NAIA women's wrestling championship

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NAIA women's wrestling championship
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics logo.svg
Sport College wrestling
Founded2021
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s)		 Life (1st)
Most titles Campbellsville (2)
Official website NAIA.com

The NAIA women's wrestling championship is an annual tournament hosted by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to determine the national champion of collegiate women's wrestling among its members in the United States. [1]

Contents

The tournament consists of both a team national title and individual titles at various weight classes. The NAIA voted to approve women's wrestling as its 28th national championship on April 9, 2022. [2] Prior to this, there had been three NAIA women's wrestling national invitational championships. The winners of the Invitational Championships are still recognized as National Champions. [3]

The 2020 National Invitational was canceled due to COVID-19. [4]

The reigning national champions are Life, who won their first title in 2025.

Results

YearHost cityTeam championship
WinnerPointsRunner-upPoints
2019 Jamestown, North Dakota Menlo 230.5 Oklahoma City 154.5
2021 Campbellsville 185 Life 134.5
2022Campbellsville (2)189 Southern Oregon 158.5
2023Southern Oregon160Life139.5
2024Menlo (2)172Life138
2025 Wichita, KS Life190.5 Grand View 120.5

2023

The 2023 championship took place March 10–11, 2023 at the Harold Newman Arena, on the campus of the University of Jamestown, in Jamestown, North Dakota. It was the first sanctioned collegiate women's wrestling championship. [5] The team championship was won by Southern Oregon University, led by first year head coach, Gabrielle Weyhrich. [6]

Team results

RankTeamPoints
1 Southern Oregon 160
2 Life (GA) 139.5
3 Grand View (IA) 123.5
4 Menlo (CA) 123
5 Providence (MT) 102
6 Cumberlands (KY) 98
T7 Central Methodist (MO) 92.5
T7 Iowa Wesleyan 92.5
9 Texas Wesleyan 78.5
10 Campbellsville (KY) 66

Individual results

WeightChampionSchoolResultRunner-upSchoolRef.
101Ira NavarroUniversity of Providence2-1Erin HikijiUniversity of Providence [7]
109Peyton PrussinLifeFall (1:51)Mia PalumboIowa Wesleyan
116Caitlyn ThorneCentral Methodist10-0 (3:40)Camille FournierTexas Wesleyan
123Carolina MorenoSouthern Oregon6-2Alana VivaMenlo College
130Lexie BashamTexas Wesleyan6-3Sarah SavidgeLife
136Adaugo NwachukwuIowa Wesleyan15-2 (4:46)Mea MohlerTexas Wesleyan
143Emily SeSouthern Oregon3-2Alexis GomezGrand View
155Kaylynn AlbrechtBaker11-8Latifah McBrydeLife
170Dymond GuilfordCumberlandsFall (3:59)Joye LevenduskySouthern Oregon
191Grace KristoffSouthern OregonFall (5:59)Jaycee FoellerCentral Methodist

Recognition

  • Coach of the Year – Gabrielle Weyrich (Southern Oregon) [8]
  • Outstanding Wrestler – Adaugo Nwachukwu (Iowa Wesleyan)
  • Team Sportsmanship – Providence

2024

The 2024 NAIA championship took place March 8-9, 2024 at the Harold Newman Arena, on the campus of the University of Jamestown, in Jamestown, North Dakota. It was the second annual competition and Menlo College won the team championship with 172 points. [9]

Team scores

[10]

RankTeamPoints
1 Menlo (CA) 172
2 Life (GA) 138
3 Southern Oregon 134
4 William Penn (IA) 111.5
5 Grand View (IA) 106
6 Texas Wesleyan 98.5
7 Providence (MT) 90.5
8 Missouri Baptist 87.5
9 Campbellsville (KY) 54
10 Cumberlands (KY) 53

Individual results

[11]

WeightChampionSchoolResultRunner-upSchool
101Stefana JelacicLourdes12-3Erin HikijiProvidence
109Mia PalumboWilliam Penn3-1Jasmine HowardTexas Wesleyan
116Juliana DiazMissouri Baptist7-6Camille FournierTexas Wesleyan
123Cristelle RodrigueaDoane10-0 (1:38)Maya DavisGrand View
130Carolina MorenoSouthern Oregon11-0 (4:07)Sarah SavidgeLife
136Adaugo NwachukwuWilliam PennFall (2:16)Zaynah McBrydeLife
143Jamilah McBrydeLife10-0 (2:50)Emma WalkerCampbellsville
155Caitlyn DavisSouthern Oregon4-2Latifah McBrydeLife
170Ashley LekasWilliam Penn4-2Abby McIntyreGrand View
191Tavia Heidelberg-TillitsonMenlo4-3Joanna HendricksWaldorf

Recognition

Team titles

Team#Winning years
Campbellsville 22021A, 2022A
Menlo 22019A, 2024
Southern Oregon 12023
Life 12025

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NAIA Women's Bowling Championship Records" (PDF). NAIA.org. NAIA. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "NAIA Votes to Adopt Women's Wrestling as 28th National Championship Sport". NAIA. 2022-04-09. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  3. ↑ "2nd Annual Women's Wrestling NAIA National Championship Program" (PDF). NAIA. March 8, 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  4. ↑ "NAIA Women's Wrestling Invitational canceled". InterMat. 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  5. ↑ "Women's Weekly: Chasing College Wrestling History – FloWrestling". www.flowrestling.org. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  6. ↑ "Raiders dominate Day 2 to claim NAIA national championship". Southern Oregon University Athletics. 2023-03-17. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  7. ↑ "2023 NAIA Women's Freestyle Wrestling Championships Results & Brackets – FloWrestling". www.flowrestling.org. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  8. ↑ "Southern Oregon Claims Inaugural NAIA Women's Wrestling National Championship". NAIA. 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  9. ↑ "Menlo (Calif.) Captures 2024 NAIA Women's Wrestling National Championship". 9 March 2024.
  10. ↑ "Floarena".
  11. ↑ "Floarena".
  12. ↑ "Menlo (Calif.) Captures 2024 NAIA Women's Wrestling National Championship". 9 March 2024.
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