Super 32 Placement for the 2024 NCAA All-Americans

We’re officially into Super 32 week! The nation’s toughest preseason high school event will kick off on Friday from Greensboro, North Carolina. On our sister site, MatScouts, Willie has posted seeds for each weight class, videos detailing the seeding, and notable entries by weight. Surely he'll have more content this week. 

As we typically focus on the collegiate game, the question was, “How does success at the Super 32 correlate to NCAA success?” 

The two generally go hand-in-hand. The wrestlers you’ll see this week placing in the top ten and winning the coveted championship belts are typically the same ones winning at the DI level. 

In fact, 41 of the 80 2024 All-Americans finished in the top eight at the Super 32 at least once in their high school careers. Seven of the ten NCAA champions were medalists at the tournament. 

That isn’t to say that the Super 32 is the be-all, end-all when it comes to determining a high school prospect’s future. NCAA champions Jesse Mendez and Greg Kerkvliet topped out at fifth and fourth place, respectively. 

Below, we’ve gone weight-by-weight to review the 2024 DI All-Americans who placed in the top eight at the Super 32 at least once in their high school careers. They are listed by their NCAA placement along with their 2024 school - followed by their Super 32 placement and year(s). 
 

125 lbs

Champion: Richie Figueroa (Arizona State) -1st (2018), 2nd (2017)

Runner-Up: Drake Ayala (Iowa) - 1st (2020), 2nd (2018)

Third Place: Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) - 7th (2017)

Fourth Place: Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) - 2nd (2017)

Seventh Place: Jore Volk (Wyoming) - 4th (2020)

 

133 lbs

Champion: Vito Arujau (Cornell) - 1st (2016), 3rd (2015)

Runner-Up: Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) - 4th (2015), 2nd (2014)

Third Place: Ryan Crookham (Lehigh) - 1st (2017)

Fourth Place: Nasir Bailey (Little Rock) - 8th (2018)

Sixth Place: Evan Frost (Iowa State) - 8th (2020)

Eighth Place: Kai Orine (NC State) - 5th (2018)

 

141 lbs

Champion: Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) - 5th (2019)

Runner-Up: Beau Bartlett (Penn State) - 2nd (2018), 2nd (2019)

Sixth Place: Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) - 1st (2019)

Seventh Place: Ryan Jack (NC State) - 2nd (2018)
 

149 lbs

Champion: Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech) - 1st (2020), 6th (2018)

Third Place: Tyler Kasak (Penn State) - 5th (2021), 7th (2020)

Fourth Place: Ty Watters (West Virginia) - 2nd (2022)

Seventh Place: Casey Swiderski (Iowa State) - 4th (2020)

Eighth Place: Quinn Kinner (Rider) - 3rd (2017), 4th (2015)
 

157 lbs

Champion: Levi Haines (Penn State) - 2nd (2021), 2nd (2020)

Runner-Up: Jacori Teemer (Arizona State) - 3rd (2016)

Fourth Place: Daniel Cardenas (Stanford) - 7th (2020), 5th (2018)
 

165 lbs

Champion: David Carr (Iowa State) - 1st (2015)

Runner-Up: Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) - 7th (2021), 6th (2020)

Third Place: Keegan O’Toole (Missouri) - 1st (2018)

Fourth Place: Mikey Caliendo (Iowa) - 6th (2020)

Sixth Place: Hunter Garvin (Stanford) - 3rd (2020)

Seventh Place: Peyton Hall (West Virginia) - 2nd (2019), 5th (2018)
 

174 lbs

Runner-Up: Rocco Welsh (Ohio State) - 1st (2022), 2nd (2021), 2nd (2020)

Third Place: Shane Griffith (Michigan) - 1st (2015)

Fourth Place: Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) - 6th (2016)
 

184 lbs

Runner-Up: Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) - 1st (2018), 2nd (2017)

Fourth Place: Bennett Berge (South Dakota State) - 2nd (2020), 8th (2019)

197 lbs

Runner-Up: Trent Hidlay (NC State) - 4th (2017), 3rd (2016), 7th (2015)

Fourth Place: Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) - 1st (2018)

Sixth Place: Rocky Elam (Missouri) -3rd (2018)
 

285 lbs

Champion: Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) - 4th (2016)

Runner-Up: Lucas Davison (Michigan) - 2nd (2017)

Third Place: Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) - 2nd (2018)

Seventh Place: Yaraslau Slavikouski (Rutgers) - 6th (2017)