2025 NAIA Men's Wrestling National Championship Program by NAIA

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Day 1

March 6

Session I – 11:00 a.m.

1st Round

1st Round (Consolation)

Opening Ceremonies – 5:45 p.m.

Session II – 6:00 p.m.

2nd Round (Championship)

2nd Round (Consolation)

Day 2

March 7

Session III – 11:00 a.m.

3rd Round (Championship Quarterfinals)

3rd Round (Consolation)

Parade of Scholar-Athletes - 5:15 p.m.

Session IV – 6:00 p.m.

4th Round (Championship Semifinals)

4th Round (Consolation All-America Round)

5th Round (Consolation Quarterfinals)

Day 3

March 8

Session V – 11:00 a.m.

6th Round (Consolation Semifinals)

Placement Round (3rd, 5th and 7th place)

Parade of All-Americans - 6:30 p.m.

Session VI – 7:00 p.m.

Championship Staff

NAIA Staff

NAIA President/ CEO Jim Carr Director of Championships Austin Bennett Manager of Athletics Communications Brandt McCall

Associate Director of Championships Marc Burchard

Tournament Staff Officials

Head Scorer – Teresa Magnussen

Tournament Director – Kyle Baldwin

VP of Sports Development Visit Wichita – Josh Howell

Sports Coordinator Visit Wichita – Zach Blessant

Executive Director Park City Arena – Ben Bolander

Director of Operations Park City Arena - Miles Wagner

Jerry Middleton - Coordinator of Officials

Bob Baxter - Evaluator

Rick Fink - Evaluator

Brady Finton - Evaluator

Michael Boyd Brenan Cole

Chas DeWitt

Eric Dobey

Dylan Eck

Eric Eckerman

Nate Gomez

Manuel Guerrero

Tanner Hillyer

Matt Jacobson

Benjamin Keefer

Jake Lawrence

Michael Letcher

Ben Marshall

Nathan Myers

Brendon Papineau

Travis Scheele

Ronnie Schneider

Justin Thaw

Donald Wiener

83,000 student-athletes

21 conferences

29 championships $1.3B in financial aid

2025 Wrestling Conferences

Appalachian Athletic Conference (11)

Brewton-Parker (Ga.)

Keiser (Fla.)

Life (Ga.)

Montreat (N.C.)

Pikeville (Ky.)

Reinhardt (Ga.)

St. Thomas (Fla.)

Southeastern (Fla.)

St. Andrews (N.C.)

Truett McConnell (Ga.)

West Virginia Tech. (W.Va.)

Cascade Collegiate Conference (10)

Arizona Christian (Ariz.)

Corban (Ore.)

Eastern Oregon (Ore.)

Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)

Evergreen (Wash.)

Montana State-Northern (Mont.)

Providence (Mont.)

Simpson (Calif.)

Southern Oregon (Ore.)

Westcliff (Calif.)

Great Plains Athletic Conference (9)

Briar Cliff (Iowa)

Concordia (Neb.)

Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)

Doane (Neb.)

Hastings (Neb.)

Midland University (Neb.)

Morningside (Iowa)

Northwestern (Iowa)

Waldorf (Iowa)

Heart of America Athletic Conference (9)

Baker (Kan.)

Benedictine (Kan.)

Central Methodist (Mo.)

Dickinson State (N.D.)

Graceland (Iowa)

Grand View (Iowa)

Missouri Valley (Mo.)

St. Ambrose (Iowa)

William Penn (Iowa)

Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference ()

Avila (Mo.)

Bethany (Kan.)

Friends (Kan.)

Jamestown (N.D.)

Oklahoma Wesleyan (Okla.)

Ottawa (Kan.)

St. Mary (Kan.)

York (Neb.)

Mid-South Conference (6)

Campbellsville (Ky.)

Cumberland (Tenn.)

Cumberlands (Ky.)

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

Midway (Ky.)

Rio Grande (Ohio)

Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (8)

Cleary (Mich.)

Cornerstone (Mich.)

Defiance (Ohio)

Indiana Tech (Ind.)

Lourdes (Ohio)

Marian (Ind.)

Rochester (Mich.)

Siena Heights (Mich.)

American Midwest Conference/ Sooner Athletic Conference (9)

Central Baptist (Ark.)

Central Christian (Kan.)

Jarvis Christian (Texas)

Missouri Baptist (Mo.)

Oklahoma City (Okla.)

Texas Wesleyan (Texas)

Wayland Baptist (Texas)

William Woods (Mo.)

Williams Baptist (Ark.)

National Qualifiers – By School

174 Daniil Gorshkov

(Ariz.)

197 Trenton Blomquist Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)

285 Kenneth Copley Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)

(Ariz.)

(Kan.)

Benedict Holthaus Friends (Kan.)

(Kan.)

(Iowa)

National Qualifiers – By School

(Ohio)

(Ind.)

Dunasky Marian (Ind.)

(Ind.)

197 Burton Brandt Midland (Neb.)

Zeph Sivels Midland (Neb.)

(Ky.)

National Qualifiers – By School

BATTLE FOR THE RED BANNER

National Qualifiers – By Weight

125

BATTLE FOR THE RED BANNER

National Qualifiers – By Weight

165

174

(Ga.)

BATTLE FOR THE RED BANNER

National Qualifiers – By Weight

285

(Texas)

Championship History

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Championship History

Repeat Champions

Four-Time

Justin Abdou, Simon Fraser (B.C.) (177: 1990-91-92-93)

Brock Gutches, Southern Oregon (174: 2012-15)

James Hazewinkel, St. Cloud State (Minn.) (115:1963-64; 123:1965,1967)

Turk Lords, Montana State-Northern (190: 1998, 197: 1999, 200001)

Bob Molle, Simon Fraser (B.C.) (285: 1983-84-85-86)

Gray Simons, Lock Haven State (Pa.) (115: 1959-60-61-62)

Jerry Swope, Lock Haven State (Pa.) (177: 1963-64-65-66)

Evan Hansen, Grand View (Iowa) (197: 2017-18-19-20)

Three-Time

Bill Carson, Bloomsburg State (Pa.) (190: 1961-62; HWT: 1963)

Mike Stanley, Adams State (Colo.) (130: 1966-67; 137: 1968)

Lamoin Merkley, Central Washington (167: 1966-67-68)

Ken Melchoir, Lock Haven State (Pa.) (115: 1967-68; 123: 1969)

Roy Washington, Nebraska-Omaha (145: 1968-69; 150: 1970)

Lanny Davidson, Eastern Washington (177: 1975-76-77)

Ronnie James, Central State (Okla.) (134: 1981; 142: 1982-83)

Paul Syvrud, Jamestown (N.D.) (150: 1984; 158: 1985-86)

Johnny Nimmo, Central State (Okla.) (150: 1987; 158: 1988-89)

Chuck Pipher, Southern Colorado (167: 1987-88-89)

Jeff Thue, Simon Fraser (B.C.) (275: 1991-92-93)

John Melling, Simon Fraser (B.C.) (134:1992-93; 142: 1996)

Brian Taylor, Findlay (Ohio) (142: 1995; 150: 1996-97)

Bobby Lashley, Missouri Valley (177: 1996-97-98)

Daniel Igali, Simon Fraser (B.C.) (158: 1997-98; 165: 1999)

Jeremy Engelhardt, Mary (N.D.) (184: 1999-2000-01)

Emmett Willson, Montana State-Northern (197: 2002-04)

Justin Schlecht, Dickinson State (ND) (197: 2006-08)

Mitchell Lofstedt, Southern Oregon (125: 2010, 2012-13)

Eric Thompson, Grand View (Iowa) (285: 2012-14)

Evan Hansen, Grand View (Iowa) (197: 2017-18-19)

Lucas Lovvorn, Baker (Kan.) (174: 2018-19-20)

Brandon Reed, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (2019-20-21)

Two-Time

James Hazewinkel, St. Cloud St. (Minn.) (115: 1963-64)

Bill DePaoli, California State (Pa.) (118: 1977-78)

Andrew Bradbury, Lindenwood (Mo.) (125: 2004-05)

Delrico Choates, Cumberlands (Ky.) (125:2006-07)

Corey Borges, Montana State-Northern (125: 2008-09)

Mitchell Lofstedt, Southern Oregon (125: 2012-13)

Ryak Finch, Grand View (Iowa) (125: 2014-15)

Brandon Orum, Life (Ga.) (125: 2021, 2023)

Phil Gonzales, Nebraska-Omaha (126: 1972-73)

Terry Henry, Central State (Okla.) (126: 1974-75)

Glenn Guerin, Taylor (Ind.) (126: 1976-77)

Scott Ritzen, Adams State (Colo.) (126: 1980, 1982)

Kerry Boumans, Mary (N.D.) (126: 1993-94)

Charles Walizer, Lock Haven St. (Pa.) (1961, 1963)

Mike Stanley, Adams State (Colo.) (1966-67)

Raymond Stephens, Lindenwood (Mo.) (133: 2008-09)

Jacob Colon, Grand View (Iowa) (133: 2016-17)

Conner Gimson, Indiana Tech (133: 2021-22)

Bill West, Wisconsin-Parkside (134: 1974-75)

David James, Central State (Okla.) (134: 1979-80)

Brent Lofstedt, Southern Oregon (134: 1982-83)

John Melling, Simon Fraser (B.C.) (134: 1992-92)

Rickey Williams, Lindenwood (Mo.) (134: 1995-96)

John Rollins, Central Michigan (137: 1959, 1961)

Rick Stuyvesant, Moorhead State (Minn.) (137: 1966-67)

James Guizar, Menlo (Calif.) (141: 2002, 2004)

Anthony Varnell, Great Falls (Mont.) (141: 2011-12)

Brandon Wright, Grand View (Iowa) (141: 2014-15)

Kit Shaw, Central Washington (142: 1973-74)

Ronnie James, Central State (Okla.) (142: 1982-83)

Chuck Ahsmuhs, Pacific (Ore.) (142: 1988-89)

Dennis Warren, Central Washington (145: 1996-67)

Roy Washington, Nebraska-Omaha (145: 1968-69)

Ralph Clark, Lock Haven State (Pa.) (147: 1959-60)

Matt Burns, Grand View (Iowa) (149: 2009, 2011)

Jake Williams, Cumberland (Tenn.) (149: 2014-15)

Ed Sernoski, Simon Fraser (B.C.) (150: 1986, 1988)

Matt McDowell, Southern Oregon (150: 1993-94)

Brian Taylor, Findlay (Ohio) (150: 1996-97)

Stryder Davis, Montana State-Northern (157: 2004-05)

Joe Cozart, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (157: 2014-15)

Nosomy Pozo, Life (Ga.) (157: 2018-19)

Brevin Balmeceda, Life (Ga.) (149: 2023, 157: 2024)

Jim Fallis, Lake Superior (Mich.) (158: 1973-74)

Mike Reed, Eastern Washington (158: 1976-77)

Paul Syvrud, Jamestown (N.D.) (158: 1985-86)

Johnny Nimmo, Central State (Okla.) (158: 1988-89)

Mike Seeger, Mary (N.D.) (158: 1995-96)

Daniel Igali, Simon Fraser (B.C.) (158: 1997-98)

Jake Dieffenbach, Lindenwood (Mo.) (165: 2006-07)

Aaron Winning, McKendree (Ill.) (165: 2009-10)

Grant Henderson, Grand View (Iowa) (165: 2017-18)

Larry McCoy, Indiana (Pa.) (167: 1975-76)

Marc Mongeon, Simon Fraser (B.C.) (167: 1997-78)

Steve Tekander, Southern Oregon (167: 1985-86)

Kenneth McKean, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (167: 1992-93)

Matt Cauley, Lindenwood (Mo.) (174: 2008-09)

Chuck Jean, Adams State (Colo.) (177: 1972-73)

Bill Ameen, Central State (Okla.) (177: 1981-82)

John Fredrickson, Alaska Pacific (177: 1987-88)

Jameel Bryant, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (184: 2013-14)

Anthony Orozco, Menlo (Calif.) (2019-20)

Eric Vermillion, Indiana Tech (2021-22)

Bill Carson, Bloomsburg State (Pa.) (190: 1961-62)

Gary Smith, St. Cloud State (Minn.) (1963-64)

Richard Edwards, Oregon College (190: 1971-72)

Mike Allison, Adams State (Colo.) (190: 1973-74)

Craig Kelso, Adams State (Colo.) (190: 1975-76)

Tony Huck, Valley City State (N.D.) (190: 1979-80)

Micky Cheff, Western Montana (190: 1990-91)

Steve Exline, Upper Iowa (285: 1970-71)

Barry Bennett, Concordia (Minn.) (285: 1976-77)

Herb Stanley, Adams State (Colo.) (285: 1978-79)

Dan Payne, Simon Fraser (B.C.) (285: 1988-89)

Arjan Bhullar, Simon Fraser (B.C.) (285: 2009-10)

Dean Broghammer, Grand View (Iowa) (285: 2016, 2018)

Zane Lanham, Life (Ga.) (197: 2022, 285: 2024)

Awards

Gorriaran Award

1963 Dick Duffy, C.W. Post (N.Y.) (157)

1964 Fred Powell, Lock Haven State (Pa.) (123)

1965 Rick Sanders, Portland State (Ore.) (115)

1966 Jerry Swope, Lock Haven State (Pa.) (177)

1967 Lamoin Merkley, Central Washington (167) Rollin Schimmel, Eastern Oregon (160)

1968 Lamoin Merkley, Central Washington (167)

1969 Ken Melchoir, Lock Haven State (Pa.) (123)

1970 Roy Washington, Nebraska-Omaha (150)

1971 Mel Washington, Nebraska-Omaha (177)

1972 Charles Jean, Adams State (Colo.) (177)

1973 Ken Monroe, Wayne State (Neb.) (167)

1974 Kit Shaw, Central Washington (142)

1975 Lanny Davidson, Eastern Washington (177)

1976 Glenn Guerin, Taylor (Ind.) (126)

1977 Mike Reed, Eastern Washington (158)

1978 Fred Townsend, Wisconsin-Whitewater (126)

1979 Bill DePaoli, California State (Pa.) (118)

1980 Ron Essink, Grand Valley State (Mich.) (unlimited) Dan Morrison, Messiah (Pa.) (158)

1981 Todd Osborn, Central State (Okla.) (126)

1982 Ronnie James, Central State (Okla.) (142)

1983 Brent Lofstedt, Southern Oregon (134)

1984 Benny Coleman, Central State (Okla.) (177)

1985 Paul Syvrud, Jamestown (N.D.) (158)

1986 Paul Syvrud, Jamestown (N.D.) (158)

1987 Johnny Nimmo, Central State (Okla.) (150)

1988 Chuck Pipher, Southern Colorado (167)

1989 Chuck Pipher, Southern Colorado (167)

1990 Chol An, Northern Montana (126)

1991 Leon Bullerman, Southwest State (Minn.) (158)

1992 Jeff Bedard, Carson-Newman (Tenn.) (126)

1993 Justin Abdou, Simon Fraser (B.C.) (177)

1994 Jim Cudney, Mary (N.D.) (190)

1995 Travis Dewalt, Teikyo Westmar (Iowa) (126)

1996 Mike Seeger, Mary (N.D.) (158)

1997 Daniel Igali, Simon Fraser (B.C.) (158)

1998 Glenn Garrison, Montana State-Northern (142)

1999 Daniel Igali, Simon Fraser (B.C.) (165)

2000 Lars Blomgren, Simon Fraser (B.C.) (174)

2001 Turk Lords, Montana State-Northern (190)

2002 Tyson Thivierge, Montana State-Northern (184)

2003 Emmett Willson, Montana State-Northern (197)

2004 Emmett Willson, Montana State-Northern (197)

2005 Stryder Davis, Montana State-Northern (157)

2006 Mike Rio, Lindenwood (Mo.) (157)

2007 Brad Stockton, Waldorf (Iowa) (149)

2008 Justin Schlecht, Dickinson State (N.D.) (197)

2009 Matt Cauley, Lindenwood (Mo.) (174)

2010 Arjan Bhullar, Simon Fraser (B.C.) (HWT)

2011 Corey Bleaken, Cumberland (Tenn.)

2012 Mitchell Lofstedt, Southern Oregon (125)

2013 Mitchell Lofstedt, Southern Oregon (125)

2014 Eric Thompson, Grand View (Iowa) (285)

2015 Brandon Sunday, Indiana Tech (197)

2016 Toby Cheff, Montana State-Northern (285)

2017 Shonn Roberts, Providence (Mont.) (141)

2018 Dean Broghammer, Grand View (Iowa) (285)

2019 Anthony Orozco, Menlo (Calif.) (184)

2020 Batterdene Boldmaa, Doane (Neb.) (141)

2021 Matt Gimson, Indiana Tech (133)

2022 James Williams, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) (157)

2023 Daulton Mayer, Thomas More (Ky.) (197)

2024 Roman Garcia, Central Methodist (Mo.) (165)

Coach

of the Year

1963 Russell Houk, Bloomsburg State (Pa.)

1964 Bill Garland, Moorhead State (Minn.)

1965 Russell Houk, Bloomsburg State (Pa.)

1966 Gray Simons, Lock Haven State (Pa.)

1967 Gray Simons, Lock Haven State (Pa.)

1968 Frank Powell, Adams State (Colo.)

1969 Don Benning, Nebraska-Omaha

1970 Frank McCann, Winona State (Minn.)

1971 Eric Beardsley, Central Washington

1972 Gene Moses, Adams State (Colo.)

1973 Vern Tate, Huron (S.D.)

1974 Eric Beardsley, Central Washington

1975 John Grygelko, Augsburg (Minn.)

1976 Curt Byrnes, Eastern Washington

1977 Jim Scott, Grand Valley State (Mich.)

1978 Bob Riehm, Southern Oregon

1979 Eddie Griffin, Central State (Okla.)

1980 Richard Ulrich, Adams State (Colo.)

1981 Eddie Griffin, Central State (Okla.)

1982 Eddie Griffin, Central State (Okla.)

1983 Bob Riehm, Southern Oregon

1984 David James, Central State (Okla.)

1985 Fran Hummel, Northern State (S.D.)

1986 David James, Central State (Okla.)

1987 Les Hogan, Alaska Pacific

1988 Mike Jones, Simon Fraser (B.C.)

1989 David James, Central State (Okla.)

1990 Rodger Jehlicka, Adams State (Colo.)

1991 Jason Liles, Northern Montana

1992 Jason Liles, Northern Montana

1993 Mike Jones, Simon Fraser (B.C.)

1994 T.J. Nelson, Western Montana

1995 John Jeffire, Findlay (Ohio)

1996 Mike Machholz, Missouri Valley

1997 Mike Machholz, Missouri Valley

1998 David Ray, Montana State-Northern

1999 David Ray, Montana State-Northern

2000 David Ray, Montana State-Northern

2001 Mike Ritchey, Southern Oregon

2002 Joe Parisi, Lindenwood (Mo.)

2003 Mike Machholz, Missouri Valley

2004 David Ray, Montana State-Northern

2005 Joe Parisi, Lindenwood (Mo.)

2006 Steve Constanzo, Dana (Neb.)

2007 Joe Parisi, Lindenwood (Mo.)

2008 James Kisgen, McKendree (Ill.)

2009 Joe Parisi, Lindenwood (Mo.)

2010 Frank Romano, Notre Dame (Ohio)

2011 James Kisgen, McKendree (Ill.)

2012 Nick Mitchell, Grand View (Iowa)

2013 Mike Ritchey, Southern Oregon

2014 Nick Mitchell, Grand View (Iowa)

2015 Nick Mitchell, Grand View (Iowa)

2016 Nick Mitchell, Grand View (Iowa)

2017 Cory Ruff, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

2018 Chris Fleeger, Cumberlands (Ky.)

2019 Nick Mitchell, Grand View (Iowa)

2020 Joey Martinez, Menlo (Calif.)

2021 Omi Acosta, Life (Ga.)

2022 Nick Mitchell, Grand View (Iowa)

2023 Nick Mitchell, Grand View (Iowa)

2024 Nick Mitchell, Grand View (Iowa)

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