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National Wrestling Coaches Association

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NCAA D2 Men's Championships Outstanding Wrestler

1966 - Present

YEAR NAME WEIGHT SCHOOL
YEAR NAME WEIGHT SCHOOL
1966 Warren Crow 123 SUNY Albany
1967 Rich Sanders 115 Portland State
1968 Rich Sanders 123 Portland State
1969 Carl Ragland 152 Old Dominion
1970 Terry Hall 118 Cal Poly
1971 Stan Dziedzic 150 Slippery Rock
1972 Wade Schalles 150 Clarion
1973 Larry Morgan 134 Cal Poly
1974 Floyd Hitchcock 177 Bloomsburg
1975 Randy Batten 118 Chattanooga
1976 Rick Jensen 126 South Dakota State
1977 Franc Affentranger 134 Cal State Bakersfield
1978 John Azevedo 118 Cal State Bakersfield
1979 Joe Gonzales 118 Cal State Bakersfield
1980 Brian Parlet 177 Augustana
1981 Dan Cuestas 126 Cal State Bakersfield
1982 Mike Langlais 142 North Dakota State
1983 Jessie Reyes 142 Cal State Bakersfield
1984 John Davis 158 Morgan State
1985 Koln Knight 190 Augustana
1986 Koln Knight 190 Augustana
1987 Daryl Pope 184 Cal State Bakersfield
1988 Carlton Haselrig Hwt Pitt-Johnstown
1989 Dan Russell 150 Portland State
1990 Dan Russell 158 Portland State
1991 Dan Russell 167 Portland State
1992 Mike Leberknight 177 Northern Colorado
1993 Glen Frank 134 Colorado Mines
1994 Brian Melchiori 126 Central Oklahoma
1995 Brian Kapusta 118 North Dakota State
1996 Chad Lamer 190 South Dakota State
1997 Nate Hendrickson 167 Moorhead State
1998 Travis King 150 South Dakota State
1999 Jody Strittmatter 125 Pitt-Johnstown
2000 Kris Nelson 133 North Dakota State
2001 Steve Saxlund 184 North Dakota State
2002 Todd Fuller 174 North Dakota State
2003 Cole Province 133 Central Oklahoma
2004 Waylon Lowe 165 Findlay
2005 Tom Meester 184 Augustana
2006 Les Sigman Hwt Nebraska-Omaha
2007 JD Naig 174 Nebraska-Omaha
2008 Cody Garcia 125 Nebraska-Omaha
2009 Joe Kemmerer 133 Kutztown
2010 Shane Valko 133 Pitt-Johnstown
2011 Donovan McMahill 197 Western State
2012 Luke McPeek 197 Adams State
2013 Shamus O'Grady 184 St. Cloud State
2014 Casy Rowell 133 Central Oklahoma
2015 Chris Watson 165 Central Oklahoma
2016 Joey Davis 184 Notre Dame
2017 DeAndre Johnson 157 Limestone
2018 Nick Becker 174 UW-Parkside
2019 Shane Ruhnke 165 Millersville
2021 Lukas Martin 149 Fairmont St.
2022 Darrell Mason 285 Minnesota State
2023 Josiah Rider 149 Adams State
2024 Derek Blubaugh 197 Indianapolis