Monthly Archives: March 2019

Abacus Award Winners (History)

2019: Jason Nolf, Penn State
2018: Spencer Lee, Iowa
2017: Zain Retherford, Penn State
2016: Zain Retherford, Penn State
2015: Logan Stieber, Ohio State
2014: David Taylor, Penn State
2013: Logan Stieber, Ohio State
2012: Ed Ruth, Penn State
2011: Jordan Oliver, Oklahoma State
2010: Jake Varner, Iowa State
2009: Jake Herbert, Northwestern

Dual Impact Index NCAA Team-Scoring Top 25 Projections

1. Penn State, 156.5
2t. Ohio State, 108.5
2t. Oklahoma State, 108.5
4. Iowa, 98.5
5. Michigan, 75.5
6. Missouri, 64.5
7. Minnesota, 63
8. Nebraska, 47
9t. Cornell, 46
9t. Northwestern, 46
11. Princeton, 44
12. Rutgers, 42
13. Northern Iowa, 40.5
14. North Carolina State, 39.5
15. Virginia Tech, 34
16. Arizona State, 31
17t. Oregon State, 30
17t. Wisconsin, 30
19. Iowa State, 24
20t. Lehigh, 21.5
20t. North Carolina, 21.5
22. Purdue, 20
23. Illinois, 19
24. Lock Haven, 18.5
25. Virginia, 17

Wrestlers who earned AQ slots, but will need to go through the at-large process:

Note: This is a finalized list.

125: Trey Chalifoux, Army West Point (Gage Curry, American); Shakur Laney, Ohio (Bryce West, Northern Illinois); Zeke Moisey, Nebraska (Elijah Oliver, Indiana); Rico Montoya, Northern Colorado (Jacob Schwarm, Northern Iowa); Cole Verner, Wyoming (Christian Moody, Oklahoma)
133: Casey Cobb, Navy (Zach Trampe, Binghamton); Noah Gonser, Campbell (Codi Russell, Appalachian State); Mario Guillen, Ohio (Tim Rooney, Kent State); Mason Pengilly, Stanford (Devan Turner, Oregon State); Cam Sykora, North Dakota State (Gary Joint, Fresno State)
141: Matt Findlay, Utah Valley (Christopher Sandoval, Northern Colorado); Sam Krivus, Virginia (Josh Finesilver, Duke); Nate Limmex, Purdue (Pete Lipari, Rutgers); Corey Shie, Army West Point (Anthony Sparacio, Binghamton)
149: Matt Zovistoski, Appalachian State (Tanner Smith, Chattanooga)
157: Eric Barone, Illinois (Alec Pantaleo, Michigan); Zac Carson, Ohio (Justin Ruffin, Southern Illinois Edwardsville); Kizhan Clarke, American (Christian LaBrie, Brown); Paul Fox, Stanford (Hunter Willits, Oregon State); Josh McClure, North Carolina (Ben Anderson, Duke); Adam Santoro, Cornell (Quincy Monday, Princeton); Justin Thomas, Oklahoma (Chase Straw, Iowa State)
165: Colston DiBlasi, George Mason (Evan Delong, Clarion); Connor Flynn, Missouri (Troy Keller, Buffalo); Joseph Gunther, Illinois (Tyler Morland, Northwestern); Nick Kiussis, West Virginia (Joe Smith, Oklahoma State); Jonathan Viruet, Brown (Tanner Skidgel, Navy)
174: Joe Grello, Rutgers (Drew Hughes, Michigan State); Hayden Hastings, Wyoming (Jacobe Smith, Oklahoma State); Jacob Oliver, Edinboro (Dean Sherry, Rider); Travis Stefanik, Princeton (Vincent Deprez, Binghamton)
184: Cameron Caffey, Michigan State (Nick Gravina, Rutgers); Jelani Embree, Michigan (Max Lyon, Purdue); Tate Samuelson, Wyoming (Dakota Geer, Oklahoma State)
197: Greg Bulsak, Clarion (Ethan Laird, Rider); Rocco Caywood, Army West Point (Jake Jakobsen, Lehigh); Cale Davidson, Wyoming (Preston Weigel, Oklahoma State); Wyatt Koelling, Missouri (Brett Perry, Buffalo); Sawyer Root, The Citadel (Rod Jones, Chattanooga); Jacob Seely, Northern Colorado (Anthony McLaughlin, Air Force); Kellan Stout, Pittsburgh (Brandon Whitman, North Carolina)
285: Jake Gunning, Buffalo (Zack Parker, Ohio); Will Hilliard, Old Dominion (Colton McKiernan, Southern Illinois Edwardsville); Brandon Metz, North Dakota State (Brandon Ngati, West Virginia); Chase Singletary, Ohio State (Youssif Hemida, Maryland); Sam Stoll, Iowa (David Jensen, Nebraska); Ben Sullivan, Army West Point (Antonio Pelusi, Franklin & Marshall); Jeramy Sweany, Cornell (Ian Butterbrodt, Brown)

AQ Slots and Who Earned Them: 285

ACC (3): Demetrius Thomas, Pittsburgh; Billy Miller, Virginia Tech; Cory Daniel, North Carolina
Big 12 (6): Derek White, Oklahoma State; Tate Orndorff, Utah Valley; Brian Andrews, Wyoming; AJ Nevills, Fresno State; Gannon Gremmel, Iowa State; Brandon Metz, North Dakota State
Big Ten (7): Gable Steveson, Minnesota; Anthony Cassar, Penn State; Mason Parris, Michigan; Trent Hillger, Wisconsin; Chase Singletary, Ohio State; Conan Jennings, Northwestern; Sam Stoll, Iowa
EIWA (4): Jordan Wood, Lehigh; Joseph Goodhart, Drexel; Jeramy Sweany, Cornell; Ben Sullivan, Army West Point
EWL (2): Matt Voss, George Mason; Thomas Haines, Lock Haven
MAC (4): Matt Stencel, Central Michigan; Jake Gunning, Buffalo; Zach Elam, Missouri; William Hilliard, Old Dominion
Pac-12 (2): Amar Dhesi, Oregon State; Haydn Maley, Stanford
SoCon (1): Free Space

Threshold: 30/30/.700

Corrected to correct the identity of the Old Dominion wrestler.

AQ Spots and Who Earned Them: 197

ACC (4): Jay Aiello, Virginia; Tom Sleigh, Virginia Tech; Malik McDonald, North Carolina State; Kellan Stout, Pittsburgh
Big 12 (7): William Miklus, Missouri; Josh Hokit, Fresno State; Tanner Orndorff, Utah Valley; Jake Woodley, Oklahoma; Cale Davidson, Wyoming, Noah Adams, West Virginia; Jacob Seely, Northern Colorado
Big Ten (5): Bo Nickal, Penn State; Kollin Moore, Ohio State; Christian Brunner, Purdue; Eric Schultz, Nebraska; Jacob Warner, Iowa
EIWA (6): Patrick Brucki, Princeton; Rocco Caywood, Army West Point; Benjamin Honis, Cornell; Stephen Loiseau, Drexel; Drew Phipps, Bucknell; Joshua Roetman, Navy
EWL (1): Greg Bulsak, Clarion
MAC (1): Wyatt Koelling, Missouri
Pac-12 (2): Nathan Traxler, Stanford; Thomas Lane, Cal Poly
SoCon (2): Randall Diabe, Appalachian State; Sawyer Root, The Citadel

Threshold: 30/30/.700

AQ Spots and Who Earned Them: 184

ACC (5): Zachary Zavatsky, Virginia Tech; Nino Bonaccorsi, Pittsburgh; Chip Ness, North Carolina; Nick Reenan, North Carolina State; Will Schany, Virginia
Big 12 (5): Drew Foster, Northern Iowa; Samuel Colbray, Iowa State; Tate Samuelson, Wyoming; Jackson Hemauer, Fresno State; Will Sumner, Utah Valley
Big Ten (8): Myles Martin, Ohio State; Shakur Rasheed, Penn State; Cash Wilcke, Iowa; Emory Parker, Illinois; Taylor Venz, Nebraska; Cameron Caffey, Michigan State; Mason Reinhardt, Wisconsin; Jelani Embree, Michigan
EIWA (6): Ryan Preisch, Lehigh; Maxwell Dean, Cornell; Lou Deprez, Binghamton; Noah Stewart, Army West Point; Christian LaFragola, Brown; Tanner Harvey, American
EWL (1): Corey Hazel, Lock Haven
MAC (2): Andrew McNally, Kent State; Dylan Wisman, Missouri
Pac-12 (1): Free Space
SoCon (1): Free Space

Threshold: 27/27/.730

AQ Spots and Who Earned Them: 174

ACC (3): David McFadden, Virginia Tech; Matt Finesilver, Duke; Daniel Bullard, North Carolina State
Big 12 (5): Taylor Lujan, Northern Iowa; Kimball Bastian, Utah Valley; Hayden Hastings, Wyoming; Marcus Coleman, Iowa State; Lorenzo De La Riva, North Dakota State
Big Ten (8): Mark Hall, Penn State; Myles Amine, Michigan; Mikey Labriola, Nebraska; Dylan Lydy, Purdue; Ryan Christensen, Wisconsin; Devin Skatzka, Indiana; Ethan Smith, Ohio State; Joe Grello, Rutgers
EIWA (5): Jordan Kutler, Lehigh; Brandon Womack, Cornell; Ben Harvey, Army West Point; Spencer Carey, Navy; Travis Stefanik, Princeton
EWL (1): Jacob Oliver, Edinboro
MAC (2): Daniel Lewis, Missouri; Brit Wilson, Northern Illinois
Pac-12 (1): Zahid Valencia, Arizona State
SoCon (2): Neal Richards, VMI; Andrew Morgan, Campbell

Threshold: 30/30/.700