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3x National Champions, all divisions (3)
2x National Champions, all divisions (9)
*Denotes Outstanding Wrestler Award
National Champions, all divisions (43)
*Denotes Outstanding Wrestler Award
All-Americans from In State Colleges
University of Washington (13)
1963: Richard Bell 4th Place, 177 lbs
1966: Ken Vander 5th Place, 123 lbs
1969: Randy Berg 3rd Place, 123 lbs
1970, 71, 72: Larry Owings National Champ, 142 lbs | 2nd Place, 142 lbs | 2nd Place, 142 lbs
1971: Dan Pleasant 5th Place, 150 lbs
1971, 72, 73: Hajime Shinjo 6th Place, 158 lbs | 3rd Place, 150 lbs | 6th Place, 158 lbs
1972: Jim Woods 6th Place, 167 lbs
1972: Bill Murdock National Champ, 177 lbs
1973, 74, 76: Tom Brown 3rd Place, 142 lbs | 3rd Place, 150 lbs | 2nd Place, 158 lbs
1973: Mike Fitzpatrick 6th Place, 150 lbs
1974: Mel Renfro 2nd Place, 177 lbs
1974: Rich Calderon 4th Place, 190 lbs
1975: Toshi Oonishi 6th Place, 126 lbs
Washington State University (4)
1965: Allen Peterson 6th Place, 123 lbs
1966: Dan Hensley 6th Place, 160 lbs
1967: Fred Fairbanks 5th Place, 167 lbs
1978: Paul Nooyen National Champ, 177 lbs
Central Washington University (109)
1966, 67: Dennis Warren National Champ, 145 lbs | National Champ, 145 lbs
1966: Vernon Merkley 6th Place, 160 lbs
1966: Darren Sipe 5th Place, 177 lbs
1966, 67: Dallas Delay 2nd Place, 191 lbs | 3rd Place, 191 lbs
1966: Larry Wekhoven 5th Place, UNL
1966, 67, 68: Lamoin Merkley National Champ, 167 lbs | National Champ, 167 lbs | National Champ, 167 lbs
Note: 2nd Place, 167 lbs (D1) in 1968
1967: Alan Johnson 5th Place, 152 lbs
1968: Larry Brown 3rd Place, 130 lbs
1968: John Casebeer 3rd Place, 137 lbs
1968: Gary Mogenson 4th Place, 145 lbs
1968: Mr. Byrnes 5th Place, 177 lbs
1970, 71: Thurman Landers National Champ, 142 lbs | 6th Place, 142 lbs
1970, 71: Kenichi Kanno 3rd Place, 118 lbs | National Champ, 118 lbs
1971, 72: Craig Skeesick National Champ, 134 lbs | 2nd Place, 134 lbs
1971: Gary Stevenson 4th Place, 167 lbs
1972: Ray Blondin 6th Place, 177 lbs
1972, 73: Tom Omli 2nd Place, 190 lbs | 5th Place, 190 lbs
1973, 74: Kit Shaw National Champ, 142 lbs | *National Champ, 142 lbs
1973, 74, 75: Greg Gowens 3rd Place, 134 lbs | 6th Place, 134 lbs | 5th Place, 142 lbs
1974: John Burkholder 3rd Place, 150 lbs
1973, 74: Dewey Parrish 5th Place, 158 lbs | 5th Place, 158 lbs
1974, 75: Dan Older 2nd Place, 167 lbs | 4th Place, 167 lbs
1974, 75: Rocky Isley 2nd Place, 190 lbs | 5th Place, 190 lbs
1974: John Burkholder 3rd Place, 150 lbs
1974: Bob Pierce 5th Place, 126 lbs
1976: Bill Linthicum 3rd Place, 150 lbs
1978: Joe Sanford National Champ, 150 lbs
1978: Kurt Bledsoe 4th Place, 190 lbs
1979, 80: Ronald Ellis 2nd Place, 126 lbs | 2nd Place, 126 lbs
1980: Rob Lagerquist 7th Place, 118 lbs
1980: Tony Ledbetter 6th Place, 158 lbs
1980: Kurt Bledsoe 7th Place, 190 lbs
1981, 83: CD Hoines 2nd Place, 142 lbs | 4th Place, 150 lbs
1982: Bill Hoglund National Champ, 118 lbs
1982: Charlie Hicks 6th Place, 142 lbs
1982: Rich Esparza 3rd Place, 150 lbs
1983, 84: Robin MacAlpine 2nd Place, 126 lbs | National Champ, 126 lbs
1984: Greg Ford National Champ, 118 lbs
1985: Mark Peterson 6th Place, 126 lbs
1985, 86: Kris Morgan 3rd Place, 150 lbs | 3rd Place, 158 lbs
1985: Randy Penrose 7th Place, HWT
1986: Randy Talvi 3rd Place, 150 lbs
1987: Leon Brinson National Champ, 126 lbs
1987: Craig Danielson 7th Place, HWT
1991, 92: Nick Nastri 7th Place, 118 lbs | 5th Place, 118 lbs
1987: Craig Iverson 5th Place, 167 lbs
1987, 92: Mark Bonthuis 7th Place, 190 lbs | 2nd Place, 190 lbs
1987: Sandy Stevenson 4th Place, 150 lbs
1992: Lee Macdiarmid 5th Place, 126 lbs
1992, 93: Eric Rotondo 8th Place, 142 lbs | 3rd Place, 142 lbs
1992: Roger Shoup 6th Place, 177 lbs
1993, 94: Jason Stevenson 7th Place, 150 lbs | 3rd Place, 142 lbs
1994: Jason Baril 5th Place, 118 lbs
1994: Joe Knox 8th Place, 134 lbs
1994, 95: Brett Lucas 4th Place, 150 lbs | 3rd Place, 150 lbs
1994, 95: Jason Vose 4th Place, 177 lbs | 6th Place, 177 lbs
1995, 96, 97, 98: Leighton Smiley 5th Place, 126 lbs | 3rd Place, 126 lbs | 2nd Place, 126 lbs | 3rd Place, 126 lbs
Note: CWU’s only 4X AA in any sport
1995: Erik McDowell 5th Place, 177 lbs
1995: Kevin Pine 5th Place, 167 lbs
1996: Andy Boe 7th Place, 190 lbs
1996: Chris Doktor 4th Place, 134 lbs
1997, 98, 99: Bart Orth 7th Place, 167 lbs | 2nd Place, 167 lbs | 6th Place, 150 lbs
1997, 98: Chris Feist 6th Place, 184 lbs | 5th Place, 184 lbs
1997: Rich Wheeler 6th Place, 118 lbs
1997, 98: Steve Gusse 4th Place, 158 lbs | 6th Place, 158 lbs
1997: Brett Rotondo 8th Place, 142 lbs
1998: Jay Castino 4th Place, 197 lbs
1998: Jeremy Cronenwet 8th Place, 275 lbs
1999: Marcus Mays 7th Place, 141 lbs
2000, 03: Shaine Jaime 3rd Place, 141 lbs | 3rd Place, 141 lbs
2001: Matt Ballard 2nd Place, 165 lbs
2002: Cole Dennison 5th Place, 141 lbs
2002: Jared Novak 6th Place, 157 lbs
2002: Franco Santiago 6th Place, 184 lbs
2002: Dupree Lacey 6th Place, 285 lbs
2002: DC Hazen 8th Place, 197 lbs
2003: Aaron Mann 5th Place, 125 lbs
Eastern Washington University (21)
1973: Ruben Rios 3rd Place, 167 lbs
1974: Mr. Draper 5th Place, 118 lbs
1974, 75, 76, 77: Lanny Davidson 2nd Place, 177 lbs | National Champ, 177 lbs | National Champ, 177 lbs | National Champ, 177 lbs
1974: Mr. Kenay 4th Place, 190 lbs
1976, 77: Mike Reed National Champ, 158 lbs | National Champ, 158 lbs
1976, 78: Jerry Lorton 4th Place, 126 lbs | 2nd Place, 126 lbs
1976: Tony Byrne 5th Place, 150 lbs
1977, 78: Ken Foss 2nd Place, 118 lbs | 2nd Place, 118 lbs
1977: Don Wilson 2nd Place, UNL
1978: Lynn Taylor 2nd Place, 142 lbs
1978: Jerry Wollen 5th Place, 150 lbs
1979: David Reimnitz 3rd Place, 150 lbs
1979: Mike Stolp 6th Place, 177 lbs
1980: Craig Foster 5th Place, 177 lbs
1982: Ted Navare 4th Place, 134 lbs
Pacific Lutheran University (26)
1980, 81: Paul Giovannini 7th Place, 134 lbs | 5th Place, 134 lbs
1982, 84: Mike Agostini 5th Place, 177 lbs | 7th Place, 177 lbs
1985: Jeff Lipp 6th Place, 177 lbs
1985, 86: Chris Wolfe 3rd Place, 142 lbs | 4th Place, 142 lbs
1987: Adrian Rodriguez 2nd Place, 126 lbs
1987: Ken Eager 8th Place, 190 lbs
1988, 89: Bob Freund 6th Place, 150 lbs | 7th Place, 150 lbs
1990: John Godinho 6th Place, 134 lbs
1990: Stark Porter 7th Place, HWT
1993: Brian Peterson 2nd Place, 150 lbs
1993, 94, 95: Quoc Nguyen 8th Place, 118 lbs | 7th Place, 118 lbs | 4th Place, 118 lbs
1993, 94: Nathan Button 7th Place, 134 lbs | 5th Place, 134 lbs
1994: Brian Peterson National Champ, 158 lbs
1994: Chris DiCugno 7th Place, 150 lbs
1995: Matt Bliss 7th Place, 167 lbs
1996: Kyle Weakly 8th Place
1996, 97: Tuan Nguyen 4th Place, 118 lbs | 3rd Place, 118 lbs
1998: John Aiken 2nd Place, 150 lbs
1998: J.J. Hanson 3rd Place, 190 lbs
Western Washington University (5)
1966: Ken Vandver 5th Place, 123 lbs
1967: Jim Chapman 3rd Place, 145 lbs
1971, 72: Lee Anderson 4th Place, 158 lbs | 5th Place, 150 lbs
1974: Dan Daley 6th Place, 158 lbs
Whitworth College (4)
1969: Mike Carr 2nd Place, UNL
1976, 78, 79: Theopolis Williams 5th Place, 177 lbs | 3rd Place, 177 lbs | 7th Place, 177 lbs
Seattle-Pacific University (11)
1970: Ken Jackson 5th Place, 134 lbs
1970, 71: Ken Hagan 6th Place, 167 lbs | 4th Place, 167 lbs
1971: Drake Lemm 4th Place, 150 lbs
1971, 72: Sam Myers 4th Place, 126 lbs | 2nd Place, 126 lbs
1972: Lee Allen 3rd Place, 118 lbs
1972: Joe Kurtz 5th Place, 190 lbs
1973: Bill Cameron-Knippel 2nd Place, 177 lbs
1973, 74: Rich Maras 5th Place, 190 lbs | 4th Place, 190 lbs
Puget Sound (1)
1978: Bill Stout 4th Place, UNL
Washington and Lee University (3)
1934: Charles Pritchard 3rd Place, 145 lbs
1935, 36: Hugo Bonino 3rd Place, UNL | 2nd Place, UNL
Big Bend Community College (14)
1967: Jon Lane National Champ, 152 lbs (NJCAA)
1967: Ron Seibel 5th Place, 160 lbs (NJCAA)
1967: Jim Warren 3rd Place, 167 lbs (NJCAA)
1968: Larry Paul National Champ, 191 lbs (NJCAA)
1968: Kris Dexter 6th Place, 130 lbs (NJCAA)
1968, 69: Terry Dawson 4th Place, 152 lbs | National Champ, 167 lbs (NJCAA)
1970: Randy Ballinger 3rd Place, 158 lbs (NJCAA)
1971: Robert Owens 3rd Place, 134 lbs (NJCAA)
1982, 83: George Hara 4th Place, 118 lbs | 2nd Place, 118 lbs (NJCAA)
1983: Duane Zamora 4th Place, 167 lbs (NJCAA)
1986: Chris Piatt 8th Place, HWT (NJCAA)
1990: Carl Zamora 2nd Place, 142 lbs (NJCAA)
Columbia Basin Community College (5)
1967: Darrell Keller National Champ, 123 lbs (NJCAA)
1967: Larry James 2nd Place, 145 lbs (NJCAA)
1980: Rick Anderle 2nd Place, 134 lbs (NJCAA)
1981: Jeff Richardson 5th Place, 150 lbs (NJCAA)
1981: Chris Blake 8th Place, 190 lbs (NJCAA)
Grays Harbor Community College (2)
1981: Mike Hogaboam National Champ, 177 lbs (NJCAA)
1981: Tony Dague 8th Place, 118 lbs (NJCAA)
Highline Community College (26)
1987: Mike Carey 6th Place, 177 lbs (NJCAA)
1988: Scott Smith 5th Place, 167 lbs (NJCAA)
1991: Chad Kohler 6th Place, 134 lbs (NJCAA)
1991, 94: Scott Dennis 5th Place, 150 lbs | 3rd Place, 150 lbs (NJCAA)
1991: Rod Dohner 2nd Place, 167 lbs (NJCAA)
1992: Jake Garrett 7th Place, 142 lbs (NJCAA)
1995, 96: Jarud Pierson 8th Place, 150 lbs | 7th Place, 150 lbs (NJCAA)
1995: Rob Coy 6th Place, 167 lbs (NJCAA)
1996: Nelson Crisanto 4th Place, 118 lbs (NJCAA)
1997: Jens Pulver 3rd Place, 142 lbs (NJCAA)
1997: Ken Kobes 7th Place, 190 lbs (NJCAA)
1999, 00: Trevor Howard 3rd Place, 190 lbs | 5th Place, 197 lbs (NJCAA)
2000: Anthony Hamilton 7th Place, 285 lbs (NJCAA)
2001: Andy Olson 5th Place, 174 lbs (NJCAA)
2002: Carlos Adamy 3rd Place, 141 lbs (NJCAA)
2002: Joe Castro 4th Place, 174 lbs (NJCAA)
2002: Trevor Smith 3rd Place, 197 lbs (NJCAA)
2004: Patrick Bradley 8th Place, 197 lbs (NJCAA)
2005: Yura Malamura National Champ, 197 lbs (NJCAA)
2006: Desean Willis 7th Place, 125 lbs (NJCAA)
2006, 07: Brad Padgett 5th Place, 184 lbs | 2nd Place, 184 lbs (NJCAA)
2011: Marshall Giovannini 4th Place, 157 lbs (NJCAA)
Lower Columbia Community College (5)
1962: Mr. Tow 3rd Place, 147 lbs (NJCAA)
1990: Brandon Jensen 6th Place, 167 lbs (NJCAA)
1991: Paul Troup 7th Place, 158 lbs (NJCAA)
1994: Simon White National Champ, 190 lbs (NJCAA)
1994: Steve Gamble 3rd Place, 142 lbs (NJCAA)
Yakima Valley Community College (11)
1993: Rich Herzog 3rd Place, 177 lbs (NJCAA)
1993: Seth Elwood 6th Place, 190 lbs (NJCAA)
1994: Brent Rotondo 6th Place, 142 lbs (NJCAA)
1994: Hasan Najieb 6th Place, 150 lbs (NJCAA)
1994: Derik Hamley 6th Place, 158 lbs (NJCAA)
1995: Brent Rotondo 7th Place, 142 lbs (NJCAA)
1998: Matt Ballard 8th Place, 142 lbs (NJCAA)
1999: Ramon Iniguez 8th Place, 149 lbs (NJCAA)
2000: Eric Heinlein 4th Place, 184 lbs (NJCAA)
2003: Jake Leino 7th Place, 125 lbs (NJCAA)
2007: Ricky Valadez 3rd Place, 141 lbs (NJCAA)
All-Americans from Out of State Colleges
Cerritos in California (1)
1986: George Williams 118 lbs (NJCAA)
Note: 1992: 2nd Place, Olympic Trials, Greco-Roman
1996: 4th Place, Olympic Trials, Greco-Roman
1992, 95, 96: US Open Runner-up, Greco-Roman.
Dana College in Nebraska (7)
2005, 06: Blair Alderman 6th Place, 184 lbs | 4th Place, 197 lbs (NAIA)
2006, 07: Burke Barnes 3rd Place, 125 lbs | 2nd Place, 133 lbs (NJCAA)
2006: Anthony Haukenberry 2nd Place, 149 lbs (NAIA)
2005, 06: Benson Henderson 5th Place, 157 lbs | 5th Place, 157 lbs (NAIA)
Humboldt State (1)
1991: Dean Henderson 8th Place (D2)
Michigan (6)
Dates Unknown: Otto Olson 2nd Place | 5th Place | 3rd Place (D1)
1988, 89: Larry Gotcher 5th Place | 2nd Place (D1)
1994: Brian Harper 2nd Place (D1)
North Idaho College/Community College (35)
1972: Jim Hendricks 2nd Place, 190 lbs (NJCAA)
1972, 73: Chuck Woolery 2nd Place, 158 lbs | 4th Place, 158 lbs (NJCAA)
1982: Brent Barnes National Champ, 158 lbs (NJCAA)
1990: Michael Scott National Champ, 158 lbs (NJCAA)
1991, 92: Frank Velazquez National Champ, 134 lbs | National Champ, 134 lbs (NJCAA)
Note: 1993, 7th Place, 134 lbs - University of Nebraska (D1)
1998: Justin Springer 5th Place (NJCAA)
1998: Brandon Springer 2nd Place (NJCAA)
2000: Andy Roberts 7th Place, 149 lbs (NJCAA)
2000: David Sandberg 2nd Place, 197 lbs (NJCAA)
2001: Ravil Muhammediev 6th Place, 141 lbs (NJCAA)
2001, 02: Josh Birt National Champ, 184 lbs | 2nd Place, 184 lbs (NJCAA)
2001, 02: Ozzie Saxon 2nd Place, 133 lbs | National Champ, 133 lbs (NJCAA)
2002: Mike Bundy 5th Place, 174 lbs (NJCAA)
2002: Chad Charboneau 3rd Place, 285 lbs (NJCAA)
2003: John Zamora 2nd Place, 165 lbs (NJCAA)
2003: Tyson Springer 4th Place, 174 lbs (NJCAA)
2003, 04: Israel Silva 3rd Place, 285 lbs | 2nd Place 285 lbs (NJCAA)
2003, 04: Blair Alderman 5th Place, 184 lbs | 4th Place, 184 lbs (NJCAA)
2004: Burke Barnes 3rd Place, 125 lbs (NJCAA)
2004, 05: Kyle Frawley 4th Place, 174 lbs | 4th Place, 174 lbs (NJCAA)
2004, 05: Derek Kipperberg 3rd Place, 141 lbs | 6th Place, 149 lbs (NJCAA)
2005, 06: Josh Edmondson 3rd Place, 184 lbs | National Champ, 184 lbs (NJCAA)
2006: Coby Jones 8th Place, 149 lbs (NJCAA)
2006: Tyson Hurst 5th Place, 157 lbs (NJCAA)
2007: Evan Mattingly National Champ, 197 lbs (NJCAA)
2007: Robbie Shaw 6th Place, 285 lbs (NJCAA)
Oklahoma State University (8)
1968, 70, 71: Dwayne Keller *National Champ, 123 lbs | National Champ, 126 lbs | 2nd Place, 134 lbs (D1)
1970, 72: Darrell Keller National Champ, 134 lbs | National Champ, 142 (D1)
Note: 1969 National Champ at Columbia Basin Com. College (NJCAA)
1990, 91, 92: Randy Couture 6th Place, 190 lbs | 2nd Place, 190 lbs | 2nd Place, 190 lbs (D1)
Oregon State University (4)
1988: Dave Orndorff 2nd Place, HWT (D1)
Note: 2x National Champ, HWT at Ricks College 1984 & 85 (NJCAA)
1994: Dan Alar 4th Place, 158 lbs (D1)
1999: Mat Orndorff 4th Place, HWT (D1)
2007: Ty Watterson 4th Place, 285 lbs (D1)
University of Oregon (4)
1978, 80: Scott Bliss 6th Place | 2nd Place (D1)
1994, 95: Kevin Roberts 4th Place, 118 lbs | 8th Place, 118 lbs (D1)
Pacific University (3)
1995, 98, 99: Brian Springberg 5th Place, 190 lbs | 3rd Place, HWT | 3rd Place, HWT (NAIA/D3)
Southern Oregon University (3)
2006: Matt Holt 6th Place, 141 lbs (NAIA)
2006: Rick Story 2nd Place, 184 lbs (NAIA)
2005: Bryan Seibel 7th Place, 157 lbs (NAIA)
Cal Poly
2012: Ryan DesRoches. 8th Place, 2012 (D1)
Montana State University Northern (10)
2006: Ryan Mattingly 5th Place, 184 lbs (NAIA)
2004: David Waters 8th Place, 174 lbs (NAIA)
1999, 00, 01, 02: Tyson Thiverge 3rd Place, 184 lbs | 2nd Place 184 lbs | 3rd Place, 184 | National Champ, 184 lbs (NAIA)
2004: Anthony Haukenberry National Champ, 149 lbs (NAIA)
2003: Bobby Mantle 5th Place, 149 lbs (NAIA)
1988, 89: Marty Boday 8th Place, 158 lbs | 2nd Place, 158 lbs (NAIA)
Simon Fraser University (8)
1993: Troy Jindra 2nd Place, 167 lbs (NAIA)
1999, 00: Lars Blomgren 7th Place, 174 lbs | National Champ, 174 lbs (NAIA)
2006: Mikhail Abdul Latif National Champ, 285 lbs (NAIA)
2003: Doug Swanson 6th Place, 197 lbs (NAIA)
1997, 98: Dennis Herren 7th Place, 167 lbs | National Champ, 174 lbs (NAIA)
Date Unknown: Adam France 3rd Place (NAIA)
Boise State University
Ricks College, ID
West Virginia University
Embry-Riddle
Lindenwood University
Dickinson State University
Southwestern Oregon Community College
Wartburg College (1)
University of Indiana
University of Nebraska
University of Great Falls
Menlo College, CA
St. Cloud State University (1)
University of Minnesota
Brigham Young University
University of Wyoming (2)
*Denotes Outstanding Wrestler Award
This list of National Champions & All-Americans is ever changing. If you see that someone is not listed and should be, or that information listed is incorrect, please contact Justin Newby via email with details of their outstanding accomplishment! jnewbyusa@gmail.com