Top Returning Wrestlers Next Season

[Judoka]

I was wondering this morning where our lineup would stack up next season and I figured the best way to start figuring that out would be to look at who is coming back next season. I went through the returning placewinners, R12 losers, and R16 losers to see who is coming back. The lists are below in the second post along with what year they will be next season.

Looks like 125, 141, & 157 are returning the most of the top guys from NCAAs. And 133 & 165 return the least.

Note that this list does not include weight changes, redshirts, or highly ranked guys who flamed out/got injured at NCAAs this year. This is just non-senior wrestlers who finished in the top 16 at NCAAs

 

[Judoka]

125:
1. Jesse Delgado - Illinois (Senior)
2. Nahshon Garrett - Cornell (Junior)
3. Nico Megaludis - Penn State (Senior)
4. Joey Dance - Virginia Tech (Sophomore)
5. Cory Clark - Iowa (Sophomore)
6. Dylan Peters - UNI (Sophomore)
7. Darian Cruz - Lehigh (Sophomore)
8. Earl Hall - Iowa State (Junior)
R12. David Terao - American (Junior)
R12. Eddie Klimara - Oklahoma State (Junior) - *Currently suspended*
R16. Rob Deutsch - Rider (Junior)
R16. Tim Lambert - Nebraska (Sophomore)
R16. Ryan Taylor - Wisconsin (Sohpomore)


133:
4. AJ Schopp - Edinburo (Senior)
6. Mason Beckman - Lehigh (Junior)
8. Cody Brewer - Oklahoma (Junior)
R12. Mark Grey - Cornell (Sophomore)
R12. Rossi Bruno - Michigan (Junior)
R16. Nick Soto - Chattanooga (Senior)
R16. Zane Richards - Illinois (Sophomore)
R16. Johni Dijulius - Ohio State (Junior)


141:
1. Logan Stieber - Ohio State (Senior)
2. Devin Carter - Virginia Tech (Senior)
3. Mitchell Port - Edinburo (Senior)
4. Evan Henderson - North Carolina (Senior)
5. Zain Retherford - Penn State (Sophomore)
7. Steve Dutton - Michigan (Senior)
8. Richard Durso - Franklin & Marshall (Senior)
R12. Chris Dardanes - Minnesota (Senior)
R12. Todd Preston - Harvard (Sohpomore)
R12. Anthony Collina - Oklahoma State (Sophomore)
R16. Zach Horan - Central Michigan (Junior)
R16. Josh Dziewa - Iowa (Senior)
R16 Sam Speno - NC State (Junior)
R16. Lavion Mayes - Missouri (Sophomore)


149:
1. Jason Tsirtsis - Northwestern (Sophomore)
2. Josh Kindig - Oklahoma State (Senior)
4. David Habat - Edinburo (Senior)
5. Drake Houdashelt - Missouri (Senior)
6. Mitch Minotti - Lehigh (Sohpmore)
R12. Justin Arthur - Clarion (Sohpmore)
R16. Mike Depalma - Kent State (Junior)
R16. Jake Sueflohn - Nebraska (Senior)
R16. Rylan Lubeck - Wisconsin (Sophomore)
R16. Nick Dardanes - Minnesota (Senior)


157:
1. Alex Dieringer - Oklahoma State (Junior)
2. Dylan Ness - Minnesota (Senior)
3. James Green - Nebraska (Senior)
4. Ian Miller - Kent State (Junior)
6. Brian Realbuto - Cornell (Sophomore)
7. Isaac Jordan - Wisconsin (Sophomore)
8. Anthony Perrotti - Rutgers (Junior)
R12. Luke Smith - Central Michigan (Junior)
R12 Joey Lavallee - Missouri (Sophomore)
R12. Thomas Gantt - NC State (Senior)
R16. Blaise Butler - Virginia (Junior)
R16. Dylan Alton - Penn State (Senior)
R16. Zac Brunson - Illinois (Sophomore)


165:
4. Nick Sulzer - Virginia (Senior)
5. Micheal Moreno - Iowa State (Senior)
8. Pierce Harger - Northwestern (senior)
R12. Dylan Palacio - Cornell (Sophomore)
R16. Cooper Moore - UNI (Sophomore)
R16. Chris Moon - Virginia Tech (Senior)
R16. James Wilson - Stanford (Sophomore)


174:
3. Logan Storley - Minnesota (Senior)
4. Robert Kokesh - Nebraska (Senior)
5. Matt Brown - Penn State (Senior)
6. Mike Evans - Iowa (Senior)
7. Tyler Wilps - Pitt (Senior)
8. Bryce Hammond - Cal State Bakersfield (Junior)
R12. Tanner Weatherman - Iowa State (Junior)
R12. Elliot Riddick - Lehigh (Sophomore)
R12. Matt Miller - Navy (Junior)
R16. Mike Ottinger - Central Michigan (Senior)
R16. Latham - Oregon State (Senior)

184:
3. Gabe Dean - Cornell (Sophomore)
4. Jack Dechow - Old Dominion (Sophomore)
6. Lorenzo Thomas - Penn (Junior)
8. Ophir Bernstein - Brown (Senior)
R12. Max Thommusseit - Pitt (Senior)
R12. Kenny Courts - Ohio State (Junior)
R12. Blake Stauffer - Arizona State (Junior)
R16. Nikko Reyes - Illinois (Sophomore)
R16. John Rizqallah - Michigan State (Senior)
R16. Vic Avery - Edinburo (Junior)
R16. Kurtis Julson - North Dakota State (Senior)

197:
1. J'Den Cox - Missouri (Sophomore)
3. Scott Schiller - Minnesota (Senior)
4. Kyven Gadson - Iowa State (Senior)
5. Conner Hartmann - Duke (Junior)
7. Morgan McIntosh - Penn State (Junior)
8. Nathan Burak - Iowa (Junior)
R12. Nick Bonaccorsi - Pitt (Junior)
R16. Purdue Atwood - Purdue (Senior)
R16. Shane Woods - Wyoming (Senior)
R16. Jace Bennett - Cornell (Senior)


HWT:
1. Nick Gwiadowski - NC State (Junior)
3. Mike McMullan - Northwestern (Senior)
4. Bobby Telford - Iowa (Senior)
8. Austin Mardsen - Oklahoma State (Junior)
R12. Adam Coon - Michigan (Sophomore)
R12. Connor Medbery - Wisconsin (Junior)
R12. Nick Tavenello - Ohio State (Sophomore)
R16. Billy Smith - Rutgers (Junior)
R16. Ross Larson - Oklahoma (Sophomore)
R16. Amarveer Dhesi - Oregon State (Sophomore)

 

[Judoka]

I believe Dieringer is planning on moving from 157 to 165 next season so I think that both Moreno and Gadson will start the season ranked #3. Gadson would move to #2 if Cox redshirts or moves to HWT. Weatherman will probably start ranked between 7th-10th. Hall probably will be ranked anywhere from 7th-12th at 133. Weatherspoon ranked in the low teens at 184.

Meeks might get ranked in the low teens at 141 to start the season. Goettl or G Moreno might also get a low teens ranking to start the season, but I wouldn't bet on it. I don't see us starting the season ranked at 125, 157 or HWT.

 

[buf87]

Clark of Iowa will probably move to 133, but Gilman will be at 125
Waters of Missouri is coming off redshirt and will be 125 or 133
Hunter Stieber of Ohio State is coming off redshirt and probably be at 149
Alex Dieringer of Ok State (157 champ) will move to 165

Also Morrison(133) of Ok State, Lofthouse (184) of Iowa got eliminated early

Also Judoka, Lazor of UNI got 6th at 141, they have Devin Carter listed twice

 

[buf87]

Some underclass upsets to mention

Nick Dardanes of Minnesota at 149 was the #2 seed and will be back

 

[howellc33]

I'm excited for next season. I'm really hoping for two finalists out of Moreno and Gadson..Sounds like Gadson beat himself in the first match against Schiller. Moreno will put the work in this summer and will be a contender at 165 it will be interesting to see who will bump up or drop down to that division.

 

[howellc33]

125 will be so stacked as every All-American returns. I'm hoping for Earl to make some big strides in the off-season.

 

[buf87]

174 returns all the Big Ten studs. Curious if they all stay there. Brown, Kokesh, Storley and Evans

 

[howellc33]

174 returns all the Big Ten studs. Curious if they all stay there. Brown, Kokesh, Storley and Evans

Brown is a brick s**t house. I can't believe he even makes 174.

 

[isuska]

holy crap on Klimara http://newsok.com/wrestler-arrested-on-cocaine-possession-public-drunkenness/article/3946588

we definitely start the season higher ranked next year compared to past years.

 

[buf87]

Some people are trying to minimize the amount of cocaine the Klimara had. I don't care how much it is, Cocaine is on a whole different level of drug use.

Was this still in Oklahoma City?

 

[Judoka]

174 returns all the Big Ten studs. Curious if they all stay there. Brown, Kokesh, Storley and Evans

I expect both 133 and 165 to fill up with guys attempting to get out of the way of their current weight classes. Especially 133, with both 125 and 141 being so deep with guys returning.

 

[SetonHallPirate]

Some people are trying to minimize the amount of cocaine the Klimara had. I don't care how much it is, Cocaine is on a whole different level of drug use.

Was this still in Oklahoma City?

Yessir...in fact, I had to drive about a block from this place to get between the arena and my hotel.

 

[buf87]

Welcome SHP.

Seton Hall Pirate provides a lot of indexes and stats for the wrestling world. I am glad to have him as a member of Cyclone Fanatics. He will bring good info to the wrestling board here.

 

[buf87]

Yessir...in fact, I had to drive about a block from this place to get between the arena and my hotel.

Crazy that he could even wait to get away from an area packed full of wrestling people

 

[SetonHallPirate]

Crazy that he could even wait to get away from an area packed full of wrestling people

Yeah, no kidding, and this club was a good ten-minute drive from the arena. It's not like he could have gotten lost going back to the hotel from Chesapeake Energy Arena, happened to stumble on this club, and one godawful decision led to another. While that would be enough of a problem, he was clearly looking for trouble, and found it in spades.

BTW, buf87, thanks for the kind words!

 

[buf87]

There are a lot of people defending him and saying .21 grams of Coke is no big deal. I think the bigger issue is that it occurred Friday nigh/Saturday morning in Oklahoma City. And your team is competing on Saturday and still in the running for a National title and his priority is to go drink and have some cocaine.

I wonder who his roommate was for Nationals? (Dieringer?, Kindig?) Just the roommate I want when competing for a National title.

 

[buf87]

Here's the top 15 teams returning point winners from the 2014 NCAA tourney for 2015. Please note I used ALL points scored (advancement, placement, and bonuses) and not just placement points.

1. Edinboro -57 Returning AA's - Schopp (4)@ 133, Port (3)@ 141, Habat (4)@149, also qualifiers Mines, Avery
2. Minnesota -55 Returning AA's -Ness (2)@157, Storley (3)@174, Schiller (3)@ 197, also qualifiers C. Dardanes, N. Dardanes
3. Cornell -53 Returning AA's - Garrett (2)@ 125, Realbuto (6)@ 157, Dean (3)@184, also qualifiers Grey, Villalonga, Palacio, Bennett
4. Penn St. -51.5 Returning AA's - Megaludis (3)@ 125, Retherford (5)@ 141, Brown (5)@174, McIntosh (7)@197, also qualifiers Gulibon, D. Alton, Gingrich
5. Oklahoma St.-50 Returning AA's - Kindig (2)@149, Dieringer (1)@157, Marsden (8)@ 285, also qualifiers Collica, Boyd
6. Northwestern- 46 Returning AA's - Tsirtis (1)@ 149, Harger (8)@ 165, McMullen (3)@285, also qualifiers Malone, Polizzi
7. Iowa -44 Returning AA's - Clark (5)@ 125, Evans (6)@ 174, Burak (8)@ 197, Telford (4)@ 285, also qualifiers Dziewa, Grothus, Moore
8. Nebraska-43.5 Returning AA's - Green (3)@ 157, Kokech (4)@ 174, also qualifiers Lambert, Sueflohn, Dudley, Jensen
9. Iowa St.-42 Returning AA's - Gadson (4)@ 197, Moreno (5)@ 165, Hall (8)@ 125, also qualifiers G. Moreno, Weatherman, Weatherspoon
10. Missouri -40.5 Returning AA's - Houdashelt (4)@ 149, Cox(1)@ 197, also qualifiers Manley, Mayes, LaVallee, England, Mellon
11. Virginia Tech-38 Returning AA's - Dance (4)@ 125, Carter(2)@ 141, also qualifiers Gustafson, Moon, Walz,Gabel,
12. Ohio St.-37 Returning AA's - Stieber (1)@ 141, also qualifiers Roberts, Martin, Courts, Tavanello DiJulius
13. Lehigh-29.5 Returning AA's -Cruz (7)@125, Beckman (6)@133, Minotti (6)@ 149, also qualifiers Gardner, Riddick, Bolich, Wessell
14. Illinois-28.5 Returning AA's - Delgado (1)@ 125, also qualifiers Richards, Rodrigues, Brunson, Morse, Reyes
15. N.C. State-24 Returning AA's - Gwiazdowski (1)@ 285, also qualifiers Speno, Gantt, Renda

This was pulled from TheMat.com

 

[buf87]

This give a little idea how tough a top 5 will be next year. 8 teams return more points than us.

 

[buf87]

Add in that Ohio State returns AA Hunter Stieber and they are 12th
and
Missouri returns AA Alan Waters an they are 10th