2023 NCAA champion Andrew Alirez (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com)Earlier this week, 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.
We've made our way to the 141 lb weight class. After the top two wrestlers at this weight, 141 was difficult to rank and project for the 2022-23 season. Five of the eight All-American's started their tournament as a double-digit seed. With most of the key players 141 expected to return next season, this trend should continue. Looking at the recruiting history for this bracket, it is not as big of a surprise that some of these wrestlers made the NCAA podium. Most of the top-finishers had an impressive pedigree coming out of high school.
This weight marks a success for Northern Colorado's 2019 recruiting class. It was highly lauded at the time and proved to be fruitful as Andrew Alirez captured the team's first national title since 1962.
For past weights in this series:
125 lbs
133 lbs
2023 NCAA Qualifiers (141 lbs) by Recruiting Rankings
#1-#10
#3 (2019) Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado)
#3 (2022) Casey Swiderski (Iowa State)
#7 (2020) Beau Bartlett (Penn State)
#9 (2018) Brock Hardy (Nebraska)
#11-#30
#11 (2020) Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina)
#11 (2021) Carter Young (Oklahoma State)
#17 (2020) Ryan Jack (NC State)
#21 (2018) Real Woods (Iowa)
#22 (2020) Cael Happel (Northern Iowa)
#31-#50
#32 (2019) Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio State)
#35 (2020) Frankie Tal-Shahar (Northwestern)
#41 (2021) Jordan Titus (West Virginia)
#47 (2017) Parker Filius (Purdue)
#47 (2022) Kal Miller (Maryland)
#50 (2021) Vince Cornella (Cornell)
#51-#100
#57 (2019) Mosha Schwartz (Oklahoma)
#60 (2020) Joe Zargo (Wisconsin)
#68 (2019) Malyke Hines (Lehigh)
#79 (2018) Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh)
#81 (2022) Tom Crook (Virginia Tech)
#84 (2017) Allan Hart (Missouri)
#101-200
#106 (2021) Josh Koderhandt (Navy)
#118 (2020) McKenzie Bell (Rider)
Not Ranked by Willie Saylor/Matscouts; Ranked by The Open Mat
#96 (2019) Cleveland Belton (Oregon State)
Not Ranked
Jakob Bergeland (Minnesota)
Clay Carlson (South Dakota State)
Saul Ervin (SIU Edwardsville)
Carmen Ferrante (Penn)
Shannon Hanna (Campbell)
Matt Kazimir (Columbia)
Seth Koleno (Clarion)
Josh Mason (Bloomsburg)
Cole Mattin (Michigan)
2023 NCAA Qualifiers (141 lbs) by Recruiting Class
2017
Jakob Bergeland (Minnesota)
Parker Filius (Purdue)
Allan Hart (Missouri)
2018
Clay Carlson (South Dakota State)
Saul Ervin (SIU Edwardsville)
Carmen Ferrante (Penn)
Brock Hardy (Nebraska)
Matt Kazimir (Columbia)
Seth Koleno (Clarion)
Josh Mason (Bloomsburg)
Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh)
Real Woods (Iowa)
2019
Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado)
Cleveland Belton (Oregon State)
Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio State)
Shannon Hanna (Campbell)
Malyke Hines (Lehigh)
Cole Mattin (Michigan)
Mosha Schwartz (Oklahoma)
2020
Beau Bartlett (Penn State)
McKenzie Bell (Rider)
Cael Happel (Northern Iowa)
Ryan Jack (NC State)
Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina)
Frankie Tal-Shahar (Northwestern)
Joe Zargo (Wisconsin)
2021
Vince Cornella (Cornell)
Josh Koderhandt (Navy)
Jordan Titus (West Virginia)
Carter Young (Oklahoma State)
2022
Tom Crook (Virginia Tech)
Kal Miller (Maryland)
Casey Swiderski (Iowa State)
Home States for 141 lb NCAA Qualifiers
Arizona
Beau Bartlett (Penn State)
California
Cleveland Belton (Oregon State)
Colorado
Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado)
Vince Cornella (Cornell)
Mosha Schwartz (Oklahoma)
Connecticut
Ryan Jack (NC State)
Florida
Tom Crook (Virginia Tech)
Shannon Hanna (Campbell)
Malyke Hines (Lehigh)
Frankie Tal-Shahar (Northwestern)
Illinois
Josh Koderhandt (Navy)
Iowa
Cael Happel (Northern Iowa)
Kentucky
Saul Ervin (SIU Edwardsville)
Michigan
Casey Swiderski (Iowa State)
Minnesota
Clay Carlson (South Dakota State)
Jakob Bergeland (Minnesota)
Missouri
Kal Miller (Maryland)
Montana
Parker Filius (Purdue)
New Jersey
McKenzie Bell (Rider)
Carmen Ferrante (Penn)
Joe Zargo (Wisconsin)
New Mexico
Real Woods (Iowa)
New York
Jordan Titus (West Virginia)
Ohio
Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio State)
Allan Hart (Missouri)
Matt Kazimir (Columbia)
Cole Mattin (Michigan)
Oklahoma
Carter Young (Oklahoma State)
Ontario (Canada)
Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina)
Pennsylvania
Seth Koleno (Clarion)
Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh)
Utah
Brock Hardy (Nebraska)
141 lb NCAA Qualifiers Signed by Another School
Cleveland Belton (Arizona State)
Shannon Hanna (Old Dominion)
Josh Mason (Nebraska)
Mosha Schwartz (Northern Colorado)
Real Woods (Stanford)
Carter Young (Northwestern)
Recruiting Rankings for 2023 All-Americans
1st: Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) - #3 in 2019
2nd: Real Woods (Iowa) - #21 in 2018
3rd: Beau Bartlett (Penn State) - #7 in 2020
4th: Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) - #11 in 2020
5th: Clay Carlson (South Dakota State) - NR in 2018
6th: Brock Hardy (Nebraska) - #9 in 2018
7th: Parker Filius (Purdue) - #47 in 2017
8th: Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio State) - #32 in 2019
