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It’s about that time! In the past couple of weeks, we’ve spent time loosely discussing Final X; however, it’s time to start talking about the individual matches themselves. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll break down all 20 Final X matchups - leading into the event itself on June 14th, from Newark, New Jersey. Our next preview is in women’s freestyle at 65 kg. There will be a lot of familiarity in this series between two-time Senior world medalist Macey Kilty and US Open champion Aine Drury. The pair have met multiple times in high-stakes matches within the last year. They’ll do it again in Newark. The previous matchups have leaned heavily toward Kilty, so will Drury be able to close the gap? Prior Previews 57 kg men’s freestyle 61 kg men's freestyle 65 kg men's freestyle 70 kg men's freestyle 74 kg men's freestyle 79 kg men's freestyle 86 kg men's freestyle 50 kg women’s freestyle 53 kg women's freestyle 55 kg women's freestyle 57 kg women's freestyle 59 kg women's freestyle 62 kg women’s freestyle 65 kg women’s freestyle Macey Kilty vs. Aine Drury This is one of two women’s freestyle series where there was a returning World/Olympic medalist that automatically advanced to Final X. That wrestler is Macey Kilty who has grabbed a hold of this 65 kg weight class. Kilty has made the world team in each of the last two years at this weight and came away with hardware in each of those two trips (silver and bronze). After training at North Carolina, since her high school career concluded, Kilty moved to finish college at the University of Iowa last school year. Her individual title helped contribute to a national team title for the Hawkeyes. The Senior World medals are just the next step in the progression for Kilty, who has won at every level. She has seven age-group world medals including a Cadet world championship from 2018. Aine Drury was a California state champion who stayed at home and went undefeated while winning a California Community College title for Cerritos College. Drury then transferred to King University where she made the national finals in 2024 and finished fifth at the NCWWC National Tournament in 2025. Her first loss on the championship side of the bracket in 2025 came to Kilty, who won via tech. How They Got Here Kilty: At the 2024 non-Olympic weight World Championships, Kilty suffered a quarterfinal loss to Romania’s Kateryna Zelenykh in the quarterfinals, but won a match in repechage before teching Russian Valeriia Dondupova Suvorova to claim a bronze medal. It was her second medal at the Senior level and allowed her to automatically advance to Final X. Drury: A runner-up finish at the 2024 World Team Trials helped Drury obtain the second seed in a pretty strong US Open weight class. Drury advanced to the finals after an impressive showing against world medalist Jennifer Page in the semifinals. She was up 10-2 at the time of a first-period fall over Page. In the finals, Drury got out to a big leave and survived a late rally from Isabella Mir to take the title and move on to Final X. Recent Form Kilty: Kilty’s only international event of 2025 has been the Pan-American Championships an event she won with two techs and a fall. The gold medal was her second from the continental championship at the Senior level for Kilty. She also won in 2024. In addition to her Senior world medal last year, Kilty also was a silver medalist at U23 World’s. Drury: Drury’s only competitions this year were on the collegiate front and the US Open. Prior History There’s plenty of recent history between these two. As we’ve already discussed the pair met in the semifinals of the NCWWC National Championships earlier this year. In 2024, Kilty also swept Drury in the World Team Trials finals to make the Senior World Team. Both of those matches resulted in techs. Kilty’s career advantage over Drury is 4-0 with a win at the 2023 US Open factored in. Keys to Victory Kilty: Stick with what works. Kilty has dominated the previous matchups with Drury - with little scoring from Drury, so why change? She has a sweep single that’s difficult to stop and works well with snap-downs and from the front headlock position. Her turns tend to work, too. Get to those attacks until proven otherwise. Drury: Impose her will. Drury likes to get to an underhook and work from there, whether it is looking for a trip or controlling the head for a variety of potential moves. She’s able to do this against just about everyone not named Kilty. She should try and get to her best positions while being cognizant of the fact that Kilty might disappear for a sweep single. Again, against the rest of the country, Drury is rather stout defensively but has trouble stopping Kilty.

It’s about that time! In the past couple of weeks, we’ve spent time loosely discussing Final X; however, it’s time to start talking about the individual matches themselves. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll break down all 20 Final X matchups - leading into the event itself on June 14th, from Newark, New Jersey. Our next preview is in men’s freestyle at 86 kg. A pair of Senior world medalists clashing, the only time it will happen in men’s freestyle this year in Final X. Zahid Valencia versus Kyle Dake has the potential to be a classic Final X series. It’s also the only men’s series that we’ve seen before in Final X. That being said, their 2018 meeting is practically ancient history at this point and Valencia took their 2025 meeting at the US Open. With fewer mainstays of the men’s freestyle team participating in this event, could a Valencia win be another signal of a new era? Or an eighth straight team for Dake? Prior Previews 57 kg men’s freestyle 61 kg men's freestyle 65 kg men's freestyle 70 kg men's freestyle 74 kg men's freestyle 79 kg men's freestyle 50 kg women’s freestyle 53 kg women's freestyle 55 kg women's freestyle 57 kg women's freestyle 59 kg women's freestyle 62 kg women’s freestyle 86 kg men’s freestyle Zahid Valencia vs. Kyle Dake This has to be one of the most anticipated series of Final X. The US Open saw Valencia knock off Dake and forced the four-time world champion to win the World Team Trials to get a rematch and potentially make another world team. Valencia was a 2023 world team member at 92 kg and came away with a bronze medal in that appearance. To date, it’s been his only Senior world team. Valencia has made three Junior world teams and claimed a silver medal in the final of those three trips. In 2024, Valencia went down to this weight for the Olympic Trials and ended up losing a very controversial match to the eventual Olympic bronze medalist, Aaron Brooks. While Valencia has had success at 92 kg, he’s proven this year that 86 kg is probably the best weight for him. This is the first full year in which he’s been at Oklahoma State’s Cowboy RTC. You have to wonder how the mentorship of David Taylor impacts this series. Taylor has been a longtime competitor, friend, and teammate of Dake. Dake is seeking to make his eighth straight world/Olympic team; however, this is the first time since 2016 that he’s trying to do so at 86 kg. After the international weights shifted in 2018, Dake won the first two world titles at 79 kg, before dropping to 74 kg for the 2020 Olympics. He’s been at that weight ever since. Now it’s time for a new challenge. During his run on the world/Olympic team, Dake has been incredibly consistent with a medal in every one of those seven tournaments. How They Got Here Valencia: Not only did Valencia have to defeat Dake to win the 2025 US Open, but he also had to get by a second world team member, Chance Marsteller, in the semifinals. Valencia took a commanding lead over Dake with a picturesque duckunder followed by a high gut for a total of four points. Valencia extended his lead to 5-1 at the break. In the second, Dake battled back but came up short, 8-4. Dake: Since he fell in the Open finals, Dake had to head to Louisville and the Trials to advance to Final X. In the Trials finals, Dake squared off with fellow Nittany Lion Wrestling Club teammate Carter Starocci. The match was extremely tight and featured a close sequence that went Dake’s way. He’d prevail 3-3 on criteria. Recent Form Valencia: Valencia has been red-hot this year with the Open title and three gold medals in all three of his international tournaments. He started the year by winning the Dan Kolov/Nikola Petrov and then few weeks later, grabbed gold at the Zagreb Open Rankings Series event. After winning the Open, Valencia went on to win the Pan-American Championships. Dake: The US Open and World Team Trials are the only competitions for Dake since the 2024 Olympic Games. Someone of his age and experience is probably better off only competing in a couple events a year, anyway, so he should be fine. Prior History Obviously, we remember the Open finals matchup, but these two also clashed in the very first Final X, which was held in State College, Pennsylvania in 2018. In that series, Dake won 4-3 and 4-0. Obviously, that doesn’t have much impact on the 2025 rematch. This will be the only men’s freestyle series that has taken place before in Final X. Keys to Victory I’m not sure what to think about this rematch. Dake has long been one of the best at crafting and executing a game plan to beat high-scoring wrestlers like Jordan Burroughs and David Taylor. Now, will he be able to adjust and defeat Valencia? As mentioned earlier, has Taylor been the secret sauce for Valencia to beat Dake? One win again the legend is tough, but can Valencia pull off two more? That’s a long way to say that the winner will be the wrestler who can make adjustments and wrestle a different match than the one we saw in Vegas.

The roster additions continue to roll in for Real American Freestyle (RAF)! Today, RAF announced that they’ve signed two-time NCAA All-American Matt Ramos. Ramos recently finished his collegiate career at Purdue and will go down as one of the top wrestlers in Boilermaker history. Ramos is best known for his shocking upset of three-time NCAA champion Spencer Lee of Iowa in the 2023 NCAA semifinals. Ramos would go on to finish as the national runner-up that year. In 2025, he got on the podium for a second time and was fourth. In each of his last three trips to the NCAA Tournament, Ramos earned a top-four seed in the 125 lb weight class. When Ramos earned All-American honors in 2025, he became the first Purdue wrestler since 2006 to get on the podium twice. His 2023 NCAA finals appearance was also the first by a Purdue wrestler since 2006. He’ll finish his career with the third-best winning percentage in Purdue history. Ramos also did some of his best work in Vegas at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. He won the event in 2024 and placed four times (1,7,2,8). Earlier this offseason, Purdue announced that Ramos will join the Boilermaker coaching staff for the 2025-26 season. He is also set to represent the Philippines on the international stage while chasing Olympic and World titles. Ramos does have a strong freestyle pedigree. He was a Cadet world champion in 2018 at 51 kg. In 2022, he won the US Open at 57 kg. RAF’s inaugural event will take place on August 30th from Cleveland, Ohio. More information about tickets and an actual card will be found here as the information is released. With Ramos’ addition, the RAF roster now looks like this: Ben Askren Kennedy Blades Aaron Brooks David Carr Kyle Dake Austin Gomez Seth Gross Wyatt Hendrickson Trent Hidlay Parker Keckeisen Will Lewan Matt Ramos Zahid Valencia Evan Wick Real Woods

All year we’ve tracked women’s collegiate commitments and one noticeable omission from the recruiting list throughout the year was King University. Until yesterday, they had not announced any signings from the Class of 2025. King used Instagram to roll out an impressive list of signees for their incoming freshmen class. Most notable is Isis France of Wyoming Seminary, who is originally from Arizona. France was a three-time National Prep finalist and one-time champion. Over the past two summers, France has captured a national title in Fargo, in 2023 at the U16 level and in 2024 as a junior. In 2024, France was also a runner-up at the World Team Trials in the U17 age group. France finished the 2024-25 campaign ranked #12 at the 140 lb weight class via USA Wrestling. Earlier this year, France was ranked #13 overall in FloWrestling's Class of 2025 rankings. One of France’s high school teammates, Amelia Murphy will join her in Bristol. Murphy attended Wyoming Seminary but is originally from Indiana. Murphy is a two-time National Prep finalist, who won the title at 107 lbs in 2023. She also had a fourth-place finish at the U17 Trials in 2024. Murphy finished the year ranked #8 at the 115 lb weight class by USAW and was #95 overall by Flo. Another highly ranked incoming freshman comes all the way across the country from Davis, Utah and she is Kristina Kent. Kent was a four-time Utah state champion and finished third in Fargo last summer at the Junior division while competing at 100 lbs. She’s ranked seventh in the country at 105 lbs and #27 overall by Flo. Jada Pichardo was a 2025 New Jersey state champion and placed at the state tournament four times for Pennsauken High School. Before her senior year, she finished sixth at NHSCA Nationals, and during the school year, she was fourth at the Beast of the East. Pichardo has appeared in the USAW national rankings but is not in the latest version. In-state recruit Jo Kolozsy comes to King from Montgomery Central High School. She placed twice at the Tennessee state tournament- third and fourth. Kolozsy should compete at either 131 or 138 lbs for the Tornado. King has finished in the top five at the NCWWC National Championships in every year of the tournament's existence. They were fifth at the 2025 tournament with seven All-Americans. For a look at King’s recruiting class: Click Here For all of the 2025 women’s commitments: Click Here

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Another day and another notable addition to the Real American Freestyle (RAF) roster. The RAF Instagram account posted regarding the addition of 2022 World Team member Seth Gross. In his only Senior world team appearance, Gross advanced to the bronze medal match in the 61 kg weight class. That same year, Gross was a member of the gold medal-winning World Cup freestyle team. Gross did make a pair of age group world teams - in 2012 at the Cadet level and four years later at the Junior division. Earlier this year, Gross made the finals of the US Open, before falling to high school superstar Jax Forrest. At the World Team Trials, Gross lost in a 19-16 shootout to 2025 NCAA runner-up Brock Hardy. In college, Gross was a two-time NCAA finalist for South Dakota State. In 2018, he defeated Stevan Micic to claim a national championship - the first for a South Dakota State wrestler at the DI level. Gross finished his career at Wisconsin, but could not compete at the NCAA Tournament due to the COVID outbreak. He was awarded the second seed after finishing third at the Big Ten Championships. RAF’s inaugural event will take place on August 30th from Cleveland, Ohio. More information about tickets and an actual card will be found here as the information is released. The athletes currently announced by RAF as on their roster include: Ben Askren Kennedy Blades Aaron Brooks David Carr Kyle Dake Austin Gomez Seth Gross Wyatt Hendrickson Trent Hidlay Parker Keckeisen Will Lewan Zahid Valencia Evan Wick Real Woods

It’s about that time! In the past couple of weeks, we’ve spent time loosely discussing Final X; however, it’s time to start talking about the individual matches themselves. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll break down all 20 Final X matchups - leading into the event itself on June 14th, from Newark, New Jersey. Our next preview is in women’s freestyle at 62 kg. Of the 20 Final X series’ across men’s and women’s freestyle, this is the only rematch of a prior Final X series. The two clashed in 2023 and Kayla Miracle took both matches. They met again in the 2025 US Open finals. Will the trend of Miracle wins continue or will Adaugo Nwachukwo finally break through and pick up a win (or two) against her rival? Prior Previews 57 kg men’s freestyle 61 kg men's freestyle 65 kg men's freestyle 70 kg men's freestyle 74 kg men's freestyle 79 kg men's freestyle 50 kg women’s freestyle 53 kg women's freestyle 55 kg women's freestyle 57 kg women's freestyle 59 kg women's freestyle 62 kg women’s freestyle Kayla Miracle vs. Adaugo Nwachukwo This is a familiar matchup for fans of women’s wrestling. Miracle and Nwachukwo have clashed a handful of times in the past few years, usually with a lot on the line. This time is no different as a berth on the 2025 World Team is hanging in the balance. The two-time world silver medalist, Miracle, has not lost to Nwachukwo in the past; however, the margin of victory is moving slightly towards Nwachukwo. Miracle is looking to extend her stranglehold on the 62 kg weight class domestically. She has made every World/Olympic team at this weight since 2019. Miracle is also one of four wrestlers who will be competing in Final X for the fifth time. She lost in her first appearance (in three matches), but has won the last three series’. Though Nwachukwo has yet to make a Senior team, she has plenty of world-level experience in the various age groups. She made a pair of U20 world teams and claimed a bronze medal from her 2022 appearance. She’s also made a pair of U23 teams, though she’s yet to have earned a medal. In 2024, Nwachukwo earned a silver medal at the U23 Pan-American Championships and gold at the World Military Championships. How They Got Here Miracle: As you would expect, Miracle had the top seed at the US Open and wrestled like it - by outscoring her opponents by a 36-1 margin. She had three tech falls before meeting Nwachukwo in the finals. Though Nwachukwo limited the damage, compared to past meetings, she didn’t have an answer for Miracle’s fireman’s dump series, a move the veteran scored with on two occasions. Miracle’s Open win secured her fifth berth in Final X. Nwachukwo: At the 2025 World Team Trials, Nwachukwo reiterated the fact that she’s on a different level from everyone else at 62 kg. She hasn’t quite made it to Miracle’s level, but also wasn’t threatened by anyone else at the weight. After a pair of techs led her to the finals, Nwachukwo needed only 1:19 to pin SaVannah Cosme and advance to Final X. Recent Form Miracle: Miracle has been out of action since the 2024 Olympic Games. That marked her longest stretch without an international competition during her entire Senior-level career. Miracle was quite active in 2024 wrestling at the Zagreb Open and the Pan-American Championships, before the Olympic Trials and the Olympic Qualifier, and then a Ranking Series event. Nwachukwo: With Miracle on the shelf for a bit, Nwachukwo has been relatively active on the international front in 2025. She took the title at the Zagreb Open Rankings Series event and then got a bronze medal at another - the Muhamet Malo Tournament. Prior History As mentioned earlier, these two have a history. They are the only 2025 Final X Series that has happened before in a previous edition of the event. That took place in 2023 when Miracle swept the series, 6-1 and 10-3. Aside from the 2025 Open, the only other meeting between the two took place in the semis of the 2022 Open. That one Miracle took by a 10-0 score. Keys to Victory Miracle: Avoid the big move. With a 4-0 career record against Nwachukwo, Miracle has done something right. She typically holds her stands well, stays low, and doesn’t leave herself susceptible to the throws and big moves that Nwachukwo hits regularly against other opponents. One could happen, but it’s hard to imagine Nwachukwo hitting big moves in two matches with the way Miracle typically wrestles her. Nwachukwo: Find an alternate way to score. Though Nwachukwo has limited the damage from Miracle, she hasn’t been able to do much offensively against her. In their four matches, Nwachukwo’s best offensive output was three points. She’ll need to pull something new out of her offensive arsenal to shock the wily veteran, Miracle.

It’s about that time! In the past couple of weeks, we’ve spent time loosely discussing Final X; however, it’s time to start talking about the individual matches themselves. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll break down all 20 Final X matchups - leading into the event itself on June 14th, from Newark, New Jersey. Our next preview is in men’s freestyle at 79 kg. However the match between Evan Wick and Levi Haines plays out, we’ll have a first-time Senior World team member. Coming into 2025 this might not be a matchup that you would have guessed would be seen at Final X. That doesn’t mean it won’t be entertaining. The previous meeting between these two was action-packed. In our Final X quick thoughts article, I joked and asked, “Which of these wrestlers will call Bernie Truax for a scouting report?” Truax wrestled for Wick at Cal Poly before transferring to Penn State in the 2023-24 school year. Prior Previews Prior Previews 57 kg men’s freestyle 61 kg men's freestyle 65 kg men's freestyle 70 kg men's freestyle 74 kg men's freestyle 50 kg women’s freestyle 53 kg women's freestyle 55 kg women's freestyle 57 kg women's freestyle 59 kg women's freestyle 79 kg men’s freestyle Evan Wick vs Levi Haines This is a matchup that we may not have necessarily expected in the weeks leading up to the US Open - but here we are! Like 74 kg, this weight has been dominated by Kyle Dake and Jordan Burroughs since its inception in 2018, along with an interruption by Chance Marsteller in 2023. After not placing at the 2024 World Championships Burroughs is not participating this year and Dake/Marsteller moved up to 86 kg. Those moves left this weight class wide open and Evan Wick was the top seed at the Open. Wick was a three-time NCAA All-American, twice getting on the podium for Wisconsin and finishing up at Cal Poly, where he was third at 165 lbs in 2022. Wick went on to join the Mustang coaching staff and hasn’t been able to break through that Burroughs/Dake/Marsteller triumvirate. In a preview of what was to come later, Wick finished 2024 with a title at the Bill Farrell Memorial. Levi Haines just finished his third year at Penn State with a third-place finish in one of the most top-heavy weight classes in the nation. The 2024 NCAA champion only suffered two losses on the year; however, both came to the NCAA finalists who finished above him. Coming into this year, Haines didn’t have much recent history in terms of international freestyle competition. His last competition was at the Cadet Worlds in 2021. How They Got Here Wick: Coming into the Open as the top seed, Evan Wick held serves and navigated his way through the bracket without a hitch. In the semifinals, Wick faced his stiffest challenge - a 9-5 win against freshman All-American from Cornell Simon Ruiz. He captured the championship with a match that was more one-sided than most would have expected - a 9-1 win over 2025 NCAA champion Dean Hamiti. Haines: The Penn State star did not take part in the 2025 US Open. He just entered the World Team Trials a few weeks after the Open. At the Trials, Haines downed a Big Ten opponent, Carson Kharchla, in the semifinals before setting up a bout with Hamiti - the foe who defeated him in the NCAA semifinals. Haines got a measure of revenge in a 10-2 victory, which sets the table for his Final X series with Wick. Recent Form Wick: After winning the Open, Wick went on to claim gold at the 2025 Pan-American Championships. It was his third international trip of the year. Wick started the year with a ninth-place finish at the Zagreb Open Ranking Series event. A couple weeks later, he was fifth at the Muhamet Malo. Haines: Before going to the World Team Trials, Haines got back into freestyle mode by wrestling in the Pan-American U23 Championships. Haines took gold at that event and then won his two matches in Louisville to punch his ticket to Final X. Prior History These two only have one career match against each other - which makes sense because Haines jumped two collegiate weights in the offseason. They did collide; however, at the 2024 World Team Trials, and Haines won via fall after leading by an 8-4 score. Keys to Victory Their first match was in doubt until the final :20 when Haines took Wick straight his back with a finish from a leg attack. A big factor in this match is Wick’s length. He was able to score from the outside and, at times, his length was able to prevent a score from Haines. That being said, Haines was able to deal with that hurdle and built up from getting way overextended on the final takedown. If Wick can avoid this in their Final X series, then it could be a whole different story.

Real American Freestyle (RAF) just announced their latest signing and it’s a big one. The top big man from the 2025 NCAA Championships - Wyatt Hendrickson. Hendrickson made national headlines with his stunning upset of two-time Hodge Trophy winner and Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson. For his work in the 2024-25 campaign, Hendrickson was awarded this year’s Hodge Trophy, himself. Hendrickson wrestled for four years at the Air Force Academy and amassed an 88-11 record and earned All-American honors twice - finishing third in 2023 and 2024. Unable to use his final year of eligibility wrestling for the Air Force, Hendrickson was given a special exemption and transferred to Oklahoma State University. During his year in Stillwater, Hendrickson compiled a 27-0 record and earned bonus points in over 81% of those contests. Along the way, he tallied 13 falls. Prior to the NCAA Championships in Philadelphia, Hendrickson won his third Big 12 Championship. In the regular season, he led OSU to a team title at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. He chipped in with three falls and a tech. After his collegiate career concluded, Hendrickson directed his focus back toward freestyle wrestling. At the US Open, Hendrickson lapped the field - outscoring the opposition 45-7 on his way to a title. That tournament win gave Hendrickson an automatic berth in Final X on June 14th, where he’ll face Trent Hillger - an opponent he downed 10-4 at the Open. Hendrickson is no stranger to success on the freestyle circuit. In 2023, Hendrickson won a U23 world championship and two years earlier he wrestled for a bronze medal at the U20 World Championships. After winning the 2025 Open, Hendrickson traveled to the Pan-American Championship and crushed the opposition, on the way to a gold medal. Hendrickson is the latest name to commit to an already-loaded RAF roster. The RAF site currently features a roster that includes Olympic gold medalists Kyle Snyder and Kennedy Blades, Olympic medalists Kyle Dake and Aaron Brooks, Olympian and former MMA star Ben Askren, world medalist Zahid Valencia, along with rising stars David Carr and Trent Hidlay. RAF’s inaugural event will take place on August 30th from Cleveland, Ohio. More information about tickets and an actual card will be found here as the information is released.

The AJ Ferrari situation has a lot of twists and turns with plenty of people responding to the fallout. The team discusses everything and responds to some of the things that have been said in the aftermath. We also dig into the standouts at the U20 and U23 tournaments along with what's going on with the Army head coaching process. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:30 - Weigh In 13:31 - AJ Ferrari denied admission to UNC and the fallout from it 39:11 - Standouts at U20 and U23 + tournament format 1:06:43 - Army Head Coach search

As the school year comes to a close, the end of year awards and accolades start getting passed out for a season well-done. As for us in Fantasy D1 Wrestling, the data has been processed, the charts have been reviewed, and the evaluations are complete. The breakdown of the Top Fantasy Wrestlers of the 2025 season is here to help you start your 2025 season research. Just like in the past few years, some names are going to be expected, while a lot more may not be. That's the beauty of Fantasy Wrestling, where any wrestler can be the star of the weekend and win the dual for you. To compile these lists, we used standard WrestleStat Fantasy College Wrestling Data & Scoring. Just a reminder of how points were tallied in WrestleStat leagues: 1) The scoring used was standard team scoring across all competitions (+3 for a win by decision, -4 for a loss by major, etc) 2) Scoring only counted against D1 competition 3) Wins via forfeits (FFT) would count as +6 towards a wrestler's point total 4) Wins or losses by medical forfeit (MFF) did not count as + or - towards a wrestler's point total 5) Points were only accumulated during the regular season 141 Top-20 Notes: Jesse Mendez rode a one loss record into being the third straight wrestler to have 99 Fpts on the season, and the first #1 wrestler at a weight that was also a national champion this year. Mendez also posted the second best PPM in the weight with 4.1 in 24 matches. The highest was Andrew Alirez, who only wrestled 12 matches in the 2025 regular season. In 2024, Mendez was #2 behind Wyatt Henson by 16 Fpts, but this year was able to reverse the script and finish 13 Fpts over Henson, who took second. Henson wrestled eight less matches in 2025 than he did in 2024, whereas Mendez wrestled the same (24 matches in both 2025 and 2024). In 2020, Lock Haven 157 Johnathan Ross wrestled 57 regular season matches, 50 of them against D1 Competition. This year, the Jonathan Ross Award goes to Bryce Kresho who wrestled 45 matches in 2025, the most out of any in the Top-20 at any weight in 2025. The reason Kresho came in third is due to his 12 losses which accounted for -42 Fpts. Another Penn wrestler makes the Top-10 with CJ Composto finishing one Fpt behind Kresho . Brock Hardy comes in at #5, who had three losses all within two weeks of the season. If one of those swings Hardy’s way, he overtakes Composto for 4th. Beau Bartlett put in a perfect regular season, going 18-0 with a 50% bonus rate, but it wasn't enough to make it into the Top-5. It was, however, just good enough to beat out Vance VomBaur. For the past four seasons, Joshua Koderhandt has been in the Top 20 in fantasy wrestling at his weight. This season he finished with 69 Fpts for 8th at 141, while in 2024 he took 5th, and in 2023 was 18th. In 2022 he wrestled at 133 and was 3rd. Cael Happel was 10th this year in Fpts at 141, 13th in 2024, and 15th in 2023, but just barely missed out in joining Koderhandt in the four-time Top 20 club as he was 22nd in 2022. Despite only having 12 matches, Andrew Alirez still able to make the Top 20 in 2025, but fell just shy to making the Top-10. On the other end, Jacob Frost put in the second most regular season matches in the 141 Top 20, and coincidently, had the second lowest PPM as well (Anthony Ferraro taking the honor in both those stats). Rounding out the Top 20 was the only redshirt wrestler in Luke Stanich. Stanich only wrestled 13 matches, but finished with 48 Fpts. Stanich only wrestled in three events in 2025, and even though he lost by major to Mendez at the Clarion Open, he beat Sergio Lemley (MICH), CJ Composto, and Kai Orine (NCST) in his 11 victories. All eight All Americans made the 141 Top 20. Who Missed The Cut: First man out was Andre Gonzales of Ohio State with 46 Fpts, beating out Jacob Byra (NIU) and Joshua Saunders (COR) who both had 44 Fpts. Other notables include Sergio Lemley (MICH) with 40 Fpts at #26, Eligh Rivera (PRIN) with 33 Fpts at #31, Danny Pucino (ILL) with 34 Fpts at #34, Mosha Schwartz (OU) with 29 Fpts at #37, and AJ Rallo (BELL) with 22 Fpts at #45.

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