Grand View continues No. 1 run, Lindsey Wilson jumps to No. 5 in final regular season NAIA Coaches Poll

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the 44th-straight time, Grand View (Iowa) holds the No. 1 ranking in the NAIA Wrestling Coaches’ Top 20 Poll, the national office announced Wednesday. This installment marks the final rating for the 2017-18 season.

The postseason edition will be released on March 9.

Top 20 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000-01)
• Grand View (Iowa), which is in the No. 1 spot for the 48th time in program history, garnered 197 points via 12 ranked wrestlers.
• Five Vikings are listed atop their respective weight class – Josh Wenger (141 pounds), Grant Henderson (165 pounds), Lawton Benna (174 pounds), Evan Hansen (197 pounds) and Dean Broghammer (285 pounds).
• Only one of the ranked Grand View grapplers is listed outside of the top 10.
• Wenger and Cam Tessari (149 pounds) each slid down a weight class since the January 17 edition, however, both individuals held the No. 1 ranking.
• Nosomy Pozo of Life (Ga.) is the lone new top-ranked individual at 157 pounds. The senior is 20-1 on the season with his only loss being a 9-7 decision against Wenger.
• No. 16 Hastings (Neb.), No. 17 Northwestern (Iowa) and No. 19 Cumberland (Tenn.) are the three newcomers to the Top 20.
• 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.

2017-18 NAIA Wrestling Coaches’ Top 20 Poll – No. 4 (January 17, 2018)

Rank	Previous Rank	School	Total Team Points
1	1	Grand View (Iowa)	197
2	2	Missouri Valley	157
3	3	Williams Baptist (Ark.)	132
4	4	Cumberlands (Ky.)	126
5	9	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	104
6	7	Providence (Mont.)	98
7	10	Menlo (Calif.)	92
8	5	Indiana Tech	84
9	6	Life (Ga.)	80
10	11	Southern Oregon	75
11	16	Midland (Neb.)	74
12	T12	Campbellsville (Ky.)	72
13	T12	Montana State-Northern	67
14	8	Southeastern (Fla.)	65
15	T14	Baker (Kan.)	55
16	RV	Hastings (Neb.)	47
17	RV	Northwestern (Iowa)	45
18	T14	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	38
T19	18	Morningside (Iowa)	37
T19	RV	Cumberland (Tenn.)	37

Others receiving votes: Reinhardt (Ga.) 36; Eastern Oregon 33; Oklahoma City 32; Dickinson State (N.D.) 28; Concordia (Neb.) 25; Benedictine (Kan.) 24; Doane (Neb.) 22; Warner Pacific (Ore.) 20; Waldorf (Iowa) 17; William Penn (Iowa) 16; Lyon (Ark.) 15; Bethany (Kan.) 15; Graceland (Iowa) 14; Marian (Ind.) 13; Saint Mary (Kan.) 12; York (Neb.) 12; Briar Cliff (Iowa) 11; Kansas Wesleyan 11; Missouri Baptist 11; Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.) 8; Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.); St. Andrews (N.C.) 7; Brewton-Parker (Ga.) 6; Lourdes (Ohio) 6; Bacone (Okla.) 6; Calumet (Ind.) 5; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 5; Jamestown (N.D.) 4; Allen (S.C.) 3; Ottawa (Kan.) 2. 

125 Pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
125	1st	Hayden	Lee	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	160
125	2nd	Mikel	Perales	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	152
125	3rd	Jacob	Seto	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	144
125	4th	Matthew	Nguyen	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	135
125	5th	Olson	Delisca	Southeastern	Mid-South	120
125	6th	Dustin	Miller	Lyon College	AMC	115
125	7th	Sawyer	Miller	Indiana Tech	SAC	112
125	8th	Koby	Milner	Reinhardt University (GA)	AAC	109
125	9th	Justin	Portillo	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	92
125	10th	Khaleel	Johnson	Williams Baptist	AMC	90
125	11th	Julian	Gaytan	Midland (Neb.)	GPAC	83
125	12th	Keegan	Hessler	Morningside (Iowa)	GPAC	79
125	13th	Nick	Kunz	Montana State-Northern	Cascade	62
125	14th	Chandler	Strand	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	48
125	15th	Chad	Lampe	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	43
125	16th	Lucas	Nelson	Brewton-Parker (GA)	Mid-South	28
125	17th		Caballa	Eastern Oregon University (OR)	Cascade	24
125	18th	Mathew Edward	Hruby	Dickinson State (N.D.)	Heart of America	17
125	19th	John	Altieri	William Penn (Iowa)	Heart of America	13
125	20th	Josh	Johnson	Warner Pacific	Cascade	11
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	Giovanni	Castillo	Concordia (Neb.)	GPAC	133
133	4th	Taylor	Lehman	Waldorf (Iowa)	Heart of America	131
133	5th	Gresh	Jones	Dickinson State (N.D.)	Heart of America	116
133	6th	Trevor	Murano	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	115
133	7th	Cartland	Allen	Graceland University	Heart of America	112
133	8th	Tanner	Irwin	Williams Baptist	AMC	105
133	9th	Haidon	Allen	St. Mary (KS)	KCAC	97
133	10th	Brady	Moser	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	85
133	11th	Ian	Morken	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	83
133	12th	Ethan	Owen	Southeastern	Mid-South	71
133	13th	Trey	Edwards	Bethany (Kan.)	KCAC	69
133	14th		Pitts	Williams Baptist	AMC	50
133	15th	Jacob	Hergott	Northwestern (Iowa)	GPAC	39
133	16th	Isaac	Wilson	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	37
133	17th	Brandon	Vela	Bacone (Okla.)	SAC	34
133	T18th	Randy	McCary	Allen University	AAC	19
133	19th	Matt	Peterson	Southern Oregon	Cascade	19
133	T20th	Dusten	Reed	Morningside (Iowa)	GPAC	14
133	T20th	Blake	McNall	Eastern Oregon University (OR)	Cascade	14
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	Tyler	Fraley	Williams Baptist	AMC	150
141	3rd	Jaedin		Campbellsville (Ky.)	Mid-South	146
141	4th	Devin	Poppen	Southern Oregon	Cascade	133
141	5th	Matt	Weber	Montana State-Northern	Cascade	117
141	6th	John	Bindner	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	112
141	7th	David	Berg	Midland (Neb.)	GPAC	111
141	8th	Mason	Calvert	Life University	Mid-South	107
141	9th	Gaige	Torres	Indiana Tech	SAC	98
141	T10th	Taylor	Moeder	Kansas Wesleyan	KCAC	85
141	T10th	Jayce	Carr	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Mid-South	85
141	12th	Austin	Meyn	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Mid-South	60
141	13th	Kalvin	Harris	Reinhardt University (GA)	AAC	51
141	14th	Jake	Watters	Southeastern	Mid-South	45
141	15th	Alex	Gomez	Benedictine College	Heart of America	38
141	T16th	Andrew	Ramirez	Southern Oregon	Cascade	37
141	T16th	Trent	Leon	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	37
141	18th	Nathan	Ryan	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	GPAC	31
141	19th	Cameron	Huizar	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	25
141	20th	Albert	Landeros	Hastings (Neb.)	GPAC	15
149 Pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
149	1st	Cam	Tessari	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	159
149	2nd	Tres	Leon	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	153
149	3rd	Shonn	Roberts	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	144
149	4th	Steven	Garcia	Morningside (Iowa)	GPAC	136
149	5th	Devin	Reynolds	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	125
149	6th	Matt	Landgraff	Oklahoma City	SAC	120
149	7th	Chandler	Michael	Southern Oregon	Cascade	111
149	8th	Jake	Wilson	Midland (Neb.)	GPAC	98
149	9th	Austin	Roper	Benedictine College	Heart of America	96
149	10th	Kyle	Lee	Williams Baptist	AMC	87
149	11th	Richard	Pocock	Hastings (Neb.)	GPAC	67
149	12th	Dante	Preciado	Northwestern (Iowa)	GPAC	64
149	13th	Justin	Atkinson	Indiana Tech	SAC	57
149	14th	Kyle	Kirkham	Southeastern	Mid-South	50
149	15th	Michael	Diemer	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Mid-South	35
149	16th	Terrill	Sidner	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	33
149	17th	Keenan	Graef	Benedictine College	Heart of America	24
149	18th	Brandon	Aragon	Jamestown (N.D.)	GPAC	23
149	19th	Colby	Johnson	Baker (Kan.)	Heart of America	21
149	20th	Jeffrey	Uyesaka	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	18
157 Pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
157	1st	Nosomy	Pozo	Life University	Mid-South	155
157	2nd	Drake	Randall	Eastern Oregon University (OR)	Cascade	147
157	3rd	Hunter	Hodges	Southern Oregon	Cascade	132
157	4th	Jahwon	Akui	Midland (Neb.)	GPAC	131
157	5th	Nicholas	Drendel	Williams Baptist	AMC	125
157	6th	James	Williams	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	115
157	7th	Chris	Vaughan	Hastings (Neb.)	GPAC	111
157	8th	Brandon	Weber	Montana State-Northern	Cascade	108
157	9th	Tobias	Barnes	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	106
157	10th	Kenny	Boyd	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	82
157	11th	Casey	Dobson	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	73
157	12th	Thomas	Garty	Indiana Tech	SAC	60
157	13th	Mason	Miller	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	59
157	14th	Denver	Stonecheck	Life University	Mid-South	47
157	15th	Patrick	Grigsby	Williams Baptist	AMC	46
157	16th	Stephon	Gray	Midland (Neb.)	GPAC	44
157	17th	Wyatt	Gerl	Hastings (Neb.)	GPAC	41
157	18th	Bryce	Hoffman	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	20
157	19th	Shota	Sisco	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Mid-South	19
157	20th	Taner	Stone	Dickinson State (N.D.)	Heart of America	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	Blake	Cooper	Warner Pacific	Cascade	152
165	3rd		Coleman	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	144
165	4th	Andrew	Simmons	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	136
165	5th	Brett	Bradford	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	127
165	6th	Andrew	Bartel	Montana State-Northern	Cascade	115
165	7th	Andrew	Null	Northwestern (Iowa)	GPAC	100
165	8th	Angel	del Cueto	Southeastern	Mid-South	99
165	9th	Mitch	Roadruck	Indiana Tech	SAC	98
165	10th	Dalton	Tipton	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	88
165	11th	Tristan	Macri	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	79
165	12th	Brett	Johnson	Marian University (IN)	AMC	58
165	13th	Chris	Paulsen	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	GPAC	56
165	14th	Jordon	Ward	Bethany (Kan.)	KCAC	55
165	15th	Chase	Vincent	Oklahoma City	SAC	40
165	16th	Matthew	Cates	Southeastern	Mid-South	31
165	17th	Trezdon	O`Neal	Marian University (IN)	AMC	30
165	18th	Dominique	Evans	Midland (Neb.)	GPAC	26
165	19th	Josh	Romero	Benedictine College	Heart of America	23
165	20th	Taylor	Owens	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	21
174 Pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
174	1st	Lawton	Benna	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	159
174	2nd	Lucas	Lovvorn	Baker (Kan.)	Heart of America	146
174	3rd		brown	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Mid-South	135
174	4th	Adrian	Lyons-Lopez	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	132
174	5th	Cody	Carson	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	128
174	6th	Anthony	Orozco	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	125
174	7th	Dylan	Blackford	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	120
174	8th	Colton	Gonzalez	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	108
174	9th	Keion	McVay	Williams Baptist	AMC	88
174	10th	Hunter	Bell	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	81
174	11th	Scott	Sopko	Indiana Tech	SAC	70
174	12th	Brandon	Shuler	Northwestern (Iowa)	GPAC	67
174	13th	Michael	Carew	Reinhardt University (GA)	AAC	64
174	14th	Kody	Davis	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	51
174	15th	Jeremiah	Reed	Hannibal-LaGrange (MO)	AMC	46
174	16th	Alex	Destra	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	44
174	17th	Deandre	Chery	Concordia (Neb.)	GPAC	31
174	18th	Jake	Mattson	Missouri Baptist University	AMC	28
174	19th	Joseph	McAleavey	Bacone (Okla.)	SAC	21
174	T20th	Brooks	Climmons	Brewton-Parker (GA)	Mid-South	15
174	T20th	Mike	Zupan	Jamestown (N.D.)	GPAC	15
184 Pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
184	1st	Cameron	Jones	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	159
184	2nd			Campbellsville (Ky.)	Mid-South	150
184	3rd	Josh	Chiles	Williams Baptist	AMC	147
184	4th	Jacob	Smith	Baker (Kan.)	Heart of America	136
184	5th	Zach	Linton	Doane College	GPAC	125
184	6th	Artie	Bess	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	120
184	7th	Randy	Keesler	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	112
184	8th	Hunter	Smith	Life University	Mid-South	102
184	9th	Tyler	Webley	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	94
184	10th	Tristan	Ramberg	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	87
184	11th	Logan	Moore	Morningside (Iowa)	GPAC	83
184	12th	Tyler	Noon	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	56
184	13th	Joe	Robinson	Lindenwood - Belleville (Ill.)	AMC	48
184	14th			Reinhardt University (GA)	AAC	47
184	15th	Chris	Williams	Southeastern	Mid-South	44
184	16th	Dylan	Bollinger	Missouri Baptist University	AMC	43
184	17th	Bruce	Valdez	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	39
184	18th	Joshua	Nelsen	Concordia (Neb.)	GPAC	26
184	19th	Jason	Davis	Southeastern	Mid-South	22
184	20th	John	Olivieri	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Mid-South	15
197 Pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
197	1st	Evan	Hansen	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	160
197	2nd	Dalton	Bailey	Life University	Mid-South	152
197	3rd	Tanner	Fischer	Southern Oregon	Cascade	141
197	4th	David	Dow	Baker (Kan.)	Heart of America	138
197	5th	Donavan	Fouchey	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	129
197	6th	Isaac	Bartel	Montana State-Northern	Cascade	118
197	7th	Jovan	Villalobos	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	94
197	8th	John	Hensley	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	91
197	T9th	De`Andre	Jones	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Mid-South	84
197	T9th	Jack	Murphy	York (Neb.)	KCAC	84
197	11th	Eric		Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	75
197	12th	Eric	Fan	Eastern Oregon University (OR)	Cascade	73
197	13th	Terry	Martin	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	65
197	14th	Nicholas	Null	Northwestern (Iowa)	GPAC	63
197	15th	Chandler	Knight	Doane College	GPAC	43
197	16th	Riley	Williams	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	SAC	37
197	17th	Dialo	Matsimela	Life University	Mid-South	34
197	T18th	Elias	Mason	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	32
197	T18th	Andrew	Mahone	Missouri Baptist University	AMC	32
197	20th	Corey	Hinkle	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	22
285 Pounds
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League	Total Points
285	1st	Dean	Broghammer	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America	159
285	2nd	Demetrius	Thomas	Williams Baptist	AMC	153
285	3rd	Jeremiah	Gerl	Hastings (Neb.)	GPAC	144
285	4th	Jesse	Gomez	Missouri Valley	Heart of America	135
285	5th	Brandon	Reed	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	121
285	6th	Javier	Gonzalez	Menlo (Calif.)	Cascade	104
285	7th	Max	Lewis	William Penn (Iowa)	Heart of America	103
285	8th	Jon	Floyd	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Mid-South	101
285	9th	Aaron	Rafalko	Midland (Neb.)	GPAC	87
285	T10th	Bryson	McGowan	Oklahoma City	SAC	79
285	T10th	Quandre	Chisolm	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	79
285	12th	Mathew	Hopkins	Providence (Mont.)	Cascade	72
285	13th	Casey	Jones	Dickinson State (N.D.)	Heart of America	57
285	14th	Aaron	Vaughan	St. Andrews University	AAC	49
285	15th	Benjamin	Ferguson	Lourdes University	SAC	45
285	16th	Nick	Fowler	Calumet (Ind.)	AMC	39
285	17th	Bradon	Hill	Life University	Mid-South	31
285	18th	David	Rupp	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cascade	27
285	19th	Richard	Schooler	Ottawa University	KCAC	26
285	20th	Nigel	Burnett	Hannibal-LaGrange (MO)	AMC	21