NCAA Award Winners
The winners for the NCAA season long awards were announced recently. The awards recognize the top Division III performers in falls, tech falls, and dominance. Only matches between Division III wrestlers are used in the calculations. The winner for falls with 24 in 61:55 is Marvin Cunningham of Johnson & Wales. Stephen Maloney of Messiah won the most tech falls award for the second year in a row with 16 in 62:23. The most dominant wrestler with 5.35 team points per match is Troy Stanich of Stevens. Each of the DIII winners had the highest total for all three divisions. See below for the top ten in each category and click to see the full list for all three divisions.
NCAA announces the 2020 NCAA wrestling award winners
Most Dominant
NAME | SCHOOL | WEIGHT | AVG. TEAM POINTS |
---|---|---|---|
Troy Stanich | Stevens | 141 | 5.35 |
Bradan Birt | Millikin | 165 | 5.20 |
Tanner Vassar | Augsburg | 184 | 5.14 |
Brett Kaliner | Stevens | 149 | 5.09 |
Guy Patron | Loras | 197 | 5.06 |
Cornell Beachem | Mt. St. Joseph | 174 | 5.00 |
Kyle Hatch | Wabash | 165 | 4.91 |
Robert Areyano | Central | 149 | 4.81 |
Dylan Roth | Heidelberg | 184 | 4.74 |
Aaron Wilson | Augsburg | 149 | 4.71 |
Most Falls
NAME | SCHOOL | WEIGHT | FALLS | TIME |
---|---|---|---|---|
Marvin Cunningham | JWU (Providence) | 149 | 24 | 61:55 |
Evan Fidelibus | New England Col. | 149 | 23 | 29:31 |
Michael DiNardo | JWU (Providence) | 285 | 23 | 54:17 |
Kaidon Winters | RIT | 157 | 22 | 51:21 |
Joseph Rossetti | Williams | 141 | 21 | 46:10 |
Bradan Birt | Millikin | 165 | 20 | 36:38 |
Joe Salerno | Washington & Lee | 149 | 19 | 29:22 |
Evan Lawrence | Wis.-Eau Claire | 174 | 19 | 37:50 |
Jarrit Shinhoster | Wis.-Whitewater | 174 | 18 | 44:04 |
Grant Martin | Mount Union | 285 | 17 | 32:42 |
Most Tech Falls
NAME | SCHOOL | WEIGHT | TECH FALLS | TIME |
---|---|---|---|---|
Stephen Maloney | Messiah | 157 | 16 | 62:23 |
Ahken Chu | SUNY Oneonta | 141 | 16 | 63:16 |
Tyler Gazaway | Roger Williams | 149 | 15 | 55:38 |
Noah Nieman | Adrian | 149 | 11 | 52:46 |
Freddy Terranova | Augustana (IL) | 149 | 10 | 38:14 |
Ben Dougherty | RIT | 174 | 10 | 39:50 |
Gabriel McDaniel | JWU (Providence) | 157 | 10 | 41:30 |
Josiah Gehr | Messiah | 133 | 10 | 46:29 |
Bradan Birt | Millikin | 165 | 10 | 53:12 |
Travis Jones | Ithaca | 133 | 9 | 45:38 |