2023 NCAA champion Patrick Glory (photo courtesy of Tony DiMarco)Earlier this morning, InterMat released its re-ranking for the high school Class of 2018. With recruiting on the mind, we decided to jump in and look at each individual weight class for the 2023 NCAA DI Championships.
As is customary in wrestling we'll start with the lower weights and work our way up.
This analysis will break down the 2023 NCAA qualifiers a weight class at a time, by their pre-collegiate ranking within their recruiting class, their year of high school graduation, transfers, home states, and, of course, rankings for the 2023 All-Americans.
2023 NCAA Qualifiers (125 lbs) By Recruiting Ranking
(Bolded numbers are the range of rankings within their high school recruiting class. #'s by each individual wrestler was their actual ranking).
#1-#10
#1 (2017) Spencer Lee (Iowa)
#10 (2021) Dean Peterson (Rutgers)
#11-#30
#17 (2018) Patrick Glory (Princeton)
#24 (2019) Reece Witcraft (Oklahoma State)
#26 (2021) Brett Ungar (Cornell)
#30 (2021) Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado)
#31-#50
#36 (2019) Eric Barnett (Wisconsin)
#38 (2018) Patrick McKee (Minnesota)
#40 (2017) Brandon Courtney (Arizona State)
#51-100
#64 (2022) Jore Volk (Wyoming)
#65 (2020) Eddie Ventresca (Virginia Tech)
#70 (2021) Braxton Brown (Maryland)
#74 (2018) Jarrett Trombley (NC State)
#82 (2021) Nico Provo (Stanford)
#98 (2021) Diego Sotelo (Harvard)
#100 (2016) Jack Wagner (North Carolina)
#101-#200
#101 (2020) Ryan Miller (Penn)
#122 (2020) Nick Babin (Columbia)
#123 (2021) Tucker Owens (Air Force)
#131 (2020) Anthony Noto (Lock Haven)
#201+
#273 (2021) Ethan Berginc (Army West Point)
Not Ranked (by Willie Saylor/MatScouts; Ranked by The Open Mat)
#44 (2019) Matt Ramos (Purdue)
#64 (2018) Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State)
#77 (2018) Noah Surtin (Missouri)
Not Ranked
Killian Cardinale (West Virginia)
Liam Cronin (Nebraska)
Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern)
Jake Ferri (Kent State)
Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State)
Antonio Lorenzo (Cal Poly)
Jack Medley (Michigan)
Joey Prata (Oklahoma)
Caleb Smith (Appalachian State)
2023 NCAA Qualifiers (125 lbs) By Recruiting Class
2016
Liam Cronin (Nebraska)
Joey Prata (Oklahoma)
Jack Wagner (North Carolina)
2017
Spencer Lee (Iowa)
Brandon Courtney (Arizona State)
Jack Medley (Michigan)
Jake Ferri (Kent State)
Killian Cardinale (West Virginia)
2018
Patrick Glory (Princeton)
Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State)
Patrick McKee (Minnesota)
Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern)
Jarrett Trombley (NC State)
2019
Matt Ramos (Purdue)
Caleb Smith (Appalachian State)
Eric Barnett (Wisconsin)
Noah Surtin (Missouri)
Antonio Lorenzo (Cal Poly)
Reece Witcraft (Oklahoma State)
2020
Anthony Noto (Lock Haven)
Ryan Miller (Penn)
Nick Babin (Columbia)
Eddie Ventresca (Virginia Tech)
Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State)
2021
Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado)
Dean Peterson (Rutgers)
Brett Ungar (Cornell)
Ethan Berginc (Army West Point)
Braxton Brown (Maryland)
Diego Sotelo (Harvard)
Nico Provo (Stanford)
Tucker Owens (Air Force)
2022
Jore Volk (Wyoming)
Home States for the 125 lb NCAA Qualifiers
Arizona
Brandon Courtney (Arizona State)
California
Liam Cronin (Nebraska)
Antonio Lorenzo (Cal Poly)
Connecticut
Nico Provo (Stanford)
Florida
Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern)
Illinois
Matt Ramos (Purdue)
Diego Sotelo (Harvard)
Noah Surtin (Missouri)
Iowa
Jack Wagner (North Carolina)
Massachusetts
Jake Ferri (Kent State)
Michigan
Jack Medley (Michigan)
Jarrett Trombley (NC State)
Minnesota
Patrick McKee (Minnesota)
Jore Volk (Wyoming)
New Jersey
Nick Babin (Columbia)
Patrick Glory (Princeton)
Dean Peterson (Rutgers)
Eddie Ventresca (Virginia Tech)
New York
Anthony Noto (Lock Haven)
Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado)
North Carolina
Caleb Smith (Appalachian State)
Ohio
Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State)
Oklahoma
Tucker Owens (Air Force)
Reece Witcraft (Oklahoma State)
Pennsylvania
Ethan Berginc (Army West Point)
Spencer Lee (Iowa)
Ryan Miller (Penn)
Brett Ungar (Cornell)
Texas
Braxton Brown (Maryland)
Virginia
Killian Cardinale (West Virginia)
Joey Prata (Oklahoma)
Washington
Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State)
Wisconsin
Eric Barnett (Wisconsin)
125 NCAA Qualifiers signed by another school
Killian Cardinale (Old Dominion)
Liam Cronin (Indiana)
Anthony Noto (NC State)
Stevo Poulin (NC State)
Joey Prata (Virginia Tech)
Matt Ramos (Minnesota)
Jack Wagner (Iowa)
Recruiting Rankings for 2023 NCAA All-Americans
1st: Patrick Glory (Princeton) - #17 in 2018
2nd: Matt Ramos (Purdue) - NR/#44 in 2019
3rd: Brandon Courtney (Arizona State) - #40 in 2017
4th: Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) - #131 in 2020
5th: Liam Cronin (Nebraska) - Not Ranked in 2016
6th: Spencer Lee (Iowa) - #1 in 2017
7th: Eddie Ventresca (Virginia Tech) - #65 in 2020
8th: Killian Cardinale (West Virginia) - Not Ranked in 2017
