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 falls and tech falls 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 two categories are broken based on the aggregate time.
There is no change atop Division I falls this week. Lehigh’s Kelvin Griffin still leads with 15 falls on the season in 45:31. Brian Soldano of Rutgers is second with 12 falls and heavyweights Daulton Mayer of Bellarmine and Cory Day of Binghamton each have 10 a piece.
In Division II, Newman’s heavyweight Caleb Wunsch still leads the way with 12 falls in 31:52. Giulian Bodiu of Findlay and Trent Mahoney of King (Tennessee) each picked up one fall to remain tied for second with 10 each.
There is now a three-way tie for the Division III lead. Messiah heavyweight Micah Martinez secured three falls this week to take the lead with 18 in 36:48. Myles Leonard of Springfield gained two for a total of 18 in 36:58 and Alaq Dowd-Grant of Castleton kept steady at the same number.
In Division I tech falls, Purdue’s 125-pounder Matt Ramos now has company at the top. He is now tied with 165-pounder Mitchell Messenbrink of Penn State with 11.
Isham Peace of Lander is in a three-way tie for the Division II lead with eight tech falls. Drury’s 157-pounder Will Kuster and Max Ramberg of Augustana (South Dakota) also have eight.
In Division III, last week’s top two remain tied. SUNY Oneonta’s Avery Leonard and Johnson & Wales (Providence) 125-pounder Joziah Fry each gained two tech falls to bring their total to 17 each.
The initial Most Dominant Wrestler standings will be released later this season to allow wrestlers to achieve the minimum number of matches required to be eligible for the standings.
Falls Leaders Thru 1/27/2025
DIVISION I MEN
NAME INSTITUTION WEIGHT # OF FALLS TIME
Kelvin Griffin Lehigh 149 15 45:31
Brian Soldano Rutgers 184 12 38:59
Daulton Mayer Bellarmine 285 10 24:00
Cory Day Binghamton 285 10 64:52
Nate Roth Kent State 149 9 24:49
Alex Semenenko Brown 285 8 18:57
Carter Nogle Air Force 141 8 29:53:00
Sonny Sasso Virginia Tech 197 7 15:03
Evan Maag George Mason 165 7 16:52
Joseph Curtis Columbia 285 7 19:18
DIVISION II MEN
NAME INSTITUTION WEIGHT # OF FALLS TIME
Caleb Wunsch Newman 285 12 31:52:00
Giulian Bodiu Findlay 285 10 12:20
Trent Mahoney King 165 10 32:16:00
John Parker-Wilson Newberry 197 9 35:12:00
Cannon Potts Minot State (N.D.) 197 8 16:48
Zander Graham Ashland 157 8 18:53
Gabe Mortensen UMary 141 8 19:34
Ashtan Hendricks King 141 8 23:44
Mason Gutenberger UMary 125 7 13:06
Massimo Sullivan UNC Pembroke 285 7 14:46
DIVISION III MEN
NAME INSTITUTION WEIGHT # OF FALLS TIME
Micah Martinez Messiah 285 18 36:48:00
Myles Leonard Springfield 184 18 36:58:00
Alaq Dowd-Grant Castleton 285 18 39:12:00
Braeden Fluke Averett 285 17 45:55:00
Peter Kane Williams College 157 16 19:19
Caleb Burkhart Wilkes 285 16 31:28:00
Robert Cunningham Cortland State 184 16 34:28:00
Jack Bailey Stevens Tech 165 16 40:33:00
Benjamin Katz Springfield 285 16 43:34:00
Mason Sprinkel Norwich 285 16 51:11:00
Tech Falls Leaders Thru 1/27/2025
DIVISION I MEN
NAME INSTITUTION WEIGHT # OF TF TIME
Matt Ramos Purdue 125 11 51:51:00
Mitchell Mesenbrink Penn State 165 11 55:07:00
Max McEnelly Minnesota 184 10 51:46:00
Joshua Heindselman Michigan 285 8 35:04:00
Andrew Christie Army West Point 174 8 37:28:00
Nick Feldman Ohio State 285 8 37:45:00
Lenny Pinto Nebraska 174 8 43:26:00
Jesse Mendez Ohio State 149 8 46:56:00
Jacob Cardenas Michigan 197 7 25:31:00
Logan Messer George Mason 174 7 28:27:00
DIVISION II MEN
NAME INSTITUTION WEIGHT # OF TF TIME
Isham Peace Lander 141 8 14:27
Will Kuster Drury 157 8 21:25
Max Ramberg Augustana (SD) 197 8 1:46
Shane Corrigan Wisconsin-Parkside 125 7 4:06
Wyatt Turnquist Northern State 149 6 23:01
Sean Solis UMary 141 6 10:59
Griffin Lundeen Northern State 157 6 11:11
David Hunsberger Lander 165 5 14:56
Luke Acuna Ashland 124 5 17:56
Ethen Doty Upper Iowa 149 5 18:06
DIVISION III MEN
NAME INSTITUTION WEIGHT # OF TF TIME
Avery Leonard Oneonta State 159 17 53:26:00
Joziah Fry Johnson & Wales (RI) 125 17 93:20:00
Angelo Centrone Cortland State 149 14 45:15:00
Cooper Pontelandolfo NYU 157 13 40:15:00
Eli Crum Lycoming 184 12 18:23
Will Davis Elizabethtown 197 12 20:40
Josh Wilson Greensboro 141 12 13:41
Charlie Stuhl Augsburg 157 12 66:05:00
Keegan Demarest Messiah 165 11 39:32:00
Christian Guzman North Central 125 11 59:08:00
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