INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has released the updated standings for the 2017 NCAA Wrestling Awards that will be awarded in March at the respective Division I, II and III Wrestling Championships.
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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 who 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, they must come against opponents in the same division. Ties in the two categories are broken based on the aggregate time.
In Division I, Penn State 149-pounder Zain Retherford continues to lead in the race for the Most Dominant Wrestler, contributing an average of 5.56 team points per match, just .12 more than teammate Jason Nolf at 157 pounds.
Francis Mizia of Mercyhurst leads Division II with an average of 4.92 points at 165 pounds, while Montrail Johnson of Wisconsin-Parkside is second with 4.88 points.
Lance Evans of Wartburg has a commanding lead in Division III with an average of 5.41 team points per match at heavyweight.
The Most Dominant Wrestler standings are calculated by adding the total number of 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)
This week’s Most Dominant Wrestler standings are calculated with a 15-match minimum against wrestlers from the same division.
Cornell 184-pounder Gabe Dean has 15 falls this season to lead Division I, while Lock Haven’s Adam Mackie and Rider’s Chad Walsh each have 12.
Heavyweight Garrett Gray of Tiffin leads Division II with 12 falls, but a trio of wrestlers are on his heels with 11 falls.
Hunter Harris of Messiah has pulled ahead in Division III with 24 falls this season at 141 pounds, three more than his nearest competitor.
True freshman Jack Mueller of Virginia leads Division I in tech falls with nine this season at 125 pounds but is only holding off heavyweight Thomas Haines of Lock Haven by aggregate time. Mueller’s nine tech falls have come in 33:47, 20 minutes less than Haines.
Nic Goebel of Findlay has surged to the lead in Division II tech falls with 10 at 149 pounds, four ahead of a sextet of wrestlers with six.
Stephen Jarrell of Johnson & Wales (Rhode Island) has 16 tech falls at 174 pounds to hold a lead of four over Jason Lynch of Chicago at 197 pounds and Messiah 125-pounder Lucas Malmberg.
Division I
Rank
Name
School
Weight
Avg. Team Points
1
Zain Retherford
Penn St.
149
5.56
2
Jason Nolf
Penn St.
157
5.44
3
Gabe Dean
Cornell
184
5.43
4
Bo Nickal
Penn St.
184
5.33
5
Isaiah Martinez
Illinois
165
4.81
6
Thomas Gilman
Iowa
125
4.75
7
Seth Gross
South Dakota St.
133
4.59
8
Zahid Valencia
Arizona St.
174
4.48
9
Mark Hall
Penn St.
174
4.35
10
Chad Walsh
Rider
165
4.25
Division II
Rank
Name
School
Weight
Avg. Team Points
1
Francis Mizia
Mercyhurst
165
4.92
2
Montrail Johnson
Wis.-Parkside
184
4.88
3
Carmine Ciotti
Gannon
133
4.65
4
Tyler Reinhart
Pitt.-Johnstown
165
4.56
5
Nic Goebel
Findlay
149
4.53
6
Nick Becker
Wis.-Parkside
174
4.44
7
Kevin Barrett
Neb.-Kearney
285
4.42
8
Garrett Gray
Tiffin
285
4.40
9
Joshua Ailey
Central Okla.
141
4.23
9
Chance Helmick
Chadron St.
174
4.23
Division III
Rank
Name
School
Weight
Avg. Team Points
1
Lance Evans
Wartburg
285
5.41
2
Lucas Malmberg
Messiah
125
4.94
3
Troy Stanich
Stevens
133
4.91
4
Jake Evans
Waynesburg
285
4.74
5
Nick Bova
Wabash
157
4.71
6
Dan Del Gallo
Southern Me.
149
4.68
7
Christoper Chorzepa
Williams
285
4.61
8
Alec Donovan
Centenary (NJ)
157
4.60
9
Seth Lansberry
Lycoming
149
4.57
10
Stephen Jarrell
Johnson & Wales (RI)
174
4.56
Most dominant rankings are based off of a minimum of 15 matches
Division I
Rank
Name
School
Weight
Falls
Time
1
Gabe Dean
Cornell
184
15
35:20
2
Adam Mackie
Lock Haven
197
12
25:52
3
Chad Walsh
Rider
165
12
53:23
4
Ross Larson
Oklahoma
285
11
24:46
5
Zain Retherford
Penn St.
149
11
35:04
6
Bo Nickal
Penn St.
184
11
37:08
7
Jason Nolf
Penn St.
157
10
31:06
8
Mark Hall
Penn St.
174
10
34:46
9
Evan Fidelibus
Rider
141
9
25:00
10
Dan Martoccio
Frank. & Marsh.
141
9
25:23
Division II
Rank
Name
School
Weight
Falls
Time
1
Garrett Gray
Tiffin
285
12
25:43
2
James Lehman
Wis.-Parkside
197
11
23:52
3
Ronald Wardleigh
Western St.
125
11
29:56
4
Kevin Barrett
Neb.-Kearney
285
11
32:52
5
Andy Welton
Mercyhurst
285
9
22:15
6
Carmine Ciotti
Gannon
133
9
26:41
7
Tyler Reinhart
Pitt.-Johnstown
165
8
11:38
8
Payton Tawater
Colorado Mesa
157
8
13:04
9
Luke Fleming
Findlay
285
8
14:13
10
Francis Mizia
Mercyhurst
165
8
24:07
Division III
Rank
Name
School
Weight
Falls
Time
1
Hunter Harris
Messiah
141
24
73:07
2
Jake Evans
Waynesburg
285
21
58:40
3
Troy Stanich
Stevens
133
17
53:04
4
AJ Kowal
Stevens
197
15
38:19
5
Corbin Bunsold
Otterbein
184
15
40:08
6
Jamiel Stapelton
Johnson & Wales (RI)
149
15
47:30
7
Guy Patron
Loras
197
14
29:03
8
Tom Lynd
Lycoming
285
14
36:42
9
Nathan Barcaskey
Ohio Northern
285
14
74:08
10
Dusten Reed
Wartburg
133
13
19:48
Division I
Rank
Name
School
Weight
Tech Falls
Time
1
Jack Mueller
Virginia
125
9
33:47
2
Thomas Haines
Lock Haven
285
9
54:23
3
Te`Shan Campbell
Pittsburgh
165
8
34:01
4
Connor Medbery
Wisconsin
285
8
36:51
5
TJ Dudley
Nebraska
184
8
37:39
6
Logan Massa
Michigan
165
8
48:11
7
Isaiah Martinez
Illinois
165
7
37:15
8
Mike Hughes
Hofstra
285
7
38:41
9
Kyle Shoop
Lock Haven
149
7
42:26
10
Ronald Perry
Lock Haven
141
7
45:09
Division II
Rank
Name
School
Weight
Tech Falls
Time
1
Nic Goebel
Findlay
149
10
63:11
2
Nicholas Fiegener
California Baptist
184
6
19:38
3
Martin Ramirez
Adams St.
133
6
21:45
4
Francis Mizia
Mercyhurst
165
6
22:39
5
Cody Law
Pitt.-Johnstown
157
6
33:57
6
Tyler Mies
Newman
149
6
35:21
7
Darren Wynn
McKendree
149
6
39:20
8
Austin Petril
Kutztown
125
5
19:33
9
Jason Buhr
Colorado Mesa
165
5
24:54
10
Jacob Waste
California Baptist
197
5
27:25
Division III
Rank
Name
School
Weight
Tech Falls
Time
1
Stephen Jarrell
Johnson & Wales (RI)
174
16
91:11
2
Lucas Malmberg
Messiah
125
12
66:47
3
Jason Lynch
Chicago
197
12
66:57
4
Alex Kramer
Ursinus
149
11
37:19
5
Seth Lansberry
Lycoming
149
9
41:56
6
Zach Wilhelm
Stevens
149
9
52:31
7
Connor Brummett
Wabash
165
9
57:02
8
Ben Swarr
Messiah
174
9
60:47
9
Zach Joseph
Springfield
157
8
37:08
10
Bobby Jordan
Johnson & Wales (RI)
125
8
44:45
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