NAIA men's wrestling championship
Annual college wrestling tournament
NAIA men's wrestling championship Sport Wrestling Founded 1958 Country United States and Canada Most recent champion(s) Grand View (12)Official website NAIA.com
The NAIA wrestling championship is the annual tournament to determine the national champions of NAIA men's collegiate wrestling in the United States and Canada . It has been held annually since 1958. The tournament consists of both a team national title and individual titles at various weight classes.[ 1]
The most successful program is the Grand View Vikings , with twelve team NAIA national titles.
The current champion is Grand View, who won their twelfth team national title in 2024.
Champions
Year
Host city
Team championship
Winner
Points
Runner-up
Points
1958
Mankato, Minnesota
Mankato State (1)
97
Iowa State Teachers
69
1959
DeKalb, Illinois
Mankato State (2)
64
Southern Illinois
52
1960
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg State (1)
79
73
1961
Golden, Colorado
Lock Haven State (1)
50
Colorado Mines
35
1962
Winona, Minnesota
Bloomsburg State (2)
56
Lock Haven State
47
1963
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Lock Haven State (2)
61
Bloomsburg State
60
1964
Spearfish, South Dakota
Moorhead State (1)
65
Lock Haven State
62
1965
Terre Haute, Indiana
Bloomsburg State (3)
60
50
1966
St. Cloud, Minnesota
Lock Haven State (3)
107
Moorhead State
64
1967
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
Lock Haven State (4)
80
Adams State
69
1968
Alamosa, Colorado
Adams State (1)
106
Nebraska–Omaha
77
1969
Omaha, Nebraska
Adams State (2)
98
84
1970
Superior, Wisconsin
Nebraska–Omaha (1)
86
Adams State
58
1971
Boone, North Carolina
Central Washington State (1)
56
Bloomsburg State
49
1972
Klamath Falls, Oregon
Adams State (3)
64
Nebraska–Omaha
53.5
1973
Sioux City, Iowa
Adams State (4)
62.5
Central State (OK)
48.5
1974
River Falls, Wisconsin
Central Washington State (2)
102
Central State (OK)
80.5
1975
Sioux City, Iowa
Adams State (5)
61
Augsburg
55
1976
Edinboro, Pennsylvania
Adams State (6)
83.5
Eastern Washington State
70.25
1977
Cheney, Washington
Eastern Washington (1)
90.75
Grand Valley State
89
1978
Whitewater, Wisconsin
Southern Oregon State (1)
81.5
78.75
1979
Wheeling, West Virginia
Central State (OK) (1)
102.5
Adams State
69
1980
Hays, Kansas
Adams State (7)
86
Huron
76.5
1981
Edmond, Oklahoma
Central State (OK) (2)
155.25
Adams State
69.5
1982
Forest Grove, Oregon
Central State (OK) (3)
105.5
88.75
1983
Minot, North Dakota
Southern Oregon State (2)
98.5
Simon Fraser
89.75
1984
Edmond, Oklahoma
Central State (OK) (4)
122.25
Jamestown
89.25
1985
Jamestown, North Dakota
Central State (OK) (5)
124.25
Southern Colorado
80.5
1986
Minot, North Dakota
Central State (OK) (6)
98.5
Southern Oregon
91.25
1987
West Liberty, West Virginia
Central State (OK) (7)
92.5
Alaska Pacific
71.5
1988
Tacoma, Washington
Simon Fraser (1)
140.5
Central State (OK)
89
1989
Jamestown, North Dakota
Central State (OK) (8)
105
Simon Fraser
92
1990
Hays, Kansas
Adams State (8)
94
Northern Montana
83.5
1991
Butte, Montana
Northern Montana (1)
100.75
Southern Colorado
88
1992
Hays, Kansas
Northern Montana (2)
109
Adams State
102.75
1993
Butte, Montana
Simon Fraser (1)
123.25
Northern Montana
95.25
1994
Southern Oregon (3) Western Montana (1)
94.5
Mary
92.25
1995
Jamestown, North Dakota
Findlay (1)
147
West Liberty State
100
1996
Missouri Valley (1)
124
Mary
107.5
1997
Missouri Valley (1)
162.5
133.5
1998
Primm, Nevada
Montana State–Northern (3)
162.5
Missouri Valley
114.5
1999
St. Charles, Missouri
Montana State–Northern (4)
151.5
Findlay (OH)
147
2000
Montana State–Northern (5)
137.5
Missouri Valley
118.5
2001
Southern Oregon (4)
158
151.5
2002
Great Falls, Montana
Lindenwood (1)
180
Montana State–Northern
167
2003
Missouri Valley (3)
139.5
Lindenwood
134.5
2004
Montana State–Northern (6)
169.5
Menlo (CA)
133.5
2005
Sioux City, Iowa
Lindenwood (2)
178.5
Missouri Valley
128.5
2006
Dana (1)
193
Lindenwood
164
2007
Lindenwood (3)
177
Embry–Riddle (AZ)
110
2008
Lindenwood (4)
130
McKendree
109.5
2009
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Lindenwood (5)
167
Southern Oregon
125.5
2010
Notre Dame (OH) (1)
179.5
120
2011
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Notre Dame (OH) (2)
170
Lindenwood
141
2012
Des Moines, Iowa
Grand View (1)
172
Southern Oregon
141
2013
Grand View (2)
159
153
2014
Topeka, Kansas
Grand View (3)
193
Great Falls
84.5
2015
Grand View (4)
147.5
Southern Oregon
109.0
2016
Grand View (5)
210
Montana State-Northern
104
2017
Grand View (6)
234.5
Lindsey Wilson (KY)
74.5
2018
Des Moines, IA
Grand View (7)
171.5
Cumberlands (KY)
107
2019
Grand View (8)
219.0
Lindsey Wilson (KY)
85.0
2020
Wichita, KS
Grand View (9)
157
Menlo (CA)
84.5
2021
Life (GA) (1)
158
Grand View
153
2022
Grand View (10)
206.5
Life (GA)
149
2023
Grand View (11)
206
Life (GA)
157.5
2024
Grand View (12)
209.5
Life (GA)
154
Team titles
List updated through the 2024 championships
Team
#
Winning years
Grand View
12
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Adams State
8
1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1990
Central Oklahoma
8
1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989A
Montana State–Northern
6
1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004B
Lindenwood
5
2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
Lock Haven
4
1961, 1963, 1966, 1967C
Southern Oregon
4
1978, 1983, 1994, 2001
Bloomsburg
3
1960, 1962, 1965D
Missouri Valley
3
1996, 1997, 2003
Central Washington
2
1971, 1974E
Minnesota State
2
1958, 1959F
Notre Dame (OH)
2
2010, 2011
Simon Fraser
2
1988, 1993
Dana
1
2006
Eastern Washington
1
1977
Findlay
1
1995
Life
1
2021
Minnesota State Moorhead
1
1964G
Nebraska–Omaha
1
1970H
Western Montana
1
1970H
A = Central State (OK) is now Central Oklahoma
B = Northern Montana is now Montana State–Northern
C = Lock Haven State is now Lock Haven
D = Bloomsburg State is now Bloomsburg
E = Central Washington State (OK) is now Central Washington
F = Mankato State is now Minnesota State
G = Moorhead State is now Minnesota State Moorhead
H = Nebraska–Omaha now brands as Omaha
See also
References
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