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Wrestling Courtney Blumer, CCC Director of Communications

Official Qualifiers for the 2023 NAIA Wrestling National Championship

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – (Qualifiers by Weight Class | Qualifiers by School | Qualifiers by Conference) The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the qualifiers for the 2023 NAIA Wrestling National Championship hosted at Hartman Arena in Park City, Kan. The 66th annual event features four sessions and starts on March 3rd before ending on ESPN3 during the Championship bouts on Saturday, March 4th.

Each conference tournament was awarded automatic bids per weight class based on the final regular-season poll, which can be seen HERE. Each conference was awarded automatic berths based on the number of wrestlers ranked in each weight class. Each conference was awarded a minimum of one automatic bid per weight class, which will go to the tournament's individual champions, even if the conference did not have any wrestlers ranked in the final regular-season poll. 

After the conference tournaments concluded, an 18-member committee consisting of conference raters and oversight members met to select the remaining national at-large qualifiers. In total, 36 student-athletes were selected by at-large classification. The seeding and preliminary brackets will be announced on NAIA.org by 5 p.m. (CST) on Friday, February 24.

The Cascade Collegiate Conference led all conferences with 8 National-At large, including the Automatic Qualifiers resulting in a total of 57 individual qualifiers. Menlo College, the recent 2022-23 CCC Champions will be leading the conference with 10 wrestlers competing.

 Weight Class    First Name      Last Name         Institution                      Conference              Qualification Method
184 Kaden Martin Arizona Christian Cascade National At-Large
125 Brayden Boyd Corban (Ore.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
165 David Rubio Corban (Ore.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
174 Matthew Bartlett Corban (Ore.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
197 Tyson Stover Corban (Ore.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
125 Luciano Fasulo Eastern Oregon Cascade Automatic Qualifier
125 Hunter Sparks Eastern Oregon Cascade Automatic Qualifier
133 Braden Carson Eastern Oregon Cascade Automatic Qualifier
141 Jaxon Morlan Eastern Oregon Cascade National At-Large
174 Keegan Mulhill Eastern Oregon Cascade Automatic Qualifier
184 Kyle Knudtson Eastern Oregon Cascade Automatic Qualifier
197 Marco Retano Eastern Oregon Cascade Automatic Qualifier
197 Jay Smith Eastern Oregon Cascade Automatic Qualifier
285 Noel Orozco Eastern Oregon Cascade Automatic Qualifier
125 Landon Smith Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
141 Carson Coy Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
149 Jonah Chew Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
157 Beau Blackham Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
165 Keller Rock Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
174 Sheldon Cole Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) Cascade National At-Large
184 Michael Densmore Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
125 Riley Siason Menlo (Calif.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
125 Christian Vasquez Menlo (Calif.) Cascade National At-Large
133 Gulomjon Abdullaev Menlo (Calif.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
133 Jovan Garcia Menlo (Calif.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
149 Christopher Gaxiola Menlo (Calif.) Cascade National At-Large
157 Abraham Del Toro Menlo (Calif.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
165 Rysan Leong Menlo (Calif.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
174 Maximus Zamora Menlo (Calif.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
184 Isaiah Morales Menlo (Calif.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
197 Afton Silvis Menlo (Calif.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
285 Antonio Dacosta Menlo (Calif.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
149 Martin Wilkie Montana State - Northern Cascade Automatic Qualifier
165 Devin Crawford Montana State - Northern Cascade Automatic Qualifier
174 Rylin Burns Montana State - Northern Cascade Automatic Qualifier
174 Nakoda Siegel Montana State - Northern Cascade Automatic Qualifier
184 Austin Vanek Montana State - Northern Cascade Automatic Qualifier
197 Carl Hanson Montana State - Northern Cascade Automatic Qualifier
133 Joel Avila Providence (Mont.) Cascade National At-Large
157 Aden Graves Providence (Mont.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
165 Bridger Hall Providence (Mont.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
165 Jordan Komac Providence (Mont.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
184 Sawyer Hobbs Providence (Mont.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
197 Liam Swanson Providence (Mont.) Cascade National At-Large
285 KC Buday Providence (Mont.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
285 Jacob Vincent Simpson (Calif.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
133 Evan Potter Southern Oregon Cascade Automatic Qualifier
149 Aaron Gandara Southern Oregon Cascade Automatic Qualifier
174 Alex Hernandez Southern Oregon Cascade Automatic Qualifier
197 Andrew Herrera Southern Oregon Cascade Automatic Qualifier
285 Antonia Garcia Southern Oregon Cascade Automatic Qualifier
125 Matthew Terrance Vanguard (Calif.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
133 Julian Leon Vanguard (Calif.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
141 Steven Kroesen Vanguard (Calif.) Cascade National At-Large
174 Gerardo Hernandez Vanguard (Calif.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
184 Baron Gaunt Vanguard (Calif.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier
197 Jacob Potts Vanguard (Calif.) Cascade Automatic Qualifier


For additional information on the 2023 NAIA Men's Wrestling National Championships, click HERE.
 

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