NCAA At-Large Bids Released!
NCAA At-Large Bids Released!
The NCAA released the at-large bids for the 2018 Wrestling Championships. Check them out right here.
The final 47 wrestlers just received their coveted invites to the NCAA Championships. The NCAA released Tuesday who will be packing for Cleveland and filling out the brackets to 33 per weight at the tournament, which takes place March 15-17.
Below is a full list of qualifiers, with the at-large or "wild card" qualifiers listed first.
125 POUNDS | ||||
At-Large | Gage Curry | American | 22-14 | EIWA |
At-Large | Barlow McGhee | Missouri | 15-11 | MAC |
At-Large | Kyle Norstrem | Virginia Tech | 11-14 | ACC |
At-Large | Gerald (JR) Wert | Rider | 17-7 | EWL |
Alonzo Allen | Chattanooga | 21-8 | SoCon | |
Paul Bianchi | North Dakota St. | 24-13 | Big 12 | |
Connor Brown | South Dakota St. | 26-15 | Big 12 | |
Ibrahim Bunduka | George Mason | 23-12 | EWL | |
Darian Cruz | Lehigh | 26-0 | EIWA | |
Sean Fausz | NC State | 14-2 | ACC | |
RayVon Foley | Michigan St. | 28-9 | Big Ten | |
Louie Hayes | Virginia | 29-6 | ACC | |
Brock Hudkins | Northern Ill. | 17-10 | MAC | |
Taylor LaMont | Utah Valley | 25-3 | Big 12 | |
Spencer Lee | Iowa | 17-2 | Big Ten | |
Ethan Lizak | Minnesota | 26-5 | Big Ten | |
Drew Mattin | Michigan | 19-12 | Big Ten | |
Michael McGee | Old Dominion | 28-8 | MAC | |
Sergio Mendez | CSU Bakersfield | 22-12 | Pac 12 | |
Ryan Millhof | Arizona St. | 15-5 | Pac 12 | |
Zeke Moisey | West Virginia | 22-9 | Big 12 | |
Christian Moody | Oklahoma | 23-13 | Big 12 | |
Elijah Oliver | Indiana | 17-12 | Big Ten | |
Nicholas Piccininni | Oklahoma St. | 23-3 | Big 12 | |
Travis Piotrowski | Illinois | 17-8 | Big Ten | |
Ronnie Rios | Oregon St. | 19-4 | Pac 12 | |
Sebastian Rivera | Northwestern | 26-5 | Big Ten | |
Sean Russell | Edinboro | 30-5 | EWL | |
Jacob Schwarm | UNI | 26-10 | Big 12 | |
Nick Suriano | Rutgers | 21-0 | Big Ten | |
Nathan Tomasello | Ohio St. | 11-1 | Big Ten | |
Gabe Townsell | Stanford | 19-13 | Pac 12 | |
Luke Welch | Purdue | 29-9 | Big Ten | |
133 POUNDS | ||||
At-Large | Josh Finesilver | Duke | 20-18 | ACC |
At-Large | Rico Montoya | Northern Colo. | 23-12 | Big 12 |
At-Large | Sean Nickell | CSU Bakersfield | 22-10 | Pac 12 |
At-Large | Josh Terao | American | 29-8 | EIWA |
At-Large | Ben Thornton | Purdue | 26-11 | Big Ten |
Montorie Bridges | Wyoming | 32-4 | Big 12 | |
Kaid Brock | Oklahoma St. | 25-3 | Big 12 | |
Scott Delvecchio | Rutgers | 21-7 | Big Ten | |
Austin DeSanto | Drexel | 28-5 | EIWA | |
Dylan Duncan | Illinois | 20-7 | Big Ten | |
John Erneste | Missouri | 24-2 | MAC | |
Dom Forys | Pittsburgh | 21-4 | ACC | |
Seth Gross | South Dakota St. | 24-1 | Big 12 | |
Dennis Gustafson | Virginia Tech | 23-7 | ACC | |
Corey Keener | Penn St. | 16-8 | Big Ten | |
Cameron Kelly | Ohio | 25-6 | MAC | |
Bryan Lantry | Buffalo | 16-5 | MAC | |
Mitch McKee | Minnesota | 18-6 | Big Ten | |
Stevan Micic | Michigan | 22-2 | Big Ten | |
Jack Mueller | Virginia | 21-5 | ACC | |
John Muldoon | SIUE | 15-5 | SoCon | |
Korbin Myers | Edinboro | 27-9 | EWL | |
Ali Naser | Arizona St. | 21-11 | Pac 12 | |
Scott Parker | Lehigh | 18-3 | EIWA | |
Mason Pengilly | Stanford | 4-1 | Pac 12 | |
Luke Pletcher | Ohio St. | 26-2 | Big Ten | |
Jason Renteria | Nebraska | 8-4 | Big Ten | |
Matthew Schmitt | West Virginia | 21-12 | Big 12 | |
Zachary Sherman | North Carolina | 15-17 | ACC | |
Cam Sykora | North Dakota St. | 22-10 | Big 12 | |
Charles Tucker | Cornell | 21-9 | EIWA | |
Anthony Tutolo | Kent St. | 27-11 | MAC | |
Tariq Wilson | NC State | 22-9 | ACC | |
141 POUNDS | ||||
At-Large | Austin Headlee | North Carolina | 15-13 | ACC |
At-Large | Alex Madrigal | Old Dominion | 20-8 | MAC |
At-Large | Henry Pohlmeyer | South Dakota St. | 24-9 | Big 12 |
At-Large | Russell Rohlfing | CSU Bakersfield | 22-11 | Pac 12 |
At-Large | Thomas Thorn | Minnesota | 18-11 | Big Ten |
At-Large | Cole Weaver | Indiana | 24-10 | Big Ten |
Josh Alber | UNI | 26-6 | Big 12 | |
Tejon Anthony | George Mason | 21-13 | EWL | |
Michael Carr | Illinois | 17-5 | Big Ten | |
Evan Cheek | Cleveland St. | 24-8 | EWL | |
Yianni Diakomihalis | Cornell | 29-1 | EIWA | |
Ryan Diehl | Maryland | 12-12 | Big Ten | |
Jaydin Eierman | Missouri | 28-1 | MAC | |
Irvin Enriquez | Appalachian St. | 17-11 | SoCon | |
Nicholas Gil | Navy | 31-8 | EIWA | |
Dean Heil | Oklahoma St. | 23-5 | Big 12 | |
Kevin Jack | NC State | 18-3 | ACC | |
Luke Karam | Lehigh | 20-7 | EIWA | |
Nick Lee | Penn St. | 27-5 | Big Ten | |
Nate Limmex | Purdue | 25-14 | Big Ten | |
Joey McKenna | Ohio St. | 16-1 | Big Ten | |
Bryce Meredith | Wyoming | 29-1 | Big 12 | |
Brent Moore | Virginia Tech | 19-10 | ACC | |
Sa`Derian Perry | Eastern Mich. | 15-16 | MAC | |
Chad Red | Nebraska | 21-9 | Big Ten | |
Colton Schilling | Cal Poly | 14-5 | Pac 12 | |
Kyle Shoop | Lock Haven | 34-12 | EWL | |
Tyler Smith | Bucknell | 27-4 | EIWA | |
Mason Smith | Central Mich. | 31-5 | MAC | |
Eli Stickley | Wisconsin | 19-12 | Big Ten | |
Vincent Turk | Iowa | 13-8 | Big Ten | |
Brock Zacherl | Clarion | 27-1 | EWL | |
Nick Zanetta | Pittsburgh | 20-10 | ACC | |
149 POUNDS | ||||
At-Large | Malik Amine | Michigan | 15-12 | Big Ten |
At-Large | Davion Jeffries | Oklahoma | 24-17 | Big 12 |
At-Large | Khristian Olivas | Fresno St. | 24-7 | Big 12 |
At-Large | Justin Oliver | Central Mich. | 25-5 | MAC |
At-Large | Taylor Ortz | Clarion | 26-10 | EWL |
At-Large | Michael Sprague | American | 23-13 | EIWA |
Alfred Bannister | Maryland | 23-8 | Big Ten | |
Ryan Blees | Virginia Tech | 22-7 | ACC | |
Steve Bleise | Minnesota | 18-7 | Big Ten | |
Ryan Deakin | Northwestern | 30-6 | Big Ten | |
Jarrett Degen | Iowa St. | 20-9 | Big 12 | |
Eleazar Deluca | Rutgers | 12-12 | Big Ten | |
Beau Donahue | NC State | 19-6 | ACC | |
Frank Garcia | Binghamton | 27-11 | EIWA | |
Ke-Shawn Hayes | Ohio St. | 27-5 | Big Ten | |
Troy Heilmann | North Carolina | 28-4 | ACC | |
Matthew Kolodzik | Princeton | 24-5 | EIWA | |
Sam Krivus | Virginia | 18-13 | ACC | |
Grant Leeth | Missouri | 22-2 | MAC | |
Boo Lewallen | Oklahoma St. | 27-5 | Big 12 | |
Cole Martin | Wisconsin | 17-12 | Big Ten | |
Colton McCrystal | Nebraska | 21-5 | Big Ten | |
Ronald Perry | Lock Haven | 28-3 | EWL | |
Jared Prince | Navy | 22-4 | EIWA | |
Zain Retherford | Penn St. | 26-0 | Big Ten | |
Dane Robbins | Air Force | 17-12 | Big 12 | |
Cortlandt Schuyler | Lehigh | 12-10 | EIWA | |
Brandon Sorensen | Iowa | 21-2 | Big Ten | |
Kyle Springer | Eastern Mich. | 21-16 | MAC | |
Max Thomsen | UNI | 25-7 | Big 12 | |
Jason Tsirtis | Arizona St. | 17-6 | Pac 12 | |
Sam Turner | Wyoming | 26-15 | Big 12 | |
Tyshawn Williams | SIUE | 15-13 | SoCon | |
157 POUNDS | ||||
At-Large | Ian Brown | Lehigh | 17-10 | EIWA |
At-Large | Larry Early | Old Dominion | 27-10 | MAC |
At-Large | Coleman Hammond | CSU Bakersfield | 27-13 | Pac 12 |
At-Large | Taleb Rahmani | Pittsburgh | 17-12 | ACC |
Tyler Berger | Nebraska | 22-8 | Big Ten | |
Archie Colgan | Wyoming | 32-7 | Big 12 | |
Andrew Crone | Wisconsin | 27-10 | Big Ten | |
Mike D`Angelo | Princeton | 22-8 | EIWA | |
Mitch Finesilver | Duke | 17-4 | ACC | |
Paul Fox | Stanford | 20-7 | Pac 12 | |
Garett Hammond | Drexel | 19-5 | EIWA | |
Colin Heffernan | Central Mich. | 19-6 | MAC | |
Hayden Hidlay | NC State | 22-0 | ACC | |
Micah Jordan | Ohio St. | 22-6 | Big Ten | |
Michael Kemerer | Iowa | 22-2 | Big Ten | |
Alex Klucker | Lock Haven | 25-9 | EWL | |
Joseph Lavallee | Missouri | 29-1 | MAC | |
Tyler Marinelli | Gardner-Webb | 26-6 | SoCon | |
Kennedy Monday | North Carolina | 18-14 | ACC | |
Jason Nolf | Penn St. | 21-1 | Big Ten | |
Alec Pantaleo | Michigan | 17-5 | Big Ten | |
Clayton Ream | North Dakota St. | 23-4 | Big 12 | |
Markus Scheidel | Columbia | 24-2 | EIWA | |
Joshua Shields | Arizona St. | 29-2 | Pac 12 | |
Andrew Shomers | Edinboro | 29-6 | EWL | |
Jake Short | Minnesota | 16-11 | Big Ten | |
Casey Sparkman | Kent St. | 22-16 | MAC | |
Justin Staudenmayer | Brown | 22-10 | EIWA | |
John Vanschenkbrill | Rutgers | 20-12 | Big Ten | |
Joseph Velliquette | Penn | 17-14 | EIWA | |
Luke Weiland | Army West Point | 22-15 | EIWA | |
Hunter Willits | Oregon St. | 18-14 | Pac 12 | |
Luke Zilverberg | South Dakota St. | 31-8 | Big 12 | |
165 POUNDS | ||||
At-Large | Andrew Atkinson | Virginia | 19-7 | ACC |
At-Large | Zachary Carson | Eastern Mich. | 21-11 | MAC |
At-Large | Jacob Morrissey | Purdue | 21-18 | Big Ten |
At-Large | Quentin Perez | Campbell | 25-8 | SoCon |
Branson Ashworth | Wyoming | 35-4 | Big 12 | |
Dawaylon Barnes | Oklahoma | 20-15 | Big 12 | |
May Bethea | Penn | 25-8 | EIWA | |
Te`shan Campbell | Ohio St. | 17-10 | Big Ten | |
Jonathon Chavez | Cornell | 18-4 | EIWA | |
Drew Daniels | Navy | 27-5 | EIWA | |
Zach Finesilver | Duke | 11-11 | ACC | |
Connor Flynn | Missouri | 24-7 | MAC | |
Andrew Fogarty | North Dakota St. | 29-10 | Big 12 | |
Nate Higgins | SIUE | 21-9 | SoCon | |
Vincenzo Joseph | Penn St. | 20-2 | Big Ten | |
Richie Lewis | Rutgers | 18-4 | Big Ten | |
Alex Marinelli | Iowa | 16-3 | Big Ten | |
Chance Marsteller | Lock Haven | 40-2 | EWL | |
Bryce Martin | Indiana | 15-8 | Big Ten | |
Isaiah Martinez | Illinois | 14-0 | Big Ten | |
Logan Massa | Michigan | 16-6 | Big Ten | |
David McFadden | Virginia Tech | 31-0 | ACC | |
Chandler Rogers | Oklahoma St. | 20-3 | Big 12 | |
Demetrius Romero | Utah Valley | 26-8 | Big 12 | |
Jonathan Schleifer | Princeton | 16-11 | EIWA | |
Keilan Torres | Northern Colo. | 22-10 | Big 12 | |
Anthony Valencia | Arizona St. | 25-8 | Pac 12 | |
Jonathan Viruet | Brown | 21-13 | EIWA | |
Chad Walsh | Rider | 24-1 | EWL | |
Nicholas Wanzek | Minnesota | 22-10 | Big Ten | |
Isaiah White | Nebraska | 23-6 | Big Ten | |
Evan Wick | Wisconsin | 23-6 | Big Ten | |
Gordon Wolf | Lehigh | 18-9 | EIWA | |
174 POUNDS | ||||
At-Large | Austin Rose | Drexel | 20-16 | EIWA |
At-Large | Will Schany | Virginia | 18-12 | ACC |
At-Large | Ty Schoffstall | Edinboro | 21-3 | EWL |
At-Large | Devin Skatzka | Indiana | 22-11 | Big Ten |
At-Large | Tyrel White | Columbia | 24-12 | EIWA |
Myles Amine | Michigan | 21-6 | Big Ten | |
Kimball Bastian | Utah Valley | 19-10 | Big 12 | |
Jadaen Bernstein | Navy | 22-5 | EIWA | |
Hunter Bolen | Virginia Tech | 21-10 | ACC | |
Christian Brucki | Central Mich. | 23-11 | MAC | |
Daniel Bullard | NC State | 16-9 | ACC | |
Ryan Christensen | Wisconsin | 24-13 | Big Ten | |
Matt Finesilver | Duke | 25-9 | ACC | |
Joseph Gunther | Iowa | 16-7 | Big Ten | |
Mark Hall | Penn St. | 28-0 | Big Ten | |
Ben Harvey | Army West Point | 19-9 | EIWA | |
Josef Johnson | Harvard | 28-11 | EIWA | |
Bo Jordan | Ohio St. | 23-5 | Big Ten | |
David Kocer | South Dakota St. | 25-6 | Big 12 | |
Jordan Kutler | Lehigh | 24-3 | EIWA | |
Daniel Lewis | Missouri | 29-0 | MAC | |
Taylor Lujan | UNI | 28-5 | Big 12 | |
Dylan Lydy | Purdue | 32-12 | Big Ten | |
Yoanse Mejias | Oklahoma | 28-9 | Big 12 | |
Forrest Przybysz | Appalachian St. | 24-7 | SoCon | |
Ethan Ramos | North Carolina | 17-4 | ACC | |
Johnny Sebastian | Northwestern | 26-10 | Big Ten | |
Dean Sherry | Rider | 19-9 | EWL | |
Jacobe Smith | Oklahoma St. | 19-5 | Big 12 | |
Keaton Subjeck | Stanford | 26-7 | Pac 12 | |
Zahid Valencia | Arizona St. | 27-0 | Pac 12 | |
Brandon Womack | Cornell | 17-9 | EIWA | |
Seldon Wright | Old Dominion | 25-10 | MAC | |
184 POUNDS | ||||
At-Large | Jordan Ellingwood | Central Mich. | 25-10 | MAC |
At-Large | Nick Gravina | Rutgers | 17-5 | Big Ten |
At-Large | Canten Marriott | Missouri | 25-6 | MAC |
At-Large | Chaz Polson | Wyoming | 32-11 | Big 12 |
Domenic Abounader | Michigan | 23-5 | Big Ten | |
Mitchell Bowman | Iowa | 12-11 | Big Ten | |
Greg Bulsak | Clarion | 21-7 | EWL | |
Bryce Carr | Chattanooga | 26-5 | SoCon | |
Alan Clothier | Appalachian St. | 27-9 | SoCon | |
Michael Coleman | Navy | 31-6 | EIWA | |
Maxwell Dean | Cornell | 28-3 | EIWA | |
Alexander DeCiantis | Drexel | 18-6 | EIWA | |
Drew Foster | UNI | 25-4 | Big 12 | |
Dylan Gabel | Northern Colo. | 22-8 | Big 12 | |
Bryce Gorman | Northern Ill. | 11-8 | MAC | |
Corey Hazel | Lock Haven | 23-8 | EWL | |
Joe Heyob | Penn | 23-10 | EIWA | |
Brandon Krone | Minnesota | 11-8 | Big Ten | |
Christian LaFragola | Brown | 19-8 | EIWA | |
Kayne MacCallum | Eastern Mich. | 17-13 | MAC | |
Myles Martin | Ohio St. | 27-2 | Big Ten | |
Keegan Moore | Oklahoma St. | 18-8 | Big 12 | |
Martin Mueller | South Dakota St. | 26-6 | Big 12 | |
Chip Ness | North Carolina | 16-10 | ACC | |
Bo Nickal | Penn St. | 26-0 | Big Ten | |
Kordell Norfleet | Arizona St. | 12-11 | Pac 12 | |
Emory Parker | Illinois | 21-3 | Big Ten | |
Ryan Preisch | Lehigh | 14-2 | EIWA | |
Pete Renda | NC State | 21-2 | ACC | |
Ricky Robertson | Wisconsin | 24-9 | Big Ten | |
Steven Schneider | Binghamton | 21-5 | EIWA | |
Taylor Venz | Nebraska | 23-7 | Big Ten | |
Zachary Zavatsky | Virginia Tech | 28-5 | ACC | |
197 POUNDS | ||||
At-Large | Jordan Atienza | Central Mich. | 19-11 | MAC |
At-Large | Rocco Caywood | Army West Point | 19-12 | EIWA |
At-Large | Randall Diabe | Appalachian St. | 19-7 | SoCon |
At-Large | Eric Schultz | Nebraska | 18-9 | Big Ten |
At-Large | Jacob Seely | Northern Colo. | 16-10 | Big 12 |
Kevin Beazley | Michigan | 16-9 | Big Ten | |
Scottie Boykin | Chattanooga | 26-6 | SoCon | |
Patrick Brucki | Princeton | 28-8 | EIWA | |
Christian Brunner | Purdue | 23-9 | Big Ten | |
Daniel Chaid | North Carolina | 21-10 | ACC | |
Kyle Conel | Kent St. | 24-10 | MAC | |
Dustin Conti | Clarion | 25-7 | EWL | |
Ben Darmstadt | Cornell | 30-1 | EIWA | |
Corey Griego | Oregon St. | 21-5 | Pac 12 | |
Jared Haught | Virginia Tech | 26-2 | ACC | |
Jacob Holschlag | UNI | 17-10 | Big 12 | |
Jeric Kasunic | American | 34-5 | EIWA | |
Thomas Lane | Cal Poly | 15-9 | Pac 12 | |
Stephen Loiseau | Drexel | 31-10 | EIWA | |
Michael Macchiavello | NC State | 17-3 | ACC | |
Frank Mattiace | Penn | 28-6 | EIWA | |
William Miklus | Missouri | 22-3 | MAC | |
Kollin Moore | Ohio St. | 22-2 | Big Ten | |
Shakur Rasheed | Penn St. | 20-3 | Big Ten | |
Hunter Ritter | Wisconsin | 26-9 | Big Ten | |
Sawyer Root | The Citadel | 25-14 | SoCon | |
Nate Rotert | South Dakota St. | 28-4 | Big 12 | |
Jacob Smith | West Virginia | 13-7 | Big 12 | |
Nathan Traxler | Stanford | 17-10 | Pac 12 | |
Preston Weigel | Oklahoma St. | 12-2 | Big 12 | |
Chris Weiler | Lehigh | 15-8 | EIWA | |
Cash Wilcke | Iowa | 18-7 | Big Ten | |
Matt Williams | CSU Bakersfield | 28-7 | Pac 12 | |
285 POUNDS | ||||
At-Large | Brett Dempsey | American | 18-11 | EIWA |
At-Large | Jake Gunning | Buffalo | 17-6 | MAC |
At-Large | Ryan Solomon | Pittsburgh | 20-9 | ACC |
At-Large | Matt Voss | George Mason | 23-11 | EWL |
Michael Boykin | NC State | 20-6 | ACC | |
Nathan Butler | Stanford | 24-7 | Pac 12 | |
Adam Coon | Michigan | 25-1 | Big Ten | |
Dustin Dennison | Utah Valley | 29-9 | Big 12 | |
Amar Dhesi | Oregon St. | 20-2 | Pac 12 | |
Andrew Dunn | Virginia Tech | 21-13 | ACC | |
Cory Gilliland-Daniel | North Carolina | 23-7 | ACC | |
Thomas Haines | Lock Haven | 18-5 | EWL | |
Tanner Hall | Arizona St. | 20-6 | Pac 12 | |
Jere Heino | Campbell | 24-5 | SoCon | |
Youssif Hemida | Maryland | 27-5 | Big Ten | |
Mike Hughes | Hofstra | 34-3 | EIWA | |
Gage Hutchison | Eastern Mich. | 19-7 | MAC | |
Conan Jennings | Northwestern | 25-10 | Big Ten | |
Jacob Kasper | Duke | 35-2 | ACC | |
Tyler Love | Virginia | 9-17 | ACC | |
William Miller | Edinboro | 16-4 | EWL | |
AJ Nevills | Fresno St. | 26-8 | Big 12 | |
Nick Nevills | Penn St. | 26-5 | Big Ten | |
Antonio Pelusi | Franklin & Marshall | 24-8 | EIWA | |
Garrett Ryan | Columbia | 30-6 | EIWA | |
Kyle Snyder | Ohio St. | 12-1 | Big Ten | |
Matt Stencel | Central Mich. | 28-13 | MAC | |
Samuel Stoll | Iowa | 19-4 | Big Ten | |
Shawn Streck | Purdue | 28-13 | Big Ten | |
Stephen Suglio | Kent St. | 20-8 | MAC | |
Jeramy Sweany | Cornell | 19-6 | EIWA | |
Derek White | Oklahoma St. | 23-2 | Big 12 | |
Jordan Wood | Lehigh | 19-5 | EIWA |
The NCAA uses a complex set of ordered criteria to choose the final tournament participants, which explicitly included the following: "head-to-head competition, quality wins, results against common opponents, winning percentage, rating percentage index, coaches ranking, and qualifying event placement."
The NCAA revealed the percentages of how each criterion is weighted in the following tweet:
Take a look at the weighted criteria used by the DI Wrestling Committee when selecting at-large wrestlers. #NCAAWrestling pic.twitter.com/EHk6Vt78Ds
— NCAA Wrestling (@ncaawrestling) March 6, 2018
The 2018 NCAA tournament is being held at the Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland from March 15-17. Seeded brackets are expected Wednesday, March 7. Folks, it's happening, and soon!