NCAA Wrestling: 2016 NCAA National Championship Qualifiers and Brackets

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA announced the 49 at-large selections for the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships the morning of March 9th.

The 49 at-large selections for the tournament will join the 281 student-athletes that qualified automatically through their respective conference tournaments, which took place over the past two weekends.

The NCAA Division I wrestling committee used the following criteria to select the at-large bids; head-to-head competition, quality wins, results against common opponents, winning percentage, rating percentage index, coaches rankings, qualifying event placement, and number of matches contested at that weight class.

BRACKETS: Full 2016 Division I Wrestling brackets

Tickets for the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Madison Square Garden March 17-19 are still available on the NCAA Ticket Exchange.  Buy and sell official tickets with other wrestling fans through the NCAA Ticket Exchange before it closes on March 14.  This gives ticket holders who are unable to attend a session a place to safely sell their tickets.  Buyers can also get their tickets knowing the tickets are authentic and guaranteed.

Note: Qualifiers are listed in alphabetical order. Qualifiers with an asterisk denotes an at-large selection.

WEIGHT FIRST NAME LAST NAME TEAM LEAGUE OVERALL
285 Brooks Black Illinois Big Ten 20-9
285 Nathan Butler Stanford Pac 12 25-7
285 Blaize Cabell UNI MAC 22-6
285 Adam Coon Michigan Big Ten 18-2
285 Boyce Cornwell Gardner-Webb SoCon 22-9
285* Mauro Correnti Rider EWL 16-13
285 Denzel Dejournette Appalachian St. SoCon 31-2
285 Amarveer Dhesi Oregon St. Pac 12 27-3
285* Patrick Gillen Virginia ACC 17-13
285* Joseph Goodhart Drexel EIWA 24-12
285 Nick Gwiazdowski North Carolina St. ACC 29-0
285 Tanner Hall Arizona St. Pac 12 23-10
285 Tanner Harms Wyoming Big 12 19-4
285 Mike Hughes Hofstra EIWA 39-8
285* Gage Hutchison Eastern Mich. MAC 21-13
285 Collin Jensen Nebraska Big Ten 21-14
285 Jared Johnson Chattanooga SoCon 23-5
285 Michael Kroells Minnesota Big Ten 30-7
285 Ross Larson Oklahoma Big 12 19-11
285 Austin Marsden Oklahoma St. Big 12 27-1
285 William Miller Edinboro EWL 28-9
285 Ray O`Donnell Princeton EIWA 27-11
285 Antonio Pelusi Franklin & Marshall EIWA 26-19
285* Garrett Ryan Columbia EIWA 22-8
285 Riley Shaw Cleveland St. EWL 28-5
285 Billy Smith Rutgers Big Ten 27-8
285 Kyle Snyder Ohio St. Big Ten 6-0
285 Ryan Solomon Pittsburgh ACC 18-8
285 Joe Stolfi Bucknell EIWA 20-2
285* Sam Stoll Iowa Big Ten 22-5
285 Jeramy Sweany Cornell EIWA 22-14
285 Ty Walz Virginia Tech ACC 23-2
285 Max Wessell Lehigh EIWA 24-4
197 Anthony Abro Eastern Mich. MAC 20-8
197 Bryce Barnes Army West Point EIWA 21-9
197 John Bolich Lehigh EIWA 17-10
197 Nick Bonaccorsi Pittsburgh ACC 15-13
197 Scottie Boykin Chattanooga SoCon 23-6
197 Michael Boykin North Carolina St. ACC 17-9
197 Nathan Burak Iowa Big Ten 23-2
197 Kyle Conel Kent St. MAC 26-6
197 J`Den Cox Missouri MAC 28-1
197 Joshua Dasilveira Arizona St. Pac 12 21-9
197 James Downey Iowa St. Big 12 6-2
197* Reuben Franklin CSU Bakersfield Pac 12 31-6
197 Brett Harner Princeton EIWA 33-3
197 Conner Hartmann Duke ACC 26-1
197 Jared Haught Virginia Tech ACC 17-7
197 Hayden Hrymack Rutgers Big Ten 17-14
197 Maxwell Huntley Michigan Big Ten 21-5
197 Morgan McIntosh Penn St. Big Ten 28-0
197* Chip Ness North Carolina ACC 18-12
197 Trent Noon Northern Colo. Big 12 24-8
197 Zachary Nye Virginia ACC 24-10
197 Brett Pfarr Minnesota Big Ten 35-3
197 Nate Rotert South Dakota St. Big 12 26-9
197 Owen Scott Cornell EIWA 15-7
197 Shawn Scott Northern Ill. MAC 23-9
197* Jacob A. Smith West Virginia Big 12 30-10
197 Phil Sprenkle Lock Haven EWL 18-7
197 Aaron Studebaker Nebraska Big Ten 21-9
197 Preston Weigel Oklahoma St. Big 12 16-10
197 Phil Wellington Ohio MAC 25-6
197 Sam Wheeler Cleveland St. EWL 28-8
197 Ryan Wolfe Rider EWL 27-8
197* Michael Woulfe Navy EIWA 32-12
184 Domenic Abounader Michigan Big Ten 23-2
184 Joe Ariola Buffalo MAC 13-15
184 Victor Avery Edinboro EWL 13-1
184* Abram Ayala Princeton EIWA 19-11
184 Nolan Boyd Oklahoma St. Big 12 28-6
184 Sammy Brooks Iowa Big Ten 24-4
184 Nate Brown Lehigh EIWA 21-4
184 Ryan Christensen Wisconsin Big Ten 18-18
184* Kenny Courts Ohio St. Big Ten 17-10
184 Gabriel Dean Cornell EIWA 29-1
184 Jack Dechow Old Dominion MAC 18-3
184 Timothy Dudley Nebraska Big Ten 20-6
184 Jordan Ellingwood Central Mich. MAC 28-12
184 Nicholas Gravina Rutgers Big Ten 21-9
184 Corey Griego Oregon St. Pac 12 23-10
184 Ville Heino Campbell SoCon 26-12
184 Samson Imonode Army West Point EIWA 15-17
184 Jeffrey Koepke Illinois Big Ten 20-8
184* Garet Krohn Stanford Pac 12 20-8
184* John Lampe Chattanooga SoCon 21-5
184 Matt McCutcheon Penn St. Big Ten 16-6
184 Willie Miklus Missouri MAC 18-5
184 Mathew Miller Navy EIWA 29-7
184* Dane Pestano Iowa St. Big 12 24-13
184 Pete Renda North Carolina St. ACC 21-7
184 Jakob `Bubba` Scheffel West Virginia Big 12 21-14
184 Steven Schneider Binghamton EIWA 30-9
184 Tom Sleigh Bucknell EIWA 26-8
184 Blake Stauffer Arizona St. Pac 12 23-2
184 Lorenzo Thomas Pennsylvania EIWA 30-6
184 Alex Utley North Carolina ACC 25-8
184 Zachary Zavatsky Virginia Tech ACC 23-5
184 Hayden Zillmer North Dakota St. Big 12 30-4
174 Phil Bakuckas Rutgers Big Ten 18-13
174 Micah Barnes Nebraska Big Ten 20-10
174 Rustin Barrick Bucknell EIWA 27-10
174 Jadaen Bernstein Navy EIWA 32-11
174 Zach Brunson Illinois Big Ten 20-3
174 Blaise Butler Missouri MAC 20-3
174* Te`Shan Campbell Pittsburgh ACC 18-10
174 Zach Epperly Virginia Tech ACC 10-2
174 Bryce Hammond CSU Bakersfield Pac 12 19-3
174 Brian Harvey Army West Point EIWA 23-9
174 Nathan Jackson Indiana Big Ten 31-7
174 Josef Johnson Harvard EIWA 18-14
174 Nick Kee Appalachian St. SoCon 28-7
174* Casey Kent Pennsylvania EIWA 26-7
174 David Kocer South Dakota St. Big 12 28-11
174* Sean Mappes Chattanooga SoCon 18-10
174 Myles Martin Ohio St. Big Ten 28-6
174 Jack McKeever Binghamton EIWA 27-10
174 Alex Meyer Iowa Big Ten 23-4
174 Bo Nickal Penn St. Big Ten 29-1
174 Michael Ottinger Central Mich. MAC 29-6
174 Michael Pavasko Clarion EWL 21-13
174 Ethan Ramos North Carolina ACC 22-3
174 Brian Realbuto Cornell EIWA 33-3
174 Matt Reed Oklahoma Big 12 19-9
174 Richard Robertson Wisconsin Big Ten 14-13
174 Chandler Rogers Oklahoma St. Big 12 27-7
174* Jonathan Schleifer Princeton EIWA 21-9
174 Keaton Subjeck Stanford Pac 12 20-7
174 Cody Walters Ohio MAC 26-4
174 Nicholas Wanzek Minnesota Big Ten 20-11
174 Lelund Weatherspoon Iowa St. Big 12 24-10
174 Gordon Wolf Lehigh EIWA 13-10
165 Connor Brennan Rider EWL 27-3
165* Tyler Buckwalter Kent St. MAC 24-11
165 Alex Dieringer Oklahoma St. Big 12 28-0
165 Jake Faust Duke ACC 17-8
165 Adam Fierro CSU Bakersfield Pac 12 17-9
165 Casey Fuller Edinboro EWL 26-9
165 Clark Glass Oklahoma Big 12 22-8
165 Devon Gobbo Harvard EIWA 25-5
165 Isaac Jordan Wisconsin Big Ten 25-0
165 Bo Jordan Ohio St. Big Ten 16-2
165 Dakota Juarez Eastern Mich. MAC 14-10
165 Daniel Lewis Missouri MAC 25-4
165 David McFadden Virginia Tech ACC 21-9
165 Cooper Moore UNI MAC 15-6
165* Geno Morelli Penn St. Big Ten 19-10
165 Anthony Perrotti Rutgers Big Ten 21-3
165 George Pickett Cornell EIWA 26-9
165 Ryan Preisch Lehigh EIWA 16-8
165* Forrest Przybysz Appalachian St. SoCon 21-11
165 Austin Reese Ohio MAC 21-12
165* Patrick Rhoads Iowa Big Ten 13-11
165 Steven Rodrigues Illinois Big Ten 25-3
165 Max Rohskopf North Carolina St. ACC 15-2
165 John Staudenmayer North Carolina ACC 21-10
165 Seth Thomas Oregon St. Pac 12 21-9
165 Austin Trott Gardner-Webb SoCon 17-5
165 Tanner Weatherman Iowa St. Big 12 28-8
165 Chad Welch Purdue Big Ten 30-7
165 Tyrel White Columbia EIWA 26-10
165 Cody Wiercioch Pittsburgh ACC 17-11
165* Mitchell Wightman American EIWA 22-15
165 Jim Wilson Stanford Pac 12 24-6
165 Austin Wilson Nebraska Big Ten 23-9
157* Andrew Atkinson Virginia ACC 24-9
157 LeRoy Barnes Missouri MAC 27-8
157 Tyler Berger Nebraska Big Ten 21-11
157 May Bethea Pennsylvania EIWA 22-13
157 John Boyle American EIWA 29-7
157 Nick Brascetta Virginia Tech ACC 7-3
157 Chris Castillo Boise St. Pac 12 19-10
157 Spartak Chino Ohio MAC 23-11
157 Edwin Cooper, Jr. Iowa Big Ten 17-9
157 Dylan Cottrell West Virginia Big 12 30-9
157* Gregory Flournoy George Mason EWL 30-10
157 Thomas Gantt North Carolina St. ACC 24-0
157 Robert Henderson North Carolina ACC 11-12
157 Richie Lewis Rutgers Big Ten 26-5
157 Isaiah Martinez Illinois Big Ten 27-1
157 Austin Matthews Edinboro EWL 10-4
157* Ian Miller Kent St. MAC 20-1
157 Andrew Morse Northern Ill. MAC 6-5
157 Brian Murphy Michigan Big Ten 9-7
157 Jason Nolf Penn St. Big Ten 29-1
157 Cody Pack South Dakota St. Big 12 27-3
157 Dylan Palacio Cornell EIWA 13-1
157 Russell Parsons Army West Point EIWA 28-11
157 Neal Richards Vmi SoCon 21-9
157 Jake Ryan Ohio St. Big Ten 17-5
157 Markus Scheidel Columbia EIWA 39-8
157 Kamaal Shakur Chattanooga SoCon 24-6
157 Joseph Smith Oklahoma St. Big 12 31-3
157 Luke Smith Central Mich. MAC 30-8
157 Justin Staudenmayer Brown EIWA 29-8
157 Bryce Steiert UNI MAC 21-9
157* Aaron Walker The Citadel SoCon 28-7
157 Chad Walsh Rider EWL 25-7
149 Nick Barber Eastern Mich. MAC 18-9
149 Matthew Cimato Drexel EIWA 34-5
149 Bryant Clagon Rider EWL 19-10
149 Anthony Collica Oklahoma St. Big 12 25-7
149 Colt Cotten Buffalo MAC 12-9
149 Joey Delgado Oregon St. Pac 12 23-14
149 Mike DePalma Kent St. MAC 23-7
149 Tyson Dippery Rutgers Big Ten 18-13
149 John Fahy SIUE SoCon 19-9
149 Mitch Finesilver Duke ACC 28-7
149 Joseph Galasso Cornell EIWA 18-12
149* Steven Galiardo Brown EIWA 21-8
149 Laike Gardner Lehigh EIWA 21-9
149* Alex Griffin Purdue Big Ten 14-7
149* Coleman Hammond CSU Bakersfield Pac 12 21-13
149 Evan Henderson North Carolina ACC 22-5
149 Davion Jeffries Oklahoma Big 12 23-10
149* Alex Kocer South Dakota St. Big 12 24-10
149 Matthew Kraus Arizona St. Pac 12 28-6
149 Victor Lopez Bucknell EIWA 28-12
149 Patricio Lugo Edinboro EWL 29-7
149 Geo Martinez Boise St. Pac 12 28-5
149 Lavion Mayes Missouri MAC 26-2
149 Daniel Neff Lock Haven EWL 26-8
149 Justin Oliver Central Mich. MAC 28-5
149 Alec Pantaleo Michigan Big Ten 24-5
149 Clayton Ream North Dakota St. Big 12 21-16
149 Zain Retherford Penn St. Big Ten 29-0
149* Jake Short Minnesota Big Ten 16-10
149 Brandon Sorensen Iowa Big Ten 25-1
149 Jake Sueflohn Nebraska Big Ten 27-6
149 Jason Tsirtsis Northwestern Big Ten 13-7
149* Christopher Vassar Gardner-Webb SoCon 18-7
141 Anthony Abidin Nebraska Big Ten 18-13
141 Anthony Ashnault Rutgers Big Ten 29-3
141 Steve Bleise Northern Ill. MAC 26-8
141 Solomon Chishko Virginia Tech ACC 26-4
141 Randy Cruz Lehigh EIWA 24-7
141 Rick Durso Franklin & Marshall EIWA 37-8
141* Logan Everett Army West Point EIWA 18-13
141 Zach Finesilver Duke ACC 25-12
141 Javier Gasca III Michigan St. Big Ten 21-8
141 Nicholas Gil Navy EIWA 25-15
141 Seth Gross South Dakota St. Big 12 23-12
141 James Gulibon Penn St. Big Ten 12-9
141 Dean Heil Oklahoma St. Big 12 27-1
141 Zachary Horan Central Mich. MAC 25-11
141 Jamel Hudson Hofstra EIWA 20-8
141 Kevin Jack North Carolina St. ACC 23-3
141 Micah Jordan Ohio St. Big Ten 25-2
141 Jordan Laster Princeton EIWA 22-12
141 Mike Longo Appalachian St. SoCon 19-9
141 Matt Manley Missouri MAC 27-6
141 Robert Mathers Arizona St. Pac 12 22-11
141 Joey McKenna Stanford Pac 12 22-2
141 Chris Mecate Old Dominion MAC 21-6
141 Bryce Meredith Wyoming Big 12 25-4
141 Ian Nickell CSU Bakersfield Pac 12 26-10
141* Jameson Oster Northwestern Big Ten 12-6
141* Mike Pongracz Chattanooga SoCon 22-4
141 Todd Preston Harvard EIWA 29-4
141 Danny Sabatello Purdue Big Ten 19-15
141* Tyler Smith Bucknell EIWA 22-11
141 Thomas Thorn Minnesota Big Ten 34-9
141 Joseph Ward North Carolina ACC 19-4
141 Brock Zacherl Clarion EWL 27-1
133* Josh Alber UNI MAC 26-10
133 Geoffrey Alexander Maryland Big Ten 13-5
133 Mason Beckman Lehigh EIWA 16-10
133 Dalton Brady Arizona St. Pac 12 16-2
133 Cody Brewer Oklahoma Big 12 21-2
133* Rosario Bruno Michigan Big Ten 14-11
133 Cory Clark Iowa Big Ten 22-1
133 Jordan Conaway Penn St. Big Ten 26-5
133 Zachary Davis Navy EIWA 28-14
133 Robert Deutsch Rider EWL 20-5
133 George DiCamillo Virginia ACC 27-3
133 Johnni DiJulius Ohio St. Big Ten 17-7
133 Austin Eicher Northern Ill. MAC 19-11
133 Dom Forys Pittsburgh ACC 25-3
133 Nahshon Garrett Cornell EIWA 32-0
133 Anthony Giraldo Rutgers Big Ten 17-14
133 Earl Hall Iowa St. Big 12 29-7
133 Gary Wayne Harding Oklahoma St. Big 12 15-11
133 Corey Keener Central Mich. MAC 18-10
133 Cameron Kelly Ohio MAC 22-7
133 Nathan Kraisser Campbell SoCon 33-7
133 Bryan Lantry Buffalo MAC 18-14
133 Dominick Malone Northwestern Big Ten 22-10
133* Martin (Josh) Martinez Air Force Big 12 23-8
133 Mack McGuire Kent St. MAC 24-5
133 Eric Montoya Nebraska Big Ten 24-8
133 Jamal Morris North Carolina St. ACC 14-8
133* Joey Palmer Oregon St. Pac 12 24-10
133 Jade Rauser Utah Valley Big 12 20-6
133 Zane Richards Illinois Big Ten 23-1
133* Caleb Richardson Pennsylvania EIWA 21-13
133* Zach Synon Missouri MAC 16-12
133 Bradley Taylor Wisconsin Big Ten 9-5
125 Lorenzo Bentley Pittsburgh ACC 18-10
125 Darian Cruz Lehigh EIWA 28-5
125 Joey Dance Virginia Tech ACC 28-1
125 Sean Fausz North Carolina St. ACC 16-9
125 Brent Fleetwood Central Mich. MAC 19-11
125 Zachary Fuentes Drexel EIWA 22-12
125 Thomas Gilman Iowa Big Ten 24-1
125 Nick Herrmann Virginia ACC 15-7
125 Brandon Jeske Old Dominion MAC 18-11
125 Johnny Jimenez Wisconsin Big Ten 18-14
125 Eddie Klimara Oklahoma St. Big 12 27-5
125 Tim Lambert Nebraska Big Ten 23-9
125 Kyle Larson Iowa St. Big 12 23-15
125* Dalton Macri Cornell EIWA 16-7
125* Sean McCabe Rutgers Big Ten 14-14
125 Barlow McGhee Missouri MAC 22-7
125 Nico Megaludis Penn St. Big Ten 27-3
125 Ryan Millhof Oklahoma Big 12 21-6
125* Zeke Moisey West Virginia Big 12 26-11
125 Elijah Oliver Indiana Big Ten 31-8
125 Dylan Peters UNI MAC 14-2
125 Paul Petrov Bucknell EIWA 31-5
125 Ronnie Rios Oregon St. Pac 12 28-7
125 Alfredo Rodriguez SIUE SoCon 15-1
125 Joshua Rodriguez North Dakota St. Big 12 34-8
125 Drew Romero Air Force Big 12 16-15
125 Sean Russell Edinboro EWL 27-7
125 Connor Schram Stanford Pac 12 20-5
125 Drew Templeman Wyoming Big 12 18-8
125* David Terao American EIWA 25-5
125* Chasen Tolbert Utah Valley Big 12 16-7
125 Nathan Tomasello Ohio St. Big Ten 22-0
125 Conor Youtsey Michigan Big Ten 12-13
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Kyle Carroll
Kyle Carroll is a Long Island, N.Y. native and avid MMA and amateur wrestling fan. He has been a part of the wrestling community for nearly 20 years. Carroll has six years of experience coaching high school wrestling. His father coached high school wrestling over 35 years, passing on his strong knowledge. Carroll has been reporting MMA news since January 2011. The former wrestler’s coverage includes the 2012 U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials, 2013 & 2016 NCAA D1 Wrestling Championship, and numerous MMA events (Bellator MMA, King of the Cage, North American Fighting Championship, and Glory).