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 66^th annual event features four sessions and starts on March 3^rd before ending on ESPN3 during the Championship bouts on Saturday, March 4^th.

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