Drake Ayala enters the 2025 NCAA Championships with the #2 seed at 133. Last season Ayala placed second at 125. In the final InterMat Rankings on March 4 Ayala was ranked #1 at 133. He was ranked between 1-6 throughout the season. On the season Ayala is 17-2 with six...
Kylie Welker has been named as the USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week presented by U.S. Air Force Special Warfare. Welker won an NCWWC national title at 180 lbs. last weekend. Welker was 5-0 with four tech falls and a pin and did not surrender a single point in the...
Eleven members of the Iowa Women’s Wrestling program have been named as an NWCA Scholar All American. The criteria to achieve this honor: 1. A top eight placer at nationals and at least a 3.0 Cumulative GPA 2. Competed in a minimum of 15 matches that are recorded in...
I will be releasing a preview of our NCAA qualifiers. Joey Cruz received an at-large bid for Nationals on Tuesday at 125 lbs. When the brackets were released Cruz was seeded 29th. He will face #4 seed Vincent Robinson of North Carolina State in the first round. Cruz...
Brackets have been released for the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships. Iowa has nine NCAA qualifiers for the tournament. Leading the way for Iowa is Drake Ayala(125) and Stephan Buchanan(197) with the #2 seed. Somehow Michael Caliendo got the #3 seed after being...
