Division I Outstanding Wrestlers

by Jason Bryant | Nov 15, 2017

All-Time Outstanding Wrestlers at the NCAA University/Division I Championship.

Year:

First:

Last:

School:

id	Year	division	First	Last	School
1	1932	1	Edwin	Belshaw	Indiana
3	1933	1	Alan	Kelley	Oklahoma State
4	1934	1	Ben	Bishop	Lehigh
5	1935	1	Ross	Flood	Oklahoma State
6	1936	1	Wayne	Martin	Oklahoma
7	1937	1	Stanley	Henson	Oklahoma State
8	1938	1	Joe	McDaniel	Oklahoma State
9	1939	1	Dale	Hanson	Minnesota
10	1940	1	Don	Nichols	Michigan
11	1941	1	Al	Whitehurst	Oklahoma State
12	1942	1	David	Arndt	Oklahoma State
13	1946	1	Gerry	Leeman	Northern Iowa
14	1947	1	Bill	Koll	Northern Iowa
15	1948	1	Bill	Koll	Northern Iowa
16	1949	1	Charles	Hetrick	Oklahoma State
17	1950	1	Tony	Gizoni	Waynesburg
18	1951	1	Walter	Romanowski	Cornell College
19	1952	1	Tommy	Evans	Oklahoma
20	1953	1	Frank	Bettucci	Cornell
21	1954	1	Tommy	Evans	Oklahoma
22	1955	1	Eddie	Eichelberger	Lehigh
23	1956	1	Dan	Hodge	Oklahoma
24	1957	1	Dan	Hodge	Oklahoma
25	1958	1	Dick	Delgado	Oklahoma
26	1959	1	Ron	Gray	Iowa State
27	1960	1	Dave	Auble	Cornell
28	1961	1	Gray	Simons	Lock Haven
29	1962	1	Gray	Simons	Lock Haven
30	1963	1	Mickey	Martin	Oklahoma
31	1964	1	Dean	Lahr	Colorado
32	1965	1	Yojiro	Uetake	Oklahoma State
33	1966	1	Yojiro	Uetake	Oklahoma State
34	1967	1	Rick	Sanders	Portland State
35	1968	1	Dwayne	Keller	Oklahoma State
36	1969	1	Dan	Gable	Iowa
37	1970	1	Larry	Owings	Washington
38	1971	1	Darrell	Keller	Oklahoma State
39	1972	1	Wade	Schalles	Clarion
40	1973	1	Greg	Strobel	Oregon State
41	1974	1	Floyd	Hitchcock	Bloomsburg
42	1975	1	Mike	Frick	Lehigh
43	1976	1	Chuck	Yagla	Iowa
44	1977	1	Nick	Gallo	Hofstra
45	1978	1	Mark	Churella	Michigan
46	1979	1	Bruce	Kinseth	Iowa
47	1980	1	Howard	Harris	Oregon State
48	1981	1	Gene	Mills	Syracuse
49	1982	1	Mark	Schultz	Oklahoma
50	1983	1	Mike	Sheets	Oklahoma State
51	1984	1	Jim	Zalesky	Iowa
52	1985	1	Barry	Davis	Iowa
53	1986	1	Marty	Kistler	Iowa
54	1987	1	John	Smith	Oklahoma State
55	1988	1	Scott	Turner	NC State
56	1989	1	Tim	Krieger	Iowa State
57	1990	1	Chris	Barnes	Oklahoma State
58	1991	1	Jeff	Prescott	Penn State
59	1992	1	Tom	Brands	Iowa
60	1993	1	Terry	Steiner	Iowa
61	1994	1	Pat	Smith	Oklahoma State
62	1995	1	T.J.	Jaworsky	North Carolina
63	1996	1	Les	Gutches	Oregon State
64	1997	1	Lincoln	McIlravy	Iowa
65	1998	1	Joe	Williams	Iowa
66	1999	1	Cael	Sanderson	Iowa State
67	2000	1	Cael	Sanderson	Iowa State
68	2001	1	Cael	Sanderson	Iowa State
69	2002	1	Cael	Sanderson	Iowa State
70	2003	1	Eric	Larkin	Arizona State
71	2004	1	Jesse	Jantzen	Harvard
72	2005	1	Greg	Jones	West Virginia
73	2006	1	Ben	Askren	Missouri
74	2007	1	Derek	Moore	UC Davis
75	2008	1	Brent	Metcalf	Iowa
76	2009	1	Darrion	Caldwell	NC State
77	2010	1	Jayson	Ness	Minnesota
78	2011	1	Anthony	Robles	Arizona State
79	2012	1	David	Taylor	Penn State
80	2013	1	Kyle	Dake	Cornell
81	2014	1	David	Taylor	Penn State
82	2015	1	Logan	Stieber	Ohio State
83	2016	1	Kyle	Snyder	Ohio State
84	2017	1	Zain	Retherford	Penn State
85	2018	1	Bo	Nickal	Penn State
135	2019	1	Mekhi	Lewis	Virginia Tech
136	2021	1	Shane	Griffith	Stanford
137	2022	1	Ryan	Deakin	Northwestern
139	2023	1	Vito	Arujau	Cornell
140	2024	1	Aaron	Brooks	Penn State