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The top eight finishers in each weight class earn All-American status. [1] The top four teams earn podium and team trophy finishes. Since 1934, team scoring officially became a permanent feature of the NCAA Wrestling Championships. [2] In 1928 and from 1931–1933, there was only an unofficial team title.
Penn State earned the record for overall team score, beating the record set by the 1997 Iowa team on the strength of Aaron Brooks and Carter Starocci winning their fourth NCAA titles. It was their 11th in 13 years. California Baptist and Long Island made their Division I debuts while Little Rock had their first two All-Americans in program history.
The Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling team is the most successful NCAA Division I athletic program of all time in any sport. As of 2023-24, Oklahoma State wrestling has won 34 team national championships, 143 individual NCAA championships, and 488 All-American honors. [2]
Kevin Dresser – NCAA Champion and two-time All-American, head wrestling coach at Virginia Tech (2006–2017), Iowa State (2017–present) Thomas Gilman – Olympic bronze medalist at 2020 Summer Olympics in freestyle wrestling, World Champion and two-time medalist, NCAA finalist and three-time All-American
The Oregon State Beavers wrestling program was established in 1909. Traditionally a nationally prominent team, the Beavers won the Amateur Athletic Union national championship in 1926 (Oregon State's first national championship in any sport) and have won their conference championship over 50 times.
The National Wrestling Coaches Association (or "NWCA") have a National Duals tournament for NCAA Division I, Division II, Division III, NAIA, NJCAA, and NCWA teams, but all do not tie into their respective National Championships point totals. Penn State University (NCAA D-I) won four straight National Championships from 2011 to 2014 – without ...
The roots of collegiate wrestling can be traced back almost as far as the earliest moments in United States history. There were already wrestling styles among Native Americans varying from tribe and nation by the 15th and 16th centuries, when the first Europeans settled. The English and French who settled on the North American continent sought ...
Alan Rice – Olympian in Greco-Roman wrestling at 1956 Summer Olympics; Dustin Schlatter – NCAA Champion and three-time All-American; Gable Steveson – Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling at 2020 Summer Olympics, professional wrestler, NFL player, two-time NCAA Champion and three-time All-American, two-time Hodge Trophy winner ...