Cal Poly's 2x national qualifier Legend Lamer (photos courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com)In the midst of all of our season preview-type articles, we decided to take a bit of a more lighthearted look at some of our collegiate wrestlers for the 2022-23 season. Mainly, ones with really cool and perhaps unusual names.
As someone with the last name Smith, I appreciate someone with a distinct first or last name. While being a Smith in the wrestling world is pretty cool (thanks John and family), outside of wrestling it doesn't carry the same weight and is extremely common.
Below is a weight-by-weight look at some of the active wrestlers with the best names on the DI level. After that there are some additional categories that other names fit into as well.
If there are some we missed, please leave them in the comments section!
Have fun!
125 lbs
Patrick Glory (Princeton)
Kase Mauger (Utah Valley)
133 lbs
Krayle Stormer (Oregon State)
D'Amani Almodovar (Rider)
141 lbs
Ryker Johnecheck (Air Force)
Vince Cornella (Cornell)
149 lbs
Brock Mauller (Missouri)
Cutter Sheets (Oklahoma State)
157 lbs
Tyten Volk (Oklahoma)
Tayten Gillette (Northern Colorado)
165 lbs
Legend Lamer (Cal Poly)
Stoney Buell (Purdue)
174 lbs
Brawley Lamer (Cal Poly)
Orion Thivierge (Navy)
184 lbs
Chopper Mordecai (Appalachian State)
Cameo Blankenship (Davidson)
197 lbs
Wolfgang Frable (Army West Point)
Lathan Duda (North Dakota State)
285 lbs
Seamus O'Malley (Stanford)
Terren Swartz (Wyoming)
Animal Kingdom
Terrell Barraclough (Penn State)
Carter Baer (Binghamton)
Kodiak Stephens (Oregon State)
Kodiak Cannedy (Little Rock)
Caleb Fish (Michigan State)
Dylan Fishback (NC State)
Cameron Haddock (Utah Valley)
Nick Coy (Virginia)
Dylan Coy (Wisconsin)
Coy Bastian (Bucknell)
Sebas Swiggum (Minnesota)
Gable Fox (Northern Iowa)
Noah Fox (Franklin & Marshall)
Wyatt Fox (Lock Haven)
Tiger Ortiz (Cal Poly)
Lucas Byrd (Illinois)
Cooper Birdwell (Oklahoma State)
Ethan Finch (Pittsburgh)
Derrick Cardinal (South Dakota State)
Khristian Dove (CSU Bakersfield)
Colton Hawks (Missouri)
Hayden Horsey (Rider)
Hogan Horsey (Rider)
Hunter Horsey (Rider)
Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia)
Sam Wolf (Air Force)
Other Professional Sports
Ryan Zimmerman (American) - Former Washington National All-Star
Paul Pierce (George Mason) - Hall of Fame Boston Celtic
Joe Kelly (Iowa) - MLB Pitcher
Tyler Johnson (Kent State) - Stanley Cup Winner for Tampa Bay Lightning
Josh Johnson (NC State) - Former NFL QB
Zak Taylor (Nebraska) - Zac current Cincinnati Bengals head coach
Ryan Miller (Penn) - Former Vezina Trophy-winning NHL goalie
Aaron Brooks (Penn State) - Former NFL QB
Matthew Williams (Army West Point and Chattanooga) - Former All-Star Third Baseman
Sam Mitchell (Buffalo) - 2007 NBA Coach of the Year
Reese Davis (Nebraska) - ESPN broadcaster
Pro Wrestling/Sports Entertainment Category
Cory "New" Day (Binghamton)
Tate "Mr. Wonderful" Orndorff (Ohio State)
Nate "Hacksaw Jim" Dugan (Princeton)/Francis Duggan (Iowa State)
Colton (Pittsburgh)/Jakob Camacho "Man" (NC State)
Declan Neville (Buffalo)
Spencer Steiner "Brothers" (Central Michigan)
Elias Smith (Clarion)
Jonathan "Just Made the" List (George Mason)
Jacob "Ember" Moon (Hofstra)
Santino "Morella" Morina (Drexel)
Zach Karagias (NC State) - Father is Evan of WCW fame; also NC State wrestler
Jagger's Mailbag Category
Jagger Condomitti (Nebraska)
Jager Eisch (Minnesota)
J Jaggers (Ohio State)
Colin Jagielski (Northern Illinois)
Joe Metz (Army West Point)
Mark Metz (Army West Point)
Brandon Metz (North Dakota State)
Adult Beverages
Brian Beers (Illinois)
Suds Dubler (Clarion)
Natty Lapinski (Drexel)
Mac Stout (Pittsburgh)
Luke Stout (Princeton)
Colt Barley (Cornell)
Khyler Brewer (Little Rock)
Carson Brewer (Ohio)
Chris Merlo (Edinboro)
Ethan Barr (Kent State)
Miller (Many)
Musicians
Zach Brown (VMI)
Drake (Many)
Sean Carter (Appalachian State)
Ian Bush (West Virginia)
Mason Bush (Buffalo)
Brock Hardy (Nebraska)
Chris Bono (Wisconsin)
Willie Saylor's Hometown
Easton Fleshman (Iowa)
Easton Tobia (Bellarmine)
Easton Toth (Clarion)
Easton Hilton (Missouri)
Rocky Characters
Hunter Adrian (Brown)
Rocky Jordan (Chattanooga)
Rocky Elam (Missouri)
Apollo Gothard (Little Rock)
Mickey O'Malley (Drexel)
Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh)
Ivan Morris ((Northern Colorado)
Ivan Garcia (Binghamton)
JB Dragovich (George Mason)
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