The NCAA has released updated standings for the 2022 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 for the awards they must come against opponents in the same division (i.e. Division II vs. Division II). Ties in the two categories are broken based on the aggregate time.

Division I has a near tie at the top of the falls standings with Maryland’s King Sandoval and Air Force’s Wyatt Hendrickson both at 12 falls. Sandoval holds the top spot with his narrow advantage in aggregate time of just over two minutes. Three more wrestlers have reached the double-figure mark with North Dakota State’s Owen Pentz, South Dakota State’s Tanner Cook and Binghamton’s Anthony Sobotker all at 10 falls.

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Tiffin’s Nicholas Mason leads Division II with 11 falls as he is looking to win this award for the second time in his career after taking the trophy in 2019. Colorado Mesa 165-pounder Augustus Dalton, heavyweight Jacob Robb of Mercyhurst and 125-pounder Evan Carrigan of Newberry are on Mason’s heels with nine falls.

Michael Gonyea of Castleton has raced to the top spot in Division III with 18 falls at 133 pounds this season, while Cornell College 184-pounder Colin Honderd sits in second with 17 falls.

Rutgers 141-pounder Sebastian Rivera has already established a dominant lead in Division I with 11 tech falls this season, including five in a row against Wisconsin, Illinois, Penn State, Michigan State and Michigan. Lock Haven’s Kyle Shoop holds the Division I record since the establishment of the award with 15 tech falls in 2019.

Nebraska-Kearney teammates Austin Eldredge and Matt Malcom lead Division II with nine and eight tech falls each. The Lopers actually hold down three of the top four spots as 141-pounder Nick James is fourth with five, while Brock Biddle of Pittsburgh-Johnstown breaks up the trio in third with seven tech falls.

Johnson & Wales 174-pounder Michael Ross had a dominant start to the season and has already broken the Division III record since the implementation of the awards with 19 tech falls this season, one more than the 18 from Stephen Jarrell of Johnson & Wales in 2017.

The initial Most Dominant Wrestler standings will be released later this season to allow wrestlers to achieve the minimum number of matches required to be eligible for the standings.

NCAA STAT LEADERS - FALLS
Division I
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Falls	Time
1	King Sandoval	Maryland	133	12	24:49
2	Wyatt Hendrickson	Air Force	285	12	26:55
3	Owen Pentz	North Dakota St.	197	10	22:53
4	Tanner Cook	South Dakota St.	165	10	23:53
5	Anthony Sobotker	Binghamton	133	10	38:54
6	Josh Mason	Bloomsburg	141	9	24:47
7	Shane Finney	Navy	174	9	28:06
8	Donnell Washington	Indiana	184	8	17:09
9	Logan Agin	Duke	125	7	10:38
10	Andrew Berreyesa	Cornell	174	7	13:02

Division II
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Falls	Time
1	Nicholas Mason	Tiffin	197	11	31:32
2	Augustus Dalton	Colorado Mesa	165	9	14:53
3	Jacob Robb	Mercyhurst	285	9	23:25
4	Evan Carrigan	Newberry	125	9	31:08
5	Logan Bailey	UIndy	149	8	18:32
6	Joel Leise	Gannon	197	8	19:52
7	Dalton Abney	Central Okla.	197	7	9:43
8	Juan Holmes	Limestone	285	7	14:13
9	Jaden Verhagen	Mary	125	7	14:53
10	Logan Branham	Belmont Abbey	197	7	15:05

Division III
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Falls	Time
1	Michael Gonyea	Castleton	133	18	39:04
2	Colin Honderd	Cornell College	184	17	45:35
3	Evan Fidelibus	New England Col.	149	16	35:50
4	Joe Salerno	Wash. & Lee	165	15	23:31
5	Javen Estrada	North Central (IL)	141	15	23:51
6	Bradan Birt	Millikin	165	15	25:21
7	Nick Barnhart	Messiah	157	15	61:01
8	John Fulmer	Lycoming	285	14	17:49
9	Mitchell Arch	CWRU	149	14	24:35
10	Matt Lackman	Alvernia	165	14	29:46

NCAA STAT LEADERS - TECH FALLS
Division I
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Tech Falls	Time
1	Sebastian Rivera	Rutgers	141	11	67:16
2	Braxton Amos	Wisconsin	197	6	27:55
3	Devin Schroder	Purdue	125	6	31:14
4	Derek Spann	Buffalo	133	5	19:33
5	Cody Howard	Virginia Tech	197	5	22:07
6	Logan Messer	George Mason	174	5	22:12
7	Austin DeSanto	Iowa	133	5	23:37
8	Dakota Geer	Oklahoma St.	184	5	27:35
9	Carter Starocci	Penn St.	174	5	28:00
10	Derek Fields	NC State	157	4	15:06
	Derek Spann	Buffalo	141	4	0.704166667
Division II
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Tech Falls	Time
1	Austin Eldredge	Neb.-Kearney	174	9	24:50
2	Matt Malcom	Neb.-Kearney	165	8	35:48
3	Brock Biddle	Pitt.-Johnstown	174	7	30:18
4	Nick James	Neb.-Kearney	141	5	19:48
5	Cole Houser	Glenville St.	184	5	20:54
6	Darius Parker	Lander	197	5	21:14
7	Nick Novak	St. Cloud State	149	4	13:52
8	Hunter Reed	Findlay	174	4	14:11
9	Jonathan Andreatta	Adams St.	133	4	14:15
10	Carson Speelman	Ashland	149	4	14:41

Division III
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Tech Falls	Time
1	Michael Ross	JWU (Providence)	174	19	80:32
2	Tyler Shilson	Augsburg	157	13	55:52
3	Nick Rogge	Augsburg	184	10	33:04
4	Fox Maxwell	Bridgewater St.	174	10	39:10
5	Schuyler Caprella	Ohio Northern	157	9	33:29
6	Bradan Birt	Millikin	165	9	34:03
7	Quinn Tobin	Alvernia	141	8	30:16
8	Jacob Decatur	Baldwin Wallace	125	8	47:47
9	Gavin Hollingsworth	Alvernia	174	7	29:07
10	Cooper Pontelandolfo	NYU	165	7	30:02

NCAA Wrestling Awards standings updated, with Most Falls and Most Technical Falls leaders posted in all three divisions

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