Bio from William Penn: https://www.statesmenathletics.com/sports/wwrest/2025-26/bios/ogunsanya_christianah_def9
NAIA national champion last year at 117 lbs
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NAIA national champion last year at 117 lbs
OGUNSANYA Christianah Tolulope profile page
This the page where OGUNSANYA Christianah Tolulope is represented at united world wrestling website.
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I wonder if Esther Kolawole will also follow the WP to Iowa State train:
NAIA champ at 145 lbs last year, 2 time U23 world bronze medalist.
NAIA champ at 145 lbs last year, 2 time U23 world bronze medalist.
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I wonder if Esther Kolawole will also follow the WP to Iowa State train:
NAIA champ at 145 lbs last year, 2 time U23 world bronze medalist.
I would feel optimistic
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Four Crowns Lead WPU to Second Place, Kadel Named NAIA Coach of the Year
Four Crowns Lead WPU to Second Place, Kadel Named NAIA Coach of the Year
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Have seen that Mia Palumbo is joining the CRTC. Things are starting to come together for the squad!
Incoming wrestlers (+ Kolawole
):The finals started at 110 pounds, and Mia Palumbo (Grad., Oak Lawn, Ill., Master's of Sports Management) notched her second national championship (also won in 2024) by defeating No. 2 seed Avery Ashley of Oklahoma City by a 10-0 technical fall.
The graduate student, who closes out her collegiate career as a four-time national finalist, was 5-0 on the weekend with four technical falls and one fall. She was not scored upon during the Championship.
Christianah Ogunsanya (So., Akure, Nigeria, Kinesiology) immediately followed up that performance with her own gold at 117 pounds. The sophomore, now a two-time national champion as well, finished 4-0 (three technical falls). She permitted just one point the entire weekend, and put an exclamation point on her championship run with a 5-0 shutout over No. 2 seed Salyna Shotwell of Life in the first-place matchup.
Esther Kolawole (So., Akure, Nigeria, Kinesiology) kept WPU's train barreling forward as she dominated the 138-pound title bout, winning by a 10-0 technical fall over No. 2 seed Zaynah McBride of Life.
Kolawole's second national crown came after going 4-0 with four technical falls. Like Palumbo, the sophomore shut out all of her opposition (40-0 combined score).
180-pounder Piper Fowler (Fr., Cleveland, Tenn., Psychology), who opened the national tournament as the No. 4 seed, blew through the bracket with four consecutive falls (4-0 record) to keep her team unblemished on the biggest stage.
The freshman, who was on the mat for just seven minutes and 18 seconds throughout her quartet of pins, upset No. 1 seed Reka Busa (Life) in the semifinals and then earned a mat slap against No. 6 seed Andjela Prijovic of Grand View in 1:09 in the championship showdown. Fowler had also pinned Prijovic in the Heart Championship finals last month.
With the lack of schools that offer women’s wrestling, I would imagine the jump in skill from NAIA up to D1 wouldn’t be as huge for the Women’s program as if a Men’s NAIA finalist tried to join ISU?
100%. NAIA is relatively loaded with talent. The OG of women's college wrestling.
Finished 3rd at NAIA 103 - won 4 in a row after losing in the quarters
Freshman (25-26) out of Ohio
Wrestled at Campbellsville (Ky.)
Will that be the final assistant? I'd heard Alli wanted to have at least one other woman on staff.
Might be the Director of Ops. But he's on the staff in some capacity.
Might not matter if "5 in 5" becomes the rule, but how does this impact eligibility? Would 26-27 be a "redshirt", or do the athletes lose a year even though they can't reach postseason?
Non-HS wrestlers will be using the current rules. There is no 5 for 5 for them as they are not grandfathered in.
