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INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has released updated standings for the 2020 NCAA Wrestling Awards that will be awarded in March at the respective Division I, II and III 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.
Division I did not compete last week in preparations for this weekend’s conference tournaments, but regional competition took place in Divisions II and III as wrestlers competed to qualify for the national championships.
Greg Hilliard of Belmont Abbey earned the fall in all three of his matches to win the 165-pound championship at NCAA Division II Super Regional II and take the lead in the race for most dominant with 4.74 team points per match. Heavyweight Jared Campbell of Notre Dame (Ohio) won his own regional championship and moved to second with 4.70 points, while regional champion Chris Eddins, Jr., of Pittsburgh-Johnstown is third with 4.64.
Division III Most Dominant Wrestler is led by Troy Stanich of Stevens who won the 141-pound championship at the Southeast regional with a fall in the title match to move his average to 5.35 points. Bradan Birt of Millikin had two falls and two tech falls to win the 165-pound championship at the lower Midwest regional and is in second with 5.18 points, while Brett Kaliner of Stevens is third with 5.13 points after winning the 149-pound crown at the Southeast regional.
The Most Dominant Wrestler standings are calculated by adding the total number of team points awarded through match results and dividing that number by the total number of matches wrestled with a minimum of 17 matches to be ranked. Points per match are awarded as follows.
- 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)
Only Division II and Division III stat leaders are provided below because Division I didn’t compete last week.
NCAA Stat Leaders – Most Dominant
Division II
1Greg HilliardBelmont Abbey1654.742Jared CampbellNotre Dame (OH)2854.703Chris Eddins Jr.Pitt.-Johnstown1494.644Ryan VasbinderMcKendree1974.545Kolton EischensSt. Cloud St.1744.426Heath GrayCentral Okla.1844.197Hunter BrayNotre Dame (OH)1334.068Nick FosterMcKendree1654.049Hayden BronneTiffin1743.9710Trey GrineTiffin1573.90
Division III
1Troy StanichStevens1415.352Bradan BirtMillikin1655.183Brett KalinerStevens1495.134Kyle HatchWabash1654.915Tanner VassarAugsburg1844.916Robert AreyanoCentral (IA)1494.817Guy PatronLoras1974.798Aaron WilsonAugsburg1494.789Dylan RothHeidelberg1844.7010Patrick IrwinCoast Guard2854.68
Seventeen-match minimum in division required to be ranked.
Hayden Bronne of Tiffin had two falls in NCAA Super Regional III and will take his 20 falls to the national championships in Sioux Falls, South Dakota with an insurmountable lead of six over AJ Cooper of Fort Hays State and seven over Tyler Lawley of Newman.
Evan Fidelibus of New England College punched his ticket to the national championships with a runner-up finish at 149 pounds and pair of falls in the Northeast regional to reach 23 on the season and within one of leader Marvin Cunningham of JWU (Providence), who did not qualify. Cunningham’s teammate Michael DiNardo won the heavyweight championship at the same regional with falls in all four of his matches and will also head to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with 23 falls.
McKendree 197-pounder Ryan Vasbinder had one tech fall while winning the NCAA Division II Super Regional IV and enters the national championships with 10 on the season, three more than a quartet of wrestlers with seven.
Ahken Chu of SUNY Oneonta had two tech falls at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional and finishes his season with 16 tech falls, however he did not qualify for nationals and will not have a chance to add to his total. Stephen Maloney of Messiah finished third at the Southeast regional to punch his ticket and with 15 tech falls is in position to perhaps surpass Chu and claim the award at the national championships.
For falls and tech falls to be counted for the awards they must come against opponents in the same division (i.e. Division II vs. Division II). Ties in the two categories are broken based on the aggregate time.
NCAA Stat Leaders – Falls
Division II
1Hayden BronneTiffin1742035:562AJ CooperFort Hays St.2851449:193Tyler LawleyNewman1331333:594Greg HilliardBelmont Abbey1651224:065Gage BransonBellarmine1411230:596Luke McGonigalMercyhurst1971122:347Nicholas MasonTiffin1971128:218Elijah MahanLindenwood (MO)1841130:329Jared CampbellNotre Dame (OH)2851018:3810Eric BeckBellarmine1651031:07
Division III
1Marvin CunninghamJWU (Providence)1492461:552Evan FidelibusNew England Col.1492329:313Michael DiNardoJWU (Providence)2852354:174Kaidon WintersRIT1572251:215Joseph RossettiWilliams1412146:106Joe SalernoWash. & Lee1492030:077Bradan BirtMillikin1651935:448Evan LawrenceWis.-Eau Claire1741937:509Jarit ShinhosterWis.-Whitewater1741844:0410Hayden BrownJWU (Providence)1331737:08
NCAA Stat Leaders – Tech Falls
Division II
1Ryan VasbinderMcKendree1971047:542Anthony ManciniNeb.-Kearney184733:083Dawson CombestUIndy157735:474Carlos JacquezLindenwood (MO)125741:145Michael RaccioppiEast Stroudsburg174741:186Josh PortilloNeb.-Kearney125622:077Logan GrassMerychurst165624:588Aryus JonesFort Hays St.184626:099Richard ScreptockTiffin184633:5610Daniel BishopAugustana (SD)197517:11
Division III
1Ahken ChuSUNY Oneonta1411663:162Tyler GazawayRoger Williams1491555:383Stephen MaloneyMessiah1571559:484Noah NiemanAdrian1491152:465Freddy TerranovaAugustana (IL)1491038:146Ben DoughertyRIT1741039:507Gabriel McDanielJWU (Providence)1571041:308Josiah GehrMessiah133942:299Travis JonesIthaca133945:3810Jared KuhnsYork (PA)125946:11
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