Pennsylvania's Statistics from the NCAA National Tournament

The WPIAL had the most NCAA Qualifiers with 17 and also came away with the most All-Americans with five. When it came to a District’s winning percentage District 4 squeaked out first place in large part to Penn State’s undefeated National Champion Zain Retherford (Benton Area) who went (5-0).  District 10, who had two NCAA Qualifiers, had the second highest with 55.6% thanks to former Reynolds teammates Mason Beckman (Lehigh) and Austin Matthews (Edinboro) who had a combined Tournament record of (5-4). Overall Pennsylvania’s 62 National Qualifiers had a combined Tournament record of (107-123) which was a 46.5% win percentage. Photo of Zach Zavatsky by Marc Billet for PA Power Wrestling.

Of the 62 NCAA Qualifiers from Pennsylvania in 2016 a promising 38 are eligible to return next season. Pennsylvania will graduate 24 seniors who qualified for Nationals and seven of the twelve All-Americans from the Keystone State have at least one year of eligibility remaining.

Often times Pennslyvania was their own worst enemy. A total of 16 matches in the 2016 NCAA National Tournament were between two Pennslyvania wrestlers. Three of those matches took place the consolation blood round where the winner was guaranteed a Top 8 finish and the losers season was over.

 

NCAA Medalists By District:

District 7:  (5) All-Americans

District 3:  (2) All-Americans

District 4:  (2) All-Americans

District 1:  (1) All-American

District 11:  (1) All-American

District 12:  (1) All-American

 

NCAA Statistics By District Winning Percentage

District 4:  56.5%

District 10:  55.6%

District 7:  52.9%

District 12:  52.9%

District 9:  45.5%

District 11:  43.5%

District 3:  40.5%

District 1:  34.8%

District 2:  33.3%

District 6:  33.3%

National Prep:  33.3%

Total:  (107-123) – 46.5%

 

NCAA Statistics By Wrestler’s Year

Freshmen:  8

Sophomores:  18

Juniors:  12

Seniors:  24

 

 

District 1:  Seven Wrestlers with a Total Record of (8-15)

Brett Harner (Norristown Area) – (3-3) – Junior

John Staudenmayer (Plymouth Whitemarsh) – (2-2) – Redshirt Senior

Justin Staudenmayer (Plymouth Whitemarsh) – (1-2)  – Junior

Mike Boykin (Coatesville Area) – (1-2) – Sophomore

Joe Stolfi (Conestoga) – (1-2) – Redshirt Senior

Zach Fuentes (Norristown) – (0-2) – Redshirt Sophomore

John Bolich (Upper Moreland) – (0-2) – Redshirt Senior

 

District 2:  One Wrestler with a Total Record of (1-2)

Casey Fuller (Western Wayne) – (1-2) – Redshirt Senior

 

District 3:  Eleven Wrestlers with a Total Record of (15-22)

Pete Renda (Brandywine Heights) – (5-1) – Junior

Jordan Conaway (New Oxford) – (4-3) – Redshirt Senior

Zach Nye (East Pennsboro) – (2-2) – Redshirt Senior

Phil Sprenkel (Dallastown) – (2-2) – Redshirt Senior

Laike Gardner (Biglerville) – (1-2) – Redshirt Junior

Joey Goodhart (Hempfield) – (1-2) – Sophomore

Dan Neff (Solanco) – (0-2) – Redshirt Senior

Tyson Dippey (Central Dauphin) – (0-2) – Redshirt Sophomore

Chris Vassar (Cedar Cliff) – (0-2) – Redshirt Sophomore

Rustin Barrick (Mechanicsburg) – (0-2) – Senior

Kenny Courts (Central Dauphin) – (0-2) – Redshirt Senior

 

District 4:  Six Wrestlers with a Total Record of (13-10)

Zain Retherford (Benton Area) – (5-0) – Redshirt Sophomore

Nathaniel Brown (Lewisburg Area) – (5-2) – Redshirt Senior

Logan Everett (Williamson) – (1-2) – Junior

Colt Cotton (Benton Area) – (1-2) – Redshirt Sophomore

Ryan Preisch (Milton Area) – (1-2) – Redshirt Freshman

Ryan Solomon (Milton Area) – (0-2) – Redshirt Sophomore

 

District 6:  One Wrestler with a Total Record of (1-2)

Tyler Buckwalter (Central Mountain) – (1-2) – Redshirt Senior

 

District 7:  Seventeen Wrestlers with a Total Record of (37-33)

Nico Megaludis (Franklin Regional) – (5-0) – Redshirt Senior

Connor Schram (Canon-McMillan) – (3-3) – Redshirt Sophomore

Solomon Chishko (Canon-McMillan) – (4-3) – Redshirt Freshman

Mike DePalma (Jeannette) – (6-2) – Redshirt Senior

Jason Nolf (Kittanning) – (4-1) – Redshirt Freshman

Dalton Macri (Canon-McMillan) – (2-2) – Freshman

Mack McGuire (Upper Saint Clair) – (2-2) – Senior

Dom Forys (North Allegheny) – (3-2) – Sophomore

Geoffrey Alexander (Shady Side Academy) – (1-2) – Redshirt Senior

Jimmy Gulibon (Derry Area) – (2-2) – Redshirt Junior

Tyler Smith (Franklin Regional) – (1-2) – Sophomore

Cody Wiercioch (Canon-McMillan) – (0-2) – Redshirt Sophomore

Te’Shan Campbell (Penn Hills) – (0-2) – Freshman

Zach Zavatsky (Greater Latrobe) – (2-2) – Redshirt Freshman

Lorenzo Thomas (Central Catholic) – (2-2) – Senior

Matt McCutcheon (Kiski Area) – (0-2) – Redshirt Sophomore

Nick Bonaccorsi (Bethel Park) – (0-2) – Redshirt Senior

 

District 9:  Three Wrestlers with a Total Record of (5-6) 

Tom Sleigh (DuBois Area) – (2-2) – Sophomore

Geno Morelli (DuBois Area) – (2-2) – Redshirt Junior

Brock Zacherl (Brookville Area) – (1-2) – Redshirt Freshman

 

District 10:  Two Wrestlers with a Total Record of (5-4)

Mason Beckman (Reynolds) – (3-2) – Redshirt Senior

Austin Matthews (Reynolds) – (2-2) – Redshirt Sophomore

 

District 11:  Six Wrestlers with a Total Record of (10-13)

Randy Cruz (Bethlehem Catholic) – (4-3) – Redshirt Junior

Darian Cruz (Bethlehem Catholic) – (3-2) – Redshirt Sophomore

Corey Keener (Blue Mountain) – (1-2) – Redshirt Junior

Zach Horan (Nazareth Area) – (0-2) – Redshirt Senior

Mike Ottinger (Parkland) – (1-2) – Redshirt Senior

Raymond O’Donnell (Saucon Valley) – (1-2) – Junior

 

District 12:  Four Wrestlers with a Total Record of (9-8)

Casey Kent (LaSalle College) – (6-2) – Senior

Matt Cimato (LaSalle College) – (2-2) – Redshirt Junior

Joey Galasso (Father Judge) – (1-2) – Freshman

Antonio Pelusi (LaSalle College) – (0-2) – Sophomore

 

National Preps:  Four Wrestlers with a Total Record of (4-8)

Rick Durso (Malvern Prep) – (2-2) – Redshirt Senior

Brooks Black (Blair Academy) – (2-2) – Redshirt Sophomore

Evan Henderson (Kiski Prep) – (0-2) – Redshirt Senior

Robert Henderson (Kiski Prep) – (0-2) – Redshirt Senior

 

Pennslyvania vs. Pennsylvania Matches

125 lbs.

Champ. Round 2 – Connor Schram (Stanford) won by decision over Darian Cruz (Lehigh) (Dec 3-1)

 

133 lbs.

Champ. Round 1 – Jordan Conaway (Penn State) won by decision over Corey Keener (Central Michigan) (Dec 6-5)

Cons. Round 4 – Jordan Conaway (Penn State) won by decision over Mason Beckman (Lehigh) (Dec 5-4)

Cons. Round 2 – Dom Forys (Pittsburgh) won by decision over Corey Keener (Central Michigan) (Dec 12-6)

 

141 lbs.

Champ. Round 2 – Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech) won by tech fall over Logan Everett (Army) (TF 6:13 / 16-1)

Cons. Round 5 – Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech) won by decision over Randy Cruz (Lehigh) (Dec 7-0)

Cons. Round 2 – Randy Cruz (Lehigh) won by fall over Tyler Smith (Bucknell) (Fall 2:31)

Cons. Round 3 – Randy Cruz (Lehigh) won by decision over Rick Durso (Frank. & Marsh.) (Dec 4-0)

Champ. Round 1 – Brock Zacherl (Clarion) won by decision over Tyler Smith (Bucknell) (Dec 7-3)

Cons. Round 1 – Tyler Smith (Bucknell) won by forfeit over Zachary Horan (Central Michigan) (Forfeit)

 

149 lbs.

Cons. Round 4 – Mike DePalma (Kent St.) won by decision over Matthew Cimato (Drexel) (Dec 7-4)

 

165 lbs.

Champ. Round 1 – Geno Morelli (Penn State) won by decision over John Staudenmayer (North Carolina) (Dec 5-3)

 

174 lbs.

Champ. Round 1 – Michael Ottinger (Central Michigan) won by decision over Te`Shan Campbell (Pittsburgh) (Dec 3-2)

 

184 lbs.

Quarterfinal – Pete Renda (NC State) won by decision over Zachary Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) (Dec 4-3)

Cons. Round 4 – Nate Brown (Lehigh) won by decision over Zachary Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) (Dec 2-1)

Champ. Round 1 – Tom Sleigh (Bucknell) won by decision over Matt McCutcheon (Penn State) (Dec 4-3)