Nationals preview – 149

Kyle Parco is the #5 seed at 149.  Parco, from Danville(De La Salle HS), California, is a four-time All American that began his career at Fresno State. He placed sixth as a redshirt freshman in 2021.  At Arizona State Parco placed eighth in 2022, fourth in 2023, and...

Nationals preview – 133

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...

Welker named USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week

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...

11 Hawks named as NWCA Women’s Scholar All American

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...

Nationals preview: 125

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...

Seeds for Nationals released

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...