Karlee Brooks (Arizona) competing in the 2022 16U Nationals in Fargo.

Karlee Brooks (Arizona), shown competing in the 2022 16U Nationals in Fargo, will seek to repeat as a High School Recruiting Showcase champion. Photo by Tony Rotundo, Wrestlers Are Warriors.

The 2023 National High School Recruiting Showcase for girls will be held at South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa in Las Vegas, Nev., April 28-29. This is one of the most prestigious event each year for girls high school wrestlers.

The field is just starting to heat up, with 45 state champions and NHSCA All-Americans registered, as well as 37 athletes who were ranked in the most recent National Girls High School Rankings.

Karlee Brooks of Arizona is the first of the 2022 Girls National High School Recruiting Showcase champions to register to seek a repeat title. Last year, Brooks, who is ranked No. 5 in her weight class nationally, won the 112-pound title. A student at Valiant College Prep, Brooks is entered in the 117-pound weight class this year.

This event is contested in freestyle, which is the style which women wrestle in college. It is only open only to those who qualify to compete, based upon success in specific competitions.

Girls High School National Recruiting Showcase (born 9/1/2003 & After, plus enrolled in 9th-12th grade):
• All High School State Champions (any year)
• National Prep Champions (any year)
• Placer at NHSCA Virginia Beach High School Nationals (any year)
• 2022, 2023 USA Wrestling National All-American Placer 1st-8th: (Preseason Nationals, Boys and Girls National High School Recruiting Showcase, Women’s Freestyle Nationals, Girls and Boys Folkstyle Nationals, and 16u/ Junior Nationals)
• 2021/2022/ 2023 UWW U15 and U17 National Placer (Must be currently enrolled in High School)

There is still time for qualified athletes to register for the Girls National High School Recruiting Showcase.

Register for the Girls National High School Recruiting Showcase

This event is one of competitions which count towards the Junior and 16U Triple Crown for girls.

This will also be a major event that will affect the National Girls High School Rankings, which are scheduled next in early May.

The Girls National High School Recruiting Showcase will be one of the nine different events held during the week of the Open Wrestling Championships, April . The High School National Recruiting Showcase for girls will be held alongside the U.S. Senior Nationals for women.

Girls National High School Recruiting Showcase/U.S. Open website

STATE CHAMPION/NHSCAA AMERICAN LIST FOR 2023 NATIONAL GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL RECRUITING SHOWCASE
As of April 3, 2023
Girls State Champions/NHSCA All-Americans registered (45)
National ranked wrestlers registered (37)

100 pounds
No. 26 Lilly Breeden – Liberty HS – 2023 Missouri Class 2 champion 100
No. 20 Jadyn Roller – Bixby HS –2x - 2023 Oklahoma champion -100, 2022 Oklahoma champion - 100
Delanie Smith – Mid Buchanan HS – 2023 Missouri Class 1 champion – 105
Others nationally ranked
No. 1 Morgan Turner – Bremen HS (IL)

106 pounds
No. 14 Alexsys Jacquez – Fountain-Fort Carson HS – 2023 Colorado champion - 105
No. 27 Hannah Lopez – Moore HS – 2023 Oklahoma champion – 105
No. 23 Jasmine Luedtke – Ottumwa HS – 2023 Iowa champion - 110
No. 8 Mary Manis – Lake Highland Prep (FL) – 2022 Prep National champion – 100
No. 23 Megan Spencer – Lathrop HS –2x - 2023 Alaska champion – 107, 2022 Alaska champion - 103
No. 5 Reanah Utterback – Sigourney-Keota HS – 2022 Iowa champion – 110
No. 18 Sarah Zimmerman – Hays HS – 2023 Kansas 6A/5A champion - 110

112 pounds
No. 6 Emma Albanese - SLAM Academy – 2x – 2023 Nevada champion – 114, 2022 Nevada champion – 116
No. 6 Molly Allen – Riverside, Oakland HS – 2x – 2023 Iowa champion – 115, 2022 Iowa champion – 105
Adalyne Montiel – Toppenish HS – 2023 Washington 1A/2A champion - 110
No. 2 Kiely Tabaldo – Menlo Atherton HS – 2023 California champion – 111

117 pounds
Ashley Diaz – Seaford HS – 2022 New York champion – 120
No. 2 Isabella Marie Gonzales – Clovis East HS – 2023 California champion - 116
No. 23 Mia Hargrove – Discovery Canyon HS – 2023 Colorado champion - 115
Tai McBride – Jackson HS – 2022 Wyoming champion – 116
Others nationally ranked
No. 5 Karlee Brooks – Valiant College Prep (AZ)
No. 3 Ava Ward – Centralia HS (MO)

122 pounds
Ashley Cannon – Westlake HS – 2x – 2023 Utah 6A champion – 125, 2022 Utah 6A champion - 120
No. 7 Olivia Moreno – Austin Bowie HS – 3x - 2023 Texas 6A champion – 126, 2022 Texas 6A champion – 119, 2021 Texas 6A champion – 119
No. 22 Brooklyn Pace – Copper Hills HS – 3x – 2023 Utah 6A champion – 120, 2022 Utah 6A champion – 115, 2021 Utah 6A champion - 115
No. 18 Samantha Sachs – Glendora HS (CA) - 2023 NHSCA 3rd - 120
Regina Stoeser -Harrisburg HS – 2022 South Dakota champion – 120

127 pounds
No. 28 Kendra Bliss – Washington HS – 2023 Missouri Class 2 champion - 125
No. 28 Peyton Hellman – Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon HS – 3x - 2023 South Dakota champion – 126, 2022 South Dakota champion – 126, 2021 South Dakota champion – 129
No. 10 Ciara Riner – Spring Valley HS – 3x - 2023 West Virginia champion – 126, 2022 West Virginia champion – 128, 2021 West Virginia champion - 133

132 pounds
No. 11 Jordyn Fouse – Bishop McCort HS – 2x - 2023 Pennsylvania champion – 130, 2022 Pennsylvania champion - 130
Shelby Kemp – Moore HS – 2023 Oklahoma champion - 135
No. 25 Aileen Lester – Newhalen HS – 2x - 2022 Alaska champion – 132, 2022 Alaska champion – 130
Isabel Lieb – Bethel HS – 2023 Alaska champion – 138
Cloe Sanders - Vinton-Shellburg HS (IA) – 2023 NHSCA 4th - 132
No. 2 Lauren Walton - Woodford County HS – 2x – 2023 Kentucky champion – 132, 2022 Kentucky champion – 132
Others nationally ranked
No. 29 Liliana Banks – Menasha HS (WI)

138 pounds
No. 23 Sophia Delgado – Coral Park HS – 2023 Florida champion - 140
Skyler Gassel (CA) – 2023 NHSCA 3rd – 128
No. 26 Caroline Gilstrap - Summerville HS – 3x – 2023 South Carolina champion – 138, 2022 South Carolina champion – 153, 2021 South Carolina champion - 140
Nya Jolley – Rich HS – 2023 Utah 1A/2A champion - 135
Clare Waite – Boise HS – 2022 Idaho champion – 145

144 pounds
No. 28 Elly Janovsky – Lake Central HS – 2023 Indiana champion – 145

152 pounds
Kaylie Petersen – Evansville Central HS – 2021 Indiana champion - 138
No. 3 Stella Steigler - Orange HS - 2x - 2022 Virginia champion– 156, 2020 Virginia champion – 156

164 pounds
No. 16 Alyssa Favara – Bishop McCort HS (PA), 2x - 2023 Pennsylvania champion – 170, 2022 Florida champion for Palmetto Ridge HS – 190
No. 2 Piper Fowler – Cleveland HS – 2x – 2023 Tennessee champion – 165, 2022 Tennessee champion – 152
Others nationally ranked
No. 22 Sophia Bassino – Sun Prairie HS (WI)

180 pounds
No. 9 Maria Aiono – Reed HS – 2023 Nevada champion - 185
No. 8 Sophie Pollack – Canadaigua Academy – 2023 New York champion - 185
No. 20 Maggie Smith – Rock Springs HS – 2x – 2023 Wyoming champion – 190, 2022 Wyoming champion – 181

2022 GIRLS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL RECRUITING SHOWCASE CHAMPIONS
100 - Gabriella Gomez IL (Illinois)
106 - Audrey Jimenez AZ (Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club)
112 - Karlee Brooks AZ (Thorobred Wrestling Club)
117 - Persaeus Gomez CO (Pomona Elite)
122 - Zao Estrada SC (ET Wrestling)
127 - Shelby Moore WA (White River Hornets Wrestling Club)
132 - Janida Garcia CA (Swamp Monsters Wrestling Club)
138 - Paige Wehrmeister MO (BullTrained Wrestling)
144 - Maddie Kubicki MO (Victory Wrestling)
152 - Destiny Rodriguez OR (All-Phase Wrestling Club)
164 - Amarisa Manuel MI (Michigan Revolution Wrestling Club)
180 - Alivia White WA (Ascend Wrestling Academy)
200 - Catherine Dutton (MO)
225 - Karla Padilla Zepeda UT (Excalibur Wrestling Club)

Event Schedule

Thursday, April 27
5:00 p.m. - Late Online Registration Deadline – Late registration will be conducted online and will be made available after the Sunday April 23 registration deadline closes.

Friday, April 28
8:30AM – 9:00AM - Medical Check and Weigh-in (+2 lb growth allowance)
10:00AM – 2:00PM - Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, and Consolations
4:00PM – 6:00PM - Semifinals

Saturday, April 29
10:00AM – 1:30PM - Consolations and Consolation Semifinals
6:00PM –8:00PM - All Medal Matches 

45 state champions and 37 nationally ranked girls already registered for National Recruiting Showcase in Las Vegas, April 28-29

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