NCAA Announces At-Large Selections for 2009 Div I Championships

INDIANAPOLIS— The NCAA announced the 52 at-large selections for the 2009 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.

These wrestlers, listed in alphabetical order by weight class, join the other 278 student-athletes that qualified automatically through their conference and regional qualifying tournaments. The at-large selections were made by the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee using the selection criteria without priority order, which consists of head-to-head competition, qualifying event placement, quality wins, results against common opponents, winning percentage, rating percentage index, coaches ranking and number of matches contested at that weight class.

Weight Name Institution Qualifying Tournament
125 Prescott Garner Navy EIWA
125 Anthony Mustari Northern Colorado West Regional
125 Brian Owen Boise State Pac-10
125 Nikko Triggas Ohio State Big Ten
125 Mike Watts Michigan Big Ten
Weight Name Institution Qualifying Tournament
133 Matt Bonson Virginia ACC
133 Tyler Dillashaw Cal State Fullerton Pac-10
133 Kyle Hutter Old Dominion CAA
133 Thomas Kimbrell Cal State Bakersfield Pac-10
133 Brandon Low UC Davis Pac-10
Weight Name Institution Qualifying Tournament
141 Justin Accordino Hofstra CAA
141 Cory Fish Boise State Pac-10
141 Frank Molinaro Penn State Big Ten
141 Richard Rappo Pennsylvania EIWA
141 William Simpson Army EIWA
Weight Name Institution Qualifying Tournament
149 Torsten Gillespie Edinboro EWL
149 Daniel Meagher Cornell EIWA
149 Michael Roberts Boston U. CAA
149 Robert Sanders Nebraska Big 12
149 Peter Yates Virginia Tech ACC
Weight Name Institution Qualifying Tournament
157 Hadley Harrison Clarion EWL
157 Jason Johnstone Ohio State Big Ten
157 Thomas Scotton North Carolina ACC
157 Chad Terry Oklahoma Big 12
Weight Name Institution Qualifying Tournament
165 Nick Amuchastegui Stanford Pac-10
165 Keegan Davis Oregon State Pac-10
165 Rex Kendle Michigan State Big Ten
165 Ryan Patrovich Hofstra CAA
165 Matt Pletcher Rutgers EIWA
165 Rick Schmelyun Bloomsburg EWL
Weight Name Institution Qualifying Tournament
174 Ryan Burk Iowa State Big 12
174 Justin Herbert Franklin & Marshall EIWA
174 Ian Hinton Michigan State Big Ten
174 Jeff James Oklahoma Big 12
174 Byron Sigmon North Carolina-Greensboro Southern
174 Anthony Trongone Virginia Tech ACC
Weight Name Institution Qualifying Tournament
184 John Barone Duke ACC
184 Kenneth Caldwell Navy EIWA
184 Dorian Henderson Missouri Big 12
184 A.J. Kissel Purdue Big Ten
184 Riley Orozco Cal State Bakersfield Pac-10
184 David Thompson Bucknell EIWA
Weight Name Institution Qualifying Tournament
197 Logan Brown Purdue Big Ten
197 Eric Chine Kent State MAC
197 Luke Feist Stanford Pac-10
197 John Hall Boston U. CAA
197 James Hamel Buffalo MAC
197 Charles Silber American EIWA
Weight Name Institution Qualifying Tournament
285 Zach Hammond Cornell EIWA
285 Clayton Jack Oregon State Pac-10
285 Trey McLean Pennsylvania EIWA
285 Corey Morrison Ohio State Big Ten

A full video description of the entire selection protocol is available at http://web1.ncaa.org/web_video/newmedia/wrestling10-21.html or you can review appendix C of the 2009 Division I Wrestling Championships Handbook which is available at http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/champ_handbooks/wrestling/2009/1_wrestling_handbook.pdf

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