INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has released updated standings for the 2022 NCAA wrestling awards that will be awarded in March at the Divisions II and III wrestling championships following NCAA regional competitions that took place over the weekend to determine the national championship qualifiers.

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. For the Most Dominant Wrestler award, 17 matches and qualifying for the national tournament are required for this award.

CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS

Division II

Division III

A national champion in 2019, Matt Malcom of Nebraska-Kearney leads the Most Dominant standings in Division II with 4.75 team points per match, which is a significant lead over second place Dalton Abney of Central Oklahoma at 4.47, while Pittsburgh-Johnstown 165-pounder Dillon Keane debuts at third with 4.33 team points per match.

RIT 157-pounder Kaidon Winters’ dominant season continues, and he increased his average to 5.64 team points per match to lead in the race for Division III Most Dominant, but is followed closely by the tandem of Coe heavyweight Kaleb Reeves and Millikin 165-pounder Braden Birt with 5.56 and 5.51 averages.

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)

Tiffin’s Nicholas Mason racked up three falls during his super regional and took the lead in Division II with 14 falls, while UIndy 149-pounder Logan Bailey falls to second with his 12 falls. Hunter DeLong of Glenville State rounds out the top three with 11 falls at 174 pounds.

The run for most falls in Division III will all come down to the national tournament as Joe Salerno of Washington and Lee and RIT’s Winters are tied with 21 falls. Salerno holds the tiebreaker in aggregate time, but his season is over, while Winters will have an opportunity to increase his total at the national championships. Coe’s Reeves and Millikin’s Birt are still in the hunt with 20 falls heading to Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Nebraska-Kearney 174-pounder Austin Eldredge had four tech falls to win the super regional championship and has increased his streak to 10 consecutive tech falls against Division II competition to enter the national tournament with 16 this season, which is already five more than the previous record in Division II since the start of the awards.

Speaking of records, Johnson & Wales 174-pounder Michael Ross increased his new record in Division III since the implementation of the awards with his 21st of the season during this weekend’s regionals. Augsburg 157-pounder Tyler Shilson is having an excellent season in his own right with his 14 tech falls in second putting him two ahead of third-place Cooper Pontelandolfo of NYU and Quinn Tobin of Alvernia with 12.

NCAA STAT LEADERS - MOST DOMINANT
17-match minimum in division & qualified for NCAAs required to be ranked
Division II
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Avg. Team Points
1	Matt Malcom	Neb.-Kearney	165	4.75
2	Dalton Abney	Central Okla.	197	4.47
3	Dillon Keane	Pitt.-Johnstown	165	4.33
4	Joey Bianchini	St. Cloud St.	141	4.32
5	Austin Eldredge	Neb.-Kearney	174	4.30
6	Cole Laya	West Liberty	125	4.21
7	Nicholas Mason	Tiffin	197	4.15
8	Ty McGeary	West Liberty	174	4.12
9	Jacob Ealy	Pitt.-Johnstown	149	3.96
10	Shane Gantz	Wis.-Parkside	165	3.89
Division III
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Avg. Team Points
1	Kaidon Winters	RIT	157	5.64
2	Kaleb Reeves	Coe	285	5.56
2	Bradan Birt	Millikin	165	5.51
4	Paul Detwiler	Coast Guard	184	5.21
5	Tony Ulaszek	Coast Guard	149	5.18
6	Zane Mulder	Wartburg	174	5.05
6	Brett Kaliner	Stevens	149	5.05
8	Matt Lackman	Alvernia	165	4.97
9	Nathan Lackman	Rhode Island Col.	157	4.89
10	Kyle Slendorn	Stevens	141	4.81

NCAA STAT LEADERS - FALLS
Division II
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Falls	Time
1	Nicholas Mason	Tiffin	197	14	37:40
2	Logan Bailey	UIndy	149	12	24:09
3	Hunter DeLong	Glenville St.	174	11	42:20
4	Augustus Dalton	Colorado Mesa	165	10	16:25
5	Joel Leise	Gannon	197	10	21:54
6	Jacob Robb	Mercyhurst	285	10	24:53
7	Logan Branham	Belmont Abbey	197	10	25:45
8	Francesco Borsellino	West Liberty	285	10	29:26
9	Juan Holmes	Limestone	285	9	17:25
10	Evan Carrigan	Newberry	125	9	31:08
Division III
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Falls	Time
1	Joe Salerno	Wash. & Lee	165	21	40:16
2	Kaidon Winters	RIT	157	21	51:22
3	Kaleb Reeves	Coe	285	20	29:12
4	Bradan Birt	Millikin	165	20	33:56
5	Michael Gonyea	Castleton	133	20	40:40
6	Matt Lackman	Alvernia	165	19	41:10
7	Mitchell Arch	CWRU	149	18	30:47
8	Michael Blando	SUNY Oneonta	141	18	31:20
9	Evan Fidelibus	New England Col.	149	18	38:03
10	Beau Yineman	Wis.-Oshkosh	197	18	40:57

NCAA STAT LEADERS - TECH FALLS
Division II
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Tech Falls	Time
1	Austin Eldredge	Neb.-Kearney	174	16	51:49
2	Matt Malcom	Neb.-Kearney	165	12	50:42
3	Cole Houser	Glenville St.	184	10	39:40
4	Brock Biddle	Pitt.-Johnstown	174	9	34:17
5	Nicholas Daggett	UNC Pembroke	125	9	35:46
6	Nick Novak	St. Cloud State	149	6	20:09
7	Jonathan Andreatta	Adams St.	133	6	25:21
8	Andrew Sams	UIndy	174	6	28:32
9	Nick James	Neb.-Kearney	141	5	19:48
10	Darius Parker	Lander	197	5	21:14
Division III
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Tech Falls	Time
1	Michael Ross	JWU (Providence)	174	21	90:06
2	Tyler Shilson	Augsburg	157	14	61:10
3	Cooper Pontelandolfo	NYU	165	12	44:40
4	Quinn Tobin	Alvernia	141	12	49:33
5	Nick Rogge	Augsburg	184	11	36:04
6	Schuyler Caprella	Ohio Northern	157	11	38:09
7	Fox Maxwell	Bridgewater St.	174	11	42:10
8	Bradan Birt	Millikin	165	10	38:57
9	Gavin Hollingsworth	Alvernia	174	9	36:26
10	Brock Henderson	Coe	141	9	44:35

NCAA updates Wrestling Awards Standings after post-season qualifying events at Div. II and Div. III

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