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