Wyatt Hendrickson (Oklahoma State) at the 2024 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational in Las Vegas, Nev.
INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has released updated standings for the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Awards that will be awarded in March at the respective Division I, II and III Wrestling Championships.
The inaugural NCAA Wrestling Awards were presented at the 2012 wrestling championships.
The three awards, given in each division, honor the Most Dominant Wrestler as well as the student-athletes that have accumulated the most falls and the most technical falls throughout the course of the regular and postseasons.
For results to be counted for the awards they must come against opponents in the same division (i.e. Division II vs. Division II). Ties in the falls and tech falls categories are broken based on the aggregate time.
This week features the third standings of the Most Dominant Wrestler award, which features a 16-match minimum to qualify for the standings.
The Most Dominant Wrestler standings are calculated by adding the total number of team points awarded through match results and dividing that number by the total number of matches wrestled. Points per match are awarded as follows.
* Fall, forfeit, injury default or DQ = 6 points (-6 points for a loss)
* Tech falls = 5 points (-5 points for a loss)
* Major decision = 4 points (-4 points for a loss)
* Decision = 3 points (-3 points for a loss)
In Division I, Oklahoma State heavyweight Wyatt Hendrickson remains on top with 5.24 points per match. Penn State’s Carter Starocci has leapt into second place at 5.06.
Division II remains a tight race with a pair of 184-pounders holding the top two spots. West Liberty’s Ty McGeary leads with 5.21 points per match and Kutztown’s Matt Weinberg follows with 5.06.
In Division III, RIT’s Josh Harkless continues to lead with 5.57 points per match. Merchant Marine’s Tyler Withers has regained the second position at 5.42.
In Division I falls, Kelvin Griffin of Lehigh continues to hold the top spot for the fifth straight week. The 149-pounder has 17 falls in 52:21. Bellarmine heavyweight Daulton Mayer trails by just two.
The top four in Division II remained unchanged this week. King (Tennessee)’s Trent Mahoney leads that group with 13 falls in 42:02.
The falls leaders race in Division III is in flux weekly. Myles Leonard from Springfield hold onto the top spot for the third consecutive week with 21 falls in 41:05. The field behind him continues to shift as three wrestlers trail by two while one, Merchant Marine’s Tyler Withers, trails by just one.
The top three in Division I tech falls stayed the same this week. Mitchell Mesenbrink of Penn State has 14 while Purdue’s Matt Ramos and Minnesota’s Max McEnelly hold second and third, respectively.
In Division II, the tech falls race continues to be tight. Drury’s Will Kuster has moved in front with 10 in 52:19 while Max Ramberg of Augustana (South Dakota) has 10 in 56:31. Last week’s frontrunner, Isham Peace from Lander is third with nine tech falls.
Division III saw no movement in the top six spots. Avery Leonard of SUNY Oneonta and Joziah Fry of Johnson & Wales (Providence) have each held their spots in the top two for the last five weeks.
TECH FALLS LEADERS THROUGH 2/19/2025
NAME/INSTITUTION/WEIGHT/# OF TF/TIME
DIVISION I MEN
Mitchell Mesenbrink Penn State 165 14 73:30
Matt Ramos Purdue 125 13 57:52
Max McEnelly Minnesota 184 11 57:25
Michael Beard Lehigh 197 10 45:57
Wyatt Henson Lock Haven 141 10 50:27
Parker Keckeisen Northern Iowa 184 10 53:10
Andrew Sparks Minnesota 165 10 62:14
Joshua Heindselman Michigan 285 9 42:04
Lenny Pinto Nebraska 174 9 48:26
Jesse Mendez Ohio State 141 9 50:38
DIVISION II MEN
Will Kuster Drury 157 10 52:19
Max Ramberg Augustana (SD) 197 10 56:31
Isham Peace Lander 141 9 41:53
Wyatt Turnquist Northern State 149 8 32:52
Shane Corrigan Wisconsin-Parkside 125 8 33:50
Hayden Pummel Glenville State 174 8 34:53
Orion Wilson Grand Valley State 125 8 36:29
Guy Deleonardis Glenville State 157 8 43:08
David Hunsberger Lander 165 7 24:37
Owen Butler Frostburg State 174 7 27:45
DIVISION III MEN
Avery Leonard Oneonta State 157 21 65:06
Joziah Fry Johnson & Wales (RI) 125 18 100:20
Will Davis Elizabethtown 197 16 60:02
Cooper Pontelandolfo NYU 157 15 47:15
Angelo Centrone Cortland State 149 14 45:15
Eli Crum Lycoming 184 14 47:58
Josh Wilson Greensboro 141 14 71:49
Christian Guzman North Central 125 14 71:49
Myles Johnson Ohio Northern 285 13 60:39
Austin Brass Messiah 174 13 72:38
MOST DOMINANT THROUGH 2/19/2025
NAME/INSTITUTION/WEIGHT/AVG. PTS.
DIVISION I MEN
Wyatt Hendrickson Oklahoma State 285 5.24
Carter Starocci Penn State 184 5.06
Mitchell Mesenbrink Penn State 165 5
Stephen Buchanan Iowa 197 4.59
Matt Ramos Purdue 125 4.57
Parker Keckeisen Northern Iowa 184 4.56
Owen Trephan Lehigh 285 4.47
Dean Hamiti Oklahoma State 174 4.44
Max McEnelly Minnesota 184 4.44
Max Brignola Lehigh 165 4.38
DIVISION II MEN
Ty McGeary West Liberty 184 5.21
Matt Weinberg Kutztown 184 5.06
David Hunsberger Lander 165 4.43
Dean Noble Western Colorado 149 4.41
Logan Kvien McKendree 197 4.22
Dominic Murphy St. Cloud State 197 4.17
Orest Nazarchuk Maryville 285 4.06
Studd Morris Central Oklahoma 125 4.04
Reece Barnhardt UMary 133 4.04
Brent Nicolosi Mount Olive 165 3.95
DIVISION III MEN
Josh Harkless RIT 285 5.57
Tyler Withers Merchant Marine 184 5.42
Jacob Reed Ohio Northern 141 5.36
Myles Leonard Springfield 184 5.36
Michael Petrella Baldwin Wallace 157 5.23
Joziah Fry Johnson & Wales 125 5.21
Peter Kane Williams 157 5.1
Christian Guzman North Central 125 5.08
Jack Ryan Oneonta State 184 5.08
Chase Randall Coast Guard 133 5.06
*16 MATCH MINIMUM
FALLS LEADERS THROUGH 2/19/2025
NAME/INSTITUTION/WEIGHT/# OF FALLS/TIME
DIVISION I MEN
Kelvin Griffin Lehigh 149 17 52:21
Daulton Mayer Bellarmine 285 15 29:30
Cory Day Binghamton 285 13 73:30
Brian Soldano Rutgers 184 12 38:59
Alex Semenenko Brown 285 11 26:29
Max Leete American 133 10 8:39
Nate Roth Kent State 149 9 24:49
Carter Nogle Air Force 141 9 33:56
Evan Maag George Mason 165 8 19:13
Carson Floyd Appalachian State 197 8 21:23
DIVISION II MEN
Trent Mahoney King 165 13 42:02
Caleb Wunsch Newman 285 12 31:52
Giulian Bodiu Findlay 285 11 13:46
John Parker-Wilson Newberry 197 10 38:12
Casey Barnett Tiffin 157 9 18:05
Ethen Doty Upper Iowa 149 9 20:16
Gabe Mortensen UMary 141 9 22:02
Ashtan Hendricks King 141 9 27:07
Nick Johnson Glenville State 197 9 28:17
Ty McGeary West Liberty 184 9 31:54
DIVISION III MEN
Myles Leonard Springfield 184 21 41:05
Tyler Withers Merchant Marine 184 20 43:53
Caleb Burkhart Wilkes 285 19 41:13
Benjamin Katz Springfield 285 19 56:52
Mason Sprinkel Norwich 285 19 61:38
Peter Kane Williams College 157 18 24:34
Micah Martinez Messiah 285 18 36:48
Alaq Dowd-Grant Castleton 285 18 39:12
Ganon Smith Elizabethtown 184 18 47:48
Braeden Fluke Averett 285 18 48:35
Dalton Monger Messiah 149 17 20:47
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