Freshman Division I Champions
by Jason Bryant | May 19, 2017
NCAA Division I/University freshman national champions. Freshmen were eligible for one year post World War II (1947) and became fully eligible for postseason championships at the NCAA level for the 1968-69 season. If you cite this information, credit Mat Talk Online.
| Season | Weight | First | Last | School | Seed | Place | Year | record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 121 | Dick | Hauser | Cornell College | 2 | 1 | TFR | 15-0 |
| 1947 | 136 | Lowell | Lange | Cornell College | 1 | 1 | TFR | 13-0 |
| 1947 | 165 | Bill | Nelson | Northern Iowa | 4 | 1 | TFR | 1-Sep |
| 1947 | 175 | Joe | Scarpello | Iowa | 2 | 1 | TFR | Dec-00 |
| 1947 | UNL | Dick | Hutton | Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | TFR | Oct-00 |
| 1972 | 126 | Pat | Milkovich | Michigan State | 5 | 1 | TFR | 19-2 |
| 1973 | 134 | Don | Rohn | Clarion | 8 | 1 | TFR | 20-1 |
| 1979 | 134 | Darryl | Burley | Lehigh | 2 | 1 | TFR | 23-2 |
| 1980 | 167 | Matt | Reiss | NC State | 1 | TFR | 29-4-1 | |
| 1980 | 177 | Ed | Banach | Iowa | 2 | 1 | RSFR | 41-3 |
| 1990 | 158 | Pat | Smith | Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | TFR | 31-5-1 |
| 1993 | 142 | Lincoln | McIlravy | Iowa | 5 | 1 | TFR | 22-2 |
| 1993 | 158 | Markus | Mollica | Arizona State | 3 | 1 | RSFR | 31-3 |
| 1994 | 167 | Mark | Branch | Oklahoma State | 1 | RSFR | 13-9 | |
| 1999 | 184 | Cael | Sanderson | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | RSFR | 39-0 |
| 2002 | 174 | Greg | Jones | West Virginia | 2 | 1 | RSFR | 34-2 |
| 2003 | 141 | Teyon | Ware | Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | TFR | 32-4 |
| 2003 | 184 | Jake | Rosholt | Oklahoma State | 10 | 1 | RSFR | 22-9 |
| 2006 | 149 | Dustin | Schlatter | Minnesota | 1 | 1 | TFR | 42-1 |
| 2010 | 125 | Matt | McDonough | Iowa | 3 | 1 | RSFR | 37-1 |
| 2010 | 141 | Kyle | Dake | Cornell | 1 | 1 | TFR | 34-2 |
| 2012 | 133 | Logan | Stieber | Ohio State | 2 | 1 | RSFR | 33-2 |
| 2014 | 149 | Jason | Tsirtsis | Northwestern | 5 | 1 | RSFR | 32-2 |
| 2014 | 197 | J'den | Cox | Missouri | 2 | 1 | TFR | 38-2 |
| 2015 | 125 | Nathan | Tomasello | Ohio State | 4 | 1 | RSFR | 33-4 |
| 2015 | 157 | Isaiah | Martinez | Illinois | 1 | 1 | RSFR | 34-0 |
| 2016 | 174 | Myles | Martin | Ohio State | 11 | 1 | TFR | 33-6 |
| 2017 | 165 | Vincenzo | Joseph | Penn State | 3 | 1 | RSFR | 22-4 |
| 2017 | 174 | Mark | Hall | Penn State | 5 | 1 | TFR | 31-3 |
| 2018 | 125 | Spencer | Lee | Iowa | 3 | 1 | TFR | 22-2 |
| 2018 | 141 | Yianni | Diakomihalis | Cornell | 3 | 1 | TFR | 37-1 |
| 2019 | 165 | Mekhi | Lewis | Virginia Tech | 8 | 1 | RSFR | 23-2 |
| 2021 | 174 | Carter | Starocci | Penn State | 3 | 1 | RFR | (8-2) |
| 2021 | 197 | A.J. | Ferrari | Oklahoma State | 4 | 1 | TFR | (15-1) |
| 2022 | 165 | Keegan | O'Toole | Missouri | 2 | 1 | CFR | (20-0) |
