NCAA Release | March 26, 2014 Penn State's David Taylor wins Most Dominant Wrestler after finishing undefeated Share INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA handed out the 2014 NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler Awards, in addition to awards for the most falls and tech falls within Divisions I, II and III at NCAA wrestling championships during the past two weeks. The awards only take into account matches between wrestlers from the same division.The Most Dominant Wrestler standings are calculated by adding the total number of points awarded through match results and dividing that number by the total number of matches wrestled. Points awarded per match are as follows:*Fall, forfeit, injury default or DQ = 6 points (-6 points for a loss)*Tech falls = 5 points (-5 points for a loss)*Major decision = 4 points (-4 points for a loss)*Decision = 3 points (-3 points for a loss)A minimum of 18 matches were required to be eligible for the Most Dominant Wrestler Award. Athletes redshirting the 2014 season were not eligible for any of the awards.At the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Okla., Penn State’s David Taylor earned the Most Dominant Wrestler Award after finishing the season undefeated (34-0) on the way to the 165-pound national championship. Taylor had three pins and a major decision before shutting out 6-0 Tyler Caldwell of Oklahoma State in the final. Taylor finished the season with an average of 5.0909 points, which was the highest average across all divisions.Taylor Walsh of Indiana earned the award for most pins in a tight race that came down to time against Bucknell heavyweight Joe Stolfi. Both wrestlers finished the season with 22 pins, but Walsh’s combined time of 65:09 at 157 pounds was 51 seconds faster than Stolfi. Walsh earned a pin against Alex Hudson of Chattanooga in 2:19 in the first round in Oklahoma City to clinch the award.Ohio State 141-pounder Logan Stieber won his third consecutive national championship in Oklahoma City, in addition to taking the award for most tech falls with 11 in 2013-14, tied for the most across divisions. He earned his 11th tech fall of the season in the second round of the tournament with a 17-1 decision in 4:52 against Anthony Collica of Oklahoma State.Joey Davis of Notre Dame (Ohio) completed a 39-0 season to win the 174-pound national title and earn the Most Dominant Wrestler Award at the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships in Cleveland, Ohio. Davis picked up pins in the first two rounds on the way to a season average of 4.4211 as the Falcons claimed the team national championship.Zachary Bennett of Pittsburgh-Johnstown (197 pounds) and heavyweight Austin Goergen of St. Cloud State both finished the season with 14 pins, but Bennett took the award with a combined time of 28:09, 16 minutes faster than Goergen. Bennett pinned Joe Grisko of Newberry in 1:57 in the first round for his 14th pin of the season.The Division II awards were rounded out by Lake Erie 133-pounder Austin Gillihan taking the prize for most tech falls with eight, one more than his two closest competitors.Cedar Rapids, Iowa, hosted the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships where Wisconsin-Oshkosh 157-pounder Nazar Kulchytskyy earned the Most Dominant Wrestler Award with an even average of five points. He pinned the No. 2 seed, Dimitri Boyer of Coe, in the final for his third national championship to finish with a 42-2 season and 143-5 career record.The most falls in Division III were also the most across divisions as Augustana (Ill.) 184-pounder Thomas Reyhons took the award with 25 of his 35 wins this season coming via pin.Wisconsin-Whitewater 197-pounder Shane Siefert tied for the all-division lead as his 11 tech falls took the award in Division III, three more than the next highest total in the division. Siefert finished the season as the runner-up at 197 pounds with a record of 41-5. POINTS DIVISION I 1David TaylorPenn State1655.09092Logan StieberOhio State1414.62073Edward RuthPenn State1844.51524Alex DieringerOklahoma State1574.03455Steven MonkNorth Dakota State16546Nick GwiazdowskiNorth Carolina State2853.957Andrew HoweOklahoma1743.9318Mitchell PortEdinboro1413.90329Aaron (A.J.) SchoppEdinboro1333.857110Chris PerryOklahoma State1743.7931 DIVISION II 1Joey DavisNotre Dame (Ohio)1744.42112Zachary BennettPittsburgh-Johnstown1974.34783Romero CottonNebraska-Kearney1974.19054Dave FoglePittsburgh-Johnstown1254.04175Edwin CooperUpper Iowa14946Steve ButlerLindenwood (Mo.)2853.94747Carl BroghammerUpper Iowa1973.888Austin GoergenSt. Cloud State2853.86219Ziad HaddadKutztown2853.818210TravisMcKillopPittsburgh-Johnstown184 DIVISION III 1Nazar KulchytskyyWisconsin-Oshkosh15752Landon WilliamsWartburg1744.71433Riley LefeverWabash1844.65714Ryan PraterElmhurst1494.655Shane SiefertWisconsin-Whitewater1974.44746Cody LovejoyOhio Northern2854.30237Jamison SaccoWestern New England2854.28578Kaleb LohtMessiah1414.26199Lucas MalmbergMessiah1254.222210Jacob LowryThiel1974.0833 TIME DIVISION I 1Taylor WalshIndiana1572265:092Joe StolfiBucknell2852266:003David TaylorPenn State1651545:254Harrison HightowerOhio1651327:505Dylan PetersNorthern Iowa1251336:356Kevin BirminghamDavidson1491236:397Steven MonkNorth Dakota State1651246:078J.T FelixBoise State2851123:399Evan HendersonNorth Carolina1411125:4010Nick GwiazdowskiNC State2851132:06 DIVISION II 1Zachary BennettPittsburgh-Johnstown1971428:092Austin GoergenSt. Cloud State2851444:573Edwin CooperUpper Iowa1491322:284D'Marcus SpencerKing (Tenn.)1331223:385Darick LapagliaMaryville (Mo.)1411230:536John Austin JonesKing (Tenn.)1571231:097Jared HolidayNewberry1841243:438Jeffrey VestaNewberry1251250:329Nathan RodriguezOuachita Baptist1331131:2410Brock CoutuNebraska-Kearney1411140:19 DIVISION III 1Thomas ReyhonsAugustana (Ill.)1842562:012Colin LenhardtJohnson & Wales1742454:043Cody LovejoyOhio Northern2852364:294Jamison SaccoWestern New England2851932:125Nazar KulchytskyyWisconsin-Oshkosh1571622:426Everet DesiletsJohnson & Wales1571636:347Chad ObzudOneonta State1971638:058Matthew TuttleAlma College1651642:509Andrew StockJohnson & Wales1651526:5310Michael PawlitzOhio Northern1971424:01 TIME DIVISION I 1Logan StieberOhio State1411154:472Joe ColonNorthern Iowa1331058:363Tyler GraffWisconsin133925:344Cody BrewerOklahoma133952:145David TaylorPenn State165850:226Edward RuthPenn State184852:377Alex HudsonChattanooga157730:158Nahshon GarrettCornell125740:559Jesse DelgadoIllinois125629:5310Nicholas MegaludisPenn State125639:21 DIVISION II 1Austin GillihanLake Erie133835:322Francis MiziaMercyhurst157730:283William YoungNewberry141736:564Joey DavisNotre Dame (Ohio)174629:455Casy RowellCentral Oklahoma133641:306Patrick MartinezNebraska-Kearney174528:017Michael LabryAshland133419:358Kyle WilliamsMcKendree149419:389Bryden LazaroCalifornia Baptist125419:5410Nick BurghardtMaryville (Mo.)184420:20 DIVISION III 1Shane SiefertWisconsin-Whitewater1971148:322Zach JosephSpringfield149838:253Mark HartenstineWilkes149839:334Anthony CarloUrsinus165744:075Collin CrowellRoger Williams165618:516Steven FeuchtOhio Northern149628:207Landon WilliamsWartburg174629:468Daniel DownesRoger Williams149512:099Anthony EdgrenWisconsin-Whitewater285517:1310Ryan SeidlerWisconsin-Eau Claire149523:44 It has come full circle for Penn State volleyball's new head coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley Katie Schumacher-Cawley sat down with NCAA.com to discuss taking over the Penn State head coaching position from legendary head coach Russ Rose. 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