NCAA.com | March 4, 2019
NCAA wrestling qualifiers, brackets announced for 2019 DIII championship
Wartburg claims 2018 DIII Wrestling Title
INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division III Wrestling Committee has announced the participants and brackets for the 2019 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships.
The championships will be held March 8-9 at the Berglund Center in Roanoke, Virginia. Ferrum College will serve as the host.
CHAMPIONSHIP INFO: Brackets | 2018 championship highlights | Complete championship history
A total of 180 participants will compete in the championships. Student-athletes qualified for the championship by placing top-three in their respective weight classes at one of the six NCAA regional tournaments held on Feb. 22, 23 and 24.
NCAA.com will stream all sessions of the championships.
| Weight Class | Team | First Name | Last Name | Grade | Wins | Loses | Qual. Tourn. | Qual. Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | Augsburg | Victor | Gliva | 11 | 25 | 5 | Upper Midwest | 2 |
| 125 | Averett | Samuel | Braswell | 10 | 30 | 9 | Southeast | 2 |
| 125 | Baldwin Wallace | Dante | Ginnetti | 11 | 25 | 8 | Central | 1 |
| 125 | Brockport | Matt | Caccamise | 10 | 17 | 3 | Mideast | 3 |
| 125 | Central (IA) | Cameron | Timok | 12 | 23 | 3 | Lower Midwest | 1 |
| 125 | Ithaca | Ferdinand | Mase | 12 | 4 | 0 | Mideast | 1 |
| 125 | JWU (Providence) | Jay | Albis | 12 | 35 | 4 | Northeast | 1 |
| 125 | Messiah | Josiah | Gehr | 9 | 4 | 0 | Southeast | 1 |
| 125 | Muskingum | Jordan | Burkholder | 12 | 30 | 2 | Central | 2 |
| 125 | Neb. Wesleyan | Eron | Haynes | 16 | 3 | 1 | Lower Midwest | 2 |
| 125 | Southern Me. | Peter | Del Gallo | 11 | 5 | 1 | Northeast | 3 |
| 125 | Ursinus | Collin | Wickramaratna | 9 | 27 | 6 | Mideast | 2 |
| 125 | Wabash | Carlos | Champagne | 9 | 9 | 3 | Central | 3 |
| 125 | Wartburg | Brady | Kyner | 10 | 24 | 6 | Lower Midwest | 3 |
| 125 | Wesleyan (CT) | Zack | Murillo | 12 | 27 | 8 | Northeast | 2 |
| 125 | Wis.-La Crosse | Sawyer | Sarbacker | 10 | 17 | 11 | Upper Midwest | 3 |
| 125 | Wis.-Whitewater | Mike | Tortorice | 11 | 29 | 3 | Upper Midwest | 1 |
| 125 | York (PA) | Dylan | Nuttall | 12 | 14 | 10 | Southeast | 3 |
| 133 | Augsburg | Sam | Bennyhoff | 12 | 24 | 4 | Upper Midwest | 1 |
| 133 | Baldwin Wallace | Charles | Nash | 11 | 26 | 9 | Central | 2 |
| 133 | Central (IA) | Chase | Petty | 12 | 18 | 8 | Lower Midwest | 3 |
| 133 | Delaware Valley | Russell | Benson | 9 | 4 | 1 | Southeast | 3 |
| 133 | Ferrum | Levi | Englman | 9 | 31 | 5 | Southeast | 1 |
| 133 | Johns Hopkins | Ricky | Cavallo | 12 | 30 | 3 | Southeast | 2 |
| 133 | JWU (Providence) | Bobby | Jordan | 12 | 16 | 6 | Northeast | 1 |
| 133 | Loras | Brice | Everson | 11 | 16 | 4 | Lower Midwest | 2 |
| 133 | Merchant Marine | Taylor `Kimo` | Dial | 12 | 15 | 8 | Mideast | 3 |
| 133 | Mount Union | Jordin | James | 10 | 34 | 1 | Central | 1 |
| 133 | Norwich | Jacob | Forsman | 12 | 3 | 1 | Northeast | 2 |
| 133 | Springfield | Ian | Tolotti | 11 | 5 | 1 | Northeast | 3 |
| 133 | Stevens Institute Of Technology | Yoseph | Borai | 12 | 25 | 7 | Mideast | 2 |
| 133 | TCNJ | Jake | Giordano | 10 | 4 | 0 | Mideast | 1 |
| 133 | Wabash | Owen | Doster | 11 | 18 | 9 | Central | 3 |
| 133 | Wartburg | Brock | Rathbun | 17 | 23 | 3 | Lower Midwest | 1 |
| 133 | Wis.-La Crosse | Josh | Stenger | 10 | 21 | 8 | Upper Midwest | 3 |
| 133 | Wis.-Stevens Point | Ben | Vosters | 19 | 26 | 3 | Upper Midwest | 2 |
| 141 | Alma | Brendan | Ladd | 11 | 29 | 1 | Central | 1 |
| 141 | Augsburg | David | Flynn | 18 | 24 | 5 | Upper Midwest | 2 |
| 141 | Averett | Brandon | Woody | 10 | 37 | 7 | Southeast | 3 |
| 141 | Elmhurst | Jimmy | McAuliffe | 10 | 4 | 1 | Upper Midwest | 3 |
| 141 | Ferrum | Mario | Vasquez | 11 | 19 | 10 | Southeast | 2 |
| 141 | Ithaca | Ben | Brisman | 11 | 4 | 0 | Mideast | 1 |
| 141 | John Carroll | Jarrod | Brezovec | 10 | 28 | 8 | Central | 3 |
| 141 | JWU (Providence) | Joseph | Ferinde | 12 | 33 | 10 | Northeast | 1 |
| 141 | Loras | Clint | Lembeck | 11 | 9 | 4 | Lower Midwest | 1 |
| 141 | Manchester | Jordan | Napier | 11 | 37 | 7 | Central | 2 |
| 141 | Millikin | Chris | Williams | 12 | 13 | 2 | Lower Midwest | 2 |
| 141 | NYU | Evan | Drill | 11 | 28 | 7 | Northeast | 2 |
| 141 | Stevens Institute Of Technology | Troy | Stanich | 11 | 40 | 2 | Mideast | 2 |
| 141 | TCNJ | Robert | Dinger | 10 | 4 | 1 | Mideast | 3 |
| 141 | Wartburg | Brady | Fritz | 9 | 22 | 10 | Lower Midwest | 3 |
| 141 | Wilkes | Tommy | Stokes | 19 | 27 | 5 | Southeast | 1 |
| 141 | Williams | Joseph | Rossetti | 10 | 4 | 1 | Northeast | 3 |
| 141 | Wis.-Whitewater | Hazen | Rice | 11 | 27 | 2 | Upper Midwest | 1 |
| 149 | Alma | Zachary | Cooper | 11 | 32 | 1 | Central | 1 |
| 149 | Augsburg | Alex | Wilson | 12 | 34 | 5 | Upper Midwest | 1 |
| 149 | Brockport | Ryan | Snow | 12 | 23 | 8 | Mideast | 3 |
| 149 | Castleton | Max | Tempel | 10 | 33 | 6 | Northeast | 3 |
| 149 | Concordia-M`head | ty | johnson | 12 | 3 | 1 | Upper Midwest | 2 |
| 149 | John Carroll | Jarrad | Lasko | 12 | 31 | 11 | Central | 3 |
| 149 | JWU (Providence) | Da`mani | Burns | 11 | 30 | 4 | Northeast | 2 |
| 149 | Loras | Kevin | Kelly | 12 | 29 | 5 | Lower Midwest | 2 |
| 149 | Messiah | Stephen | Maloney | 11 | 3 | 1 | Southeast | 2 |
| 149 | Mount Union | Luke | Hernandez | 10 | 29 | 9 | Central | 2 |
| 149 | Roger Williams | Tyler | Gazaway | 11 | 4 | 0 | Northeast | 1 |
| 149 | Stevens Institute Of Technology | Brett | Kaliner | 10 | 38 | 5 | Mideast | 1 |
| 149 | TCNJ | Ryan | Budzek | 12 | 3 | 1 | Mideast | 2 |
| 149 | Wartburg | Kristian | Rumph | 9 | 14 | 4 | Lower Midwest | 1 |
| 149 | Wash. & Jeff. | Michael | Heinl | 11 | 4 | 1 | Southeast | 3 |
| 149 | Westminster (MO) | Sean | Sax | 9 | 21 | 3 | Lower Midwest | 3 |
| 149 | Wis.-La Crosse | Logan | Schlough | 12 | 23 | 10 | Upper Midwest | 3 |
| 149 | York (PA) | Gregory | Warner | 19 | 31 | 6 | Southeast | 1 |
| 157 | Augsburg | Ryan | Epps | 11 | 33 | 3 | Upper Midwest | 1 |
| 157 | Averett | Jared | Lough | 9 | 41 | 5 | Southeast | 2 |
| 157 | Baldwin Wallace | Richard | Burke | 12 | 22 | 7 | Central | 3 |
| 157 | Centenary (NJ) | Christopher | Muce | 12 | 3 | 1 | Mideast | 2 |
| 157 | Elmhurst | Keone | Derain | 12 | 4 | 1 | Upper Midwest | 3 |
| 157 | Loras | Brandon | Murray | 11 | 21 | 4 | Lower Midwest | 2 |
| 157 | Lycoming | Trevor | Corl | 18 | 4 | 0 | Southeast | 1 |
| 157 | Millikin | Bradan | Birt | 10 | 26 | 5 | Lower Midwest | 3 |
| 157 | Mount Union | Antwon | Pugh | 10 | 31 | 0 | Central | 1 |
| 157 | NYU | Dylan | Dwyer | 11 | 25 | 8 | Northeast | 3 |
| 157 | Rochester Institute of Technology | Kaidon | Winters | 10 | 31 | 0 | Mideast | 1 |
| 157 | TCNJ | JT | Beirne | 12 | 5 | 1 | Mideast | 3 |
| 157 | Wabash | Jared | Timberman | 10 | 34 | 6 | Central | 2 |
| 157 | Wartburg | Cross | Cannone | 12 | 27 | 0 | Lower Midwest | 1 |
| 157 | Wash. & Jeff. | Hunter | Neely | 11 | 4 | 1 | Southeast | 3 |
| 157 | Western New Eng. | Ryan | Monteiro | 10 | 24 | 4 | Northeast | 2 |
| 157 | Wis.-La Crosse | Grant | Zamin | 10 | 26 | 5 | Upper Midwest | 2 |
| 157 | WPI | Tyler | Marsh | 11 | 4 | 0 | Northeast | 1 |
| 165 | Augsburg | Lucas | Jeske | 11 | 17 | 0 | Upper Midwest | 1 |
| 165 | Baldwin Wallace | Anthony | Arroyo | 12 | 27 | 2 | Central | 2 |
| 165 | Buena Vista | Brad | Kerkhoff | 12 | 3 | 1 | Lower Midwest | 2 |
| 165 | Centenary (NJ) | Alec | Donovan | 18 | 4 | 1 | Mideast | 3 |
| 165 | Coast Guard | Nick | Remke | 12 | 21 | 6 | Northeast | 2 |
| 165 | Ithaca | Austin | Whitney | 18 | 4 | 0 | Mideast | 1 |
| 165 | John Carroll | Sam | Gross | 10 | 20 | 7 | Central | 3 |
| 165 | JWU (Providence) | Adrian | Gonzalez | 19 | 25 | 10 | Northeast | 3 |
| 165 | Loras | Eddie | Smith | 11 | 26 | 4 | Lower Midwest | 1 |
| 165 | Luther | Michael | Suarez | 12 | 17 | 13 | Lower Midwest | 3 |
| 165 | Lycoming | Hadyn | Swartwood | 11 | 5 | 1 | Southeast | 3 |
| 165 | Rochester Institute of Technology | Dempsey | King | 18 | 24 | 5 | Mideast | 2 |
| 165 | Roger Williams | Taylor | Shay | 11 | 4 | 0 | Northeast | 1 |
| 165 | Wabash | Kyle | Hatch | 10 | 29 | 3 | Central | 1 |
| 165 | Wash. & Jeff. | Jared | Walker | 18 | 3 | 1 | Southeast | 2 |
| 165 | Wilkes | Nicholas | Racanelli | 19 | 31 | 1 | Southeast | 1 |
| 165 | Wis.-Oshkosh | Mark | Choinski | 12 | 32 | 3 | Upper Midwest | 3 |
| 165 | Wis.-Whitewater | Nicholas | Bonomo | 19 | 12 | 5 | Upper Midwest | 2 |
| 174 | Augsburg | Tanner | Vassar | 11 | 22 | 7 | Upper Midwest | 3 |
| 174 | Centenary (NJ) | Jordan | Juliano | 3 | 1 | Mideast | 2 | |
| 174 | Chicago | Ben | Sarasin | 9 | 4 | 0 | Upper Midwest | 1 |
| 174 | Coast Guard | Arthur (A.J.) | Aeberli | 11 | 22 | 4 | Northeast | 1 |
| 174 | Coe | Jake | Voss | 12 | 3 | 1 | Lower Midwest | 2 |
| 174 | Ferrum | Blake | Rosenbaum | 12 | 30 | 4 | Southeast | 1 |
| 174 | Gettysburg | Colin | Kowalski | 12 | 31 | 3 | Southeast | 2 |
| 174 | Ithaca | Chibueze | Chukwuezi | 9 | 23 | 13 | Mideast | 3 |
| 174 | JWU (Providence) | Michael | Gargano | 12 | 26 | 12 | Northeast | 2 |
| 174 | Loras | Jacob | Krakow | 10 | 11 | 3 | Lower Midwest | 3 |
| 174 | Messiah | Brian | Shermeyer | 10 | 6 | 1 | Southeast | 3 |
| 174 | Mount Union | Jairod | James | 19 | 33 | 4 | Central | 1 |
| 174 | New England Col. | Malik | Settles | 11 | 4 | 1 | Northeast | 3 |
| 174 | Olivet | Haydn | Kinjorski | 11 | 4 | 1 | Central | 3 |
| 174 | TCNJ | Daniel | Kilroy | 11 | 4 | 0 | Mideast | 1 |
| 174 | Wabash | Darden | Schurg | 18 | 22 | 2 | Central | 2 |
| 174 | Wartburg | Kyle | Briggs | 10 | 24 | 2 | Lower Midwest | 1 |
| 174 | Wis.-Whitewater | Jarrit | Shinhoster | 9 | 16 | 4 | Upper Midwest | 2 |
| 184 | Adrian | Devon | Pingel | 17 | 3 | 1 | Central | 2 |
| 184 | Augsburg | Solomon | Nielsen | 10 | 26 | 7 | Upper Midwest | 2 |
| 184 | Baldwin Wallace | Justin | Ransom | 12 | 24 | 7 | Central | 3 |
| 184 | Chicago | Kyle | Peisker | 11 | 3 | 1 | Upper Midwest | 3 |
| 184 | Coast Guard | Paul | Detwiler | 9 | 21 | 5 | Northeast | 3 |
| 184 | Coe | Josh | Edel | 11 | 4 | 1 | Lower Midwest | 3 |
| 184 | Dubuque | Tevin | Bailey | 9 | 3 | 3 | Lower Midwest | 2 |
| 184 | Heidelberg | Dylan | Roth | 11 | 4 | 0 | Central | 1 |
| 184 | Ithaca | Jake | Ashcraft | 12 | 3 | 0 | Mideast | 1 |
| 184 | JWU (Providence) | Khamri | Thomas | 12 | 30 | 5 | Northeast | 1 |
| 184 | Merchant Marine | Joshua | Glantzman | 20 | 4 | Mideast | 2 | |
| 184 | Messiah | Victor | DeFrance | 12 | 3 | 1 | Southeast | 2 |
| 184 | North Central (IL) | Cody | Baldridge | 9 | 4 | 0 | Lower Midwest | 1 |
| 184 | Penn St.-Behrend | Jake | Paulson | 10 | 5 | 1 | Southeast | 3 |
| 184 | Stevens Institute Of Technology | Michael | Dooley | 9 | 21 | 9 | Mideast | 3 |
| 184 | Wash. & Lee | Rexx | Hallyburton | 11 | 4 | 0 | Southeast | 1 |
| 184 | Western New Eng. | John | Boyle | 17 | 29 | 6 | Northeast | 2 |
| 184 | Wis.-Whitewater | Nick | Stencel | 12 | 16 | 2 | Upper Midwest | 1 |
| 197 | Augsburg | Lance | Benick | 17 | 25 | 3 | Upper Midwest | 1 |
| 197 | Baldwin Wallace | Zeckary | Lehman | 18 | 24 | 3 | Central | 2 |
| 197 | Centenary (NJ) | Etiini | Udott | 12 | 4 | 0 | Mideast | 1 |
| 197 | Coast Guard | Jonathan | Wagner | 10 | 15 | 6 | Northeast | 1 |
| 197 | Coe | Taylor | Mehmen | 11 | 4 | 1 | Lower Midwest | 3 |
| 197 | Heidelberg | Tyler | Hammack | 12 | 4 | 1 | Central | 3 |
| 197 | JWU (Providence) | Michael | DiNardo | 11 | 33 | 6 | Northeast | 2 |
| 197 | Loras | Guy | Patron | 11 | 18 | 2 | Lower Midwest | 1 |
| 197 | Lycoming | Travis | Ogden | 11 | 4 | 0 | Southeast | 1 |
| 197 | Millikin | Keajion | Jennings | 12 | 26 | 3 | Lower Midwest | 2 |
| 197 | Mt. St. Joseph | Antonio | McCloud | 9 | 34 | 2 | Central | 1 |
| 197 | Scranton | Dan | D`Agostini | 12 | 38 | 3 | Mideast | 2 |
| 197 | St. John`s (MN) | Luke | Dodd | 12 | 15 | 5 | Upper Midwest | 3 |
| 197 | SUNY Cortland | Dylan | Dubuque | 10 | 4 | 1 | Mideast | 3 |
| 197 | Thiel | Gage | Gladysz | 11 | 5 | 1 | Southeast | 3 |
| 197 | Waynesburg | Ken | Burrs | 11 | 16 | 5 | Southeast | 2 |
| 197 | Wis.-Whitewater | Riley | Kauzlaric | 11 | 27 | 5 | Upper Midwest | 2 |
| 197 | WPI | Michael | Curtis | 12 | 5 | 1 | Northeast | 3 |
| 285 | Augustana (IL) | Adarios | Jones | 11 | 4 | 0 | Lower Midwest | 1 |
| 285 | Castleton | Jesse | Webb | 12 | 32 | 8 | Northeast | 2 |
| 285 | Coast Guard | Patrick | Irwin | 11 | 18 | 6 | Northeast | 1 |
| 285 | Ithaca | Jake | O`Brien | 12 | 3 | 1 | Mideast | 2 |
| 285 | JWU (Providence) | Tommy | Wrzesien | 9 | 39 | 9 | Northeast | 3 |
| 285 | Lycoming | Garrett | Wesneski | 19 | 4 | 0 | Southeast | 1 |
| 285 | Olivet | Trevor | Piggott | 10 | 4 | 1 | Central | 3 |
| 285 | Otterbein | Drew | Kasper | 11 | 29 | 0 | Central | 1 |
| 285 | Ozarks (AR) | Jerhett | Lee | 11 | 34 | 4 | Lower Midwest | 3 |
| 285 | Rochester Institute of Technology | Connor | Calkins | 19 | 24 | 7 | Mideast | 3 |
| 285 | SUNY Oneonta | James | Bethel | 12 | 45 | 1 | Mideast | 1 |
| 285 | Wabash | Wade | Ripple | 10 | 31 | 8 | Central | 2 |
| 285 | Wartburg | Bowen | Wileman | 12 | 23 | 7 | Lower Midwest | 2 |
| 285 | Waynesburg | Jake | Evans | 12 | 46 | 2 | Southeast | 2 |
| 285 | Wheaton (IL) | Grant | Miller | 11 | 4 | 1 | Upper Midwest | 3 |
| 285 | Wis.-La Crosse | Konrad | Ernst | 11 | 25 | 0 | Upper Midwest | 1 |
| 285 | Wis.-Platteville | Lucius | Rinehart | 10 | 28 | 6 | Upper Midwest | 2 |
| 285 | York (PA) | Brandon | Ballard | 11 | 13 | 6 | Southeast | 3 |
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