NCAA has announced the 50 at-large selections for Div. I Wrestling Championships

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Laurie Cannon (NCAA)
03/09/2011


INDIANAPOLIS--- The NCAA announced the 50 at-large selections for the 2011 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.

The wrestlers listed in alphabetical order by weight class join the 280 student-athletes that qualified automatically through the conference and regional qualifying tournaments over the past two weekends. It should be noted that there were originally 282 allocations provided to the qualifying tournaments on February 23, however, two allocations reverted back to the at-large pool.  

The at-large selections were made by the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee using the following selection criteria without priority order: head-to-head competition, qualifying event placement, quality wins, results against common opponents, winning percentage, rating percentage index, coaches ranking and number of matches contested at that weight class.

Weight/Name/Institution/Qualifying Tournament
125	Tyler Iwamura	Cal State Bakersfield	Pac-10
125	Joseph Langel	Rutgers	EIWA
125	Jonathon Morrison	Oklahoma State	Big 12
125	Brad Pataky	Penn State	Big 10
125	Trent Sprenkle	North Dakota State	West Regional

133	Casey Cruz	Northern Colorado	West Regional
133	Kevin Smith	Buffalo	MAC
133	Joseph Spisak	Virginia	ACC
133	Jordan Thome	Army	EIWA
			
141	Christopher Diaz	Virginia Tech	ACC
141	Christopher Drouin	Iowa State	Big 12
141	Michael Mangrum	Oregon State	Pac-10
141	Trevor Melde	Rutgers	EIWA
141	Vicente Varela	Hofstra	Colonial

149	Kyle Bradley	Missouri	Big 12
149	Donnie Corby	Central Michigan	MAC
149	Torsten Gillespie	Edinboro	EWL
149	Matt Lester	Oklahoma	Big 12
149	Joey Metzler	Old Dominion	Colonial
149	Brian Stephens	Virginia Tech	ACC

157	Matt Cathell	Kent St.	MAC
157	Jackson Morse	Illinois	Big Ten
157	Chase Nelson	Oklahoma	Big 12
157	Donnie Tasser	Pittsburgh	EWL

165	Bekzod Abdurakhmonov	Clarion	EWL
165	Joe Booth	Drexel	Colonial
165	Ryan DesRoches	Cal Poly	Pac-10
165	Brandon Hatchett	Lehigh	EIWA
165	Justin Kerber	Cornell	EIWA
165	Thomas Scotton	North Carolina	ACC
165	Ross Tice	Kent St.	MAC

174	Scott Giffin	Pennsylvania	EIWA
174	Ryan McGarity	Binghamton	Colonial
174	Rob Morrison	Rider	Colonial
174	Jacob Swartz	Boise St.	Pac-10

184	Brice Arand	Oregon St.	Pac-10
184	A.J. Kissel	Purdue	Big Ten
184	Mike Larson	Missouri	Big 12
184	Nathan Schiedel	Binghamton	Colonial
184	Kirk Smith	Boise St.	Pac-10

197	Anthony Biondo	Michigan	Big Ten
197	Nikolas Brown	Chattanooga	Southern
197	Peter Capone	Ohio St.	Big Ten
197	Matt Casperson	Boise St.	Pac-10
197	Ryan Smith	Cal Poly	Pac-10

285	Ricardo Alcala	Indiana	Big Ten
285	John Danilkowicz	Virginia	ACC
285	David Marone	Virginia Tech	ACC
285	Blake Rosholt	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
285	David Wade	Eastern Michigan	MAC


A full listing of all 330 qualifiers is available at NCAA.com.