MANHEIM, Pa.- Eight standout NCAA Division II men's wrestlers will be inducted into the Jim Koch Division II Hall of Fame as a part of its class of 2025, as announced by the Division II Coaches Association.

Steve Costanzo, Warren Crow, John Finch, TJ Hepburn, Dave Klemm, Raufeon Stots, Geno Savegnago, and Jim Woods will all be honored as the newest Hall of Fame members August 2, 2025, at the Sawgrass Marriott and Spa as a part of the 2025 NWCA Convention. 
 

Steve Costanzo is a very familiar name to any Division II wrestling fan, with the Nebraska-Omaha wrestler coaching perennial DII powerhouse St. Cloud State for the past 19 seasons. The winningest coach in SCSU wrestling history with a 281-31 record, Costanzo has also led the Huskies to five National Championships, 12 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference championships and eight NWCA National Duals titles. He has coached 131 NCAA qualifiers, 93 NCAA All-Americans, 23 NCAA Finalists and seven NCAA Champions. A three-time NCAA DII National Coach of the Year, Costanzo was a three-time All-American wrestling at UNO. His mark of 133-40-2 was good for seventh on the program's all-time wins list. 

Warren Crow was the first athlete in any sport to win an NCAA title for UAlbany. He won College Division titles at 123 pounds in both 1966 and 1967, qualifying him for the University Division (now NCAA Division I) championships in both those seasons. Also a 4th place finisher at the US Olympic trials in 1964, Crow placed fourth at the 1966 University Division Championships. The 1966 College Division championships Outstanding Wrestler, Crow was inducted into the UAlbany Hall of Fame in 1985, and is also a member of the New York Section 2 Wrestling Hall of Fame.

John Finch was a five-time All-American (4x time Division II, 1x time Division I) during his Cal Poly career, capturing the 152-pound Division II national title as a freshman in 1968. He placed second at 152 pounds at the 1969 Division II national championships, second at 158 in 1970 and third at 158 in 1971. He was part of four Division II national championship teams at Cal Poly and finished fourth at 158 pounds at the 1971 Division I national championships. John was a four-time Division I national qualifier and graduated with his bachelor's in agricultural business in 1972.

TJ Hepburn transferred to Nebraska-Kearney after an NJCAA runner-up finish at Colby CC, and went on to become a three-time All-American. He first was at 149 pounds, placing third at the 2010 NCAA Division II Championships and then was a 2011 National Runner Up. Hepburn moved up to 157 pounds for his final season where he won a national title. He is one of 16 Lopers to be a three-time All-American and one of 20 to win an individual national title. Going 118-16 in his UNK career, he helped the Lopers win two regional titles and the 2012 National Championship, and was also a two-time Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Wrestler of the Year and a two-time region champion. A Connecticut native, he was a four-time state finalist who won three titles for Ledyard High School, and was the state's Dave Schultz Excellence Award winner in 2007.

Dave Klemm, a four-time All-American for Eastern Illinois, helped the Panthers to 32 straight dual meet wins, and four top five team finishes at the NCAA Division II National Championships. He was the 1977 National Champion at heavyweight, earning honors as "Outstanding Freshman Heavyweight" by the Amateur Wrestling News. He finished third in 1979 and was runner up at heavyweight in 1980. He also finished runner up at the NCAA Division I National Championships in 1979, and also represent the United States in 1980 at the World Championships. A 1990 Eastern Illinois Hall of Fame inductee, Klemm posted a career record of 129-23 for the Panthers.

Geno Savegnago closed out his career as the most successful wrestler in Eastern Illinois history. In total the 190-pounder earned seven All-American finishes in NCAA Division I and NCAA Division II, including an NCAA DII national championship in 1981. He went on to finish third at the DI championships that season, closing out a 42-3 year with 21 pins. Savegnago was second in DII and 8th in DI in 1979, and was second in DII and 5th in DI in 1980. He finished his career with a 6th place finish at the DI championships in 1982, and in all helped the Panthers to three top three finishes as a team in the NCAA Division II championships in 1979, 1980 and 1981. He was inducted into the Eastern Illinois Hall of Fame in 1994.

Raufeon Stots, one of just four repeat National Champions in Nebraska-Kearney history, was a back-to-back NCAA Division II national champion at 149 pounds in 2012 and 2013. His efforts helped UNK win back-to-back National Team Championships, the only time that has been done in school history. Stots missed most of his first season at UNK due to injury but bounced back to win 64 matches and a regional title over his final two campaign, and was also a two-time NJCAA Championships qualifier and one-time NJCAA placer (4th, 2009) wrestling for Labette CC where he was coached by UNK alumni Joe Renfro. Stots went on to become an MMA fighter after his time at UNK, winning an Interim Bellator Bantamweight Championship and has had one successful title defense to date. 

Jim Woods compiled a 112-11 record in four seasons at heavyweight for Western Illinois, with four All-American finishes in NCAA Division I & II. He won the heavyweight National championship in both Division II and Division I in 1974, after a runner up finish in 1972 and a fifth place finish in 1973. His name remains etched in WIU history, holding records for most career wins, most falls, and most tournament victories. Beyond collegiate competition, Woods represented the United States on the international stage as a member of the USA team that toured the U.S.S.R., the USA World Cup Team, and served as an alternate for the USA World Team in 1975. He was inducted into the WIU Hall of fame in 1988.