2023 NCAA champion Mason Parris (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com)Early last 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.
If you've stuck around this long, you know the deal.
These are the big guys. Heavyweight has been extremely deep for the past three or four years and there's good reason. We expected most of these guys to be successful based on their pre-collegiate results. Overall, they didn't disappoint.
Past Weight Classes
125 lbs
133 lbs
141 lbs
149 lbs
157 lbs
165 lbs
174 lbs
184 lbs
197 lbs
2023 NCAA Qualifiers (285 lbs) by Recruiting Rankings
#1-#10
#1 (2019) Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State)
#2 (2019) Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State)
#3 (2018) Mason Parris (Michigan)
#6 (2020) Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech)
#11-#30
#14 (2018) Tony Cassioppi (Iowa)
#21 (2017) Trent Hillger (Wisconsin)
#31-#50
#39 (2017) Travis Stefanik (Princeton)
#40 (2019) Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force)
#43 (2015) Tate Orndorff (Utah Valley)
#47 (2016) AJ Nevills (South Dakota State)
#49 (2018) Lucas Davison (Northwestern)
#51-#100
#54 (2018) Zach Elam (Missouri)
#56 (2021) Hayden Copass (Purdue)
#72 (2019) Owen Trephan (NC State)
#101-#200
#110 (2020) Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State)
#111 (2020) Grady Griess (Navy)
#114 (2020) Dorian Crosby (Bucknell)
#177 (2021) Nathan Taylor (Lehigh)
Not Ranked by Willie Saylor/MatScouts; Ranked by The Open Mat
#84 (2018) Garrett Joles (Minnesota)
#91 (2018) Ben Goldin (Penn)
Not Ranked
Jacob Bullock (Indiana)
Cory Day (Binghamton)
Taye Ghadiali (Campbell)
Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa)
Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma)
Boone McDermott (Rutgers)
Colton McKiernan (SIU Edwardsville)
Jonah Niesenbaum (Duke)
Sam Schuyler (Iowa State)
Yaraslau Slavikouski (Harvard)
Jaron Smith (Maryland)
Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly)
Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia)
2023 NCAA Qualifiers (285 lbs) by Recruiting Class
2015
Tate Orndorff (Ohio State)
Jaron Smith (Maryland)
2016
AJ Nevills (South Dakota State)
2017
Trent Hillger (Wisconsin)
Sam Schuyler (Iowa State)
Travis Stefanik (Princeton)
2018
Tony Cassioppi (Iowa)
Lucas Davison (Northwestern)
Zach Elam (Missouri)
Ben Goldin (Penn)
Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa)
Garrett Joles (Minnesota)
Boone McDermott (Rutgers)
Colton McKiernan (SIU Edwardsville)
Mason Parris (Michigan)
2019
Jacob Bullock (Indiana)
Cory Day (Binghamton)
Taye Ghadiali (Campbell)
Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma)
Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force)
Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State)
Jonah Niesenbaum (Duke)
Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State)
Yaraslau Slavikouski (Harvard)
Owen Trephan (NC State)
Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia)
2020
Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech)
Dorian Crosby (Bucknell)
Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State)
Grady Griess (Navy)
Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly)
2021
Hayden Copass (Purdue)
Nathan Taylor (Lehigh)
Home State's for 2023 285 lb NCAA Qualifiers
Belarus
Yaraslau Slavikouski (Harvard)
California
AJ Nevills (South Dakota State)
Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly)
Colorado
Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State)
Florida
Ben Goldin (Penn)
Illinois
Jacob Bullock (Indiana)
Tony Cassioppi (Iowa)
Hayden Copass (Purdue)
Indiana
Lucas Davison (Northwestern)
Mason Parris (Michigan)
Iowa
Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa)
Boone McDermott (Rutgers)
Kansas
Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force)
Maryland
Jaron Smith (Maryland)
Michigan
Taye Ghadiali (Campbell)
Trent Hillger (Wisconsin)
Colton McKiernan (SIU Edwardsville)
Minnesota
Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State)
Missouri
Zach Elam (Missouri)
Nebraska
Grady Griess (Navy)
New York
Cory Day (Binghamton)
Sam Schuyler (Iowa State)
Oklahoma
Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State)
Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma)
Pennsylvania
Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech)
Dorian Crosby (Bucknell)
Jonah Niesenbaum (Duke)
Travis Stefanik (Princeton)
Nathan Taylor (Lehigh)
Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia)
South Carolina
Owen Trephan (NC State)
Wisconsin
Garrett Joles (Minnesota)
285 lb NCAA Qualifiers Signed by Another Program
Jacob Bullock (Old Dominion)
Greg Kerkvliet (Ohio State)
Boone McDermott (Iowa Central CC)
AJ Nevills (South Dakota State)
Tate Orndorff (Utah Valley)
Sam Schuyler (Buffalo)
Recruiting Rankings for 2023 All-Americans
1st: Mason Parris (Michigan) #3 in 2018
2nd: Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) #1 in 2019
3rd: Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) #40 in 2019
4th: Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) #14 in 2018
5th: Lucas Davison (Northwestern) #49 in 2018
6th: Zach Elam (Missouri) #54 in 2018
7th: Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) #2 in 2019
8th: Trent Hillger (Wisconsin) #21 in 2017
