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Here's some fun trivia for you guys interested in transfers. Name the former D1 NQ who wrestled for 5 schools in 5 years across 4 divisions (D1, D2, NAIA, NJCAA). I'll give you a hint to start with. He transferred the last time because his institution closed.

I don't think he's talking geographically. He's talking relationship-wise. Brooks Black is a coach there and they have had numerous Union County wrestlers, like the Ervins. The Raneys also compete with their RTC.

True. I would wager that John Smith's official exit wasn't the day he announced his retirement, so the 30-day window didn't start when we all thought it did.

New York is going to be Freestyle when they start in 2024-2025. It'll be the first and only non-Folkstyle state.

Moore also graduated a year early. He should've been 18 when he enrolled.

Let's break down Gable's eligibility: Graduated HS in 2018 and enrolled at MN 2018-2019: Used FR year [3 left] 2019-2020: Used SO year [2 left] 2020-2021: Didn't use year due to COVID [2 left] 2021-2022: Used Jr. year [1 left] 2022-2023: Deferred/Redshirt year (I'm not sure if he was enrolled or not) [1 left] 2023-2024: Olympic redshirt [1 left] 2024-2025: STILL ELIGIBLE!!

You'd be right. MIddle name is Sven too.

Graduates have to be in the portal by the same date as everyone else now. Changed very recently. Schools were required to complete the entry within 48 hours, so it shouldn't take too long for everyone to be known this year.

All won as a Jr: Pete Bush (Redshirted due to injury) Barry Davis (Redshirted for Olympics) Gene Mills (Redshirted for Olympics) Darrion Caldwell (Redshirted due to injury) Jordan Burroughs (Redshirted due to injury) And in case you don't count those previous 5, but they used a regular redshirt: Pat Smith Jim Gregson

Listed is each title won after transferring (the 2nd column of colleges is where they transferred from): 1985 Arizona State Eddie Urbano 150 Arizona State/Pima 1989 Wisconsin Dave Lee 167 Stanford 2013 Illinois Jesse Delgado 125 Cal Poly 2014 Illinois Jesse Delgado 125 Cal Poly 1980 California-Bakersfield John Azevedo 126 Oklahoma State 2001 Illinois Adam Tirapelle 149 Stanford 1981 California-Bakersfield Dan Cuestas 126 Cal-Poly 1982 California-Bakersfield Dan Cuestas 126 Cal-Poly 1983 California-Bakersfield Adam Cuestas 118 Oregon 1980 California-Bakersfield Joe Gonzales 118 East Los Angeles/Oklahoma 1982 Oklahoma Dave Schultz 167 Oklahoma State/UCLA 1981 Oklahoma Mark Schultz 167 UCLA 1982 Oklahoma Mark Schultz 177 UCLA 1983 Oklahoma Mark Schultz 177 UCLA 1968 Adams State Dominic 'Nick' Carollo 191 El Camino 1962 Army Clifford 'Mike' Natvig Jr. 147 Iowa 1963 Army Clifford 'Mike' Natvig Jr. 147 Iowa 1963 Northern Iowa Bill Dotson 137 Upper Iowa 1997 Iowa Mark Ironside 134 Kirkwood 1998 Iowa Mark Ironside 134 Kirkwood 2010 Iowa Jay Borschel 174 Virginia Tech 1946 Northern Iowa Cecil Mott 121 Mason City [jc] 1967 Michigan State Dale Anderson 137 Iowa State 1968 Michigan State Dale Anderson 137 Iowa State 1999 Iowa Tim 'TJ Williams 149 Lassen 2001 Iowa Tim 'TJ Williams 157 Lassen 2000 Northern Iowa Tony Davis 149 Iowa Central 1964 Oklahoma State Yojiro Uetake 130 Waseda 1965 Oklahoma State Yojiro Uetake 130 Waseda 1966 Oklahoma State Yojiro Uetake 130 Waseda 2008 Iowa Brent Metcalf 149 Virginia Tech 2010 Iowa Brent Metcalf 149 Virginia Tech 1972 Iowa State Chris Taylor UNL Muskegon 1973 Iowa State Chris Taylor UNL Muskegon 2022 Penn State Max Dean 197 Cornell 2018 South Dakota State Seth Gross 133 Iowa 1991 Minnesota Marty Morgan 177 North Dakota State 2024 Penn State Daniel 'Greg' Kerkvliet 285 Ohio State 1993 Clemson Sammie Henson 118 Missouri 1994 Clemson Sammie Henson 118 Missouri 1993 Nebraska Tony Purler 126 Oklahoma State 2022 Michigan Nick Suriano 125 Penn State/Rutgers 2019 Rutgers Nick Suriano 133 Penn State 2005 Oklahoma State Steve Mocco 285 Iowa 1981 College of New Jersey Tom Martucci 190 Louisiana State 1980 Clemson Noel Loban 190 Farmingdale State 2014 North Carolina State Nick Gwiazdowski 285 Binghamton 2015 North Carolina State Nick Gwiazdowski 285 Binghamton 1983 Oklahoma State Clar Anderson 134 Auburn 1988 Ohio State Mark Coleman 190 Miami (OH) 1993 Ohio State Rex Holman 190 Arizona State 2008 Ohio State Mike Pucillo 184 Hofstra 1940 Oklahoma Harold Byrd 128 Oklahoma State 1951 Oklahoma Phil Smith 157 Auburn 1929 Oklahoma State Conrad Caldwell 165 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M 1930 Oklahoma State Conrad Caldwell 175 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M 1931 Oklahoma State Conrad Caldwell 175 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M 1993 North Carolina TJ Jaworsky 134 Oklahoma State 1994 North Carolina TJ Jaworsky 134 Oklahoma State 1995 North Carolina TJ Jaworsky 134 Oklahoma State 1933 Southwestern Oklahoma Ralph Teague UNL Oklahoma State 1934 Southwestern Oklahoma Ralph Teague UNL Oklahoma State 1948 Oklahoma State John St. Clair 160 Oklahoma Baptist 1995 Oklahoma State JJ McGrew 190 Notre Dame (IN) 1963 Lehigh Kirk Pendleton 157 ? 1971 Slippery Rock Stan Dziedzic 150 Indiana State 1991 California-Bakersfield Paul Keysaw 190 Bloomsburg 1963 Minnesota-Moorhead Arthur 'Bucky' Maughan 115 Indiana 2009 Edinboro Jarrod King 165 Oklahoma 1972 Clarion Wade Schalles 150 East Stroudsburg 1973 Clarion Wade Schalles 158 East Stroudsburg 1996 Lock Haven Cary Kolat 134 Penn State 1997 Lock Haven Cary Kolat 142 Penn State 1987 Pitt-Johnstown Carlton Haselrig 275 Lock Haven {FB} 1988 Pitt-Johnstown Carlton Haselrig 275 Lock Haven {FB} 1989 Pitt-Johnstown Carlton Haselrig 275 Lock Haven {FB} 1965 Oklahoma Greg Ruth 167 Lehigh 1966 Oklahoma Greg Ruth 160 Lehigh 1984 Penn State Scott Lynch 134 Navy 2002 Lehigh Rob Rohn 184 Clarion 2000 Minnesota Brock Lesnar 285 Bismarck State 2015 Penn State Mathew Brown 174 Iowa State 2002 Iowa State Aaron Holker 141 Brigham Young 2011 Arizona State Bubba Jenkins 157 Penn State 1970 Oklahoma State Darrell Keller 134 Columbia Basin 1971 Oklahoma State Darrell Keller 142 Columbia Basin 1960 Oklahoma Dale Lewis UNL Marquette 1961 Oklahoma Dale Lewis UNL Marquette

I sat around the top sections. I'm sure the bottom didn't really have issues because they angles were less. I sat near the concrete wall once and it did obscure the view of one of the mats.

I must be in the absolute minority because I hated the arena. The sight lines were horrible. Any time someone leaned slightly forward or was taller it blocked the view of mats. I've not had that issue with the other arenas. Everything else was great though.

Just realized I never answered this one. Arthur Holding of Iowa State won at 135 despite originally entering at 125.

You'd have to put some qualifiers on that. How many guys? Lots of teams have lost all their final matches if the sample size is small enough.

You can! https://wrestling.guru/college-men/ncaa-d1/ncaa-d1-database/

Does any one know what happened to Brya as Cornella's replacement? Did he miss weight or not even go?

You'd be correct. Still 11 states that haven't had one. Only GA's 2nd finalist after Charlie Heard for UTC back in 1983. He is their 23rd AA overall. Virginia Tech has been home to 5 of those.

It more than doubles when you add in the D2/3, NAIA, NJCAA. Probably triples overall once you figure the women. when I saw that .guru was a domain, I knew that was the one. Ha

There are still a few guys from the 2017/2018 classes hanging around. I’d imagine they are all born in the 1990s. Guys like Mekhi Lewis and Feldkamp. Just look at those old recruiting rankings and you’ll get a good idea.

I know he defaulted. Their website says he was injured. So I can't confirm that one.

Yep. I don't know when exactly they stopped allowing wrestlers to bump up. I'd think it was around the time you had to start qualifying for the tournament and wasn't just open to anyone.

Hey everyone, I've finally gotten around to putting my D1 database on a website. It's by far the most comprehensive database you are going to find. I'm working on getting some others up. Over the next few months I hope to get my D2, D3, NAIA, NJCAA up and running too. You can now mess around with where I get all my info from. I have also put up the WCWA, International Worlds, Pan-ams, and a few states too. Wrestling.Guru Notice the domain is not a .com but a .guru

Trivia question based off the missed weight thread. Name the wrestler who was a National Champ the SAME year he missed weight at a lower weight and had to bump up a weight at the national tournament. This would be like Spencer Lee missing weight at 125, bumping up to 133 and winning it.

That was way more likely to happen in the earlier years of the tournament. It definitely happened a few times. Some guys that I have tracked but not all inclusive: 1969 - John Imrie (Missed at 191 and bumped to UNL) 1976 - Shaw Garel 1981 - Steve Rosenstein 1981 - Thomas Landrum 1981 - Dave Allen 1981 - Joe Atiyeh 1981 - Johnnie Selmon 1982 - Craig Noble 1984 - Melvin Douglas 1989 - Stacy Richmond 1994 - Eric Ivins 1995 - Alfonso Crus 1996 - Dustin Young 2007 - Daryl Cocozzo 2011 - Joe LeBlanc 1981 is the craziest year for missed weight. Selmon misses 2nd day and gives Clar Anderson a FFT to the semis. Rosenstein lost to Anderson in the first round Landrum lost to Anderson in the 2nd round Because those 2 missed on day 2, there is no wrestle-back for his part of the bracket (only those who lost to the semifinalists wrestled-back) Baza gets a FFT to the 5/6 match No 8th placer I left out one that I'll actually do a trivia question about this very topic in a few.

I wasn't sure when NDSU made the switch. One of these days I'll get around to documenting what years programs were what division. Thanks!