Despite the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Championships, a Hodge Trophy will be awarded this season and eight undefeated wrestlers have been named finalists. 

This year’s finalists are Iowa junior Spencer Lee (125), Princeton sophomore Pat Glory (125), Cornell senior Charles Tucker (133), Northwestern junior Ryan Deakin (157), Stanford freshman Shane Griffith (165), Ohio State senior Kollin Moore (197), West Virginia sophomore Noah Adams (197), and Minnesota sophomore Gable Steveson (285). 

Official ballots for the Hodge Trophy Voting Committee are made up of all past Hodge Trophy winners, a retired college coach from each region, and national media members will begin on Monday, March 23. In addition, the official fan vote for the 2020 Hodge will also begin at 12:00 pm CST on March 23 on www.WIN-magazine.com. The fan vote winner will receive an additional two first-place votes.

The award is named after the great Dan Hodge, who was a three-time NCAA champ (1955-57) at the University of Oklahoma. Hodge was 46-0 with 36 pins and never allowed a takedown in his college career.

Primary criteria for the award are a wrestler’s record, number of pins, dominance and quality of competition. Past credentials, sportsmanship/citizenship, and heart are used as secondary criteria in years where two finalists stats are nearly equal.

The 2020 Hodge winner will be announced at 12 pm CST on Monday, March 30.