INDIANAPOLIS – The NCAA has released the updated standings for the 2016 NCAA Wrestling Awards that will be awarded in March at the Division I Wrestling Championships.
The inaugural NCAA Wrestling Awards were presented at the 2012 wrestling championships. The three awards, given in each division, honor the Most Dominant Wrestler as well as the student-athletes that have accumulated the most falls and the most technical falls throughout the course of the regular and postseasons.
For falls and tech falls to be counted towards a student-athletes total they must come against opponents in the same division. Ties in the two categories are broken based on the aggregate time.
In the Division I Most Dominant Wrestler standings, Penn State teammates Zain Retherford and Jason Nolf are in a statistical tie with 4.93 average team points per match.
The Most Dominant Wrestler standings are calculated by adding the total number of points awarded through match results and dividing that number by the total number of matches wrestled. Points per match are awarded as follows and based on a minimum of 17 matches in the division.
- Fall, forfeit, injury default or DQ = 6 points (-6 points for a loss)
- Tech falls = 5 points (-5 points for a loss)
- Major decision = 4 points (-4 points for a loss)
- Decision = 3 points (-3 points for a loss)
Navy teammates Michael Woulfe and Mathew Miller lead Division I with 15 falls this season. Miller holds the tiebreaker in aggregate time (43:01-59:52). Nolf is also in position for the award with 14 falls this season.
Isaiah Martinez of Illinois has surpassed his winning total from last season with 13 tech falls this season at 157 pounds to hold the Division I lead with five more than the next closest competitor.
The NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships will be March 17-19 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
[eztable th=”0″]NCAA Stat Leaders-Falls[attr colspan=”6″]
RANK,NAME,TEAM,WEIGHT,WINS,TIME
1,Mathew Miller,Navy,184,15,43:01
2,Michael Woulfe,Navy,197,15,59:52
3,Jason Nolf,Penn State,157,14,48:40
4,Zain Retherford,Penn State,149,12,35:45
5,Joe Stolfi,Bucknell,285,12,42:58
6,Mike Hughes,Hofstra,285,9,11:17
7,Alex Dieringer,Oklahoma State,165,9,16:10
8,Jeric Kasunic,American,197,9,16:48
9,Evan Henderson,North Carolina,149,9,17:50
10,Nick Gwiazdowski,North Carolina State,285,9,19:32
NCAA Stat Leaders- Tech Falls[attr colspan=”6″]
RANK,NAME,TEAM,WEIGHT,WINS,TIME
1,Isaiah Martinez,Illinois,157,13,59:45
2,Nate Brown,Lehigh,184,8,35:43
3,Jason Nolf,Penn State,157,8,52:16
4,Tom Sleigh,Bucknell,184,7,33:00
5,Nahshon Garrett,Cornell,133,7,33:55
6,Bo Nickal,Penn State,174,7,39:13
7,Zain Retherford,Penn State,149,7,42:25
8,Alex Dieringer,Oklahoma State,165,6,22:20
9,Austin Trott,Gardner-Webb,165,6,22:52
10,Scottie Boykin,Chattanooga,197,6,24:42
NCAA Most Dominant[attr colspan=”5″]
RANK,NAME,SCHOOL,WEIGHT,AVG. TEAM POINTS
1,Zain Retherford,Penn St.,149,4.93
1,Jason Nolf,Penn St.,157,4.93
3,Alex Dieringer,Oklahoma St.,165,4.77
4,Nick Gwiazdowski,North Carolina St.,285,4.75
5,Morgan McIntosh,Penn St.,197,4.68
6,Joe Stolfi,Bucknell,285,4.55
7,Nahshon Garrett,Cornell,133,4.52
8,Bo Nickal,Penn St.,174,4.37
9,Thomas Gilman,Iowa,125,4.32
10,Gabriel Dean,Cornell,184,4.29[/eztable]