NCAA Wrestling: Week 3 Awards Standings

DSC_0052 (2) (2) — 2013 NCAA National Championship Photo taken by Kyle Carroll

INDIANAPOLIS – The NCAA has released the third week of standings for the 2016 NCAA Wrestling Awards that will be awarded in March at the respective Division I, II and III Wrestling Championships.

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 that have accumulated the most falls and the most technical falls throughout the course of the regular and postseasons.

This week marks the first reveal of where the Most Dominant Wrestler race stands with a minimum of 14 matches in the division required to be ranked.

If anyone is wondering why the Penn State Nittany Lions are ranked No. 1 in the nation, it might have to do a little with the Most Dominate Wrestler ranking. Cael Sanderson’s Nittany Lions have four wrestlers ranked within the top 10 of the Most Dominate Wrestler, and two of them claim the top-two spots.

In Division I, Penn State wrestler redshirt freshman Jason Nolf and teammate Zain Retherford land at one and two. The 157-pounder, Nolf, has an average of 5.14 points this season, while 149-pounder Zain Retherford is close behind with an average of 5.05.

Pittsburgh-Johnstown 184-pounder Travis McKillop leads Division II with an average of 5.27 points, which is well ahead of Mercyhurst’s Francis Mizia in second place with an average of 4.71.

The 2014-15 NCAA Division III Most Dominant Wrestler is well on his way to earning the award for the second year in a row as Wabash 184-pounder Riley Lefever has an average of 5.74 points.

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)

Midshipmen 197-pounder Michael Woulfe retains the top spot in falls with 11 falls in Division I, while Nolf sits in second with 10 falls.

McKillop’s lead in the Most Dominant Wrestler standings is reinforced by his Division II-leading 10 falls.

A three-way tie exists in Division III at 14 falls each between Roger Williams 141-pounder Justin Cochran, Williams 184-pounder Christopher Chorzepa and Stevens Institute of Technology 184-pounder AJ Kowal. Cochran holds the tiebreaker with his 14 falls coming in an aggregate time of 27:08.

There is no change in the tech fall standings in Division I as last year’s winner, National Champion, Isaiah Martinez of Illinois, maintains a significant lead with 11 this season at 157 pounds.

The Division II tech fall standings are a family affair at the top where the Mizia brothers of Mercyhurst hold the top two spots. Francis leads the country with seven at 165 pounds, while older brother August is right behind with six tech falls at 174 pounds.

Springfield 149-pounder Zach Joseph maintains his lead in Division III with 10 tech falls, while Ursinus 149-pounder Alex Kramer has totaled nine tech falls this season.

NCAA STAT LEADERS – MOST DOMINANT
Division I
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Avg. Points
1	Jason Nolf	Penn St.	157	5.14
2	Zain Retherford	Penn St.	149	5.05
3	Alex Dieringer	Oklahoma St.	165	4.75
4	Thomas Gilman	Iowa	125	4.75
5	Nick Gwiazdowski	North Carolina St.	285	4.73
6	Gabriel Dean	Cornell	184	4.57
7	Morgan McIntosh	Penn St.	197	4.55
8	Nahshon Garrett	Cornell	133	4.43
9	Isaiah Martinez	Illinois	157	4.42
10	Bo Nickal	Penn St.	174	4.35
Division II
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Avg. Points
1	Travis McKillop	Pitt.-Johnstown	184	5.27
2	Francis Mizia	Mercyhurst	165	4.71
3	Garrett Grey	Tiffin	285	4.68
4	Jon Inman	Fort Hays St.	184	4.64
5	Paul Wilson	Colorado Mines	197	4.33
6	August Mizia	Mercyhurst	174	4.14
7	Huston Evans	Newberry	184	4.14
8	Ryan Beltz	Maryville (MO)	197	4.00
9	Dustin Reed	Newman	125	3.87
10	Martin Ramirez	Adams St.	133	3.86
Division III
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Avg. Points
1	Riley Lefever	Wabash	184	5.74
2	Donald Longendyke	Augsburg	285	5.56
3	Christoper Chorzepa	Williams	184	5.33
4	Josh Thomson	Messiah	184	5.31
5	AJ Kowal	Stevens	184	5.11
6	Derek Arnold	Ursinus	157	4.85
7	Angus Arthur	Adrian	197	4.84
8	Ron Tassoni	Wash. & Lee	184	4.78
9	Lance Evans	Wartburg	285	4.61
10	Nolan Barger	Lycoming	165	4.48

NCAA STAT LEADERS – TECH FALLS
Division I
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Tech Falls	Time
1	Isaiah Martinez	Illinois	157	11	50:37
2	Nate Brown	Lehigh	184	7	31:36
3	Gabriel Dean	Cornell	184	6	35:46
4	Zain Retherford	Penn St.	149	6	36:27
5	Jason Nolf	Penn St.	157	6	41:18
6	Myles Martin	Ohio St.	174	5	26:57
7	Chad Pyke	North Carolina St.	157	5	28:01
8	Bo Nickal	Penn St.	174	5	28:16
9	Thomas Gilman	Iowa	125	5	30:13
10	J`Den Cox	Missouri	197	5	32:40
Division II
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Tech Falls	Time
1	Francis Mizia	Mercyhurst	165	7	25:10
2	August Mizia	Mercyhurst	174	6	19:34
3	Dominick Nania	Wheeling Jesuit	149	5	16:54
4	Ryan Beltz	Maryville (MO)	197	5	24:32
5	Jordan Rinken	Upper Iowa	157	5	27:22
6	Joseph Alessandro	Seton Hill	141	5	28:44
7	Vincent Turano	LIU Post	141	5	35:00
8	Derrick Nelson	Coker	133	4	18:43
9	Tyler Reinhart	Pitt.-Johnstown	165	4	20:06
10	Joseph Calderone	LIU Post	133	4	28:00
Division III
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Tech Falls	Time
1	Zach Joseph	Springfield	149	10	51:36
2	Alex Kramer	Ursinus	149	9	27:06
3	Jeff Palmeri	Brockport	184	8	38:16
4	Michael Fleck	Wilkes	125	8	41:28
5	Zach Bylykbashi	Wash. & Lee	133	7	29:35
6	CJ Luth	Southern Me.	157	7	31:19
7	Nathan Pike	New York University	133	7	38:01
8	Lucas Malmberg	Messiah	125	7	38:36
8	Asher Kramer	Brockport St.	125	7	38:36
10	Gerard Roman	Wartburg	197	6	13:46

NCAA STAT LEADERS – FALLS
Division I
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Falls	Time
1	Michael Woulfe	Navy	197	11	47:42
2	Jason Nolf	Penn St.	157	10	35:50
3	Mathew Miller	Navy	184	9	28:33
4	Nick Gwiazdowski	North Carolina St.	285	8	18:43
5	Zain Retherford	Penn St.	149	8	21:43
6	Zach Brunson	Illinois	174	8	25:04
7	Evan Henderson	North Carolina	149	7	14:25
8	Ian Baker	Princeton	197	7	15:05
9	Bo Nickal	Penn St.	174	7	17:11
10	Nick Bonaccorsi	Pittsburgh	197	7	18:36
Division II
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Falls	Time
1	Travis McKillop	Pitt.-Johnstown	184	10	14:31
2	Tate Barnhardt	Mary	133	8	19:35
3	Ronald Wardleigh	Western St.	125	8	24:56
4	Nate Rodriguez	Maryville (MO)	141	8	32:30
5	Damon Sims	Pitt.-Johnstown	285	8	35:20
6	Garrett Grey	Tiffin	285	6	9:07
7	Terrance McKinney	Chadron St.	149	6	15:46
8	Jeremiah Lutz	Emmanuel (GA)	149	6	17:49
9	Andy Welton	Mercyhurst	285	6	19:19
10	Evan Link	Pitt.-Johnstown	125	6	23:29
Division III
Rank	Name	School	Weight	Falls	Time
1	Justin Cochran	Roger Williams	141	14	27:08
2	Christoper Chorzepa	Williams	184	14	29:54
3	AJ Kowal	Stevens	184	14	35:17
4	Josh Thomson	Messiah	184	13	38:36
5	Adrian Collier	Dubuque	149	12	22:42
6	Riley Lefever	Wabash	184	12	29:06
7	Anthony Brooks	Williams	197	11	18:12
8	Donald Longendyke	Augsburg	285	11	20:05
9	Robert Hawkins	Wilkes	149	11	25:09
10	Garrett Beaman	St. Olaf	174	11	32:51

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).

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