2023 NCAA Championships Watch Party

Top Transfers At The NCAA Tournament This Year

Top Transfers At The NCAA Tournament This Year

Take a look at some transfer numbers and insights from the upcoming 2023 NCAA Championships.

Mar 10, 2023 by JD Rader
Top Transfers At The NCAA Tournament This Year

The transfer portal has changed the landscape of college athletics, wrestling included. This year there are 18 top-10 seeds that transferred to their current institution. All-in-all there is a total of 59 national qualifiers who have transferred from one D1 to another at some point in their career.

Obviously, any wrestler that competes for Penn State, Iowa, Arizona State, Nebraska, NC State, Missouri, Iowa State, or anyone else in the top-ten will have a huge impact on the team race. Interestingly Michael Beard transferred from Penn State to Lehigh and is now seeded higher than current Penn State 197-pounder, Max Dean. At 125, #6 Stevo Poulin and #8 Anthony Noto both transferred from NC State and are seeded above #20 Jarrett Trombley.

Below is a list of all of the national qualifiers at this year's NCAA tournament in order of seed.

WEIGHTSEEDNAMECURRENT SCHOOLFORMER SCHOOL
1411Real WoodsIowaStanford
1253Liam CroninNebraskaIndian
1493Kyle ParcoArizona StateFresno State
2853Greg KerkvlietPenn StateOhio State
1254Matt RamosPurdueMinnesota
1334Michael McGeeArizona StateOld Dominion
1844Trey MunozOregon StateArizona State
1975Michael BeardLehighPenn State
1256Stevo PoulinNorthern ColoradoNC State
1258Anthony NotoLock HavenNC State
1658Matthew OlguinOregon StateFresno State
1848Matt FinesilverMichiganDuke
2858Sam SchuylerIowa StateBuffalo
1339Micky PhillippiPittVirginia
1419Mosha SchwartzOklahomaNorthern Colorado
1749Edmond RuthIllinoisLehigh
1979Max DeanPenn StateCornell
17410Rocky JordanChattanoogaOhio State
14911Michael BlockhusNorthern IowaMinnesota
18414Will FeldkampClarionNIU
28514AJ NevillsSDSUFresno State
14915Austin GomezWisconsinIowa State
15715Jacob WrightWyomingFresno State
17415Demetrius RomeroUtah ValleyBoise State
14916Colin RealbutoNorthern IowaBrown
18416Reece HellerPittHofstra
28516Tate OrndorffOhio StateUtah Valley
13317Joe HeilmannRutgersNorth Carolina
18417Tate SamuelsonLehighWyoming
13318Brayden PalmerChattanoogaClarion
14918Quinn KinnerRiderOhio State
19718Tanner Harvey Oregon StateAmerican
14919Mitch MooreOklahomaVirginia Tech
13320Domenic ZacconeCampbellIllinois
16520Holden HellerPittHofstra
18420Neil AntrassianVirginiaPenn
19720Evan BockmanUtah ValleyCal Baptist
14121Cleveland BeltonOregon StateArizona State
16521Gerrit NijenhuisOklahomaPurdue
18421Guiseppe HooseBuffaloHofstra
15723Peter PappasGeorge MasonEdinboro
28523Jacob BullockIndianaOld Dominion
13324Brody TeskeIowaPenn State & Northern Iowa
12525Joey PrataOklahomaVirginia Tech
13325Wyatt HensonOklahomaIowa
15725Jason KraisserIowa StateCampbell
18425Brian BoninoDrexelColumbia
12526Jack WagnerNorth CarolinaIowa & Northern Iowa
13327Connor BrownSDSUMissouri
14127Shannon HannaCampbellOld Dominion
12528Killian CardinaleWest VirginiaOld Dominion
13328Taylor LamontWisconsinUtah Valley
14928Jarod VerkleerenVirginiaPenn State
18428Jacob FerreiraHofstraBuckenll & NC State
18430Matthew WaddellChattanoogaOklahoma
19730Andrew DavisonNorthwesternMichigan
13331Ethan RotondoCal PolyWisconsin
19731Austin CooleyWest VirginiaPitt
14133Josh MasonBloomsburgNebraska


Now let's see which teams have the most national qualifiers.

SCHOOLTRANSFER NQs
Oklahoma5
Oregon State4
Pitt3
Chattanooga3
Wisconsin2
West Virginia2
Virginia2
Utah Valley2
SDSU2
Penn State2
Northern Iowa2
Lehigh2
Iowa State2
Iowa2
Campbell2
Arizona State2
Wyoming1
Rutgers1
Rider1
Purdue1
Ohio State1
Northwestern1
Northern Colorado1
North Carolina1
Nebraska1
Michigan1
Lock Haven1
Indiana1
Illinois1
Hofstra1
George Mason1
Drexel1
Clarion1
Cal Poly1
Buffalo1
Bloomsburg1



Now, how about the teams that all those transfers came from?

FORMER SCHOOL# OF NQS
Old Dominion4
Fresno State4
Ohio State3
Hofstra3
Virginia Tech2
Utah Valley2
Penn State2
NC State2
Minnesota2
Arizona State2
Wyoming1
Wisconsin1
Virginia1
Stanford1
Purdue1
Pitt1
Penn State & Northern Iowa1
Penn1
Oklahoma1
Northern Colorado1
North Carolina1
NIU1
Nebraska1
Missouri1
Michigan1
Lehigh1
Iowa State1
Iowa & Northern Iowa1
Iowa1
Indian1
Illinois1
Edinboro1
Duke1
Cornell1
Columbia1
Clarion1
Campbell1
Cal Baptist1
Buffalo1
Buckenll & NC State1
Brown1
Boise State1
American1