National Collegiate Wrestling Association

National Collegiate Wrestling Association

Abbreviation	NCWA
Formation	1997 (1997)
Legal status	Association
Headquarters	Dallas, Texas
Region served	United States of America and Canada
Membership	162 (schools, conferences or other associations)
Executive Director	Jim Giunta
Main organ	Executive Committee
Website	NCWA official website

The National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) is a nonprofit association of 162 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organize the wrestling programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. It is led by founder and executive director Jim Giunta headquartered in Dallas, Texas and built to help the promotion of collegiate wrestling.

Many teams were formerly NCAA programs displaced by Title IX legislation and/or are preparing to join the NCAA, NAIA, or NJCAA. Teams in transition to a higher division not eligible for the NCAA postseason also compete in the NCWA. Notable wrestling programs to have started or competed in the NCWA and are now in other associations include: California Baptist University, McKendree University, Notre Dame College, and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

History

A post-secondary athletic association built to help the promotion of collegiate wrestling, the NCWA was founded in 1997 as a 501c3 non-profit by the current executive director, Jim Giunta, after resigning as executive director of the Texas Interscholastic Wrestling Association (TIWA). At its founding the association had 13 member teams, but today the NCWA is composed of over 150 wrestling teams and clubs from across the United States and Canada. Many of these programs were formerly NCAA scholarship programs which were affected by Title IX legislation, which has resulted in many colleges being forced to give up their wrestling programs in the name of gender equality. The variety of institutions competing in the NCWA is wide and unrestricted as junior colleges, trade schools and post-secondary prep institutions compete in the same national championship as four-year colleges and universities.

NCWA Growth ^[1]

Season	# of Men's Teams
1997-1998	26
1998-1999	35
1999-2000	44
2000-2001	56
2001-2002	68
2002-2003	80
2003-2004	95
2004-2005	109
2005-2006	122
2006-2007	134
2007-2008	142
2008-2009	154
2009-2010	163
2010-2011	170
2011-2012	156
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
2016-2017	170

Season	# of Women's Teams
2007-2008	7
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011	16
2011-2012	18
2012-2013	15
2013-2014	10
2014-2015	15
2015-2016	22
2016-2017	24

Season	# of GoGreco Teams
2017	8

Notable current teams

While the NCWA currently has over 100 schools in competition, a few programs have distinguished themselves as top-tier programs.

Men's Folkstyle
Institution	Year Entered NCWA	Conference	All-Americans and National Champions	Team Championships	Notes
Alfred State College	2013	Northeast	6 All-Americans	4 top-20 finishes at National Championships 6th at 2017 National Dual Meet Championship	Started transition from NJCAA to NCAA Division III, beginning 2013 and finalizing 2018[2][3]
Auburn University	1997	Southeast	24 All-Americans 1 National Champion	6 top-10 finishes at Division I National Championships 15th at 2013 National Dual Meet Championship	One of the original NCWA teams
Emmanuel College	2015	Southeast	19 All-Americans 7 National Champions	5th at 2016 National Dual Meet Championship 2017 National Dual Meet Champions 2x Southeast Conference Champions (2016-2017) 2x Division I National Championships (2016-2017) 2017 Collegiate Cup Champions	Currently seeking full-time membership into NCAA Division II
Grand Valley State University	2000	Great Lakes	119 All-Americans 21 National Champions	2x Northern Conference Champions (2001, 2002)[4] 8x North Central Conference Champions (2003 - 2009, 2011)[5] 2010 North Central Conference Co-Champions[6] 4x Great Lakes Conference Champions (2013 - 2017) 8 top-6 finishes at National Dual Meet Championship 2009 National Dual Meet Champions 14 top-5 finishes at National Championships 5x National Championships titles (2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008)	Wrestling program had competed in NCAA D-I, D-II, D-III, and NAIA until 1992
Liberty University	2011	Mid-Atlantic	35 All-Americans 5 National Champions	6x Mid-Atlantic Conference Champions (2012 - 2017) 6 top-3 finishes at National Dual Meet Championship 2x National Dual Meet Champions (2012, 2015) 6 top-4 finishes at Division I National Championships 2015 Division I National Champions [7] 2015 Collegiate Cup Champions	Competed as a NCAA D-I program prior to joining the NCWA in 2011
Middle Tennessee State University	1999	Mid-Atlantic	23 All-Americans	4 top-8 National Dual Meet Championship finishes 2015 Division I National Championships Runner-up 3 top-10 National Championship finishes	Coached by Steven Smith
Mott Community College	2003	Great Lakes	20 All-Americans 3 National Champions	4 top-12 National Championship finishes 7th at 2014 National Dual Meet Championship	One of four community colleges competing in Division I
The Apprentice School	2000	Mid-Atlantic	87 All-Americans 10 National Champions	3x Northeast Conference Champions (1999, 2002, 2003)[8] 8x Mid-Atlantic Conference Champions (2004 - 2011)[9] 8 top-8 finishes at National Dual Meet Championship 18 top-10 finishes at Division I National Championships 2009 National Champions
United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School	2003	Great Plains	34 All-Americans 7 National Champions	2014 Great Plains Conference Champions 5 top-10 finishes at Division I National Championships	Vast majority of student-athletes transfer to United States Air Force Academy
University of Central Florida	2003	Southeast	91 All-Americans 12 National Champions	10x Southeast Conference Champions (2003 - 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010 - 2013, 2015)[10] 3x National Championships titles (2004, 2005, 2010) 7 top-5 finishes at National Dual Meet Championship 2016 National Dual Meet Champions 15 top-10 finishes at Division I National Championships 2016 Collegiate Cup Champions	Train out of Southeast Olympic Regional Training Center
Yale University	1997	Northeast	20 All-Americans 3 National Champions	1998 National Champions 5 top-20 finishes at National Championships	Won the inaugural NCWA National Championships
Men's Greco-Roman
Institution	Year Entered NCWA	Conference	All-Americans and National Champions	Team Championships	Notes
Richland College	2017	Southwest	6 All-Americans 1 National Champion	2017 GoGreco National Runner-ups	Hosted inaugural GoGreco National Championships in 2017
University of North Texas	2017	Southwest	8 All-Americans 1 National Champion	2017 GoGreco National Champions	Inaugural GoGreco National Champions
University of Southern California	2017	West Coast	3 All-Americans 2 National Champions		Most National Champions in GoGreco
Women's Folkstyle
Institution	Year Entered NCWA	Conference	All-Americans and National Champions	Team Championships	Notes
Ottawa University	2014	Great Plains	22 All-Americans 3 National Champions	3 top-2 finishes at National Championships (2015 - 2017)	Also compete in freestyle in WCWA
Southwestern Oregon Community College	2010	Northwest	53 All-Americans 27 National Champions	7 top-10 finishes at National Championships (2011 - 2017) 6x National Champions (2012 - 2017)	Also compete in freestyle in WCWA
Springfield Technical Community College	2014	Northeast	6 All-Americans 3 National Champions	3 top-10 finishes at National Championships
University of Maine	2014	Northeast	3 All-Americans 3 National Champions	3 top-10 finishes at National Championships
University of Massachusetts Amherst	2012	Northeast	5 All-Americans 1 National Champion	4 top-10 finishes at National Championships
University of North Texas	2014	Southwest	4 All-Americans 2 National Champions	3 top-10 finishes at National Championships
University of South Florida	2010	Southeast	7 All-Americans 1 National Champion	5 top-10 finishes at National Championships	Wrestler Jasmine Grant is only 4x All-American in NCWWA history

Notable former teams

While the NCWA currently has over 100 schools in competition, it has also been home to many programs that transitioned from one association to another or that originated as an NCWA program and later changed associations.

Men's Folkstyle
Institution	Year Entered NCWA	Previous Association	Year Left NCWA	Next Association	Notes
Baptist Bible College	1999	NCCAA	2003	Dropped program	#13 at 2000 National Championships #18 at 2001 National Championships #7 at 2002 National Championships #8 at 2003 National Championships 8 All-Americans 2 National Champions
Belmont Abbey College	1998	Started in NCWA	2006	NCAA Division II	#22 at 1999 National Championships #23 at 2000 National Championships #7 at 2001 National Championships #21 at 2002 National Championships #10 at 2003 National Championships #12 at 2004 National Championships 5 All-Americans
California Baptist University	2010	NAIA	2013	NCAA Division II	2011 National Dual Meet Champions 2011 West Coast Conference Champions [11] 2011 Division I National Champions 2012 West Coast Conference Champions [12] #2 at 2012 Division I National Championships 2013 West Coast Conference Champions 2013 Division I National Champions 23 All-Americans 6 National Champions 1st team to win both the National Duals and National Championships in the same season Set to join NCAA Division I starting in 2018 with full membership in 2022
Darton State College	2006	Started in NCWA	2008	NJCAA	#50 at 2006 National Championships #7 at 2007 National Championships #16 at 2008 National Championships 5 All-Americans
Davenport University	2014	Started in NCWA	2015	NAIA	#13 at 2015 Division I National Championships 2 All-Americans 2 National Champions[13] Joined NCAA Division II in 2017 with full membership in 2020
Douglas College	2001	Started in NCWA	2014	Dropped program	#14 at 2001 National Championships #12 at 2002 National Championships #6 at 2003 National Championships #5 at 2004 National Championships #9 at 2005 National Championships #16 at 2006 National Championships #19 at 2009 National Championships #27 at 2010 National Championships #14 at 2011 Division I National Championships #62 at 2012 Division I National Championships #21 at 2013 Division I National Championships #19 at 2014 Division I National Championships 20 All-Americans 7 National Champions
Fresno State University	2014	Program restarted in the NCWA	2017	NCAA Division I	#33 at 2015 Division II National Championships[14] #22 at 2016 Division II National Championships #28 at 2017 Division II National Championships 1 All-American
Grand Canyon University	2013	NCAA Division II	2014	NCAA Division I	2014 National Dual Meet Champions 2014 West Coast Conference Champions 2014 Division I National Champions 10 All-Americans 4 National Champions
Henry Ford College	2013	Started in NCWA	2017	NJCAA	#31 at 2014 Division II National Championships #27 at 2015 Division II National Championships[15] #19 at 2016 Division II National Championships #20 at 2017 Division I National Championships 2 All-Americans
Kansas State University	1999	Restarted program in NCWA	2012	Dropped program	#8 at 1999 National Championships #13 at 2000 National Championships 2001 Southwestern Conference Champions[16] #5 at 2001 National Championships 2002 Southwestern Conference Champions[17] #9 at 2002 National Championships 2003 Southwest Conference Champions[18] #9 at 2003 National Championships #20 at 2004 National Championships 2005 Southwest Conference Champions[19] #10 at 2005 National Championships #10 at 2006 National Championships #13 at 2007 National Championships #8 at 2008 National Championships 2009 Southwest Conference Champions[20] #9 at 2009 National Championships #28 at 2010 National Championships #28 at 2011 Division II National Championships #29 at 2012 Division II National Championships 28 All-Americans 2 National Champions
Lindenwood University	2011	NAIA	2013	NCAA Division II	#2 at 2012 National Dual Meet Championship #4 at 2012 Division I National Championships 2013 National Dual Meet Champions #2 at 2013 Division I National Championships 13 All-Americans 3 National Champions
Lindenwood University - Belleville	2011	Started in NCWA	2013	NAIA	#5 at 2012 National Dual Meet Championship #10 at 2012 Division I National Championships #7 at 2013 National Dual Meet Championship #7 at 2013 Division I National Championships 9 All-Americans 2 National Champions
Maranatha Baptist University	1998	NCCAA	1999	Program dropped	#4 at 1999 National Championships 3 All-Americans 3 National Champions
Marion Military Institute	2003	Started in NCWA	2016	Program dropped	#19 at 2003 National Championships #8 at 2004 National Championships #5 at 2007 National Championships #5 at 2008 National Championships #9 at 2009 National Dual Meet Championships 2009 Southeast Conference Champions[21] #4 at 2009 National Championships 2010 National Dual Meet Champions #8 at 2010 National Championships #5 at 2011 National Dual Meet Championship #5 at 2011 Division I National Championships 2009 Southeast Conference Champions[22] #15 at 2012 Division I National Championships #6 at 2013 National Dual Meet Championship #11 at 2013 Division I National Championships #15 at 2014 Division I National Championships #5 at 2015 National Dual Meet Championship #5 at 2015 Division I National Championships[23] #14 at 2016 National Dual Meet Championship #12 at 2016 Division I National Championships 37 All-Americans 4 National Champions Coached by Olympians David Hazewinkel and James Hazewinkel from 2006 to 2016.
McKendree University	2011	NAIA	2013	NCAA Division II	#9 at 2012 Division I National Championships #2 at 2013 Division I National Championships 10 All-Americans 2 National Champions
Miami (OH) University	2000	NCAA Division I	2009	Dropped program	#3 at 2000 National Championships #14 at 2003 National Championships #14 at 2005 National Championships #7 at 2006 National Championships #14 at 2007 National Championships #20 at 2008 National Championships 16 All-Americans 2 National Champions
Minot State University	2011	NAIA	2012	NCAA Division II	#30 at 2012 Division I National Championships
Naval Academy Preparatory School	2008	Started in NCWA	2015	No association	2008 Northeast Conference Champions[24] #4 at 2008 National Championships 2009 Northeast Conference Champions[25] #3 at 2009 National Championships 2010 Northeast Conference Champions[26] #5 at 2010 National Championships #7 at 2011 National Dual Meet Championship 2011 Northeast Conference Champions[27] #8 at 2011 Division I National Championships #6 at 2012 Division I National Championships #6 at 2013 Division I National Championships #6 at 2014 Division I National Championships #6 at 2015 Division I National Championships[28] 42 All-Americans 10 National Champions Vast majority of student-athletes transfer to United States Naval Academy 3x NCAA Division I National Qualifier Jadaen Bernstein was the 2014 174 lb National Champion for Naval Academy Preparatory School 2016 NCAA Division I National Qualifier Nicholas Gil was the 2015 149 lb National Champion for Naval Academy Preparatory School
Newman University	2007	NAIA	2008	NCAA Division II	#17 at 2007 National Championships 2009 Southwest Conference Champions[29] #2 at 2008 National Championships 11 All-Americans 1 National Champion
Northampton Community College	2004	Started in NCWA	2010	Program dropped	#9 at 2004 National Championships #13 at 2005 National Championships #5 at 2006 National Championships 2007 Northeast Conference Champions[30] #4 at 2007 National Championships #10 at 2008 National Championships #9 at 2009 National Championships #14 at 2010 National Championships 21 All-Americans 3 National Champions
Notre Dame College	2012	NAIA	2013	NCAA Division II	2012 Great Lakes Conference Champions[31] 2012 Division I National Champions 12 All-Americans 3 National Champions
Penn College Tech	2010	Started in NCWA[32]	2014	NCAA Division III	#26 at 2011 Division I National Championships #17 at 2012 Division I National Championships #20 at 2013 Division I National Championships #24 at 2014 Division I National Championships 3 All-Americans
Pensacola Christian College	1998	NCCAA	2006	Program dropped	1999 Southeast Conference Champions[33] 1999 National Champions 2000 Southeast Conference Champions[34] 2000 National Champions 2001 Southeast Conference Champions[35] #3 at 2001 National Championships 2002 Southeast Conference Champions[36] #5 at 2002 National Championships #5 at 2003 National Championships #8 at 2005 National Championships 2006 Southeast Conference Champions[37] #3 at 2006 National Championships 39 All-Americans 9 National Champions Coached by Olympians David Hazewinkel and James Hazewinkel from 1998 to 2006.
Rochester Community and Technical College	2014	NJCAA	2015	NJCAA	2015 NCWA Great Plains Conference Champions #3 at 2015 Division I National Championships 8 All-Americans
St. Andrews University	2011	NCAA Division II	2012	NAIA	#24 at 2012 Division I National Championships 2 All-Americans
Shorter University	2013	NAIA	2014	NCAA Division II	#2 at 2014 National Dual Meet Championship 2014 Southeast Conference Champions #3 at 2014 National Championships 6 All-Americans 2 National Champions
Simon Fraser University	2011	NAIA	2012	NCAA Division II	#5 at 2012 Division I National Championships 6 All-Americans
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	2009	NCAA Division II	2012	NCAA Division I	#20 at 2009 National Championships 2010 North Central Conference Co-Champions[38] #3 at 2010 National Championships #4 at 2011 Division I National Championships #7 at 2012 Division I National Championships 17 All-Americans 3 National Champions
Southern Virginia University	2000	Started in the NCWA	2014	NCAA Division III	3 All-Americans 1 National Champion
United States Military Academy Preparatory School	2008	Started in NCWA	2014	No association	#7 at 2008 National Championships #6 at 2009 National Championships #11 at 2010 National Championships #10 at 2011 Division I National Championships #15 at 2013 Division I National Championships #10 at 2014 Division I National Championships 15 All-Americans 2 National Champions Vast majority of student-athletes transfer to United States Military Academy
University of Nevada, Reno	2001	Program restarted in the NCWA	2003	Program dropped	#2 at 2002 National Championships 2003 National Champions 16 All-Americans 3 National Champions
University of Southern Colorado	2002	Program restarted in the NCWA	2008	NCAA Division II	#4 at 2002 National Championships #11 at 2003 National Championships 4 All-Americans 2 National Champions
Valley Forge Military Academy and College	1998	Started in NCWA	2009	NJCAA	#10 at 1998 National Championships #13 at 1999 National Championships #24 at 2000 National Championships #17 at 2001 National Championships #35 at 2005 National Championships #54 at 2006 National Championships #19 at 2007 National Championships #57 at 2008 National Championships 4 All-American 3 National Champions
Women's Folkstyle
Institution	Year Entered NCWWA	Previous Association	Year Left NCWWA	Next Association	Notes
Lindenwood University – Belleville	2011	Started in NCWA	2013	WCWA	#3 at 2012 National Championships #2 at 2013 National Championships 6 All-Americans 4 National Champions
Midland University	2015	WCWA	2016	WCWA	#10 at 2016 National Championships
Pacific University	2007	Started in NCWA	2012	WCWA	No team score recorded at 2008 National Championships, but accumulated individual points would have made them the runner-up #2 at 2009 National Championships #3 at 2010 National Championships #2 at 2012 National Championships 11 All-Americans 2 National Champions
San Jose State University	2010	Started in NCWA	2013	Program dropped	#7 at 2011 National Championships #6 at 2012 National Championships #3 at 2013 National Championships 5 All-Americans 1 National Champion Coached by Robert Redman
Simon Fraser University	2007	WCWA (competed in both)	2009	WCWA	No team score recorded at 2008 National Championships, but accumulated individual points would have made them the winner #3 at 2009 National Championships 8 All-Americans 7 National Champions
Yakima Valley College	2008	Started in NCWA	2011	WCWA	#1 at 2009 National Championships #1 at 2010 National Championships #1 at 2011 National Championships 9 All-Americans 5 National Champions

Advantages of the NCWA

• The organization and its members encourage wrestlers to compete no matter what the experience level.
• A good format for the average wrestlers who still have the passion to compete in the sport they love.
• Several NCWA members have gone on to become scholarship athletes at NCAA and NAIA institutions.
• Several NCWA All-Americans have gone on to be NCAA All-Americans.
• Several NCWA coaches have gone on to be NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA coaches.
• Gives smaller colleges and universities the opportunity to begin a collegiate-level program.
• Programs can be established and developed quickly without the traditional limitations of an NCAA team.
• Funding of teams is open to many sources not allowable under NCAA rule.
• Programs currently transitioning from one association to another (NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA, USCAA, NCCAA) have a place to compete in the post-season during their transitional period.
• The NCWA is always looking to implement new rules and functions of collegiate, such as instant replay for officials and the Collegiate Cup.
• The student-athletes are and have to be extremely hands-on in all of the team's operations and decision-making; this type of leadership training can prepare the student-athlete for their future careers whether in wrestling or not.
• The NCWA is a governing body of wrestling and can make their own decisions as far as rules, procedures, and competition. This is evident with advances such as the GoGreco Program, instant replay and challenges in matches, and the Collegiate Cup championship format.
• Talented high school student-athletes who were passed over by NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA schools have a chance to compete at an NCWA program.
• Talented high school student-athletes who transferred out of an NCAA/NAIA/NJCAA school have a second chance to wrestle in college.
• Some U.S. states do not have NCAA, NAIA, and/or NJCAA teams with wrestling, but do have at least one NCWA wrestling program, which can make it easier for high school athletes to decide where they want to wrestle in college in terms of financial costs.
• The NCWA allows student-athletes four total seasons of eligibility with no time frame to complete them unlike the NCAA, who requires student-athletes to complete four seasons of eligibility in five years of enrollment starting from the student's first year at the school, and the NJCAA, requires student-athletes to complete two seasons of eligibility in three years of enrollment starting from the student's first year at the school.

Similarities with NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA, CCCAA, and WCWA

• Collegiate weight classes are used (125, 133, 141, 149, 157, 165, 174, 184, 197, 285 lbs).
• All meets and tournaments use NCAA rules and procedures.
• All conferences host a Conference Championships tournament with a specific allotment of automatic qualifiers based on placement finish in the Conference Championships.
• Like the NAIA, a school can enter two wrestlers in the same weight class at the Conference and National Championships (if they both qualify for the latter); one is deemed the scorer and the other the non-scorer (no advancement, match, or placement points are awarded to this wrestler).
• Like the NAIA, the NCWA allows a student-athlete four total seasons of eligibility regardless of time frame. The NCAA require students to complete their four seasons of eligibility in five years starting from the student's first year of competition (barring a sixth-year grant for hardship). Athletes previously competing for an NCAA, NJCAA, or CCCAA program that transfer to the NCWA will still have the remaining number of eligible seasons without the previous time frame.
• Like the WCWA, schools traditionally competing in the NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA, or CCCAA can all compete against one another.

Differences with NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA, CCCAA, and WCWA

As mentioned before, the NCWA allows many types of funding to its wrestling programs that might not be allowed by the NCAA. This can allow the wrestling team to grow at its own rate.

235 lb weight class

The NCWA is the only association with collegiate wrestling to offer an 11th weight class: 235 lbs. There are a number of benefits from this:

• This weight class bridges the weight gap between the 197 lb and 285 lb weight classes, the biggest weight disparity among any two weight classes.
• College wrestlers who wrestled in the 195 or 220 lb weight classes in high school might find this easier to compete in than having to wrestle at 197 lbs or 285 lbs.
• Schools who have two or more prominent athletes in the 197 and/or 285 lb weight classes can now give their athletes another chance to succeed individually and earn team points.
• Another weight class leads to higher team scores at tournaments.
• The 11th weight class can often be used as a tiebreaker as the first criterion of "Number of Matches Won" in dual meet settings.

Collegiate Cup Championship Series

Starting in the 2013–2014 season, the National Championships in March and the Collegiate Cup Duals (previously known as the National Dual Meet Championship) directly related to each other in a team's point total. A team's finish at the Collegiate Cup Duals transferred to additional points being awarded at the National Championships.

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 ever competing in the NCAA D-I entry of the National Duals. The NCWA's National Championship Series is the first of any of the college divisions to have a true champion that is indicative of both its team's as well as its individuals' success.

GoGreco Program

Starting in 2016, the NCWA launched the GoGreco Program with USA Wrestling.^[39] While USA Wrestling's Freestyle and Greco-Roman season and procedures are separate from the wrestling teams and individuals that participate in them, the NCWA owns and operates the GoGreco Program within their domain and directly controls and promotes another wrestling opportunity. This is the first collegiate-level Greco-Roman wrestling national championship. The inaugural championships will take place on June 3, 2017 in Dallas, Texas on the campus of Richland College.

The first tournament, the Texas GoGreco Championships, took place on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at Richland College. The University of North Texas won the tournament with six of seven wrestlers winning in the finals. Richland College and University of Houston–Downtown finished second and third, respectively.^[40]

Women's Collegiate Wrestling

Whereas the WCWA has athletes compete in freestyle, the NCWA has its women's division compete in collegiate folkstyle wrestling. There are a number of teams that compete in both the WCWA and NCWA to give their athletes more competitive opportunity.

National Events

The NCWA sponsors eight national events:

1. The Champions Challenge
2. The NCWA National Duals
3. Western Regional Duals
4. Recruit Me High School Wrestling Combine
5. National Collegiate Wrestling Championships
6. The Women's Collegiate Wrestling Championships
7. GoGreco National Championships
8. The Vision Forum

Champions Challenge

From 2010-2011, the Champions Challenge was formed by the NAIA and NCWA to bring more highlight matches to the wrestling community by pitting NAIA All-Stars against NCWA All-Stars at each weight class in a dual meet (except for 235 lbs since the NAIA does not recognize that weight class in competition). The All-Stars were usually the highest returning All-American at each weight class barring injury; the coaching staffs were one or two coaches for each school represented in the dual. The NCAA Division II is slated to join in the next event.

Series history

Champions Challenge
Year	Host city (Host team)	Dual Meet				Series Record (Streak)
		Winner	Points	Runner-up	Points
2010	Orlando, Florida (University of Central Florida)	NAIA	39	NCWA	3	NAIA 1-0 (1-0)
2011	Orlando, Florida (University of Central Florida)	NAIA	23	NCWA	15	NAIA 2-0 (2-0)

National Dual Meet Championship

In 2008, the NCWA approved the National Dual Meet Championship where the top teams in the country would compete against one another to crown a true team champion starting in 2009. No other association had an official dual-based team champion at the time and that is still the case except in the NCWA. The current structure has 24 teams competing in a bracketed format down to 24 places.

In its thirteenth season, the NCWA hosted its first National Dual Meet Championship. Whereas the National Championships focuses more on individual success and teams can depend on one or a few exceptional wrestlers, the National Duals highlights teams with solid line-ups and good wrestlers at each weight class. It is common for teams that win or place highly in the National Duals to do so at the National Championships later. The National Duals usually take place in late January before the National Championships.

Starting in the 2013-2014 season, two changes took place: 1) the National Dual Meet Championship was now renamed as the Collegiate Cup Duals and 2) a team's finish at the Collegiate Cup Duals would earn it a certain amount of team points at the National Championships and aid them in winning it. Two major reasons for this change were to 1) encourage more teams to want to wrestle in the Collegiate Cup Duals and, 2) while still recognizing up to two different champions at the two different tournaments, one team could be determined as the best true overall team and individual wrestling champion that year.

6:12 Project

The 6:12 Project is a community outreach program created by the NCWA for its wrestlers, coaches, officials, volunteers, and staff to help the city hosting the NCWA National Duals. NCWA wrestling programs serve food to those in need and hold canned and non-perishable food drives. They later donate those goods, as well as clothes (especially jackets), to one of the city's organizations.

The name "6:12 Project" comes from the Biblical quote Ephesians chapter 6, verse 12 from the New Testament:

"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against power, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places."

The first 6:12 Project took place at the 2012 National Duals in Dalton, Georgia and repeated for the 2013 and 2014 events which were also held in Dalton. It is scheduled to continue at the 2015 Collegiate Cup Duals in Dalton again.

Team champions

NCWA National Dual Meet Championships
Year	Host city (Host team)	Finals match				Notes
		Winner	Points	Runner-up	Points
2009	Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Middle Tennessee State University)	Grand Valley State University [41]		University of Central Florida		Inaugural event.
2010	Shelbyville, Tennessee (Middle Tennessee State University and University of Georgia)	Marion Military Institute [42]		The Apprentice School
2011	Dalton, Georgia (Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center)	California Baptist University [43]		University of Central Florida		First team to win event while in transition to another association.
2012	Dalton, Georgia (Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center)	Liberty University [44][45]	25	Lindenwood University - St. Charles	15
2013	Dalton, Georgia (Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center)	Lindenwood University - St. Charles [46][47]	30	Liberty University	19	First time the event was a rematch of the previous year's finals.
2014	Dalton, Georgia (Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center)	Grand Canyon University [48]	23	Shorter University	19	First time the event became the Collegiate Cup Duals and team points were a factor for the overall Collegiate Cup championship.
2015	Dalton, Georgia (Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center)	Liberty University [49]	37	The Apprentice School	9	First team to win event more than once.
2016	Dalton, Georgia (Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center)	University of Central Florida [50]	32	Grand Valley State University	18
2017	Lynchburg, Virginia (Liberty University)	Emmanuel College [51]	33	Liberty University	13

Western Regional Duals Championship

The Western Regional Duals were created in order to give teams in the western and central part of North America the opportunity to compete in a national dual meet event like the National Dual Meet Championship.

Historically, the National Dual Meet Championship has been hosted on the eastern side of the United States in Georgia, Tennessee, or Virginia. When the Collegiate Cup was passed in 2013, questions and concerns were raised as to whether teams closer to the physical location of the National Dual Meet Championship would have an unfair competitive advantage in terms of championship points calculated for the Collegiate Cup series.

The governing members of the NCWA has stated that they would like to create regional dual meet championships to give more teams opportunities to score points.

Team champions

Western Regional Duals Championship
Year	Host city (Host team)	Finals match				Notes
		Winner	Points	Runner-up	Points
2017	St. George, Utah (Dixie State University)	Grays Harbor College[52]	33	Brigham Young University	23	Inaugural event.

"Recruit Me" High School Wrestling Combine

The day before competition starts at the National Championships, the NCWA hosts a wrestling combine for athletes to showcase their talents to observing college coaches. Most athletes are high school student-athletes which is the primary focus, however students at a post-secondary institution without a wrestling program may also attend. The event also allows students to ask questions about collegiate competition to college coaches.

Men's Collegiate Wrestling Championships

The first major event the NCWA hosted took place in 1998 was the inaugural National Championships with 26 teams in one division in the 10 then-standard weight classes. Since then, the event has grown to include approximately 340 qualifiers among 150+ teams within the 11 NCWA weight classes where two champions are crowned (Division I and Division II).

Here, individuals are recognized for their outstanding individual achievement. They can earn team points (unless they are the non-scorer on their team) by advancing through the tournament, scoring bonus points in matches, and placing in the top 8. Teams accumulate points from all of their scoring wrestlers. The National Championships have traditionally been held in the middle of March. Division I and Division II teams compete in one bracketed tournament where the overall team points are separated at the end between the two.

In 1998, the NCWA approved an eleventh weight class, the 235 lb weight class.

In 2007, the NCWA approved All-American status for wrestlers placing in top 8. Previously, only the top 6 wrestlers in each weight class were named All-Americans.

In 2010, the NCWA approved a two-division classification system - the Division I level composed of established teams meeting specific criteria and the Division II tier where up-start teams as well as teams aiming to join Division I would compete.

Since the 2013-2014 season when the Collegiate Cup championship series was passed, teams' National Championships points are added with their National Dual Meet Championship finish points to determine the overall team champion.

Team champions

National Championships
Year	Host city (Host team)	Team championship				Most Outstanding Wrestler (Team)
		Winner	Points	Runner-up	Points
1998	Dallas, Texas (Richland College)	Yale University[53][54]	114.0	University of Georgia	99.0	Alex Tucker (University of Georgia)
1999	Dallas, Texas (Richland College)	Pensacola Christian College [55]	196.0	The Apprentice School	167.5	Justin Bellman (Valley Forge Military Academy and College)
2000	Dallas, Texas (Richland College)	Pensacola Christian College [56]	110.0	The Apprentice School	97.5	Mike Collins (University of Delaware)
2001	Dallas, Texas (Richland College)	Grand Valley State University [57]	196.0	University of Delaware	112.5	Nate Thoreson (Pensacola Christian College)
2002	Easton, Pennsylvania (Lafayette College)	Grand Valley State University [58]	199.5	University of Nevada, Reno	165.0	Travis Cross (Douglas College)
2003	Easton, Pennsylvania (Lafayette College)	University of Nevada, Reno [59]	154.5	The Apprentice School	138.0	Jason Meister (Baptist Bible College)
2004	Dallas, Texas (University of Texas at Dallas)	University of Central Florida [60]	166.0	Grand Valley State University	163.5	Willie Hosch (Catawba College)
2005	Dallas, Texas (University of Texas at Dallas)	University of Central Florida [61]	171.0	Grand Valley State University	159.0	Steve McGettrick (Pensacola Christian College)
2006	Grand Rapids, Michigan (Grand Valley State University)	Grand Valley State University [62]	188.0	The Apprentice School	114.5
2007	Dallas, Texas (Garland Events Center)	Grand Valley State University [63]	184.5	University of Central Florida	139.5	Cee-Jay Hamilton (Marion Military Institute)
2008	Lakeland, Florida (Lakeland Center)	Grand Valley State University [64][65]	135.5	Newman University	124.0	Adam Murray (University of Toledo)
2009	Hampton, Virginia (Hampton University)	The Apprentice School [66][67]	118.5	Grand Valley State University	109.0	Cole VonOhlen (United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School)
2010	Hampton, Virginia (Hampton University)	University Central Florida [68][69]	128.0	The Apprentice School	111.5	John Aikens (Grand Valley State University)
2011	Macon, Georgia (Mercer University)	Division I: California Baptist University [70][71] Division II: Northwest Missouri State University [72]	156.5 45.0	Division I: Grand Valley State University Division II: University of Cincinnati	121.0 33.0	Herman Gillum (Mott Community College)
2012	Daytona Beach, Florida (Ocean Center)	Division I: Notre Dame College [73][74][75] Division II: Wichita State University [76][77]	168.0 57.5	Division I: California Baptist University Division II: Northwest Missouri State University	161.0 27.0	Matthew Miller (United States Naval Academy Preparatory School)
2013	Allen, Texas (Allen Event Center)	Division I: California Baptist University [78][79][80] Division II: Massachusetts Institute of Technology [81][82]	145.5 50.5	Division I: McKendree University Division II: University of South Carolina	137.0 41.0
2014	Allen, Texas (Allen Event Center)	Division I: Grand Canyon University [83] Division II: Florida Gulf Coast University [84]	254.5 67.5	Division I: Liberty University Division II: Massachusetts Institute of Technology	171.5 60.5	Ryan Diehl (Liberty University)
2015	Allen, Texas (Allen Event Center)	Division I: Liberty University [85] Division II: Washington State University [86]	194.0 66.5	Division I: Middle Tennessee State University Division II: University of Montana Western	127.5 59.5	Ryan Diehl (Liberty University)
2016	Kissimmee, Florida (Silver Spurs Arena)	Division I: Emmanuel College [87] Division II: University of Florida [88]	213.0 72.0	Division I: University of Central Florida Division II:	191.0 59.5	Zachary Cooper (Grand Valley State University)
2017	Allen, Texas (Allen Event Center)	Division I: Emmanuel College [89][90] Division II: University of Maine [91][92]	233.5 61.5	Division I: Liberty University Division II: University of Connecticut	155.5 57.0

Women's Collegiate Wrestling Championships

The first Women's Collegiate Wrestling Championships took place at the 2008 National Championships. The NCWA sponsored this event under their new banner organization, the National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Association (NCWWA). The weight classes have been designed to closely resemble most female athletes' natural weight ranges as well as let programs that also compete in women's collegiate freestyle to acclimate to folkstyle competition. To date, the NCWA is still the only collegiate association in the United States to officially recognize women's collegiate wrestling. Whereas before matches were done using freestyle rules, as was the norm with associations like the WCWA, the NCWWA uses collegiate/folkstyle rules like in the NCWA, NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA.

No team score was recorded at the inaugural 2008 tournament, but since then team score has been kept. Bo Icalia and Josh White are tied for head coaches to have won the most titles; Icalia won the 2010 and 2011 titles as head coach of Yakima Valley Community College and the 2012 and 2013 titles as head coach of Southwestern Oregon Community College. White has won the 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 titles all with Southwestern Oregon Community College.

The top 3 wrestlers in each weight class are recognized as All-Americans. University of South Florida's Jasmine Grant is the NCWWA's first and only 4x All-American (2011-2014) so far. University of Maine's Samantha Frank has won 3 national titles going into the 2017-2018 season.

The Women's College Wrestling Championships has traditionally been dominated by northern and northwestern teams.

Team champions

Women's Collegiate National Championships
Year	Host city (Host team)	Team championship				Most Outstanding Wrestler (Team)
		Winner	Points	Runner-up	Points
2008	Lakeland, Florida (Lakeland Center)	No team score kept	n/a	No team score kept	n/a
2009	Hampton, Virginia (Hampton University)	Yakima Valley Community College[93]	73.0	Simon Fraser University	58.0	Ashlee Phy (Yakima Valley Community College)
2010	Hampton, Virginia (Hampton University)	Yakima Valley Community College
2011	Macon, Georgia (Mercer University)	Yakima Valley Community College[94]	124.0	Mercer University	45.0
2012	Daytona Beach, Florida (Ocean Center)	Southwestern Oregon Community College[95]	83.5	Pacific University	61.5	Erica Poe (Southwestern Oregon Community College)
2013	Allen, Texas (Allen Event Center)	Southwestern Oregon Community College[96]	100.0	Lindenwood University – Belleville	53.0	Sonia Beri (San Jose State University)
2014	Allen, Texas (Allen Event Center)	Southwestern Oregon Community College[97]	77.0	West Chester University	31.0
2015	Allen, Texas (Allen Event Center)	Southwestern Oregon Community College[98]	128.0	Ottawa University	98.0	Samantha Frank (University of Maine)
2016	Kissimmee, Florida (Silver Spurs Arena)	Southwestern Oregon Community College	127.0	Ottawa University	83.5
2017	Allen, Texas (Allen Event Center)	Southwestern Oregon Community College	97.5	Ottawa University	69.5

GoGreco National Championships

Approved in 2016, the GoGreco Program was launched with USA Wrestling in order to improve the U.S.A.'s performance in Junior- and Senior-level Greco-Roman competition. The GoGreco season starts on the last weekend of March and concludes with the GoGreco Collegiate National Championships on the first weekend of June.^[99]

GoGreco Nationals is an open-entry event to any NCWA Member institution. NCAA, NAIA & NJCAA institutions that are not currently a member of the NCWA are encouraged to join the NCWA for the GoGreco Season and to send athletes to the Nationals. Student-athletes must maintain the same academic standards that are required of the NCWA and their member institutions in order to compete.

The inaugural championships took place on June 3, 2017 in Dallas, Texas on the campus of Richland College.

Team champions

GoGreco National Championships
Year	Host city (Host team)	Team championship				Notes
		Winner	Points	Runner-up	Points
2017	Dallas, Texas (Richland College)	University of North Texas[100]	55.0	Richland College	34.0	Inaugural championships

Vision Forum

Every year since 1997, the NCWA's Vision Forum convenes during the wrestling off-season in the summer and is held at about the same location as and set a few days before the National Wrestling Coaches Association Convention. The Vision Forum focuses on the NCWA rule changes, policies, and procedures from the previous season and if any modifications need to be made or new topics need to be discussed. The 2017 Vision Forum will be held from Wednesday, August 2 to Sunday, August 6 in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Some important changes and events that have come from the Vision Forum:

• Western Regional Duals; passed in 2016
• "Recruit Me" High School Wrestling Combine passed in 2015
• Go Greco Initiative;^[101] passed in 2015
• Collegiate Cup National Championships Series; passed in 2013
• National Collegiate Grappling Association; passed in 2013
• Seven conferences re-aligned into nine conferences; passed in 2012
• Use of mat-side instant replay for officials; passed in 2011
• Two men's divisions - Division I and Division II; passed in 2010
• National Dual Meet Championship; passed in 2008
• National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Association; passed in 2007
• Addition of 7th and 8th-place finishes at National Championships into All-American finishes; passed in 2006
• First National Championships to take place outside of Texas; passed in 2001
• Addition of an 11th weight class, the 235 lb weight class; passed in 1998

Team Championship History

1998 - 2007

• Team championship determined by National Championships tournament.

National Champions 1998-2007
Year	Team
1998	Yale University
1999	Pensacola Christian College
2000	Pensacola Christian College
2001	Grand Valley State University
2002	Grand Valley State University
2003	University of Nevada, Reno
2004	University of Central Florida
2005	University of Central Florida
2006	Grand Valley State University
2007	Grand Valley State University

2008 - 2010

• Men's division determined by National Championships tournament.
• Women's division determined by NCWWA National Championships tournament.
• From 2009 - 2013, the National Dual Meet Championship was not a determining factor for a team championship.

National Champions 2008-2010
Year	Men's	Women's
2008	Grand Valley State University	No team score kept
2009	The Apprentice School	Yakima Valley Community College
2010	University of Central Florida	Yakima Valley Community College

2011 - 2013

• Both Men's divisions determined by National Championships tournament.
• Women's division determined by NCWWA National Championships tournament.
• From 2009 - 2013, the National Dual Meet Championship was not a determining factor for a team championship.

National Champions 2011-2013
Year	Men's Division I	Men's Division II	Women's
2011	California Baptist University	Northwest Missouri State University	Yakima Valley Community College
2012	Notre Dame College	Wichita State University	Southwestern Oregon Community College
2013	California Baptist University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Southwestern Oregon Community College

2014 - 2016

• Both Men's divisions determined by National Championships tournament.
• Collegiate Cup determined by total team points among Division I and II teams from National Championships tournament and National Dual Meet Championship tournament.
• Women's division determined by NCWWA National Championships tournament.

National Champions 2014-2016
Year	Men's Division I	Men's Division II	National Duals	Collegiate Cup	Women's
2014	Grand Canyon University	Florida Gulf Coast University	Grand Canyon University	Grand Canyon University	Southwestern Oregon Community College
2015	Liberty University	Washington State University	Liberty University	Liberty University	Southwestern Oregon Community College
2016	Emmanuel College	University of Florida	University of Central Florida	University of Central Florida	Southwestern Oregon Community College

2017 - present

• Both Men's divisions determined by National Championships tournament.
• Collegiate Cup determined by total team points among Division I and II teams from National Championships tournament and National Dual Meet Championship tournament.
• Women's division determined by NCWWA National Championships tournament.
• GoGreco division determined by GoGreco National Championships

National Champions 2017–present
Year	Men's Collegiate Folkstyle				Women's Collegiate Folkstyle	Men's Collegiate Greco-Roman
	Men's Division I	Men's Division II	National Duals	Collegiate Cup	Women's	GoGreco
2017	Emmanuel College	University of Maine	Emmanuel College	Emmanuel College	Southwestern Oregon Community College	University of North Texas

Collegiate Cup Championship

At the 2013 Vision Forum, the NCWA approved a new National Championships Series to crown a true National Team Champion. With the National Dual Meet Championship, the team that wins the Collegiate Cup will earn 24 team points. The runner-up will receive 23, third-place 22, and so forth until the 23rd-place team receives 2 points. All other teams that participated, but did not place in the top 23 will receive 1 point. Those points will be carried over to the individual-based National Championships where teams will continue to score points based on their individual athletes' performances.

The winner of the Collegiate Cup will have accrued the most total points between both events and be presented with the College Cup as the overall NCWA National Champions. Grand Canyon University was the first champion of the new format in 2014.

Championship Year	Champion School	National Dual Meet Championship finish	National Championships finish	Notes
2014	Grand Canyon University	1st	1st - Division I	Inaugural Collegiate Cup champions 1st team to sweep National Dual Meet Championship and National Championships in same season under the Collegiate Cup format
2015	Liberty University	1st	1st - Division I
2016	University of Central Florida	1st	2nd - Division I	1st team to win Collegiate Cup without winning both the National Dual Meet Championship and National Championships in same season
2017	Emmanuel College	1st	1st - Division I

Structure

The NCWA is divided into nine regional conferences and two divisions. Division I programs are athletic department funded or have met the NCWA's D-I criteria. Many of the Division I programs also offer athletic scholarships. Division II teams are broken into categories; Emerging Programs, that are developing into Division I teams, and Clubs that operate on campuses where there are established NCAA/NCAA/NJCAA Teams; few Division II schools are of the latter circumstance. Schools whose wrestling teams are competing in the NCWA during their school's transitional period are placed into Division I.

In August 2010, the current two-division system was passed at that year's Vision Forum and implemented for the 2011 National Championships. Since then, California Baptist University has won two of the three Division I Championships while no team has won more than one Division II Championship.

Conferences

Conference	Year Founded	States/region	Automatic Qualifiers per weight class	Notable teams
Great Lakes	2012	Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin Mid-West, Great Lakes	6	Grand Valley State University
Great Plains	2012	Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota Mid-West, Great Plains	3	United States Air Force Prep Wayne State University Colorado State University
Mid-Atlantic	2003	Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia Southeast, Mid-Atlantic	6	Liberty University Middle Tennessee State University The Apprentice School
Mid-East	2009	Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic, Northeast	6	Penn State - DuBois University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Northeast	1998	Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont Northeast	5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States Military Academy Prep United States Naval Academy Prep
Northwest	2001-2009, 2012	Canada: British Columbia United States: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming Great Plains, Pacific Northwest	3	Central Washington University Washington State University Grays Harbor College Montana Western University
Southeast	1998	Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi Southeast	6	Emmanuel College Florida Gulf Coast University Marion Military Institute University of Central Florida University of South Florida
Southwest	1998	Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas Great Plains, South, Southwest	2	University of Texas
West Coast	1998	Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah West, West Coast	2	University of Southern California

Former Conferences

Former Conference	Years Active	Region	Notes
North Central Conference	2002-2012	Mid-west, northern, central, northwestern	Split into Great Lake and Great Plains conferences due to large size
Northeastern Conference	1998-2001	Northeast, northern, Atlantic	Renamed "Northeast Conference"
Northern Conference	1998-2002	Mid-west, northern	Renamed "North Central Conference"
Northwestern Conference	2001-2002	Mountain, northwest, Pacific	Renamed "Northwest Conference"
Southeastern Conference	1998-2002	Atlantic, southern, southeastern	Renamed "Southeast Conference"
Southwestern Conference	1998-2002	Central, Mid-west, southern	Renamed "Southwest Conference"
West Conference	2003-2005	Pacific, northwest, southwest, west	Renamed "West Coast Conference"
Western Conference	1998-2001	Pacific, northwest, southwest, west	Renamed "West Conference"

Wrestling clubs in the NCWA: Bloomsburg University, Edinboro University, Ferrum College, Fresno State University, Iowa State University, Lehigh University, Michigan State University, Northern Illinois University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Rutgers University, Sacred Heart University, State University of New York - Cortland, University of Buffalo, University of Iowa, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, University of Northern Colorado, University of Pittsburgh, University of Wisconsin, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Tech University.

Notable people

The NCWA has had thousands of alumni since it began in 1997. Notable alumni include:

• Kevin Andres: First and current head coach of Ottawa University men's wrestling team.^[102] Head coach of Belmont Abbey College (1998-2006) and Mercer University (2006-2014) men's wrestling teams.
• Jadaen Bernstein: 3x NCAA Division I National Qualifier wrestler for United States Naval Academy. 2014 174 lb National Champion for Naval Academy Preparatory School.
• Asnage Castelly: 2016 Olympic freestyle wrestler for Haiti. Coaches at Springfield Technical Community College.
• Jesse Castro: 2x NCCAA champion wrestler for Liberty University and National Wrestling Hall of Fame - Virginia Chapter member. Current head coach of Liberty University wrestling team.^[103]
• Ryan Diehl: 2017 NCAA Division I National Qualifier wrestler for University of Maryland. 2x NCWA National Champion for Liberty University.
• Tony Ferguson: MMA fighter signed with UFC, winner of The Ultimate Fighter 13. 2006 165 lb national champion and 2x All-American for Grand Valley State University.
• LeRoy Gardner III: Head men's wrestling coach at University of the Ozarks and NCAA Division III champion for Wartburg College. Former head wrestling coach at University of Houston–Downtown.
• Nicholas Gil: 2016 NCAA Division I National Qualifier wrestler for United States Naval Academy. 2015 149 lb National Champion for Naval Academy Preparatory School.
• David Hazewinkel: Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler for the United States of America in 1968 and 1972, brother of James Hazewinkel, uncle of Sam Hazewinkel. Coached at Pensacola Christian College (1998-2006) and Marion Military Institute (2006-2016).
• James Hazewinkel: Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler for the United States of America in 1968 and 1972, brother of Dave Hazewinkel, father of Sam Hazewinkel. Coached at Pensacola Christian College (1998-2006) and Marion Military Institute (2006-2016).
• Tom Lawlor: MMA fighter signed with UFC. 3x national champion and 4x All-American for University of Central Florida.
• Santiago Martinez: 2015 NCAA Division I National Qualifier wrestler for Lehigh University. 2x 157 lb National Champion for University of Central Florida.
• Frank Mensah: Canadian Olympic Trials runner-up and current Development Coach for the Women’s Provincial Team and Head Coach/Program Director of Coast Wrestling Academy in the Lower Mainland. 2005 125 lb national champion and 2x All-American for Douglas College.
• Zach Merrill: 2017 University Nationals 98 kg Greco-Roman champion.^[104] 2x NCWA champion for California Baptist University.
• Andre Metzger: 2x NCAA Division I national champion for University of Oklahoma and 3x World Championship freestyle wrestling medalist for United States of America. Head coach of University of North Texas.
• Bill Neal: Former Greco-Roman wrestling coach for United States Olympic Training Center. Head wrestling coach at Richland College.
• Ike Okoli: 2014 World Championships +90 kg bronze medalist in Beach Wrestling for United States of America. 2x NCWA All-American for University of South Carolina.
• Bruce Shumaker: Edinboro University wrestler who wrestled in two U.S. Open Trials. Head coach of The Apprentice School from 2008-2017.
• Geordan Speiller: 2015 US Open Greco-Roman Trials Champion. 2016 165 lb national champion for University of Central Florida.
• Cole VonOhlen: 4x NCAA Division I National Qualifier wrestler for United States Air Force Academy. 2009 141 lb National Champion for United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School.
• Bryant Wood: Model and actor. 2014 NCWA National runner-up for Grand Canyon University.
• Josh "The Goods" Woods: Amateur professional wrestler signed with Ring of Honor. 4x NCWA All-American and 2011 National Champion for University of Central Florida.

NCWA Gear^[105]

NCWA Gear is the official apparel of the National Collegiate Wrestling Association. Based out of Orlando, Florida, the business sells sublimated athletic apparel designed for wrestling and mixed martial arts practice and competition for both men and women of all ages. NCWA Gear also offers full customization on its products.

In 2015, USA Wrestling named NCWA Gear's Florida National Team Uniforms for Fargo as the "Best Uniform Package." Mixed martial artists Josh "The Goods" Woods and Daniel "The Animal" Martinez both wore NCWA Gear while fighting.

See also

• NCWA women's wrestling champions

Notes

1. ↑ http://ncwaalumni.weebly.com/uploads/1/2/5/4/12543370/2013_ncwa_media_guide.pdf
2. ↑ http://www.oleantimesherald.com/editorial/alfred-state-bidding-for-div-iii-status/article_b95ebf48-2d7f-11e1-a6e7-001871e3ce6c.html
3. ↑ http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/D3_2016-17_Provisional-Reclassifying-Exploratory-Chart_20160211.pdf?division=d3
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7. ↑ http://news.theopenmat.com/college-wrestling-news/liberty-wins-2015-ncwa-national-championships/57034
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External links

• Men's Division - NCWA website
• Women's Division - NCWA website