College Choices for Walsh Ironman Champions (2012-22)

The 2023 Walsh Ironman began today and for over a decade now, it’s been considered the toughest in-season high school tournament in the nation. Since its inception in 1994, the Ironman’s alumni is a “who’s who” of great wrestlers. 

On that note, we’ve decided to take a look at which schools have inked the most Ironman champions over the last 10 tournaments (2012-2022). 

Below are past Ironman champions sorted out by the school they originally signed with out of high school. Though the 2022 tournament has been included, we did not list wrestlers that are still active in high school. 

American

Niko Camacho (2016 - 285 lbs)

Arizona State

Richie Figueroa (2018 - 113 lbs)

Cohlton Schultz (2017 - 285 lbs; 2018 - 285 lbs)

Anthony Valencia (2013 - 170 lbs; 2014 - 170 lbs)

Zahid Valencia (2012 - 113 lbs; 2013 - 132 lbs; 2014 - 182 lbs)

Army West Point

Dalton Harkins (2019 - 152 lbs)

Russell Parsons (2012 - 152 lbs)
 

Boise State

Kevin Vough (2014 - 285 lbs)

Central Michigan

Matt Stencel (2015 - 220 lbs)
 

Clarion

Edgar Ruano (2013 - 220 lbs)

Cleveland State

Georgio Poullas (2016 - 160 lbs)
 

Cornell

Joshua Saunders (2018 - 138 lbs)

Edinboro

Dylan Reynolds (2014 - 195 lbs)
 

Harvard

Hunter Ladnier (2015 - 138 lbs)

Eric Morris (2012 - 182 lbs)
 

Illinois

Brooks Black (2012 - 285 lbs)

Dylan Duncan (2015 - 132 lbs)

Kannon Webster (2022 - 138 lbs)
 

Indiana

Jake Danishek (2013 - 152 lbs)

Iowa

Michael Kemerer (2014 - 145 lbs)

Spencer Lee (2013 - 113 lbs; 2014 - 120 lbs; 2016 - 126 lbs)

Alex Marinelli (2014 - 160 lbs; 2015 - 160 lbs)

Jacob Warner (2016 - 195 lbs)

Iowa State

David Carr (2015 - 145 lbs; 2017 - 152 lbs)
 

Lehigh

Dylan Milonas (2013 - 160 lbs)

Drew Munch (2019 - 132 lbs)
 

Little Rock

Nasir Bailey (2021 - 132 lbs)
 

Lock Haven

Tyler Stoltzfus (2019 - 170 lbs)
 

Maryland

Cole Deery (2019 - 285 lbs)
 

Michigan

Rylan Rogers (2019 - 182 lbs)

Joey Silva (2017 - 132 lbs)
 

Minnesota

Ryan Thomas (2017 - 160 lbs)
 

Missouri

Malik Johnson (2017 - 126 lbs)
 

Navy

Quentin Hovis (2016 - 152)

NC State

Dylan Fishback (2021 - 190 lbs)

Nick Reenan (2015 - 182 lbs)

Vince Robinson (2021 - 126 lbs)

Tariq Wilson (2015 - 126 lbs)
 

Nebraska

Brock Hardy (2017 - 145 lbs)

Mikey Labriola (2016 - 170 lbs)

Ethan Stiles (2022 - 157 lbs)

Derek White (2013 - 195 lbs)
 

North Carolina

Lachlan McNeil (2019 - 145 lbs)

Gabe Tagg (2016 - 113 lbs)

Julian Tagg (2016 - 106 lbs)

Northwestern

Frankie Tal-Shahar (2019 - 138 lbs)

Ohio 

Moises Guillen (2016 - 138 lbs)

Cameron Kelly (2014 - 132 lbs)
 

Ohio State

Nic Bouzakis (2019 - 126 lbs)

Jacob Decatur (2017 - 106 lbs)

Nick Feldman (2021 - 285 lbs)

Paddy Gallagher (2019 - 160 lbs)

Ke-Shawn Hayes (2013 - 120 lbs)

Bo Jordan (2012 - 160 lbs)

Micah Jordan (2013 - 145 lbs)

Rocky Jordan (2017 - 170 lbs)

Carson Kharchla (2018 - 170 lbs)

Sammy Sasso (2016 - 145 lbs)

Seth Shumate (2019 - 195 lbs)

Chase Singletary (2015 - 195 lbs; 2016 - 220 lbs)

Kyle Snyder (2012 - 220 lbs)

JD Stickley (2017 - 138 lbs)

Nathan Tomasello (2012 - 120 lbs)

Rocco Welsh (2021 - 165 lbs)
 

Oklahoma 

Sam Dover (2018 - 152 lbs)

Davion Jeffries (2014 - 138 lbs)

Darrien Roberts (2018 - 182 lbs)

Oklahoma State

AJ Ferrari (2017 - 182 lbs; 2018 - 195 lbs)

Cael Hughes (2022 - 132 lbs)

Trevor Mastrogiovanni (2017 - 113 lbs; 2018 - 120 lbs)

Brayden Thompson (2022 - 190 lbs)

Reece Witcraft (2018 - 126 lbs)
 

Penn 

Michael Colaiocco (2017 - 120 lbs)

Frank Mattiace (2012 - 195 lbs)
 

Penn State

Beau Bartlett (2016 - 120 lbs)

Michael Beard (2016 - 182 lbs; 2017 - 195 lbs)

Tyler Kasak (2021 - 138 lbs)

Mason Manville (2015 - 152 lbs)

Bo Nickal (2013 - 182 lbs)

Zain Retherford (2012 - 138 lbs)

Gary Steen (2019 - 113 lbs)

Shayne Van Ness (2018 - 132 lbs)

Pittsburgh

Austin Bell (2015 - 170 lbs)

Edgar Bright (2012 - 145 lbs)

Eli Seipel (2014 - 126 lbs)

Cody Wiercioch (2012 - 170 lbs)
 

Princeton

Matt Kolodzik (2013 - 126 lbs)

Marc-Anthony McGowan (2019 - 106 lbs; 2021 - 120 lbs)
 

Stanford

Daniel Cardenas (2021 - 150 lbs)

Joey McKenna (2013 - 138 lbs)

Kyle Rowan (2018 - 106 lbs)

David Shownumi (2014 - 220 lbs)

Real Woods (2015 - 113 lbs)

Virginia

Jack Mueller (2016 - 120 lbs)
 

Virginia Tech

Connor Brady (2018 - 160 lbs)

Mac Church (2022 - 144 lbs)

Joey Dance (2012 - 126 lbs)

Mitch Moore (2014 - 113 lbs)

TJ Stewart (2021 - 215 lbs)
 

West Virginia

Brody Conley (2021 - 175 lbs)

Jordan Titus (2019 - 120 lbs)

Wisconsin

Braxton Amos (2017 - 220 lbs; 2018 - 220 lbs; 2019 - 220 lbs)

Eli Stickley (2012 - 106 lbs)

Non-DI

Centenary

Ryan Anderson (2018 - 145 lbs)

Notre Dame

Kameron Teacher (2015 - 285 lbs)

Isaiah White (2014 - 152 lbs)

Wheeling

Zack Donathan (2016 - 132 lbs)

Nate Keaton (2015 - 106 lbs)

Tyler Warner (2013 - 106 lbs)