinson	Indiana Tech	SAC	71
149	11th	Chandler	Michael	Southern Oregon	Cascade	64
149	12th	Dominique	Evans	Midland (Neb.)	GPAC	61
149	13th	Kyle	Lee	Williams Baptist	AMC	40
149	14th	Dylan	Chatterton	Southeastern	Mid-South	31
149	15th	Jerod	Booth	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	26
149	16th	Calab	Ashe	Graceland University	Heart of America	25
149	17th	Matt	Landgraff	Oklahoma City	SAC	24
149	18th	Kalvin	Harris	Reinhardt University (GA)	AAC	21
149	19th	Jose	Intrago	Lindenwood - Belleville (Ill.)	AMC	19
149	20th	Shea	Swafford	Graceland University	Heart of America	18
157 Pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
157	1st	Brandon	Weber	Montana State-Northern	Cascade	140
157	2nd	Cam	Tessari	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	133
157	3rd	Tobias	Barnes	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	126
157	4th	Kevin	James	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	105
157	5th	Martin	Phillips	Doane College	GPAC	103
157	6th	James	Williams	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	97
157	7th	Mason	Miller	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	90
157	8th	Chase	Hack	Indiana Tech	SAC	89
157	9th	Hunter	Hodges	Southern Oregon	Cascade	83
157	10th	Kalob	Rahoi	Life University	Mid-South	81
157	11th	Casey	Dobson	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	64
157	12th	Brandon	Lawson-Archuleta	Bethany (Kan.)	KCAC	57
157	13th	Daniel	Rittell	Williams Baptist	AMC	52
157	14th	Austin	Coy	York (Neb.)	KCAC	39
157	15th	Tyler	Wilson	Lourdes University	SAC	32
157	16th	Brandon	Seward	Graceland University	Heart of America	30
157	17th	Chris	Vaughan	Hastings (Neb.)	GPAC	27
157	18th	Drake	Randall	Eastern Oregon University (OR)	Cascade	25
157	19th	Caleb	Mariakis	Reinhardt University (GA)	AAC	21
157	20th	Keanu	Tom	Concordia (Neb.)	GPAC	18
165 Pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
165	1st	Grant	Henderson	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	140
165	2nd	Andrew	Simmons	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	133
165	3rd	Dalton	Tipton	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	125
165	4th	Tristan	Macri	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	117
165	5th	Lucius	Van Rensburg	Life University	Mid-South	111
165	6th	Mitch	Roadruck	Indiana Tech	SAC	101
165	7th	Joseph	Jauregui	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	93
165	8th	Jonathan	Blackwell	Baker (Kan.)	Heart of America	73
165	9th	Josh	Romero	Benedictine College	Heart of America	69
165	10th	Andrew	Bartel	Montana State-Northern	Cascade	66
165	11th	Brok	Williams	Oklahoma City	SAC	62
165	12th	Riley	Jaramillo	St. Mary (KS)	KCAC	58
165	13th	Taylor	Owens	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	47
165	14th	Micah	Miller	Ottawa University	KCAC	45
165	15th	Trezdon	O`Neal	Marian University (IN)	AMC	43
165	16th	Jonathan	Lado	Concordia (Neb.)	GPAC	41
165	17th	Jonathan	Stewart	Williams Baptist	AMC	39
165	18th	Brett	Johnson	Marian University (IN)	AMC	22
165	19th	Connor	Webber	Lyon College	AMC	16
165	T20th	Stephon	Gray	Midland (Neb.)	GPAC	12
165	T20th	Matthew	Cates	Southeastern	Mid-South	12
174 Pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
174	1st	Nicholas	Meck	York (Neb.)	KCAC	139
174	2nd	Dylan	Blackford	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	134
174	3rd	Justin	Brown	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Mid-South	125
174	4th	Anthony	Orozco	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	120
174	5th	Mike	Zupan	Jamestown (N.D.)	GPAC	109
174	6th	Adrian	Lyons-Lopez	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	106
174	7th	Kody	Davis	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	100
174	8th	Colton	Gonzalez	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	83
174	T9th	Randy	Keesler	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	79
174	T9th	Jeremiah	Reed	Hannibal-LaGrange (MO)	AMC	79
174	11th	Joe	Robinson	Lindenwood - Belleville (Ill.)	AMC	67
174	12th	Tyler	Noon	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	56
174	13th	Keion	McVay	Williams Baptist	AMC	50
174	14th	Scott	Sopko	Indiana Tech	SAC	42
174	15th	Brandon	Shuler	Northwestern (Iowa)	GPAC	41
174	16th	Joseph	McAleavey	Bacone (Okla.)	SAC	30
174	17th	Max	Emerson	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	27
174	18th	Nathan	Garcia	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	GPAC	21
174	T19th	LJ	Henderson	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Mid-South	17
174	T19th	Alex	Destra	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	17
184 Pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
184	1st	Charles	Sharon	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Mid-South	140
184	2nd	Josh	Chiles	Williams Baptist	AMC	133
184	3rd	Hunter	Smith	Life University	Mid-South	126
184	4th	Ethan	Leighton	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	116
184	5th	Logan	Moore	Morningside (Iowa)	GPAC	110
184	6th	Jacob	Smith	Baker (Kan.)	Heart of America	100
184	7th	Tristan	Ramberg	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	92
184	8th	Justin	Harbison	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	87
184	T9th	Joshua	Nelsen	Concordia (Neb.)	GPAC	79
184	T9th	Bruce	Valdez	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	79
184	11th	Bryce	Fisher	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	65
184	12th	Chris	Williams	Southeastern	Mid-South	44
184	13th	Zach	Davis	Indiana Tech	SAC	39
184	14th	Alexander	Miller	Lindenwood - Belleville (Ill.)	AMC	37
184	15th	Charlie	Hill	Marian University (IN)	AMC	34
184	T16th	Joe	Dickinson	Warner Pacific	Cascade	26
184	T16th	Antonio	Stewart	Reinhardt University (GA)	AAC	26
184	18th	Tanner	O`Donnell	Kansas Wesleyan	KCAC	25
184	19th	Jacob	Matheson	Truett-McConnell (Ga.)	AAC	24
184	20th	Max	Hane	Southern Oregon	Cascade	23
197 Pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
197	1st	Dalton	Bailey	Life University	Mid-South	140
197	2nd	Evan	Hansen	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	133
197	3rd	Jeremiah	Gerl	Hastings (Neb.)	GPAC	126
197	4th	Tanner	Fischer	Southern Oregon	Cascade	115
197	5th	Donavan	Fouchey	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	107
197	6th	Isaac	Bartel	Montana State-Northern	Cascade	106
197	T7th	John	Hensley	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	95
197	T7th	David	Dow	Baker (Kan.)	Heart of America	95
197	9th	Eric	Deluse	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	82
197	10th	Andrew	Mahone	Missouri Baptist University	AMC	75
197	11th	Eric	Fan	Eastern Oregon University (OR)	Cascade	65
197	12th	Alexander	Reimers	Concordia (Neb.)	GPAC	55
197	13th	Elias	Mason	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	53
197	14th	Jacob	Hill	Lyon College	AMC	36
197	15th	Nicholas	Null	Northwestern (Iowa)	GPAC	35
197	16th	Jovani	Virgen	Bacone (Okla.)	SAC	29
197	17th	De`Andre	Jones	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Mid-South	28
197	18th	Austin	Brown	Reinhardt University (GA)	AAC	26
197	19th	Chandler	Knight	Doane College	GPAC	24
197	20th	Riley	Williams	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	SAC	17
285 Pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
285	1st	Demetrius	Thomas	Williams Baptist	AMC	140
285	2nd	Dean	Broghammer	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	133
285	3rd	Javier	Gonzalez	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	126
285	4th	Jeff	Chandler	Truett-McConnell (Ga.)	AAC	117
285	5th	Bryson	McGowan	Oklahoma City	SAC	112
285	6th	Jesse	Gomez	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	102
285	7th	Cory	Flemming	Missouri Baptist University	AMC	100
285	8th	Nate	Jackson	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Mid-South	91
285	9th	Mathew	Hopkins	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	74
285	10th	Aaron	Rafalko	Midland (Neb.)	GPAC	68
285	11th	Cooper	Thomas	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	66
285	12th	Richard	Schooler	Ottawa University	KCAC	47
285	13th	Brandon	Reed	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	45
285	14th	Vernon	Willis	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	SAC	35
285	15th	Hinton	Bolinger	Reinhardt University (GA)	AAC	32
285	T16th	Kyler	Childers	Oklahoma Wesleyan	KCAC	30
285	T16th	Quandre	Chisolm	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	30
285	18th	Johnathon	Hill	Reinhardt University (GA)	AAC	28
285	19th	Phil	Rasmussen	Morningside (Iowa)	GPAC	24
285	20th	Aris	Knight	Southeastern	Mid-South	22