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.
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)
After a runner-up finish in the Big 12 Conference over the weekend, heavyweight Wyatt Hendrickson of Air Force leads in the standings for Most Dominant Wrestler with 5.05 team points per match, in addition to leading Division I with 15 falls in 23:08. Penn State’s Aaron Brooks is second with 4.94 average team points while Trent Hidlay of NC State is third with an average of 4.83. Two-time national champion, Keegan O’Toole of Missouri rounds out the top four with an average of 4.68.
Kelvin Griffin of Lehigh is tied with Hendrickson in total falls with 15 this season in a time of 44:59. Two wrestlers head to Kansas City with 13 falls in Ohio State’s Ryder Rogotzke and Campbell’s Levi Hopkins.
Lock Haven’s Wyatt Henson and Lehigh’s Michael Beard are tied with 16 tech falls. Henson currently leads with a time of 64:17.
📝 THE LIST: Click or tap here to view the most dominant, tech falls and falls leaderboard in each division
📊 RANKINGS: Click or tap here to view the final coaches’ rank and RPI in each division
Most Dominant Leaders through 3/11/2024
| DIVISION I | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | INSTITUTION | WEIGHT | AVG POINTS |
| Wyatt Hendrickson | Air Force | 285 | 5.05 |
| Aaron Brooks | Penn State | 285 | 4.94 |
| Trent Hidlay | NC State | 197 | 4.83 |
| Keegan O`Toole | Missouri | 165 | 4.68 |
| Mitchell Mesenbrink | Penn State | 165 | 4.64 |
| Michael Beard | Lehigh | 197 | 4.52 |
| Dean Hamiti | Wisconsin | 165 | 4.39 |
| Taye Ghadiali | Campbell | 285 | 4.35 |
| Parker Keckeisen | Northern Iowa | 197 | 4.35 |
| Yonger Bastida | Iowa State | 285 | 4.29 |
| DIVISION II | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | INSTITUTION | WEIGHT | AVG POINTS |
| Scott Joll | UNC Pembroke | 174 | 5.48 |
| Ty McGeary | West Liberty | 184 | 5.04 |
| Isaiah Vance | Pitt-Johnstown | 285 | 4.88 |
| Jacob Ealy | Pitt-Johnstown | 149 | 4.73 |
| Devin Flannery | Millersville | 133 | 4.41 |
| James Joplin | Lander | 125 | 4.36 |
| Isaiah Gamez | Adams State | 125 | 4.26 |
| Gavin Quiocho | Glenville State University | 133 | 4.22 |
| Matt Weinberg | Kutztown | 184 | 4.17 |
| Anthony Yacovetti | Lander | 197 | 4.16 |
| DIVISION III | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | INSTITUTION | WEIGHT | AVG POINTS |
| Massoma Endene | Wartburg | 197 | 5.27 |
| Michael Petrella | Baldwin Wallace | 149 | 5.22 |
| Xavier Pena | Centenary (NJ) | 141 | 5.14 |
| Jared Stricker | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 174 | 4.93 |
| Matt Lackman | Alvernia University | 165 | 4.87 |
| Jacob Reed | Ohio Northern | 141 | 4.86 |
| Charles Baczek | Wabash | 184 | 4.86 |
| Bentley Schwanebeck-Ostermann | Augsburg | 184 | 4.85 |
| Joziah Fry | Johnson & Wales (RI) | 125 | 4.82 |
| George Moseley | Averett | 184 | 4.81 |
* Minimum 17 matches
Falls leaders through 3/11/2024
| DIVISION I | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | INSTITUTION | WEIGHT | # OF FALLS | TIME |
| Wyatt Hendrickson | Air Force | 285 | 15 | 23:08 |
| Kelvin Griffin | Lehigh | 149 | 15 | 44:59 |
| Ryder Rogotzke | Ohio State | 184 | 13 | 33:32 |
| Levi Hopkins | Campbell | 197 | 13 | 43:47 |
| Taye Ghadiali | Campbell | 285 | 12 | 33:16 |
| Gabe Sollars | Indiana | 197 | 12 | 40:37 |
| Chase Saldate | Michigan State | 157 | 11 | 38:19 |
| Cory Day | Binghamton | 285 | 10 | 17:51 |
| Mason Shrader | Central Michigan | 157 | 10 | 30:15 |
| Evan Magg | George Mason | 149 | 10 | 36:52 |
| DIVISION II | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | INSTITUTION | WEIGHT | # OF FALLS | TIME |
| Anthony Yacovetti | Lander | 197 | 16 | 32:03 |
| Scott Joll | UNC Pembroke | 174 | 15 | 27:07 |
| Isaiah Vance | Pitt-Johnstown | 285 | 15 | 35:28 |
| Trey Sizemore | Indianapolis | 174 | 13 | 48:05 |
| John Parker-Wilson | Newberry | 197 | 11 | 47:40 |
| Matt Long | Gannon | 285 | 10 | 9:33 |
| Jacob Ealy | Pitt-Johnstown | 149 | 10 | 26:44 |
| Ty McGeary | West Liberty | 184 | 10 | 33:32 |
| Gavin Quiocho | Glenville State | 133 | 10 | 41:11 |
| Lucas Wendling | McKendree | 174 | 9 | 23:58 |
| DIVISION III | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | INSTITUTION | WEIGHT | # OF FALLS | TIME |
| Mason Sprinkel | Norwich | 285 | 25 | 81:59 |
| Mitchell Arch | Case Western Reserve | 165 | 22 | 45:25 |
| Jake Jones | Ithaca | 184 | 22 | 48:08 |
| Nicholai Brotzman | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 285 | 21 | 32:59 |
| Timothy Glynn | Trinity (CT) | 285 | 21 | 43:07 |
| Culley Bellino | Cortland State | 141 | 21 | 48:54 |
| Doug Byrne | Baldwin Wallace | 285 | 20 | 41:14 |
| Tyler Withers | Merchant Marine | 184 | 19 | 26:31 |
| Caleb Burkhart | Wilkes | 285 | 19 | 46:02 |
| Sean Malenfant | Alfred State | 184 | 19 | 46:18 |
Tech Falls leaders through 3/11/2024
| DIVISION I | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | INSTITUTION | WEIGHT | # OF TF | TIME |
| Wyatt Henson | Lock Haven | 141 | 16 | 64:17:00 |
| Michael Beard | Lehigh | 197 | 16 | 67:51:00 |
| Trent Hidlay | NC State | 197 | 13 | 76:34:00 |
| Nick Feldman | Ohio State | 285 | 11 | 46:22:00 |
| Stephen Little | Little Rock | 197 | 11 | 52:15:00 |
| Taye Ghadiali | Campbell | 285 | 10 | 39:42:00 |
| Nasir Bailey | Little Rock | 133 | 10 | 40:51:00 |
| Daniel Cardenas | Stanford | 157 | 9 | 29:46:00 |
| Domenic Zaccone | Campbell | 133 | 9 | 34:20:00 |
| Anthony Molton | Campbell | 125 | 9 | 38:46:00 |
| DIVISION II | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | INSTITUTION | WEIGHT | # OF TF | TIME |
| Max Shore | Tiffin | 125 | 14 | 61:55:00 |
| Shane Corrigan | Wisconsin-Parkside | 125 | 12 | 53:09:00 |
| Shawn Streck | Central Oklahoma | 285 | 11 | 44:51:00 |
| Wyatt Turnquist | Northern State | 149 | 10 | 28:07:00 |
| Jacob Ealy | Pitt.-Johnstown | 149 | 10 | 38:23:00 |
| Max Ramberg | Augustana (SD) | 197 | 10 | 55:06:00 |
| Torry Early | Chadron State | 149 | 9 | 32:21:00 |
| Gabe Johnson | Central Oklahoma | 157 | 9 | 37:07:00 |
| David Hunsberger | Lander | 165 | 9 | 39:10:00 |
| Gavin Quiocho | Glenville State University | 133 | 9 | 49:14:00 |
| DIVISION III | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | INSTITUTION | WEIGHT | # OF TF | TIME |
| Gavin Hollingsworth | Alvernia University | 174 | 21 | 96:20:00 |
| Matt Lackman | Alvernia University | 165 | 18 | 85:53:00 |
| Joe Pins | Wartburg | 133 | 17 | 55:27:00 |
| Luke Hoerle | Stevens Tech | 133 | 17 | 70:04:00 |
| Jaden Hinton | Baldwin Wallace | 133 | 17 | 70:57:00 |
| Avery Leonard | Alvernia University | 141 | 16 | 72:37:00 |
| Christian Komitas | Aurora Universtiy | 174 | 16 | 77:04:00 |
| Justice Hockenberry-Folk | York (PA) | 174 | 15 | 48:11:00 |
| Michael Petrella | Baldwin Wallace | 149 | 15 | 66:36:00 |
| Cooper Pontelandolfo | NYU | 157 | 14 | 49:20:00 |
