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by Brian Knepper, NCWA and other sources

The NCWA has released its final ranking of the year, in anticipation of the NCWA National Championships in Allen, Texas, March 8-10.

The event is set for the Allen Event Center Arena, with Richland College and the University of North Texas serving as host institutions. The event will be broadcast by FloWrestling.

The qualifying events for the NCWA Nationals were held this past weekend.

2018 NCWA National Championships
Venue: Allen Event Center Arena
Host Hotel: Marriott Courtyard - Allen, TX
Host City: Allen, TX
Host Institutions: Richland College & University of North Texas

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE

Thursday March 8th
10:00 - Session I - Preliminaries
6:00 - Session II - Championship Round of 16

Friday March 9th
9:00 - Session III - Consolation/Quarter-finals
10:00 - Women's Round I - Preliminaries
5:00 - Session IV - Men's Blood Round/Womens Semi-finals
6:30 - Hall of Fame Inductions
7:00 - Semi-finals

Saturday March 10th
9:00 - Session V - Men's All-American Consolations
9:00 - Session V - Women's - Third place matches
2:00 - Go-Greco Nationals Clinic
3:00 - NCWA Grappling Launch Clinic
6:00 - Session VI - NCWA Championship Finals

Rk Wrestler Year School 18 Conf Record PR
125
1 Byron Smith Sr Middle Tennessee 1st MAC 14-1 3
2 Colton Messick So Apprentice 2nd MAC 28-7 1
3 Jacob Toledo Jr Central Florida 1st SEC 21-5 2
4 Timothy Sakow Sr Central Florida 2nd SEC 5-5 4
5 Deonte Carter Fr UMBC 1st MEC 28-12 5
6 Melvin Rubio Fr Queens - Charlotte 3rd MAC 16-9 7
7 Manuel Canfijn So West Chester 2nd MEC 11-11 8
8 Brandon Felan Jr Texas A&M 1st SWC 8-1 NR
9 Trey Boyd Fr Apprentice 4th MAC 14-10 9
10 Alberto Perez So Emmanuel 3rd SEC 11-11 12
11 Alejandro Martinez Fr Wayne State 1st GPC 16-4 14
12 Colton Davis Fr Pittsburgh - Bradford 3rd MEC 11-5 NR
13 Jason Smith Fr Liberty 5th MAC 11-19 NR
14 Sean Halverson So Grand Valley State 1st GLC 11-10 NR
15 Zion Clark Fr Kent State - Tuscarawas 2nd GLC 12-17 6
16 Pleatheal Roberts So UNLV 1st WCC 10-5 19
17 Chris Vega So Springfield Tech 1st NEC 16-9 NR
18 Jesse Torres So Grays Harbor 1st NWC 3-2 NR
19 Andrew Willi So Houston 2nd SWC 4-4 NR
20 Matthew Chun Sr M.I.T. 2nd NEC 8-9 17
21 Andrew Lopez Jr Southern Cal 2nd WCC 8-5 16
22 Patrick Lehman So Alfred State 3rd NEC 17-18 NR
23 Raymon Troncoso Jr Florida 4th SEC 11-11 NR
24 Weston Larson Fr Brigham Young 3rd WCC 14-9 NR
Rk Wrestler Year School 18 Conf Record PR
133
1 Arthur Payne Fr Mott CC 1st GLC 29-5 4
2 Noah Gilbert Fr Queens - Charlotte 1st MAC 14-12 7
3 Brendan Hazelton Jr Grand Valley State 2nd GLC 14-3 3
4 Emery Cline So Emmanuel 1st SEC 20-8 8
5 Justus Griffith Sr Central Florida 2nd SEC 10-6 1
6 De'Ante Evans Jr Toledo 3rd GLC 22-8 2
7 Michael Perdomo Sr Penn State - Fayette 1st MEC 16-11 13 @ 141
8 Demetri Koures So Montana Tech 1st NWC 9-5 NR
9 Tyler Petrochko Sr Yale 1st NEC 13-1 NR
10 Ke'Vionne Robbins So Grays Harbor 2nd NWC 10-5 12
11 Blake Justis Fr Liberty 2nd MAC 12-13 14
12 Anthony Monahan So Apprentice 3rd MAC 16-12 9
13 Brandon Bach Fr Temple 2nd MEC 21-12 11
14 Kolin Johnson Fr Apprentice 4th MAC 16-7 5
15 Louie Romero Fr Colorado State 1st GPC 12-3 18 @ 141
16 Will Sadowski Fr UMBC 3rd MEC 12-12 NR
17 Ryan Thierman Sr Alfred State 2nd NEC 5-6 NR
18 Taylor Swanson Sr North Texas 1st SWC 11-3 NR
19 Colton Tracy Fr Brigham Young 1st WCC 9-4 NR
20 Kendric Moore Jr Pittsburgh - Bradford 4th MEC 13-4 15
21 Junior Francois Jr Central Florida 3rd SEC 20-10 17
22 Jansen Engelbrecht Fr Brigham Young 2nd WCC 13-5 15 @ 125
23 Joseph Lewis So Washington State 3rd NWC 5-9 NR
24 Ryan Matthews Fr Akron 4th GLC 16-12 20
Rk Wrestler Year School 18 Conf Record PR
141
1 Tyler Sage Jr Florida 1st SEC 29-2 1
2 Reid Stewart Fr Liberty 1st MAC 11-4 2
3 Deviniare Hayes Fr Queens - Charlotte 2nd MAC 12-9 NR
4 Michael Harris Fr Emmanuel 3rd SEC 13-10 3
5 Wesley Hollingsworth So East Carolina 3rd MAC 13-4 6
6 Nick Pipes Fr Macomb CC 1st GLC 22-2 10
7 Nick Reddy Sr Grand Valley State 3rd GLC 10-4 7
8 Tyler Allen Fr Apprentice 4th MAC 14-18 NR
9 Damon Thomas Fr Grays Harbor 1st NWC 22-9 12
10 Shalek Colon Jr Apprentice 5th MAC 18-17 9
11 Timithy Ellinger So Montana Tech 2nd NWC 11-9 11
12 Marcus Martinez Jr Rutgers WC 1st MEC 9-2 19
13 Carlos Garcia Sr Middle Tennessee 6th MAC 9-7 5
14 Danny Buteau Fr Husson 1st NEC 6-2 NR
15 Dakota Clark So Middle Tennessee 7th MAC 8-11 14
16 Sam Reyant Fr Iowa State WC 1st GPC 5-2 NR
17 Justin Trinh So Central Florida 2nd SEC 17-10 NR
18 Samuel Hodges Fr Richland 1st SWC 15-5 13 @ 133
19 Zakaria Elfernani Fr Williamson Trade 2nd MEC 5-3 NR
20 Austin Bailey Fr Kent State - Tuscarawas 2nd GLC 14-14 NR
21 Steven Thompson Fr Maine 2nd NEC 5-4 NR
22 Tanner Williams So Brigham Young 1st WCC 6-2 NR
23 Casey Connor So Alfred State 3rd NEC 17-12 NR
24 Colton Economy Fr Dixie State 2nd WCC 15-7 NR
Rk Wrestler Year School 18 Conf Record PR
149
1 Jay Sheppard Jr Emmanuel 1st SEC 19-4 1
2 Zach Blevins Fr Toledo 1st GLC 22-3 2
3 Martin Mitchell Gr UMBC 1st MEC 21-3 3
4 Chad Cantrell Fr Liberty 2nd MAC 13-9 4
5 Nick Puliti Fr Temple 2nd MEC 29-8 5
6 Scott Akers Jr North Texas 1st SWC 17-1 7
7 Jared Brathor Jr UNLV 1st WCC 13-1 11
8 Ty Boyd Jr Apprentice 1st MAC 15-10 8
9 Karson Ayres Fr Queens - Charlotte 3rd MAC 10-8 NR
10 Tyler Weiss Jr Brigham Young 3rd WCC 19-8 6
11 Tyshane Young Fr Grays Harbor 1st NWC 12-10 NR
12 Mitchell Egbert Fr Utah State 2nd WCC 14-4 13
13 Tyler Everett Jr Maine 1st NEC 11-6 14
14 Dakota Smith Sr Akron 2nd GLC 9-3 20 @ 141
15 Lane Householder Fr Kent State - Tuscarawas 3rd GLC 21-10 15
16 Taylor Dawal So Colorado State 1st GPC 9-6 16
17 Santana Salas Fr Colorado State 3rd GPC 10-5 10
18 Hunter Weiss So Wayne State 2nd GPC 10-11 17
19 Nicholas Accetta Jr Rutgers WC 3rd MEC 6-4 18
20 Rey Dishmey So Springfield Tech 2nd NEC 20-13 NR
21 Devin Hyman So Maryland WC 4th MEC 7-3 NR
22 Pedro Tavarez Sr Penn State - Fayette 5th MEC 13-14 21
23 Gunner Charbonneau Fr Washington State 4th NWC 4-6 NR
24 Nicholas Martinia Fr Grand Valley State 4th GLC 11-14 NR
Rk Wrestler Year School 18 Conf Record PR
157
1 Chad Simmons Jr Apprentice 1st MAC 28-10 1
2 Hunter Quinn So Emmanuel 1st SEC 14-2 3
3 Andrew Burgette So Liberty 2nd MAC 13-8 4
4 Dan Vossbein Jr West Chester 1st MEC 17-6 8
5 Azamat Akhmedov Jr UMBC 2nd MEC 6-2 NR
6 Ethan Kenney Sr Penn State - Fayette 5th MEC 6-4 2
7 Dan Ritz Jr Penn State WC 3rd MEC 15-5 9
8 Joseph Posledni Fr Grand Valley State 1st GLC 28-8 11
9 Matthew Seymour Jr Central Florida 2nd SEC 21-8 13
10 Josh Pine So Grays Harbor 1st NWC 14-8 12 @ 165
11 Colton Williams Fr North Texas 1st SWC 9-2 16 @ 141
12 Colin Saiz So Colorado State 1st GPC 14-3 NR
13 Braxton Freeman Fr Akron 2nd GLC 13-7 16 @ 165
14 Josh Feuerbacher Jr Middle Tennessee 3rd MAC 16-7 16
15 Asad Muhammad So Richland 2nd SWC 11-6 12 @ 149
16 Tyler Rendina Jr UMBC 4th MEC 18-11 19
17 Michael Galton Fr Alfred State 1st NEC 17-8 20
18 Christopher Moodry Fr Montana Tech 2nd NWC 10-11 19 @ 149
19 Joshua Fontanez Jr Springfield Tech 2nd NEC 12-8 NR
20 Marcus Messina Jr Florida Gulf Coast 3rd SEC 16-6 NR
21 Micah Marcin So Queens - Charlotte 4th MAC 8-16 NR
22 Jeff Ptak Jr Texas Tech 3rd SWC 7-3 NR
23 Jacob Proffit So Brigham Young 1st WCC 16-5 NR
24 Cameron Dubos So Washington State 3rd NWC 8-9 NR
Rk Wrestler Year School 18 Conf Record PR
165
1 Bailey Carlson So Brigham Young 1st WCC 24-9 1
2 Joe Scott So Liberty 1st MAC 27-9 3
3 Javiair White Sr Rutgers WC 1st MEC 12-3 2
4 Richard Viruet So Springfield Tech 1st NEC 38-4 4
5 John Austin Jones Sr Emmanuel 1st SEC 9-4 5
6 Taylor Workman Sr Toledo 1st GLC 19-5 6
7 Peter Becher Jr East Carolina 2nd MAC 17-3 7
8 Mason Brestle So Maryland WC 2nd MEC 9-1 5 @ 157
9 Jerrod Mullins Fr Mott CC 2nd GLC 32-8 11
10 Terrence Demery Gr Northern Kentucky 3rd MAC 9-1 10 @ 157
11 Stephon Halliburton Fr Queens - Charlotte 4th MAC 17-14 14 @ 157
12 Jared Torch So Kent State - Tuscarawas 3rd GLC 21-9 17
13 David Cox Fr Liberty 5th MAC 13-8 9
14 Jacob Sobeck Jr Grand Valley State 4th GLC 17-5 10
15 Cody Houston Sr Penn State WC 3rd MEC 18-7 20
16 Dustin Basham So Richland 1st SWC 19-4 NR
17 Tegan Durishin So Temple 4th MEC 19-11 18
18 Sourya Mogallapu Fr Missouri S&T 1st GPC 7-4 NR
19 Patrick Kane Jr Maine 2nd NEC 10-7 NR
20 Truman Craig Jr Missouri S&T 2nd GPC 7-8 NR
21 Michael Euliss Jr Western Washington 1st NWC 9-6 NR
22 Braiden Klimp So Grays Harbor 2nd NWC 11-8 16 @ 174
23 Ben Peterson Jr Colorado State 3rd GPC 11-6 20
24 Anthony Padilla Fr Arizona 2nd WCC 8-7 NR
Rk Wrestler Year School 18 Conf Record PR
174
1 Noah Curreri Fr Queens - Charlotte 1st MAC 24-3 1
2 Shane Brown Sr Akron 1st GLC 18-0 2
3 Samuel Karel So Liberty 2nd MAC 29-6 3
4 John Prentice Sr Penn State - DuBois 1st MEC 16-5 7
5 Brandon Buckingham Sr UMBC 2nd MEC 18-3 4
6 Jacob Berry Fr Springfield Tech 1st NEC 27-7 6
7 Ethan Ahrens Jr Central Florida 1st SEC 17-4 9
8 Thomas Hatzipavlides Sr Penn State WC dnp MEC 20-8 8
9 Brady Bischer So Grand Valley State 2nd GLC 12-4 10
10 Edward Maisey Jr Brigham Young 1st WCC 13-1 20 @ 184
11 Stetson Potrykus Fr Wisconsin WC 3rd GLC 9-6 NR
12 Gerald Kenkel So Wayne State 1st GPC 9-11 NR
13 Joe Fricilone Fr Grays Harbor 1st NWC 10-9 NR
14 Chase Reising Sr Iowa State WC 2nd GPC 5-6 NR
15 Karson Christiansen Fr Brigham Young 2nd WCC 15-10 NR
16 Adam Warfield Fr Kent State - Tuscarawas 4th GLC 14-16 11
17 Luke Ely So Liberty 3rd MAC 14-8 13 @ 165
18 Eugene Kinchen Jr Florida Gulf Coast 2nd SEC 12-6 NR
19 Zach Woods Jr UMass 2nd NEC 7-5 NR
20 Daniel Henson Jr Apprentice 4th MAC 5-12 NR
21 Hugo Martinez So Richland 1st SWC 10-6 NR
22 Jeremy Mosley So Apprentice 5th MAC 14-13 14
23 Logan Coleman So Washington State 2nd NWC 11-7 NR
24 Johnathan Fugita Jr Colorado State 3rd GPC 12-6 18
Rk Wrestler Year School 18 Conf Record PR
184
1 George Vanvalen Sr Alfred State 1st NEC 37-1 1
2 Vincent Levin So Florida Gulf Coast 1st SEC 9-0 2
3 Jerron Thomas Jr Mott CC 1st GLC 28-5 3
4 Josh McIlhenny Sr Liberty 1st MAC 25-11 5
5 Jarrod Smiley So Central Florida 3rd SEC 13-2 4
6 George Andrews Jr UConn 2nd NEC 12-3 7
7 Brenden DeVries So Grand Valley State 2nd GLC 13-5 6
8 Rusty Wilson Sr Maine 3rd NEC 9-7 8
9 Brad Kata Fr Central Florida 2nd SEC 13-6 10
10 William Sorey So Apprentice 2nd MAC 24-9 11
11 Dominic Vasquez Fr Toledo 3rd GLC 15-6 12
12 Mauro Beteta Jr Maryland WC 1st MEC 9-0 15
13 Cody Richmond So Liberty 3rd MAC 14-9 16
14 Cameron Dewey Jr West Chester 2nd MEC 14-13 19
15 Matthew Alejandro Fr Grays Harbor 1st NWC 10-8 NR
16 Max Furst So Colorado State 1st GPC 6-3 21
17 Tyler Roling Fr Iowa State WC 2nd GPC 7-7 NR
18 Drake Dudley Jr North Texas 1st SWC 10-0 NR
19 James Stubbs Jr Brigham Young 1st WCC 6-3 NR
20 Jacob Laursen Jr Florida State 4th SEC 9-10 NR
21 Brendan Rice So Michigan WC 4th GLC 10-10 NR
22 Scott Stokes Fr Brigham Young 2nd WCC 9-5 NR
23 Tanner Belcher Fr Grays Harbor 2nd NWC 6-7 NR
24 Niyubunto Jean-Dedieu Fr Richland 2nd SWC 9-3 NR
Rk Wrestler Year School 18 Conf Record PR
197
1 Robert LaPeter Sr Florida State 1st SEC 14-0 1
2 William Graham So Apprentice 1st MAC 22-5 2
3 Randolph Prud'Home Jr Central Florida 2nd SEC 14-3 3
4 Sean Kennedy Jr Middle Tennessee 2nd MAC 9-2 4
5 Taylor Westlake Sr Liberty 3rd MAC 22-11 5
6 Jesse Slocum Jr Akron 1st GLC 4-1 7
7 River Robertson Sr Maine 1st NEC 15-6 13
8 Cullin Brendeland Jr Iowa State WC 1st GPC 9-7 NR
9 Austin Jacque Sr Williamson Trade 1st MEC 8-5 NR
10 Brock Dokos Fr Springfield Tech CC 2nd NEC 20-8 6
11 Costas Hatzipavlides So Iowa State WC 2nd GPC 22-3 15
12 Mason McKenzie So Grays Harbor 1st NWC 8-2 20
13 Marqus Young Fr Kent State - Tuscarawas 2nd GLC 20-9 17
14 Jacob Martin Sr Brigham Young 1st WCC 14-0 19
15 Benjie Hund Fr Queens - Charlotte 5th MAC 7-17 11
16 Ernest Tessein Sr Temple 2nd MEC 21-16 22
17 Doug Womack Sr Montana Tech 2nd NWC 8-4 NR
18 Dalton Madole So Richland 1st SWC 4-0 NR
19 Eric Wollermann Sr Rowan 3rd MEC 7-3 NR
20 Kyler Kelsch So Dixie State 2nd WCC 15-2 21
21 Sebastian Hull Sr Rowan 4th MEC 3-3 NR
22 Anthony Alvarez Jr UConn 3rd NEC 7-3 NR
23 Deontay Wadley Sr Penn State WC 5th MEC 15-10 18
24 Alexander Hicks Fr Liberty 4th MAC 14-14 NR
Rk Wrestler Year School 18 Conf Record PR
235
1 Austin Amos Sr Liberty 1st MAC 26-5 2
2 Stevan Webb Sr UConn 1st NEC 15-2 3
3 Harun Bogdanic Jr Grand Valley State 1st GLC 9-2 4
4 Seth Brennock Sr Ohio State WC 2nd GLC 23-7 1
5 Drew Barrett Gr Queens - Charlotte 2nd MAC 15-3 NR
6 Danny Falconer Jr Clemson 3rd MAC 8-1 8 @ 197
7 Richie McClendon Sr Middle Tennessee 4th MAC 15-2 5
8 Gunnar Lynch Jr Penn State - Fayette 1st MEC 13-1 NR
9 Giovanni Guarnero Jr Winona State 1st GPC 12-4 10
10 Jacob Childs Sr Brigham Young 1st WCC 16-0 14
11 Luttere Eglaus Gr Central Florida 2nd SEC 10-2 6
12 Bryce Hanley Jr Penn State - DuBois 2nd MEC 15-9 7
13 Marshall Huberty So Wisconsin WC 3rd GLC 8-2 NR
14 Brandyn Whitacre So Alfred State 2nd NEC 14-5 16 @ 197
15 Edgards Plorinsh So Washington 1st NWC 6-1 NR
16 Caleb Smith Jr Richland 1st SWC 11-1 19
17 David Smith Sr Liberty 5th MAC 11-5 NR
18 Zach Sintobin So Apprentice 7th MAC 24-16 8
19 Mitch Krahulik Fr Grand Valley State 4th GLC 12-8 17
20 Blaine Nye Fr Colorado State 2nd GPC 9-7 NR
21 Oliver Feagin Fr RPI 3rd NEC 9-6 NR
22 Brandon White Jr North Texas 2nd SWC 7-7 NR
23 Andres Briones Sr USC 2nd WCC 10-3 NR
24 Dylan Amadeo Fr Central Washington 2nd NWC 4-3 NR
Rk Wrestler Year School 18 Conf Record PR
285
1 Jesse Gaudin Sr Central Florida 1st SEC 27-3 1
2 Dylan Stadel Sr Utah State 1st WCC 5-0 NR
3 Donavan Lozada Sr Springfield Tech CC 1st NEC 13-2 2
4 Nathan Spinetti Sr Penn State - Fayette 1st MEC 19-0 3
5 Miguel Correa Jr Grand Valley State 1st GLC 11-3 5
6 Dominick Johnson Jr Liberty 1st MAC 21-10 7
7 Chukwudi Kalu Fr UMBC 3rd MEC 24-9 8
8 Ryan Mattison Jr Alfred State 2nd NEC 19-15 10
9 Daniel Eslick Jr Iowa State WC 1st GPC 8-3 9 @ 235
10 Shakeem Lassiter Sr Apprentice 2nd MAC 11-7 13
11 Austin Wells Jr Middle Tennessee 3rd MAC 8-5 6
12 Ikaika Neal Jr North Texas 1st SWC 13-6 NR
13 Alexander James Jr Michigan State WC 2nd GLC 10-2 11 @ 235
14 Octavio Alejandre Fr Grays Harbor 1st NWC 5-4 NR
15 Michael Scullin Sr Georgia 2nd SEC 8-1 NR
16 Christopher Woods Sr Houston - Downtown 2nd SWC 5-5 NR
17 James Millea Fr Dixie State 2nd WCC 5-1 NR
18 Kevin Karvaski Sr Rutgers WC 4th MEC 5-2 NR
19 Jacob Marin Fr Queens - Charlotte 4th MAC 3-3 NR
20 Tim Hudson Jr East Carolina 5th MAC 7-3 15
21 Kaelen Yanak Fr Montana Tech 2nd NWC 11-11 19
22 Jose Gandarilla So RPI 3rd NEC 6-5 NR
23 Conrad Lavoie Jr UMass 4th NEC 8-4 NR
24 Collin O'Brien Jr Winona State 2nd GPC 7-11 NR
DIVISION 1 TOP-27 (Individual Pts for top-16 at each weight)
Rk Team Pts Nat'l / Reg Duals Pts Total
1 Liberty 71 16 87
2 Central Florida 45 12 57
3 Grand Valley State 38 14 52
4 Apprentice School 39 11 50
5 Emmanuel College 33 15 48
6 Queens of Charlotte 43 -- 43
7 UMBC 31 10 41
8 Middle Tennessee 24 9 35
9 Springfield Tech 21 13 34
10 Toledo 20 7 27
11 Brigham Young 15 6 21
12t Alfred State 14 6 20
12t Mott CC 20 -- 20
14 Penn State - Fayette 19 -- 19
15 Grays Harbor College 10 8 18
16 Maine 8 5 13
17t Florida 10 -- 10
17t Utah State 10 -- 10
19 Florida Gulf Coast 9 -- 9
20t North Texas 8 -- 8
20t Penn State - DuBois 8 -- 8
22 Wayne State College 2 4 6
23t Kent State-Tuscarawas 5 -- 5
23t Richland College 3 2 5
23t Temple 2 3 5
25t Williamson Trade 2 -- 2
25t Washington State -- 2 2
27 Washington 1 -- 1
DIVISION 2 TOP-26
Rk Team Pts Nat'l / Reg Duals Pts Total
1 Akron 16 -- 16
2 UConn 14 -- 14
3t Penn State WC 8 4 12
3t West Chester 12 -- 12
5 East Carolina 11 -- 11
6 Florida State 10 -- 10
7t Colorado State 4 5 9
7t Rutgers WC 9 -- 9
9t Iowa State WC 7 -- 7
9t Ohio State WC 7 -- 7
9t UNLV 6 1 7
12 Macomb CC 6 -- 6
13 Clemson 5 -- 5
14t Maryland WC 4 -- 4
14t Montana Tech 4 -- 4
16t Dixie State -- 3 3
16t Texas A&M 3 -- 3
18t Winona State 2 -- 2
18t Wisconsin WC 2 -- 2
18t Yale 2 -- 2
21t Georgia 1 -- 1
21t Houston - Downtown 1 -- 1
21t Husson 1 -- 1
21t Michigan State WC 1 -- 1
21t Northern Kentucky 1 -- 1
21t Pitt - Bradford 1 -- 1

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