2020-21 in Review

2021-22 IN REVIEW

In 2022, West Virginia claimed four NCAA qualifiers for the second straight season, in addition to its third Big 12 Champion and third All-American in as many years The team eclipsed its record for most wrestlers on the Academic All-Big 12 team with nine, including a record-breaking seven on the first team. The Mountaineers scored 62 points to place seventh in the Big 12 Championship, while landing seven wrestlers on the podium to match a program-best set by the 2015-16 squad Redshirt senior Killian Cardinale (125) and sophomore Peyton Hall (165) became the first Mountaineer duo to reach the Big 12 finals in their respective weight classes since Zeke Moisey (125) and Jake Smith (197) in 2018 Topseeded Cardinale recorded an 8-3 decision over 2021 Big 12 Champion and third-seeded Brody Teske (Northern Iowa) to become just the third Mountaineer to reach the top of the Big 12 Conference since West Virginia joined the conference in 2012 Success continued as Cardinale and Hall reached the quarterfinals at the 2022 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Detroit. Both finished in the top 12, while Hall secured his spot on the podium as an All-American after scoring an 11-3 major decision over No 19-seed Justin McCoy of Virginia The Chester, West Virginia, became the sixth WVU wrestler to be named an All-American as a representative of their home state and the first since Noah Adams in 2020. In addition, Hall became the first WVU grappler to take home the AllAmerican honor at 165 pounds since the weight classes realigned in 1999