2018 Returns The Most NCAA Champs In 10 Years

2018 Returns The Most NCAA Champs In 10 Years

More NCAA wrestling national champions return for the 2017-18 season than at any time in the last ten years

Sep 28, 2017 by Andrew Spey
2018 Returns The Most NCAA Champs In 10 Years
There are many reasons to get excited for the upcoming NCAA season. To see Penn State and Ohio State battle for the team trophy. To see if Iowa can find a way to climb the team podium. To see the individual rankings change throughout the season. And one reason we haven't touched on yet: the crazy amount of national champions returning for this season.

Eight of last year's champions return. Four other wrestlers return that won titles in previous years and are also back to reclaim their trophies. Those 12 wrestlers combine to represent 16 individual championships. 

Prospective lineup looks: RutgersMichigan | Iowa State | Oklahoma State | Virginia Tech | Ohio State | North Carolina | Iowa | Penn State

We went back through over a decade of results to see if this is the most returning champs in the last 10 years -- and, spoiler alert, it is. Check out how this year's insane crop of returning champions compares to previous years in the tables below.

2009-10 Upcoming Season -- 11 Champs, 11 Titles

Title Year Weight Champ Class
2006 149 Dustin Schlatter FR
2008 125 Angel Escobedo SO
2008 149 Brent Metcalf SO
2008 184 Mike Pucillo SO
2009 125 Troy Nickerson JR
2009 133 Franklin Gomez JR
2009 149 Darrion Caldwell JR
2009 157 Jordan Burroughs JR
2009 165 Jarrod King JR
2009 197 Jake Varner JR
2009 285 Mark Ellis JR

2010-11 Upcoming Season -- 3 Champs, 3 Titles

Title Year Weight Champ Class
2010 125 Matt McDonough FR
2010 141 Kyle Dake FR
2010 165 Andrew Howe SO

2011-12 Upcoming Season -- 7 Champs, 8 Titles

Title Year Weight Champ Class
2010 125 Matt McDonough FR
2010 141 Kyle Dake FR
2011 133 Jordan Oliver SO
2011 141 Kellen Russell JR
2011 149 Kyle Dake SO
2011 184 Quentin Wright SO
2011 197 Dustin Kilgore JR
2011 285 Zach Rey JR

2012-13 Upcoming Season -- 9 Champs, 12 Titles

Title Year Weight Champ Class
2010 125 Matt McDonough FR
2010 141 Kyle Dake FR
2011 133 Jordan Oliver SO
2011 149 Kyle Dake SO
2011 184 Quentin Wright SO
2012 125 Matt McDonough JR
2012 133 Logan Stieber FR
2012 157 Kyle Dake JR
2012 165 David Taylor SO
2012 174 Ed Ruth SO
2012 184 Steve Bosak JR
2012 285 Tony Nelson SO

2013-14 Upcoming Season -- 9 Champs, 12 Titles

Title Year Weight Champ Class
2010 165 Andrew Howe SO
2012 133 Logan Stieber FR
2012 165 David Taylor SO
2012 174 Ed Ruth SO
2012 285 Tony Nelson SO
2013 125 Jesse Delgado SO
2013 133 Logan Stieber SO
2013 141 Kendric Maple JR
2013 157 Derek St. John JR
2013 174 Chris Perry JR
2013 184 Ed Ruth JR
2013 285 Tony Nelson JR

2014-15 Upcoming Season -- 6 Champs, 9 Titles

Title Year Weight Champ Class
2012 133 Logan Stieber FR
2013 125 Jesse Delgado SO
2013 133 Logan Stieber SO
2014 125 Jesse Delgado JR
2014 141 Logan Stieber JR
2014 149 Jason Tsirtsis FR
2014 157 Alex Dieringer SO
2014 197 J'Den Cox FR
2014 285 Nick Gwiazdowski SO

2015-16 Upcoming Season -- 8 Champs, 10 Titles

Title Year Weight Champ Class
2014 149 Jason Tsirtsis FR
2014 157 Alex Dieringer SO
2014 197 J'Den Cox FR
2014 285 Nick Gwiazdowski SO
2015 125 Nathan Tomasello FR
2015 133 Cody Brewer JR
2015 157 Isaiah Martinez FR
2015 165 Alex Dieringer JR
2015 184 Gabe Dean SO
2015 285 Nick Gwiazdowski JR

2016-17 Upcoming Season -- 8 Champs, 11 Titles

Title Year Weight Champ Class
2014 197 J'Den Cox FR
2015 125 Nathan Tomasello FR
2015 157 Isaiah Martinez FR
2015 184 Gabe Dean SO
2016 141 Dean Heil SO
2016 149 Zain Retherford SO
2016 157 Isaiah Martinez SO
2016 174 Myles Martin FR
2016 184 Gabe Dean JR
2016 197 J'Den Cox JR
2016 285 Kyle Snyder SO

2017-18 Upcoming Season -- 12 Champs, 16 Titles

Title Year Weight Champ Class
2014 149 Jason Tsirtsis FR
2015 125 Nathan Tomasello FR
2015 157 Isaiah Martinez FR
2016 141 Dean Heil SO
2016 149 Zain Retherford SO
2016 157 Isaiah Martinez SO
2016 174 Myles Martin FR
2016 285 Kyle Snyder SO
2017 125 Darian Cruz JR
2017 141 Dean Heil JR
2017 149 Zain Retherford JR
2017 157 Jason Nolf SO
2017 165 Vincenzo Joseph FR
2017 174 Mark Hall FR
2017 184 Bo Nickal SO
2017 285 Kyle Snyder JR

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