NAIA men's wrestling championship

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NAIA men's wrestling championship
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Sport Wrestling
Founded1958
CountryUnited States and Canada
Most recent
champion(s)
Grand View (12)
Official website NAIA.com

The NAIA wrestling championship is the annual tournament to determine the national champions of NAIA men's collegiate wrestling in the United States and Canada. It has been held annually since 1958. The tournament consists of both a team national title and individual titles at various weight classes. [1]

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The most successful program is the Grand View Vikings, with twelve team NAIA national titles.

The current champion is Grand View, who won their twelfth team national title in 2024.

Champions

YearHost cityTeam championship
WinnerPointsRunner-upPoints
1958 Mankato, Minnesota Mankato State (1)97 Iowa State Teachers 69
1959 DeKalb, Illinois Mankato State (2)64 Southern Illinois 52
1960 Lock Haven, Pennsylvania Bloomsburg State (1)7973
1961 Golden, Colorado Lock Haven State (1)50 Colorado Mines 35
1962 Winona, Minnesota Bloomsburg State (2)56Lock Haven State47
1963 Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania Lock Haven State (2)61Bloomsburg State60
1964 Spearfish, South Dakota Moorhead State (1)65Lock Haven State62
1965 Terre Haute, Indiana Bloomsburg State (3)6050
1966 St. Cloud, Minnesota Lock Haven State (3)107Moorhead State64
1967Lock Haven, PennsylvaniaLock Haven State (4)80 Adams State 69
1968 Alamosa, Colorado Adams State (1)106 Nebraska–Omaha 77
1969 Omaha, Nebraska Adams State (2)9884
1970 Superior, Wisconsin Nebraska–Omaha (1)86Adams State58
1971 Boone, North Carolina Central Washington State (1)56Bloomsburg State49
1972 Klamath Falls, Oregon Adams State (3)64Nebraska–Omaha53.5
1973 Sioux City, Iowa Adams State (4)62.5 Central State (OK) 48.5
1974 River Falls, Wisconsin Central Washington State (2)102Central State (OK)80.5
1975Sioux City, IowaAdams State (5)61 Augsburg 55
1976 Edinboro, Pennsylvania Adams State (6)83.5 Eastern Washington State 70.25
1977 Cheney, Washington Eastern Washington (1)90.75 Grand Valley State 89
1978 Whitewater, Wisconsin Southern Oregon State (1)81.578.75
1979 Wheeling, West Virginia Central State (OK) (1)102.5Adams State69
1980 Hays, Kansas Adams State (7)86 Huron 76.5
1981 Edmond, Oklahoma Central State (OK) (2)155.25Adams State69.5
1982 Forest Grove, Oregon Central State (OK) (3)105.588.75
1983 Minot, North Dakota Southern Oregon State (2)98.5 Simon Fraser 89.75
1984Edmond, OklahomaCentral State (OK) (4)122.25 Jamestown 89.25
1985 Jamestown, North Dakota Central State (OK) (5)124.25 Southern Colorado 80.5
1986Minot, North DakotaCentral State (OK) (6)98.5Southern Oregon91.25
1987 West Liberty, West Virginia Central State (OK) (7)92.5 Alaska Pacific 71.5
1988 Tacoma, Washington Simon Fraser (1)140.5Central State (OK)89
1989Jamestown, North DakotaCentral State (OK) (8)105Simon Fraser92
1990Hays, KansasAdams State (8)94 Northern Montana 83.5
1991 Butte, Montana Northern Montana (1)100.75Southern Colorado88
1992Hays, KansasNorthern Montana (2)109Adams State102.75
1993Butte, MontanaSimon Fraser (1)123.25Northern Montana95.25
1994Southern Oregon (3)
Western Montana (1)
94.5 Mary 92.25
1995Jamestown, North Dakota Findlay (1)147 West Liberty State 100
1996 Missouri Valley (1)124Mary107.5
1997Missouri Valley (1)162.5133.5
1998 Primm, Nevada Montana State–Northern (3)162.5Missouri Valley114.5
1999 St. Charles, Missouri Montana State–Northern (4)151.5Findlay (OH)147
2000Montana State–Northern (5)137.5Missouri Valley118.5
2001Southern Oregon (4)158151.5
2002 Great Falls, Montana Lindenwood (1)180Montana State–Northern167
2003Missouri Valley (3)139.5Lindenwood134.5
2004Montana State–Northern (6)169.5 Menlo (CA) 133.5
2005Sioux City, IowaLindenwood (2)178.5Missouri Valley128.5
2006 Dana (1)193Lindenwood164
2007Lindenwood (3)177 Embry–Riddle (AZ) 110
2008Lindenwood (4)130 McKendree 109.5
2009 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Lindenwood (5)167Southern Oregon125.5
2010 Notre Dame (OH) (1)179.5120
2011 Cedar Rapids, Iowa Notre Dame (OH) (2)170Lindenwood141
2012 Des Moines, Iowa Grand View (1)172Southern Oregon141
2013Grand View (2)159153
2014 Topeka, Kansas Grand View (3)193 Great Falls 84.5
2015Grand View (4)147.5Southern Oregon109.0
2016Grand View (5)210Montana State-Northern104
2017Grand View (6)234.5 Lindsey Wilson (KY) 74.5
2018 Des Moines, IA Grand View (7)171.5 Cumberlands (KY) 107
2019Grand View (8)219.0Lindsey Wilson (KY)85.0
2020 Wichita, KS Grand View (9)157Menlo (CA)84.5
2021 Life (GA) (1)158Grand View153
2022Grand View (10)206.5Life (GA)149
2023Grand View (11)206Life (GA)157.5
2024Grand View (12)209.5Life (GA)154

Team titles

Team#Winning years
Grand View 122012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Adams State 81968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1990
Central Oklahoma 81979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989A
Montana State–Northern 61991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004B
Lindenwood 52002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
Lock Haven 41961, 1963, 1966, 1967C
Southern Oregon 41978, 1983, 1994, 2001
Bloomsburg 31960, 1962, 1965D
Missouri Valley 31996, 1997, 2003
Central Washington 21971, 1974E
Minnesota State 21958, 1959F
Notre Dame (OH) 22010, 2011
Simon Fraser 21988, 1993
Dana 12006
Eastern Washington 11977
Findlay 11995
Life 12021
Minnesota State Moorhead 11964G
Nebraska–Omaha 11970H
Western Montana 11970H

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References

  1. "NAIA Wrestling Championship Results" (PDF). Sports Information Directors Manual. NAIA. Retrieved February 18, 2016.