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DI Non-Starter Rankings
Willie Saylor, Sr. Editor
DI Non-Starter Rankings
Rankings, rankings. It seems wrestling folks alway love rankings.
Here’s a set that will give a picture of your team’s future and their depth.
Soon the time of the season will come to a close for all those not in the starting line-up. So with just about a full year under their belt, we’ve compiled a list of some of the top performers not currently taking the mat.
Some are premier recruits in their first college season. Some are stars taking a redshirt. Others are upper classmen blocked by the starters on their teams.
Brief notes are provided under each weight class.
I tinkered with the idea of doing a “Team Depth Ranking,” but it’s not objectively ascertainable with the moving parts intrinsic to the situation. What’s clear is that there are certain teams with incredible depth. If I had to name a Top 8, in no particular order it would look like this: Missouri, Penn State, Pitt, Oklahoma State, Iowa, Cornell, Minnesota, Ohio State, Oregon State.
*Note-Records per from NWCA Scorebook.
125:
1. Corey Clark, Iowa (12-1)
2. Fr. Nathan Tomasello, Ohio State (11-0)
3. Josh Rodriguez, North Dakota (13-0)
3. Phil Laux, Iowa (16-0)
4. Joe Deangelo, NC State (17-2)
5. Sean Boyle, Michigan (17-5)
6. Ben Willeford, Cleveland State (12-2)
8. Zach Synon, Missouri (22-9)
Others: Billy Watterson, Brown; Austin Miller, OK State; JR Wert, Rider; Connor Cline, OK State; Mitch Rogaliner, Michigan State; Cody Hummer, Missouri, Kaleb LeMaire, Lock Haven; Bricker Dixon, Cornell; Kyle Larson, ISU, Aaron Assad, Purdue; Zack Fuentes, Drexel; Joey Palmer, Oregon State; Will Mason, Virginia
Notes: Clark entered the year with the edge to be the starter for the Hawkeyes, but that ship seems to have sailed as Thomas Gilman has took the reins and ran. Clark reportedly has had issues performing after making weight.
That being said, Clark is 12-1 this season with the only loss coming to Post-Grad and Former All American Jarrod Garnett in the Midlands semi’s.
#2 is Nathan Tomasello who has a win over current #11-Corey Keener.
Rodriguez has a win over Lambert and posted bonus nine times.
The rest of the group has there positives and negatives. For instance, Laux is undefeated, but against a mostly non-DI slate. Synon has a lot of losses, but seven of them are to ranked starters.
133:
1. Geoff Alexander, Maryland (21-1)
2. Alan Waters, Missouri (4-4)
3. Jordan Conaway, Penn State (13-5)
4. Jordan Northrup, Northern Illinois (17-1)
4. Kevin Norstrem, Virginia Tech (11-3)
5. Jacob Schmitt, Northwestern (11-2)
6. Levi Wolfensperger, Northern Iowa (17-5)esf
7. Javier Gasca, Michigan State (19-5)
8. Dean Heil, OK State (13-1)
Others: Fr. Connor Schram, Stanford; Mike Pongracz, UTC, Tyler Keselring, CMU; Kyle Ayersman, Purdue; Jack Hathaway, Oregon State; Nick Zanetta, Pitt; Coltin Fought; Colton Schilling, Derrick Nelson, Pitt, Dean Heil, OK State; Kyle Krasavage, Hofstra
Notes: On name recognition alone, you’d expect Waters (an All American) to hold the top spot. But he’s just 4-4 on the year. Yes, three of them came to ranked studs (Ramos, Graff, and Beckman, who he’s also beaten), but Waters also lost to the vaunted Tyler Willers. Odder still, none of his losses were within 2 points.
While Alexander’s only marquee win came via fall over Jimmy Gulibon, his only loss on the season is to Mark Grey. He’s also beaten McCrystal, Mack, Sherlock, and Norstrem. It’s close, mostly based on Waters’ past success, but I’m giving the nod to Alexander, who’s been more productive in 2013-2014.
Conaway, who was a match away from AA last year, has split with Mack and lost twice to Joe Roth.
Northrup has wins over Schmitt, Gasca, and Fisher. Schmitt has beaten Gasca and Dom Malone.
Heil has had a strong year, but hasn’t faced much DI competition.
141:
1. Chris Vassar, Gardner-Webb (20-2)
2. Joey Ward, North Carolina (17-1)
3. Anthony Abidin, Nebraska (18-3)
4. John Meeks, Iowa State (13-1)
5. Trevor Jauch (16-3) / Lavion Mayes (18-7) / Tony DeAngelo (27-10) Missouri
6. Anthony Ashnault, Rutgers (10-3)
7. Nate Skonieczny, Kent State (25-7)
8. Mitch Bengston, NDSU (15-3)
Others: Topher Carton, Iowa, Andrew Atkinson, VA, Will Switzer, Lehigh, Colt Cotton, Bloomsburg, Kyle Bauer, Kent State, Randy Cruz, Lehigh, Jared McKinley, Cleveland State
Notes: Vasser’s only two losses are to All American Ugi, and Ward, who he’s also beaten. Vasser won the last one, thus he gets the nod. He also has wins over Nate Skonieczny and Atkinson.
Meeks' only loss is to Dardanes.
Ward beat Abidin, who hasn’t wrestled the second semester.
Ashnault and DeAngelo have wins over Skonieczny.
Missouri is especially loaded at this weight with solid production from Jauch, DeAngelo, and Mayes, who has a win over nationally ranked Anthony Collica.
Atkinson and Bengston lack a quality win, but all of their losses are reasonable. Atkinson’s: Skoneiczny, Durso, and Vasser.
149:
1. Hunter Stieber, Ohio State (13-0)
2. Zach Beitz, Penn State (11-6)
3. Brandon Sorensen, Iowa (17-4)
4. Chad Walsh, Rider (28-7)
5. Collin Heffernan, CMU (16-3)
6. Blake Roulo, George Mason (11-4)
7. Quinton Murphy, Clarion (31-5)
8. TJ Miller, UVA (14-4)
Others: Ben Hunter, Navy; Blayne Briceno, ISU, Kevin Moylan, Princeton; Luke Frey, Penn State; Mike Kelly, Iowa; Travis Shaffer, Pitt; Colin Shober, NW, Jake Short, Minnesota; Oliver Pierce, Oklahoma; Connor Ryan, Iowa; Rylan Lubeck, Wisconsin
Notes: Stieber is clearly the man as he takes a redshirt after two straight AA campaigns. He’s perfect on the year with 1 ranked win (Minotti).
Beitz is technically the current starter at PSU, but is expected to give way to Andrew Alton. Beitz has big wins over Ian Paddock, Scott Sakaguchi, and Caleb Ervin.
Sorenson has had a promising season as a true freshman. It’s had its highs (wins over Roulo, Grothus, Walsh, and Neibert) and lows (a loss to Ouachita’s Bobby Williams) and reality checks (losses to LaVallee and Habat).
Walsh has split his year between 149 and 157 and has been impressive at both weights, with quality wins over Robert Henderson, Jake Short, and Cody Law.
Heffernan has a wins over Murphy and Pagdilao.
The next two are transfers (Murphy from Indiana, Roulo from Buffalo).
Miller has wins over Hamann, Richardson, and Murphy.
157:
1. Isaiah Martinez, Illinois (10-2)
2. Nick Brascetta, VT (8-2)
3. Brandon Kingsley, Minnesota (19-6)
4. James Vollrath, Penn State (11-7)
5. Ronnie Garbinsky, Pitt (15-5)
6. Zach Witte, Northern Iowa (10-5)
7. Jordan Henrickson (16-6) / Abraham Rodriguez (13-2), Oregon State
8.Stephen Robertson, Penn (17-6)
Others: Lou Mascola, Maryland; Chris Koo, OK State; Clayton Ream, NDSU; Kevin Cooper, UTC, Collin Holler, SDSU; Shayne Tucker, Oklahoma; Chad Pyke, NC State; Chris Dowdy, Cornell; Chad Ryan, Columbia
Notes: Both Martinez and Brascetta have a loss to Greisheimer and a win over Isaac Jordan. Martinez’s other loss is to St. John. Bracetta’s is to Taylor Walsh.
A spot starter, Kingsley’s losses have all been to high profile guys. He has a win over Robertson.
All of Henrickson’s losses other than his recent one to teammate Rodriguez, were to ranked opponents.
Garbinsky has a wins over Chad Walsh, Mascola, and Robertson. Witte has wins over Wildmo and Holler.
165:
1. Bo Jordan, Ohio State (18-0)
2. Taylor Massa, Michigan (18-1)
3. Troy Reaghard, (11-4) / Cody Wiercioch (4-1), Pittsburgh
4. Craig Eifert, Cornell (10-3)
5. Adam Fierro, CSUB (12-1)
6. Marshall Peppelman, Cornell (11-3)
7. Garrett Hammond, PSU (25-6)
8. Nick Wanzek, Minnesota (14-4)
Others: Curt Maas, UNI, , Seth Thomas, Oregon State; Brandon Wilbourn, Nebraska; Coleman Gracey, Army; Casey Fuller, Army; Troy Lamson, Michigan State; Jacob Davis, Eastern Michigan; Aaron McKinney, Lock Haven; Alec Ortiz, Minnesota
Notes: Jordan opened the season with a bang by teching Wiercioch. The NWCA Scorebook lists a 5-2 loss for him to Duke’s Marcus Cain, but that has been confirmed to be an error. He also has wins over Nick Becker, Reaghard, and Ryan LeBlanc.
Massa’s only official loss is to #4-Nick Moore, 4-3. He has wins over Mark Martin, Thomas, Lamson, and Harger.
Reaghard has beaten Lawson, McKinney, Eifert, and Peppelman. Wiercioch’s only loss is to Bo, and he has a win over starter Morelli, who in turn has wins over Hammond and McKinney.
Fierro’s only loss is to Stanford’s Jim Wilson.
Eifert has wins over Jake Kemerer, Gracey, and Hammond.
174:
1. Kyle Crutchmer, OK State (19-7)
2. Zach Epperly, VT (16-2)
3. Alex Meyer, Iowa (17-6)
4. Duke Pickett, Cornell (12-4)
5. Cody Johnston, Missouri (17-5)
6. Nick Kee, Appalachian St. (13-6)
7. Hunter Gamble, Gardner-Webb (20-5)
8. Keaton Subjeck, Stanford (18-5)
Others: Jordan Ellingwood, CMU; Jordan Wohlfert, MSU; McCoy Newberg, Nebraska; Parker Von Egidy, Missouri; Jacob Morrissey, Purdue; Samson Imonode, Army; Rex Lutz, Penn State
Notes: Crutchmer has performed admirably at 3 different weight classes this season with some solid wins (including Meyer) and in keeping it close with many stars.
Epperly has a win over NCAA qualifier Dom Kastl, and his only two losses are to Zilmer and Evans.
Meyer has wins over Riddick and Cody Caldwell. Pickett has beaten Ellingwood and Dallago. Johnston has wins over Newberg, Von Egidy, and ASU’s Kevin Radford.
Kee is 2-1 vs. Gamble.
184:
1. Nate Brown, Lehigh (17-2)
2. Sam Brooks, Iowa (16-7)
3. Brett Pfarr, Minnesota (13-3)
4. Jordan Rogers, OK State (16-8)
5. Matt McCutcheon, (10-4) / Wes Phipps (5-4), Penn State
6. Jake Taylor, Cornell, FLWC (8-3)
7. Aaron Studabaker, Nebraska (23-7)
8. Mitch Sliga, Indiana (18-5)
Others: Ryan Wolfe, Rider, Billy George, Cornell, John Dickson, VT, Troy Murtha, Princeton, Garrett Krohn, Stanford; Max Huntley, Michigan; Cody Crawford, Oregon State; Boaz Beard, ISU
Notes: Brown’s only two losses are to Thomusseit and Sheptock. He teched Bernstein, who beat Brooks. Other wins include McCutcheon and Taylor.
Spelling the injured Ethan Lofthouse, Brooks has been wrestling very well. His losses have been to highly ranked guys (Stienhaus, Gadsen, McIntosh, Sheptock), and he has wins over Dudley, Eblen, and Luke Sheridan.
Pfarr has had a very strong year that has Gopher fans anticipating his starting next season. He has wins over Dudley, BJ Toal, Beard, Fausey, and Lorenzo Thomas.
McCutcheon has 3 wins over Billy George and one on Eblen.
197:
1. Austin Schafer, OK State (15-1)
2. Willie Miklus, Missouri (18-8)
3. Kris Klapprodt (15-2) / Tomas Lira (9-2) Iowa
4. Jared Haught, Virginia Tech (20-2)
5. Steve Congenie, Cornell (10-4)
6. Jared Bartel, Northern Iowa (13-7)
7. Harrison Cook, Penn (11-6)
8. David Reck, Virginia Tech (13-4)
Others: Harrison Cook, Penn, Nate Rotert, SDSU (17-10), Justin Heberlie, Missouri, Ryan Solomon, Pitt, Matt Williams, CSUB, Josh Lehner, UNC, Dane Pestano, ISU, Ray O’Donnell, Princeton; Luke Jones, MSU; Phil Sprenkle, Lock Haven; Brad Johnson, OU
Notes: Schafer has posted bonus in 12 of his 15 wins. His only loss is to nationally ranked Phil Wellington. His most high profile wins have come against Shane Woods and Brad Johnson.
Miklus has also been dominant in his wins with 13 bonus bouts.
Lira beat Klapprodt, who beat Bartel, who beat Rotert.
Cook beat Reck.
285:
1. Jon Gingrich, Penn State (19-3)
2. Mike Kroells, Minnesota (19-5)
3. Nathan Butler, Stanford (19-5)
4. Kosta Karageorge, Ohio State (24-8)
5. Zach Merrill, Oklahoma (13-2)
6. Cody Krumwiede, UNI (19-11)
7. Kevin Malone, UTC (14-5)
8. Jacob Aiken-Phillips (13-6) / Stryker Lane (10-6), Cornell
Others: Carl Buchholz, Rutgers; Dink Purnell, WVU; ; Mike Kosoy, NC State; Nick Ruggear, Penn State
Notes: Gingrich is having a great year. His losses: Billy Smith, Jimmy Lawson, and Gwiz.
He has a win over Dhesi.
The Gophers should be in good hands when Nelson graduates next year with Kroells waiting in the wings.
Merrill has lost only to Justin Grant and Blake Herrin.
Willie Saylor, Sr. Editor
DI Non-Starter Rankings
Rankings, rankings. It seems wrestling folks alway love rankings.
Here’s a set that will give a picture of your team’s future and their depth.
Soon the time of the season will come to a close for all those not in the starting line-up. So with just about a full year under their belt, we’ve compiled a list of some of the top performers not currently taking the mat.
Some are premier recruits in their first college season. Some are stars taking a redshirt. Others are upper classmen blocked by the starters on their teams.
Brief notes are provided under each weight class.
I tinkered with the idea of doing a “Team Depth Ranking,” but it’s not objectively ascertainable with the moving parts intrinsic to the situation. What’s clear is that there are certain teams with incredible depth. If I had to name a Top 8, in no particular order it would look like this: Missouri, Penn State, Pitt, Oklahoma State, Iowa, Cornell, Minnesota, Ohio State, Oregon State.
*Note-Records per from NWCA Scorebook.
125:
1. Corey Clark, Iowa (12-1)
2. Fr. Nathan Tomasello, Ohio State (11-0)
3. Josh Rodriguez, North Dakota (13-0)
3. Phil Laux, Iowa (16-0)
4. Joe Deangelo, NC State (17-2)
5. Sean Boyle, Michigan (17-5)
6. Ben Willeford, Cleveland State (12-2)
8. Zach Synon, Missouri (22-9)
Others: Billy Watterson, Brown; Austin Miller, OK State; JR Wert, Rider; Connor Cline, OK State; Mitch Rogaliner, Michigan State; Cody Hummer, Missouri, Kaleb LeMaire, Lock Haven; Bricker Dixon, Cornell; Kyle Larson, ISU, Aaron Assad, Purdue; Zack Fuentes, Drexel; Joey Palmer, Oregon State; Will Mason, Virginia
Notes: Clark entered the year with the edge to be the starter for the Hawkeyes, but that ship seems to have sailed as Thomas Gilman has took the reins and ran. Clark reportedly has had issues performing after making weight.
That being said, Clark is 12-1 this season with the only loss coming to Post-Grad and Former All American Jarrod Garnett in the Midlands semi’s.
#2 is Nathan Tomasello who has a win over current #11-Corey Keener.
Rodriguez has a win over Lambert and posted bonus nine times.
The rest of the group has there positives and negatives. For instance, Laux is undefeated, but against a mostly non-DI slate. Synon has a lot of losses, but seven of them are to ranked starters.
133:
1. Geoff Alexander, Maryland (21-1)
2. Alan Waters, Missouri (4-4)
3. Jordan Conaway, Penn State (13-5)
4. Jordan Northrup, Northern Illinois (17-1)
4. Kevin Norstrem, Virginia Tech (11-3)
5. Jacob Schmitt, Northwestern (11-2)
6. Levi Wolfensperger, Northern Iowa (17-5)esf
7. Javier Gasca, Michigan State (19-5)
8. Dean Heil, OK State (13-1)
Others: Fr. Connor Schram, Stanford; Mike Pongracz, UTC, Tyler Keselring, CMU; Kyle Ayersman, Purdue; Jack Hathaway, Oregon State; Nick Zanetta, Pitt; Coltin Fought; Colton Schilling, Derrick Nelson, Pitt, Dean Heil, OK State; Kyle Krasavage, Hofstra
Notes: On name recognition alone, you’d expect Waters (an All American) to hold the top spot. But he’s just 4-4 on the year. Yes, three of them came to ranked studs (Ramos, Graff, and Beckman, who he’s also beaten), but Waters also lost to the vaunted Tyler Willers. Odder still, none of his losses were within 2 points.
While Alexander’s only marquee win came via fall over Jimmy Gulibon, his only loss on the season is to Mark Grey. He’s also beaten McCrystal, Mack, Sherlock, and Norstrem. It’s close, mostly based on Waters’ past success, but I’m giving the nod to Alexander, who’s been more productive in 2013-2014.
Conaway, who was a match away from AA last year, has split with Mack and lost twice to Joe Roth.
Northrup has wins over Schmitt, Gasca, and Fisher. Schmitt has beaten Gasca and Dom Malone.
Heil has had a strong year, but hasn’t faced much DI competition.
141:
1. Chris Vassar, Gardner-Webb (20-2)
2. Joey Ward, North Carolina (17-1)
3. Anthony Abidin, Nebraska (18-3)
4. John Meeks, Iowa State (13-1)
5. Trevor Jauch (16-3) / Lavion Mayes (18-7) / Tony DeAngelo (27-10) Missouri
6. Anthony Ashnault, Rutgers (10-3)
7. Nate Skonieczny, Kent State (25-7)
8. Mitch Bengston, NDSU (15-3)
Others: Topher Carton, Iowa, Andrew Atkinson, VA, Will Switzer, Lehigh, Colt Cotton, Bloomsburg, Kyle Bauer, Kent State, Randy Cruz, Lehigh, Jared McKinley, Cleveland State
Notes: Vasser’s only two losses are to All American Ugi, and Ward, who he’s also beaten. Vasser won the last one, thus he gets the nod. He also has wins over Nate Skonieczny and Atkinson.
Meeks' only loss is to Dardanes.
Ward beat Abidin, who hasn’t wrestled the second semester.
Ashnault and DeAngelo have wins over Skonieczny.
Missouri is especially loaded at this weight with solid production from Jauch, DeAngelo, and Mayes, who has a win over nationally ranked Anthony Collica.
Atkinson and Bengston lack a quality win, but all of their losses are reasonable. Atkinson’s: Skoneiczny, Durso, and Vasser.
149:
1. Hunter Stieber, Ohio State (13-0)
2. Zach Beitz, Penn State (11-6)
3. Brandon Sorensen, Iowa (17-4)
4. Chad Walsh, Rider (28-7)
5. Collin Heffernan, CMU (16-3)
6. Blake Roulo, George Mason (11-4)
7. Quinton Murphy, Clarion (31-5)
8. TJ Miller, UVA (14-4)
Others: Ben Hunter, Navy; Blayne Briceno, ISU, Kevin Moylan, Princeton; Luke Frey, Penn State; Mike Kelly, Iowa; Travis Shaffer, Pitt; Colin Shober, NW, Jake Short, Minnesota; Oliver Pierce, Oklahoma; Connor Ryan, Iowa; Rylan Lubeck, Wisconsin
Notes: Stieber is clearly the man as he takes a redshirt after two straight AA campaigns. He’s perfect on the year with 1 ranked win (Minotti).
Beitz is technically the current starter at PSU, but is expected to give way to Andrew Alton. Beitz has big wins over Ian Paddock, Scott Sakaguchi, and Caleb Ervin.
Sorenson has had a promising season as a true freshman. It’s had its highs (wins over Roulo, Grothus, Walsh, and Neibert) and lows (a loss to Ouachita’s Bobby Williams) and reality checks (losses to LaVallee and Habat).
Walsh has split his year between 149 and 157 and has been impressive at both weights, with quality wins over Robert Henderson, Jake Short, and Cody Law.
Heffernan has a wins over Murphy and Pagdilao.
The next two are transfers (Murphy from Indiana, Roulo from Buffalo).
Miller has wins over Hamann, Richardson, and Murphy.
157:
1. Isaiah Martinez, Illinois (10-2)
2. Nick Brascetta, VT (8-2)
3. Brandon Kingsley, Minnesota (19-6)
4. James Vollrath, Penn State (11-7)
5. Ronnie Garbinsky, Pitt (15-5)
6. Zach Witte, Northern Iowa (10-5)
7. Jordan Henrickson (16-6) / Abraham Rodriguez (13-2), Oregon State
8.Stephen Robertson, Penn (17-6)
Others: Lou Mascola, Maryland; Chris Koo, OK State; Clayton Ream, NDSU; Kevin Cooper, UTC, Collin Holler, SDSU; Shayne Tucker, Oklahoma; Chad Pyke, NC State; Chris Dowdy, Cornell; Chad Ryan, Columbia
Notes: Both Martinez and Brascetta have a loss to Greisheimer and a win over Isaac Jordan. Martinez’s other loss is to St. John. Bracetta’s is to Taylor Walsh.
A spot starter, Kingsley’s losses have all been to high profile guys. He has a win over Robertson.
All of Henrickson’s losses other than his recent one to teammate Rodriguez, were to ranked opponents.
Garbinsky has a wins over Chad Walsh, Mascola, and Robertson. Witte has wins over Wildmo and Holler.
165:
1. Bo Jordan, Ohio State (18-0)
2. Taylor Massa, Michigan (18-1)
3. Troy Reaghard, (11-4) / Cody Wiercioch (4-1), Pittsburgh
4. Craig Eifert, Cornell (10-3)
5. Adam Fierro, CSUB (12-1)
6. Marshall Peppelman, Cornell (11-3)
7. Garrett Hammond, PSU (25-6)
8. Nick Wanzek, Minnesota (14-4)
Others: Curt Maas, UNI, , Seth Thomas, Oregon State; Brandon Wilbourn, Nebraska; Coleman Gracey, Army; Casey Fuller, Army; Troy Lamson, Michigan State; Jacob Davis, Eastern Michigan; Aaron McKinney, Lock Haven; Alec Ortiz, Minnesota
Notes: Jordan opened the season with a bang by teching Wiercioch. The NWCA Scorebook lists a 5-2 loss for him to Duke’s Marcus Cain, but that has been confirmed to be an error. He also has wins over Nick Becker, Reaghard, and Ryan LeBlanc.
Massa’s only official loss is to #4-Nick Moore, 4-3. He has wins over Mark Martin, Thomas, Lamson, and Harger.
Reaghard has beaten Lawson, McKinney, Eifert, and Peppelman. Wiercioch’s only loss is to Bo, and he has a win over starter Morelli, who in turn has wins over Hammond and McKinney.
Fierro’s only loss is to Stanford’s Jim Wilson.
Eifert has wins over Jake Kemerer, Gracey, and Hammond.
174:
1. Kyle Crutchmer, OK State (19-7)
2. Zach Epperly, VT (16-2)
3. Alex Meyer, Iowa (17-6)
4. Duke Pickett, Cornell (12-4)
5. Cody Johnston, Missouri (17-5)
6. Nick Kee, Appalachian St. (13-6)
7. Hunter Gamble, Gardner-Webb (20-5)
8. Keaton Subjeck, Stanford (18-5)
Others: Jordan Ellingwood, CMU; Jordan Wohlfert, MSU; McCoy Newberg, Nebraska; Parker Von Egidy, Missouri; Jacob Morrissey, Purdue; Samson Imonode, Army; Rex Lutz, Penn State
Notes: Crutchmer has performed admirably at 3 different weight classes this season with some solid wins (including Meyer) and in keeping it close with many stars.
Epperly has a win over NCAA qualifier Dom Kastl, and his only two losses are to Zilmer and Evans.
Meyer has wins over Riddick and Cody Caldwell. Pickett has beaten Ellingwood and Dallago. Johnston has wins over Newberg, Von Egidy, and ASU’s Kevin Radford.
Kee is 2-1 vs. Gamble.
184:
1. Nate Brown, Lehigh (17-2)
2. Sam Brooks, Iowa (16-7)
3. Brett Pfarr, Minnesota (13-3)
4. Jordan Rogers, OK State (16-8)
5. Matt McCutcheon, (10-4) / Wes Phipps (5-4), Penn State
6. Jake Taylor, Cornell, FLWC (8-3)
7. Aaron Studabaker, Nebraska (23-7)
8. Mitch Sliga, Indiana (18-5)
Others: Ryan Wolfe, Rider, Billy George, Cornell, John Dickson, VT, Troy Murtha, Princeton, Garrett Krohn, Stanford; Max Huntley, Michigan; Cody Crawford, Oregon State; Boaz Beard, ISU
Notes: Brown’s only two losses are to Thomusseit and Sheptock. He teched Bernstein, who beat Brooks. Other wins include McCutcheon and Taylor.
Spelling the injured Ethan Lofthouse, Brooks has been wrestling very well. His losses have been to highly ranked guys (Stienhaus, Gadsen, McIntosh, Sheptock), and he has wins over Dudley, Eblen, and Luke Sheridan.
Pfarr has had a very strong year that has Gopher fans anticipating his starting next season. He has wins over Dudley, BJ Toal, Beard, Fausey, and Lorenzo Thomas.
McCutcheon has 3 wins over Billy George and one on Eblen.
197:
1. Austin Schafer, OK State (15-1)
2. Willie Miklus, Missouri (18-8)
3. Kris Klapprodt (15-2) / Tomas Lira (9-2) Iowa
4. Jared Haught, Virginia Tech (20-2)
5. Steve Congenie, Cornell (10-4)
6. Jared Bartel, Northern Iowa (13-7)
7. Harrison Cook, Penn (11-6)
8. David Reck, Virginia Tech (13-4)
Others: Harrison Cook, Penn, Nate Rotert, SDSU (17-10), Justin Heberlie, Missouri, Ryan Solomon, Pitt, Matt Williams, CSUB, Josh Lehner, UNC, Dane Pestano, ISU, Ray O’Donnell, Princeton; Luke Jones, MSU; Phil Sprenkle, Lock Haven; Brad Johnson, OU
Notes: Schafer has posted bonus in 12 of his 15 wins. His only loss is to nationally ranked Phil Wellington. His most high profile wins have come against Shane Woods and Brad Johnson.
Miklus has also been dominant in his wins with 13 bonus bouts.
Lira beat Klapprodt, who beat Bartel, who beat Rotert.
Cook beat Reck.
285:
1. Jon Gingrich, Penn State (19-3)
2. Mike Kroells, Minnesota (19-5)
3. Nathan Butler, Stanford (19-5)
4. Kosta Karageorge, Ohio State (24-8)
5. Zach Merrill, Oklahoma (13-2)
6. Cody Krumwiede, UNI (19-11)
7. Kevin Malone, UTC (14-5)
8. Jacob Aiken-Phillips (13-6) / Stryker Lane (10-6), Cornell
Others: Carl Buchholz, Rutgers; Dink Purnell, WVU; ; Mike Kosoy, NC State; Nick Ruggear, Penn State
Notes: Gingrich is having a great year. His losses: Billy Smith, Jimmy Lawson, and Gwiz.
He has a win over Dhesi.
The Gophers should be in good hands when Nelson graduates next year with Kroells waiting in the wings.
Merrill has lost only to Justin Grant and Blake Herrin.
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