Grand Valley State alumni Tony Ferguson and Kevin Lee lock horns this weekend in Las Vegas for UFC 126. Ferguson an NCWA 2x National Champion and Kevin Lee an NCWA National Qualifier enter the Octagon as the best ever NCWA Wrestlers turned MMA Icons. Both athletes were solid performers for Grand Valley before they choose a career as MMA Athletes. Tony known to UFC fans as "El' Cucuy" is favored to win the bout against Kevin "Motown Phenom" Lee. The bout will be carried on Pay-Per-View Saturday night at 8:00pm central time. Don't miss all the action as you cheer on these two GVSU Champions.

Kent State Tuscarawas will field a wrestling team for the first time in school history. The campus is a member of the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA), which will give the Golden Eagles the opportunity to wrestle for individual and team National Championships as well as vie for athletic All-American awards and National All-Academic awards.

The University of Louisville announced the founding of their first ever college wrestling program this September. The new team coached by NAIA National Qualifier Mike Clark will hit the mats this fall with a full roster that will include Southern High Schools' Kentucky State Champion Thomas Noe and All-State wrestler Alex Olvera of Pleasure Ridge Park. Coach Clark said he was excited for the new opportunity given him by Louisville and anticipates a great first season. “We are in our first year with a young program and our guys will need to gain valuable college experience before we can make any grand claims, but we expect to make our presence known in the Mid-Atlantic conference this year”. Coach Clark hopes to qualify 3 or 4 athletes to the National Championships in Texas and believes that Noe has a shot at an All-American spot.

The Apprentice School's Director of Athletics, Michael W. Allen, has named Micah Amrozowicz Head Wrestling coach.

"Micah was a no-brainer. He is a former apprentice, he has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to working and navigating down in the yard, and being a former wrestler and assistant coach, he bleeds Builder wrestling. I am excited to see how the next chapter unfolds under Coach Amrozowicz's leadership," states Allen.

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The NCWA welcomed 25 coaches and staff members to the Hilton Daytona Beach Resort for its annual Vision Forum conference. The NCWA representatives discussed multiple segments of the upcoming season and future seasons over three days of meetings and legislation.

DALLAS -- Paced by national champion Cassidy Collins and five runners-up, North Texas out-manned the field to claim the inaugural Greco-Roman College National Championships. The Eagles scored 55 points and placed at least one All-American in each of the eight weight classes.

The NCWA launches the inaugural Greco-Roman College Nationals on June 3 in Dallas, Texas. The Richland College Thunderducks will host this year's championships. This will be the first time in history that the Greco-Roman style of wrestling will be contested between colleges for a National Championship Title and individual All-American honors. Just like the collegiate styles practiced by the NCAA, athletes must be attending college, taking credit hours in a matriculating program and carrying a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0. This season will have limited participation with only 16 athletes per weight qualifying for the event. NCWA eligible athletes may Register on line here: https://event-setup.flowrestling.org/event/9b40274b-c5a4-2cda-d405-885cb0cc7df0/summary

Colleges from across Texas converged on Richland College Saturday for the Texas GoGreco Championships
The University of North Texas came away with the team honors placing seven in the finals and winning six of those spots to best host Richland College.
Andrew Willi of The University of Houston-Downtown took the Gold at 130 lbs to give UHD a third place finish.

Senior Mike Brungardt came a long way throughout his three-year Colorado State wrestling career to say the least.

At one point, Brungardt could not even make it through wrestling tryouts. However, as his final season concluded, he was the club president with three National Tournament appearances under his belt.

The NCWA Announced today the future dates of the National Collegiate Wrestling Championships.

The NCWA Championships are contingent on the NCAA DI dates and have always proceed the DI’s by one week.

The following is the five year schedule for the NCWA Championships:

March 8th - 10th 2018

March 14th - 16th 2019

March 12th - 14th 2020

March 11th - 13th 2021

March 10th - 12th 2022

The Apprentice School in Newport News VA has begun a search for a new head wrestling coach after the retirement of legendary Virginia Coach Bruce Shumaker. for details click on the title above.

The 2017 Vision Form will meet this year in Daytona Beach Florida and will be the stage for the continual improvement of the NCWA and it's member institutions. All coaches are encouraged to attend and give their input as the NCWA Legislative committee crafts rule changes and clarifications. This is your opportunity to help forge a path forward for the NCWA and the entire wrestling community. Don't miss it! For more details please visit the Vision Forum site.

NORTH HAMPTON — Henry Marsh was sitting at his table at the annual National Collegiate Wrestling Association Championships Hall of Fame induction ceremony earlier this month at the Allen Event Center just 30 minutes north of Dallas.

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The NCWA is committed to expansion of wrestling at all levels. it is to this end that the NCWA, in cooperation with USA wrestling, has established the GoGreco Program.

Each year, beginning the last weekend in March, the NCWA opens it's Collegiate Greco Season. The GoGreco Collegiate National Championships will be hosted each season the first weekend in June. This season the Nationals will be held in Dallas, Texas on June 3rd and hosted by NCWA member Richland College and head coach Bill Neal.

Each NCWA state and conference organization is encouraged to

The final brackets from the 2017 NCWA National Championships have been released with full results.

ALLEN, Texas –Emmanuel College posted 233.5 points, culminated by three individual champions, and won its second consecutive NCWA title. The Lions became the first team to win back-to-back NCWA titles since Grand Valley State did so from 2006-08.

Bringing Home the Conference Title

We all know the third time’s the charm — and that’s never rang more true than for Coach Schoenberg and the young Penn State Club Wrestling team.

UNIVERSITY PARK - Though most might know State College to be home to the 6-time NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship squad and are familiar with the history being made by Cael Sanderson and company, the Club Wrestling team on the other side of campus has quietly made a name for itself. The program has gone from being an intramural team to a top-down roster

The final bracket seeding as voted on by the Conference Chairmen and the random drawing were completed by 10:00 pm last evening. The collective tournament committee comprised of the Nine Conference Chairman placed the top 24 seeds with unseeded athletes then being randomly drawn into the bracket during the live public webcast broadcast Saturday March 4th starting at 6:00 pm. The Nationals Brackets are now set and are not changed or adjusted after the Saturday evening draws. Any athlete failing to make weight or no showing at the event for any reason is scored as a forfeit and the appropriate points are awarded to the opponents team. View the webcast and final brackets >> HERE<<

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – STCC men's wrestling team on Saturday became the first community college to win the National Collegiate Wrestling Association Northeast Conference Regional Championship.
Wrestlers from the men’s and women’s teams will next compete in the NCWA Nationals at Allen, Texas, which begins March 9.

The MIT wrestling team traveled to the University of New Hampshire for the Northeast Conference Championships which is the NCWA national qualifier. Five wrestlers qualified for the national tournament.