NCAA Award Standings: Hendrickson leads Div. I Most Dominant & Falls, Beard new Tech Falls leader

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has released updated standings for the 2024 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 results to be counted for the awards they must come against opponents in the same division (i.e. Division II vs. Division II). Ties in the falls and tech falls categories are broken based on the aggregate time.

This week features the fourth standings of the Most Dominant Wrestler award, which features a 17-match minimum to qualify for the standings.

The Most Dominant Wrestler standings are calculated by adding the total number of team 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)

In Division I, there was no movement at the top as Air Force heavyweight Wyatt Hendrickson continues to lead the most dominant and falls rankings. 

In tech falls, Lehigh’s Michael Beard has pulled ahead of Lock Haven’s Wyatt Henson by one.  Beard has gained a tech fall each week for four-straight weeks.

With Division II and III regionals coming up this weekend, rankings for those divisions stayed mostly static this week.  The most dominant wrestler and falls leader in Division II at 174 pounds is Scott Joll from UNC Pembroke.  At 5.43 points per match, Joll has led all four weeks of the ranking thus far.  Wartburg’s Joe Pins remains the leader in Division III with 5.21 points per match while Norwich’s Mason Sprinkel holds onto the falls lead by one.

In Division II tech falls, Tiffin’s Max Shore remains the leader for the fifth consecutive week with 12 in 52:50.  Wisconsin-Parkside 125-pounder Shane Corrigan picked up one this week to claim sole possession of second place with 11.

Most Dominant Leaders thru 2/26/2024

NAME/INSTITUTION/WEIGHT/AVG POINTS

DIVISION I MEN

Wyatt Hendrickson Air Force 285 5.5

Trent Hidlay NC State 197 4.77

Mitchell Mesenbrink Penn State 165 4.63

Dean Hamiti Wisconsin 165 4.6

Michael Beard Lehigh 197 4.43

Vinny Zerban Northern Colorado 157 4.42

Stephen Buchanan Oklahoma 197 4.42

Parker Keckeisen Northern Iowa 197 4.35

David Carr Iowa State 165 4.3

Taye Ghadiali Campbell 285 4.25

DIVISION II MEN

Scott Joll UNC Pembroke 174 5.43

Ty McGeary West Liberty 184 5.24

Isaiah Vance Pitt-Johnstown 285 4.91

Jacob Ealy Pitt-Johnstown 149 4.65

James Joplin Lander 125 4.43

Cole Hernandez Western Colorado 174 4.15

Gavin Quiocho Glenville State University 133 4.1

Juan Edmond-Holmes Lander 285 4.09

Matt Weinberg Kutztown 184 4.05

Christian Mejia McKendree 125 3.95

DIVISION III MEN

Joe Pins Wartburg 133 5.21

Michael Petrella Baldwin Wallace 149 5.19

Massoma Endene Wartburg 197 5.17

Mason Sprinkel Norwich 285 5.03

Colby Morris Waynesburg 174 5

Jacob Reed Ohio Northern 141 4.94

Josiah Gehr Messiah 141 4.9

Matt Lackman Alvernia University 165 4.89

Jared Stricker Wisconsin-Eau Claire 174 4.84

Charles Baczek Wabash 184 4.82

*MINIMUM 17 MATCHES

Tech Falls Leaders thru 2/26/2024

NAME/INSTITUTION/WEIGHT/# OF TECH FALLS/TIME

DIVISION I MEN

Michael Beard Lehigh 197 15 64:33:00

Wyatt Henson Lock Haven 141 14 55:15:00

Trent Hidlay NC State 197 12 69:34:00

Nick Feldman Ohio State 285 11 46:22:00

Taye Ghadiali Campbell 285 10 39:42:00

Stephen Little Little Rock 197 10 46:59:00

Daniel Cardenas Stanford 157 9 29:46:00

Domenic Zaccone Campbell 133 9 34:20:00

Nasir Bailey Little Rock 133 9 35:52:00

Jackson Arrington NC State 149 9 49:37:00

DIVISION II MEN

Max Shore Tiffin 125 12 52:50:00

Shane Corrigan Wisconsin-Parkside 125 11 49:20:00

Shawn Streck Central Oklahoma 285 10 40:33:00

Max Ramberg Augustana (SD) 197 10 55:06:00

Torry Early Chadron State 149 9 32:21:00

David Hunsberger Lander 165 9 39:10:00

Gavin Quiocho Glenville State University 133 9 49:14:00

Wyatt Turnquist Northern State 149 8 28:07:00

Jacob Ealy Pitt.-Johnstown 149 8 28:11:00

Gabe Johnson Central Oklahoma 157 8 34:48:00

DIVISION III MEN

Gavin Hollingsworth Alvernia University 174 19 86:08:00

Joe Pins Wartburg 133 15 47:37:00

Justice Hockenberry-Folk York (PA) 174 15 48:11:00

Jaden Hinton Baldwin Wallace 133 15 61:38:00

Christian Komitas Aurora Universtiy 174 15 72:53:00

Matt Lackman Alvernia University 165 15 75:02:00

Luke Hoerle Stevens Tech 133 14 60:21:00

Avery Leonard Alvernia University 141 14 66:14:00

Michael Petrella Baldwin Wallace 149 13 55:08:00

Ryan Kelly Delaware Valley 133 13 66:28:00

Falls Leaders thru 2/26/2024

NAME/INSTITUTION/WEIGHT/# OF FALLS/TIME

DIVISION I MEN

Wyatt Hendrickson Air Force 285 14 21:23

Kelvin Griffin Lehigh 149 12 32:42

Gabe Sollars Indiana 197 12 40:37

Ryder Rogotzke Ohio State 184 11 30:07

Taye Ghadiali Campbell 285 10 26:46:00

Mason Shrader Central Michigan 157 10 30:15

Chase Saldate Michigan State 157 10 36:13

Levi Hopkins Campbell 197 10 38:45

Tyler Brennan Little Rock 174 10 42:44

Cory Day Binghamton 285 9 16:47

DIVISION II MEN

Scott Joll UNC Pembroke 174 13 24:58

Anthony Yacovetti Lander 197 13 26:48

Isaiah Vance Pitt-Johnstown 285 13 33:01

Matt Long Gannon 285 10 9:33

Trey Sizemore Indianapolis 174 10 35:32

Lucas Wendling McKendree 174 9 23:58

Jacob Ealy Pitt-Johnstown 149 9 26:16

Ty McGeary West Liberty 184 9 27:01

Ryan Dirksen Western Colorado 165 9 34:12

John Parker-Wilson Newberry 197 9 39:24:00

DIVISION III MEN

Mason Sprinkel Norwich 285 22 71:24

Timothy Glynn Trinity (CT) 285 21 43:07

Mitchell Arch Case Western Reserve 165 21 44:59

Jake Jones Ithaca 184 21 47:51

Nicholai Brotzman Pennsylvania College of Technology 285 20 31:02

Evan Day Castleton 285 19 48:11

Brody Miskimon Alma 285 18 24:30:00

Jeff Nugent Elmhurst 165 17 33:54:00

Culley Bellino Cortland State 141 17 33:56

Shea Garand Castleton 285 17 34:29

Doug Byrne Baldwin Wallace 285 17 38:26

Caleb Burkhart Wilkes 285 17 44:19