NCAA releases Most Dominant Wrestler standings for first time in 2019

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has released updated standings for the 2019 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.

For results to be counted they must come against opponents in the same division (i.e. Division II vs. Division II). Ties in the falls and tech falls categories are broken based on the aggregate time.

This week features the debut of the Most Dominant Wrestler standings for the 2018-19 season, which features a 15-match minimum to earn a ranking.

The No. 1 ranked team in the country is appropriately well represented as four Nittany Lions lead the pack for Most Dominant in Division I. Bo Nickal is first for Penn State by producing 5.33 average team points per match, followed by Jason Nolf (5.16), Vincenzo Joseph (5) and Shakur Rasheed (4.8).

St. Cloud State’s Vince Dietz paces Division II with 4.74 points per match at 197 pounds. A pair of Pittsburgh-Johnstown wrestlers, Chris Eddins Jr., and Brock Biddle are second and third.

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A trio of wrestlers are grouped closely together at the top of the most dominant standings in Division III. James Bethel, a heavyweight at SUNY Oneonta, is first with 5.42 points, while Wartburg 133-pounder Brennen Doebel is second (5.33) and Stevens 141-pounder Troy Stanich is third (5.3).

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.

• 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)

No change in Division I falls this week as Central Michigan heavyweight Matt Stencel keeps sole possession of first place with 15 falls, one more than George Mason 165-pounder Colston DiBlasi with 14. Nickal has joined Kent State’s Andrew McNally in third place with 12 falls.

Lake Erie heavyweight Evan Loughman is the first Division II wrestler with double digit falls holding the national lead with 11. Ryan Vasbinder of McKendree and Nicholas Mason of Tiffin each have nine.

Waynesburg heavyweight Jakes Evans has surged to first in Division III with 19 falls, while JWU (Providence) 149-pounder Da’mani Burns is second with 18.

Lock Haven 141-pounder Kyle Shoop retakes the lead in Division I tech falls with 12, while a pair of Cowboys are right on his heels. Oklahoma State’s Daton Fix is second with 11 tech falls at 133 pounds, while his teammate Nicholas Piccininni is third with 10.

Mercyhurst 165-pounder Logan Grass added one tech fall to maintain his lead in Division II with seven. Nebraska-Kearney 125-pounder Josh Portillo is keeping pace adding one more of his own to sit second with six.

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Messiah 149-pounder Stephen Maloney maintains sole possession of first place in Division III tech falls with 14. Jay Albis of JWU (Providence), Jordin James of Mount Union and Jeremiah Slagle of Heidelberg are still in the running with 13 each.

NCAA STAT LEADERS — MOST DOMINANT WRESTLER

DIVISION I

RankNameSchoolWeightAvg. Team Points1Bo NickalPenn St.1975.332Jason NolfPenn St.1575.163Vincenzo JosephPenn St.16554Shakur RasheedPenn St.1844.85Alex MarinelliIowa1654.696Sebastian RiveraNorthwestern1254.567Anthony AshnaultRutgers1494.537Daniel LewisMissouri1744.539Zahid ValenciaArizona St.1744.510Nicholas PiccininniOklahoma St.1254.4

DIVISION II

RankNameSchoolWeightAvg. Team Points1Vince DietzSt. Cloud St.1974.742Chris Eddins Jr.Pitt.-Johnstown1494.473Brock BiddlePitt.-Johnstown1744.24Carlos JacquezLindenwood (MO)1254.175Haszell WestColorado St.-Pueblo19746Kolton EischensSt. Cloud St.1743.887Brandon BallFort Hays St.1413.878Joey AlessandroPitt.-Johnstown1413.759Hayden BronneTiffin1743.7110Heath GrayCentral Okla.1843.68

DIVISION III

RankNameSchoolWeightAvg. Team Points1James BethelSUNY Oneonta2855.422Brennen DoebelWartburg1335.333Troy StanichStevens1415.35Jake EvansWaynesburg2855.164Konrad ErnstWis.-La Crosse2855.126Da`mani BurnsJWU (Providence)1495.047Antwon PughMount Union15758Kaidon WintersRIT1574.919Nicholas MorenoCoast Guard1654.8310Brendan LaddAlma1414.75

*15-match minimum in division required to be ranked.

NCAA STAT LEADERS — FALLS

DIVISION I

RankNameSchoolWeightFallsTime1Matt StencelCentral Michigan2851537:302Colston DiBlasiGeorge Mason1651459:143Bo NickalPenn St.1971228:214Andrew McNallyKent St.1841243:375Jason NolfPenn St.1571136:206Jaydin EiermanMissouri1411148:037Daniel LewisMissouri1741022:168Vincenzo JosephPenn St.1651029:359Zahid ValenciaArizona St.174917:4810Eli SpencerGeorge Mason197927:09

DIVISION II

RankNameSchoolWeightFallsTime1Evan LoughmanLake Erie2851124:252Ryan VasbinderMcKendree197920:293Nicholas MasonTiffin197930:234Jacob RobbMercyhurst285821:235Ryan RochfordAdams St.157822:586Justin FolleyUpper Iowa133826:027Shelden StrubleUIndy165716:588Zachary MullerSt. Cloud St.285719:589Vince DietzSt. Cloud St.197721:3510Patton GossettNewberry285722:09

DIVISION III

RankNameSchoolWeightFallsTime1Jake EvansWaynesburg2851958:542Da`mani BurnsJWU (Providence)1491851:153Tommy WrzesienJWU (Providence)1971751:074Joseph RossettiWilliams1411741:495James BethelSUNY Oneonta2851618:576Conner HomanMount Union1741631:087Dylan RothHeidelberg1841527:598Michael McIntireMount Union1651532:449Troy StanichStevens1411540:4510Marvin CunninghamJWU (Providence)1491542:16

NCAA STAT LEADERS — TECH FALLS

DIVISION I

RankNameSchoolWeightTech FallsTime1Kyle ShoopLock Haven1331250:102Daton FixOklahoma St.1331155:593Nicholas PiccininniOklahoma St.1251049:344Quentin PerezCampbell165832:345Ethan LizakMinnesota133834:376Cam SykoraNorth Dakota St.133845:557Kevin ParkerPrinceton184728:138RayVon FoleyMichigan St.125735:219Spencer LeeIowa125615:4310Noah StewartArmy West Point184625:56

DIVISION II

RankNameSchoolWeightTech FallsTime1Logan GrassMercyhurst165734:512Josh PortilloNeb.-Kearney125630:223Efe OsaghaeFort Hays St.157413:084Ronnie PietroUNC Pembroke133416:445Heath GrayCentral Okla.184418:136Connor CraigWheeling Jesuit174418:237Justin PichedwatanaSan Fran. St.184419:288Daniel BishopAugustana (SD)184419:449Trey GrineTiffin149420:3710Tate BarnhardtMary133421:46

DIVISION III

RankNameSchoolWeightTech FallsTime1Stephen MaloneyMessiah1491458:352Jay AlbisJWU (Providence)1251365:083Jordin JamesMount Union1331351:314Jeremiah SlagleHeidelberg1741364:075Troy StanichStevens1411062:116Gregory WarnerYork (PA)149930:527Bradan BirtMillikin157936:338Trevor CorlLycoming157824:149Cross CannoneWartburg157829:4210Evan DrillNYU141835:16