NCAA DI Qualifiers Returning for the 2025-26 Season

With the 2025-26 season rapidly approaching and all sorts of preview articles in the works, it seemed like something that might be easy to overlook is simply the NCAA qualifier who are returning. So that's what we've done below. Any wrestler that has qualified for the DI national tournament at any point of their careers. I have tried to put them in the weights we expect them to compete in 2025-26. If there are more than one per weight at a school, both are listed together. Also, wrestlers that we're already aware will not compete due to injury issues, have not been included. 

125 lbs

Tucker Owens (Air Force)

Charlie Farmer (Army West Point)

Koda Holeman (Cal Poly)

Cooper Flynn (Chattanooga)

Marcello Milani (Cornell)

Richard Castro-Sandoval (CSU Bakersfield)

Spencer Moore (Illinois)

Jacob Moran (Indiana)

Joey Cruz/Dean Peterson (Iowa)

Stevo Poulin (Iowa State)

Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh)

Diego Sotelo (Michigan)

Caleb Weiand (Michigan State)

Jore Volk (Minnesota)

Vince Robinson (NC State)

Kysen Terukina (North Carolina)

Blake West (Northern Illinois)

Trever Anderson (Northern Iowa)

Brendan McCrone (Ohio State)

Maximo Renteria (Oregon State)

Luke Lilledahl (Penn State)

Marc-Anthony McGowan (Princeton)

Gylon Sims (The Citadel)

Keyveon Roller (Virginia)

Eddie Ventresca (Virginia Tech)

Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State)

Nico Provo (Stanford)

Jett Strickenberger (West Virginia)

Nicolar Rivera (Wisconsin)

133 lbs

Max Leete (American)

Ethan Berginc (Army West Point)

Michael Joyce (Brown)

Tyler Ferrara/Brett Ungar (Cornell)

TK Davis (Gardner-Webb)

Lucas Byrd (Illinois)

Drake Ayala (Iowa)

Evan Frost (Iowa State)

Ryan Crookham (Lehigh)

Gable Strickland (Lock Haven)

Braxton Brown (Maryland)

Chris Cannon (Minnesota)

Kade Moore (Missouri)

Brendan Ferretti (Navy)

Zach Redding (NC State)

Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska)

Ethan Oakley (North Carolina)

Tristan Daugherty (North Dakota State)

Dominick Serrano (Northern Colorado)

Julian Farber (Northern Iowa)

Sean Spidle (Northwestern)

Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State)

Tyler Wells (Oklahoma)

Richie Figueroa (Oklahoma State)

Blake Boarman (Purdue)

Dylan Shawver (Rutgers)

Derrick Cardinal (South Dakota State)

Tyler Knox (Stanford)

Marlon Yarbrough (Virginia)

Dyson Dunham (VMI)

Zan Fugitt (Wisconsin)

141 lbs

Jack Maida (American)

Braden Basile (Army West Point)

AJ Rallo (Bellarmine)

Dylan Chappell (Bucknell)

Zeth Romney (Cal Poly)

Lorenzo Frezza (Columbia)

Vince Cornella (Cornell)

Jordan Soriano (Drexel)

Ryan Sullivan (George Mason)

Danny Pucino (Illinois)

Nasir Bailey (Iowa)

Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State)

Luke Stanich (Lehigh)

Wyatt Henson (Lock Haven)

Dylan Ragusin/Sergio Lemley (Michigan)

Vance Vombaur (Minnesota)

Ryan Jack (NC State)

Brock Hardy (Nebraska)

Jayden Scott (North Carolina)

Frankie Tal-Shahar (Northwestern)

Jesse Mendez (Ohio State)

Tagen Jamison/Carter Young (Oklahoma State)

Nash Singleton (Oregon State)

CJ Composto (Penn)

Braeden Davis/Aaron Nagao (Penn State)

Briar Priest (Pittsburgh)

Eligh Rivera (Princeton)

Greyson Clark (Purdue)

Eli Griffin (Rider)

Joey Olivieri (Rutgers)

Julian Tagg (South Dakota State)

Haiden Drury (Utah Valley)

Tom Crook (Virginia Tech)

Jordan Titus (West Virginia)

149 lbs

Trae McDaniel (Army West Point)

Nathan Higley (Bellarmine)

Jesse Vasquez (California Baptist)

Richard Fedalen (Columbia)

Ethan Fernandez (Cornell)

Kaden Cassidy (George Mason)

Jack Crook (Harvard)

Jacob Frost/Paniro Johnson (Iowa State)

Kelvin Griffin (Lehigh)

DaShawn Farber (Lock Haven)

Kal Miller (Maryland)

Lachlan McNeil (Michigan)

Drew Roberts (Minnesota)

Josh Edmond (Missouri)

Koy Buesgens (NC State)

Chance Lamer (Nebraska)

Caleb Rathjen (Northern Iowa)

Sam Cartella (Northwestern)

Ethan Stiles (Ohio State)

Jack Gioffre (Oklahoma)

Casey Swiderski (Oklahoma State)

Cross Wasilewski (Penn)

Shane Van Ness (Penn State)

Finn Solomon (Pittsburgh)

Andy Clark (Rutgers)

Caleb Tyus (SIU Edwardsville)

Alek Martin (South Dakota State)

Carson DesRosier (The Citadel)

Wynton Denkins (Virginia)

Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech)

Willie McDougald (West Virginia)

Joe Zargo (Wisconsin)

Gabe Willochell (Wyoming)

157 lbs

Mason Shrader (Central Michigan)

Cody Chittum (Chattanooga)

Kai Owen (Columbia)

Meyer Shapiro (Cornell)

Luke Nichter (Drexel)

DJ McGee (George Mason)

Jimmy Harrington (Harvard)

Kannon Webster (Illinois)

Victor Voinovich/Jordan Williams (Iowa)

Vinny Zerban (Iowa State)

Logan Rozynski (Lehigh)

Nick Stampoulos (Lock Haven)

J Conway (Missouri)

Jackson Arrington (NC State)

Antrell Taylor (Nebraska)

Gavin Drexler (North Dakota State)

Landen Johnson (Northern Illinois)

Brandon Cannon (Ohio State)

Rafael Hipolito (Oklahoma)

Teague Travis (Oklahoma State)

CJ Hamblin (Oregon State)

Jude Swisher (Penn)

Tyler Kasak (Penn State)

Dylan Evans (Pittsburgh)

Ty Whalen (Princeton)

Stoney Buell (Purdue)

Cael Swensen (South Dakota State)

Daniel Cardenas/Grigor Cholakyan (Stanford)

Colton Washleski (Virginia)

Ethen Miller (Virginia Tech)

Ty Watters (West Virginia)

Jared Hill (Wyoming)

165 lbs

Nicco Ruiz (Arizona State)

Gunner Filipowicz (Army West Point)

Noah Mulvaney (Bucknell)

Chander Amaker (Central Michigan)

Cesar Alvan (Columbia)

Ryan Burgos (Edinboro)

Evan Maag (George Mason)

Braeden Scoles (Illinois)

Tyler Lillard (Indiana)

Michael Caliendo (Iowa)

Aiden Riggins (Iowa State)

Max Brignola (Lehigh)

Matt Bianchi (Little Rock)

Dylan Gilcher (Michigan)

Blaine Brenner/Andrew Sparks (Minnesota)

Maxx Mayfield (Missouri)

Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa)

Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State)

Peyten Kellar (Oklahoma)

Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State)

Jared Keslar (Pittsburgh)

Joey Blaze (Purdue)

Tony White (Rutgers)

Drake Rhodes (South Dakota State)

Hunter Garvin (Stanford)

Thomas Snipes (The Citadel)

Nick Hamilton (Virginia)

Mac Church (Virginia Tech)

Cody Goebel (Wisconsin)

174 lbs

Cael Valencia (Arizona State)

Myles Takats (Bucknell)

Nick Fine (Columbia)

Simon Ruiz (Cornell)

Jasiah Queen (Drexel)

Derek Gilcher (Indiana)

Patrick Kennedy (Iowa)

MJ Gaitan (Iowa State)

Avery Bassett (Lock Haven)

Branson John/Dom Solis (Maryland)

Beau Mantanona (Michigan)

Connor O’Neill (Michigan State)

Clayton Whiting (Minnesota)

Cam Steed (Missouri)

Danny Wask (Navy)

Matthew Singleton (NC State)

Christopher Minto (Nebraska)

Josh Ogunsanya (North Carolina)

Jared Simma (Northern Iowa)

Garrett Thompson (Ohio)

Carson Kharchla (Ohio State)

Alex Facundo (Oklahoma State)

Matthew Olguin (Oregon State)

Levi Haines (Penn State)

Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh)

Brody Baumann (Purdue)

Enrique Munguia (Rider)

Lenny Pinto (Rutgers)

Lorenzo Norman (Stanford)

Dom Baker (Virginia)

Sergio DeSiante (Virginia Tech)

Brody Conley (West Virginia)

184 lbs

Tomas Brooker (Appalachian State)

Aaron Ayzerov (Columbia)

Jared McGill (Edinboro)

James Conway (Franklin & Marshall)

Malachi DuVall (George Mason)

Chris Moore (Illinois)

Gabe Arnold (Iowa)

Isaac Dean (Iowa State)

Anthony D’Alesio (Long Island)

Jaxon Smith (Maryland)

Max McEnelly (Minnesota)

Silas Allred (Nebraska)

Aidan Brenot (North Dakota State)

Dylan Fishback/Ryder Rogotzke (Ohio State)

Brian Soldano (Oklahoma)

Brayden Thompson (Oklahoma State)

TJ McDonnell (Oregon State)

Rocco Welsh (Penn State)

Kole Mulhauser (Princeton)

Shane Cartagena-Walsh (Rutgers)

Jaden Bullock (Virginia Tech)

Eddie Neitenbach (Wyoming)

197 lbs

Colton Hawks (Arizona State)

Wolfgang Frable (Army West Point)

Dean Bechtold (Bucknell)

Jack Wehmeyer (Columbia)

Dylan Connell (Illinois)

Gabe Sollars (Indiana)

Rocky Elam/Carson Floyd (Iowa State)

Stephen Little (Little Rock)

Tucker Hogan (Lock Haven)

Evan Bates (Missouri)

Payton Thomas (Navy)

Patrick Brophy (NC State)

Camden McDanel (Nebraska)

Zayne Lehman (Ohio)

Luke Geog/Seth Shumate (Ohio State)

DJ Parker (Oklahoma)

Justin Rademacher (Oregon State)

Josh Barr (Penn State)

Mac Stout (Pittsburgh)

Brock Zurawski (Rider)

Remy Cotton (Rutgers)

Bennett Berge (South Dakota State)

Ian Bush (West Virginia)

Joey Novak (Wyoming)

285 lbs

Stephan Monchery (Appalachian State)

David Szuba (Arizona State)

Brady Colbert/Lucas Stoddard (Army West Point)

Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly)

Ashton Davis (Cornell)

Connor Barket (Duke)

Luke Luffman (Illinois)

Ben Kueter (Iowa)

Yonger Bastida/Daniel Herrera (Iowa State)

Nathan Taylor (Lehigh)

Josiah Hill (Little Rock)

Taye Ghadiali (Michigan)

Max Vanadia (Michigan State)

Bennett Tabor (Minnesota)

Isaac Trumble (NC State)

AJ Ferrari (Nebraska)

Nolan Neves (North Carolina)

Wyatt Voelker (Northern Iowa)

Nick Feldman (Ohio State)

Bradley Hill (Oklahoma)

Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State)

Dayton Pitzer (Pittsburgh)

Hayden Filipovich (Purdue)

Hunter Catka (Rutgers)

Luke Rasmussen (South Dakota State)

Jimmy Mullen (Virginia Tech)

Braxton Amos (Wisconsin)