College wrestling: NCAA reveals updated wrestling award standings

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has released updated standings for the 2018 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.

This week’s Most Dominant Wrestler award standings requires a 16-match minimum in the division to qualify.

Last year’s winner, Zain Retherford of Penn State, has put himself in a strong position to repeat by scoring an average of 5.55 team points per match, which leads all divisions. Penn State is in good position to bring home the trophy, regardless, as Retherford leads four Nittany Lions in the top five.

Pittsburgh-Johnstown 157-pounder Cody Law leads Division II with 4.65 team points per match, while his 141-pound teammate Chris Eddins is third (4.22), bracketing Nebraska-Kearney heavyweight Jarrod Hinrichs with 4.43 points.

Ithaca 184-pounder Jake Ashcraft has moved into the lead in Division III with 5.20 points, ahead of Mike Ross of Wartburg with 5.13 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)
Hofstra heavyweight Mike Hughes has ascended to the Division I lead with 15 falls, holding the aggregate time tiebreaker by 12 minutes over Jason Nolf of Penn State and 17 minutes over Retherford.

In Division II, Central Oklahoma 165-pounder Mason Thompson increased his hold on the lead with his 14 falls, which is three more than Tiffin 184-pounder Hayden Bronne and Hinrichs.

Wesleyan (Connecticut) teammates Devon Carrillo and Isaiah Bellamy are tied with 18 falls in Division III. Carrillo, at 197 pounds, holds the aggregate time tiebreaker by more than seven minutes over his heavyweight teammate.

Cam Sykora of North Dakota State and Kyle Shoop of Lock Haven lead Division I with 10 tech falls as aggregate time breaks the tie again by 1:19 (42:19 – 43:38), while Jamel Morris of NC State and Myles Martin of Ohio State each have nine.

Nick Vandermeer of Lake Erie has reclaimed sole possession of the tech fall lead in Division II with eight.

Messiah 197-pounder Kyle Koser has 15 tech falls in 62:21 to lead Johnson & Wales (Rhode Island) 133-pounder Jay Albis with 15 tech falls in 68:35. No other wrestler in Division III has more than 12 tech falls.

NCAA STAT LEADERS - FALLS
Division I
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Falls	Time
1	Mike Hughes	Hofstra	285	15	29:06
2	Jason Nolf	Penn St.	157	15	41:53
3	Zain Retherford	Penn St.	157	15	46:26
4	Ben Darmstadt	Cornell	197	14	25:51
5	Bo Nickal	Penn St.	197	13	20:47
6	Matt Stencel	Central Mich.	285	11	15:22
7	Shakur Rasheed	Penn St.	197	10	11:36
8	Bryce Meredith	Wyoming	141	10	19:47
9	Jacob Schwarm	UNI	125	9	16:53
10	Mark Hall	Penn St.	197	9	18:30
DivisionII
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Falls	Time
1	Mason Thompson	Central Okla.	165	14	43:41
2	Hayden Bronne	Tiffin	184	11	17:12
3	Jarrod Hinrichs	Neb.-Kearney	285	11	48:57
4	Lawrence Phillips	St. Cloud St.	285	10	17:52
5	Trenton Piatt	Western St.	125	10	49:25
6	Justin Haneke	Southwest Minn. St.	157	9	22:20
7	Nicholas Mason	Tiffin	197	9	29:08
8	Jarred Oftedahl	St. Cloud St.	141	8	17:33
9	Colton Looper	Central Okla.	197	8	21:27
10	Phillip Springsteen	Mary	165	8	23:55
DivisionIII
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Falls	Time
1	Devon Carrillo	Wesleyan (CT)	197	18	32:02
2	Isaiah Bellamy	Wesleyan (CT)	285	18	39:55
3	Jake Evans	Waynesburg	285	17	34:45
4	Michael DiNardo	Johnson & Wales (RI)	197	17	38:13
5	Zachary Rieger	Adrian	285	16	41:47
6	Isaac Odell	Wheaton (IL)	184	16	48:01
7	Jake Ashcraft	Ithaca	184	15	33:41
8	Kaidon Winters	RIT	165	15	48:26
9	Joe Fusco	Springfield	285	15	53:52
10	Avery Jones	Thomas More	184	15	57:53

NCAA STAT LEADERS - TECH FALLS
DivisionI
Rank	Name	School	Weight	TechFalls	Time
1	Cam Sykora	North Dakota St.	133	10	42:19
2	Kyle Shoop	Lock Haven	141	10	43:38
3	Jamel Morris	NC State	133	9	32:53
4	Myles Martin	Ohio St.	184	9	46:15
5	Austin DeSanto	Drexel	133	8	27:08
6	Ke-Shawn Hayes	Ohio St.	149	8	30:41
7	Ethan Lizak	Minnesota	125	8	35:27
8	Isaiah Martinez	Illinois	165	8	36:44
9	Chance Marsteller	Lock Haven	165	8	37:17
10	Nick Lee	Penn St.	141	7	35:06
DivisionII
Rank	Name	School	Weight	TechFalls	Time
1	Nick Vandermeer	Lake Erie	165	8	34:39
2	George McGuire	Gannon	157	7	37:43
3	Cody Law	Pitt.-Johnstown	157	7	38:46
4	Ryan Appleby	Kutztown	285	7	41:24
5	Connor Craig	Wheeling Jesuit	157	7	42:35
6	Sebastian Vidika	Ashland	125	6	19:35
7	Nate Vandermeer	Findlay	174	6	25:23
8	Nolan Kistler	California Baptist	174	6	29:26
9	Nate Trepanier	Lindenwood (MO)	157	5	25:19
10	Nick Becker	Wis.-Parkside	174	5	26:07
DivisionIII
Rank	Name	School	Weight	TechFalls	Time
1	Kyle Koser	Messiah	197	15	62:21
2	Jay Albis	Johnson & Wales (RI)	133	15	68:35
3	Jimmy Davis	Loras	149	12	49:06
4	Bradan Birt	Millikin	149	12	49:22
5	Cross Cannone	Wartburg	149	12	49:26
6	Kyle Fank	Wartburg	197	11	43:17
7	Stephen Maloney	Messiah	149	10	39:52
8	Ben Swarr	Messiah	174	10	40:51
9	Adrian Gonzalez	Johnson & Wales (RI)	165	9	39:57
10	George Vanvalen	Alfred St.	184	9	40:41

NCAA STAT LEADERS - MOST DOMINANT
DivisionI
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Avg.TeamPoints
1	Zain Retherford	Penn St.	149	5.55
2	Jason Nolf	Penn St.	157	5.10
3	Bo Nickal	Penn St.	184	5.09
4	Daniel Lewis	Missouri	174	4.94
5	Mark Hall	Penn St.	174	4.78
6	Seth Gross	South Dakota St.	133	4.75
7	Michael Kemerer	Iowa	157	4.72
8	Ben Darmstadt	Cornell	197	4.69
9	Zahid Valencia	Arizona St.	174	4.67
10	Mike Hughes	Hofstra	285	4.55
DivisionII
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Avg. Team Points
1	Cody Law	Pitt.-Johnstown	157	4.65
2	Jarrod Hinrichs	Neb.-Kearney	285	4.43
3	Chris Eddins	Pitt.-Johnstown	141	4.22
4	Elijah Hale	Central Okla.	125	4.13
5	Vince Dietz	St. Cloud St.	197	4.00
6	Jarred Oftedahl	St. Cloud St.	141	3.71
7	Darren Wynn	McKendree	141	3.69
8	Ivan McClay	Notre Dame (OH)	133	3.68
9	Bradley Metz	Findlay	184	3.60
10	Brandon Supernaw	Western St.	197	3.56
DivisionIII
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Avg. Team Points
1	Jake Ashcraft	Ithaca	184	5.20
2	Mike Ross	Wartburg	157	5.13
3	Devon Carrillo	Wesleyan (CT)	197	4.83
4	Troy Stanich	Stevens	133	4.79
5	Isaiah Bellamy	Wesleyan (CT)	285	4.76
6	Michael DiNardo	Johnson & Wales (RI)	197	4.74
6	Guy Patron	Loras	197	4.74
6	Darden Schurg	Wabash	174	4.74
9	Peter Del Gallo	Southern Me.	125	4.69
9	Jonathan Haas	Brockport	125	4.69