Pennsylvania's Statistics from the NCAA National Tournament
The WPIAL had the most NCAA Qualifiers with 17 and also came away with the most All-Americans with five. When it came to a District’s winning percentage District 4 squeaked out first place in large part to Penn State’s undefeated National Champion Zain Retherford (Benton Area) who went (5-0). District 10, who had two NCAA Qualifiers, had the second highest with 55.6% thanks to former Reynolds teammates Mason Beckman (Lehigh) and Austin Matthews (Edinboro) who had a combined Tournament record of (5-4). Overall Pennsylvania’s 62 National Qualifiers had a combined Tournament record of (107-123) which was a 46.5% win percentage. Photo of Zach Zavatsky by Marc Billet for PA Power Wrestling.
Of the 62 NCAA Qualifiers from Pennsylvania in 2016 a promising 38 are eligible to return next season. Pennsylvania will graduate 24 seniors who qualified for Nationals and seven of the twelve All-Americans from the Keystone State have at least one year of eligibility remaining.
Often times Pennslyvania was their own worst enemy. A total of 16 matches in the 2016 NCAA National Tournament were between two Pennslyvania wrestlers. Three of those matches took place the consolation blood round where the winner was guaranteed a Top 8 finish and the losers season was over.
NCAA Medalists By District:
District 7: (5) All-Americans
District 3: (2) All-Americans
District 4: (2) All-Americans
District 1: (1) All-American
District 11: (1) All-American
District 12: (1) All-American
NCAA Statistics By District Winning Percentage
District 4: 56.5%
District 10: 55.6%
District 7: 52.9%
District 12: 52.9%
District 9: 45.5%
District 11: 43.5%
District 3: 40.5%
District 1: 34.8%
District 2: 33.3%
District 6: 33.3%
National Prep: 33.3%
Total: (107-123) – 46.5%
NCAA Statistics By Wrestler’s Year
Freshmen: 8
Sophomores: 18
Juniors: 12
Seniors: 24
District 1: Seven Wrestlers with a Total Record of (8-15)
Brett Harner (Norristown Area) – (3-3) – Junior
John Staudenmayer (Plymouth Whitemarsh) – (2-2) – Redshirt Senior
Justin Staudenmayer (Plymouth Whitemarsh) – (1-2) – Junior
Mike Boykin (Coatesville Area) – (1-2) – Sophomore
Joe Stolfi (Conestoga) – (1-2) – Redshirt Senior
Zach Fuentes (Norristown) – (0-2) – Redshirt Sophomore
John Bolich (Upper Moreland) – (0-2) – Redshirt Senior
District 2: One Wrestler with a Total Record of (1-2)
Casey Fuller (Western Wayne) – (1-2) – Redshirt Senior
District 3: Eleven Wrestlers with a Total Record of (15-22)
Pete Renda (Brandywine Heights) – (5-1) – Junior
Jordan Conaway (New Oxford) – (4-3) – Redshirt Senior
Zach Nye (East Pennsboro) – (2-2) – Redshirt Senior
Phil Sprenkel (Dallastown) – (2-2) – Redshirt Senior
Laike Gardner (Biglerville) – (1-2) – Redshirt Junior
Joey Goodhart (Hempfield) – (1-2) – Sophomore
Dan Neff (Solanco) – (0-2) – Redshirt Senior
Tyson Dippey (Central Dauphin) – (0-2) – Redshirt Sophomore
Chris Vassar (Cedar Cliff) – (0-2) – Redshirt Sophomore
Rustin Barrick (Mechanicsburg) – (0-2) – Senior
Kenny Courts (Central Dauphin) – (0-2) – Redshirt Senior
District 4: Six Wrestlers with a Total Record of (13-10)
Zain Retherford (Benton Area) – (5-0) – Redshirt Sophomore
Nathaniel Brown (Lewisburg Area) – (5-2) – Redshirt Senior
Logan Everett (Williamson) – (1-2) – Junior
Colt Cotton (Benton Area) – (1-2) – Redshirt Sophomore
Ryan Preisch (Milton Area) – (1-2) – Redshirt Freshman
Ryan Solomon (Milton Area) – (0-2) – Redshirt Sophomore
District 6: One Wrestler with a Total Record of (1-2)
Tyler Buckwalter (Central Mountain) – (1-2) – Redshirt Senior
District 7: Seventeen Wrestlers with a Total Record of (37-33)
Nico Megaludis (Franklin Regional) – (5-0) – Redshirt Senior
Connor Schram (Canon-McMillan) – (3-3) – Redshirt Sophomore
Solomon Chishko (Canon-McMillan) – (4-3) – Redshirt Freshman
Mike DePalma (Jeannette) – (6-2) – Redshirt Senior
Jason Nolf (Kittanning) – (4-1) – Redshirt Freshman
Dalton Macri (Canon-McMillan) – (2-2) – Freshman
Mack McGuire (Upper Saint Clair) – (2-2) – Senior
Dom Forys (North Allegheny) – (3-2) – Sophomore
Geoffrey Alexander (Shady Side Academy) – (1-2) – Redshirt Senior
Jimmy Gulibon (Derry Area) – (2-2) – Redshirt Junior
Tyler Smith (Franklin Regional) – (1-2) – Sophomore
Cody Wiercioch (Canon-McMillan) – (0-2) – Redshirt Sophomore
Te’Shan Campbell (Penn Hills) – (0-2) – Freshman
Zach Zavatsky (Greater Latrobe) – (2-2) – Redshirt Freshman
Lorenzo Thomas (Central Catholic) – (2-2) – Senior
Matt McCutcheon (Kiski Area) – (0-2) – Redshirt Sophomore
Nick Bonaccorsi (Bethel Park) – (0-2) – Redshirt Senior
District 9: Three Wrestlers with a Total Record of (5-6)
Tom Sleigh (DuBois Area) – (2-2) – Sophomore
Geno Morelli (DuBois Area) – (2-2) – Redshirt Junior
Brock Zacherl (Brookville Area) – (1-2) – Redshirt Freshman
District 10: Two Wrestlers with a Total Record of (5-4)
Mason Beckman (Reynolds) – (3-2) – Redshirt Senior
Austin Matthews (Reynolds) – (2-2) – Redshirt Sophomore
District 11: Six Wrestlers with a Total Record of (10-13)
Randy Cruz (Bethlehem Catholic) – (4-3) – Redshirt Junior
Darian Cruz (Bethlehem Catholic) – (3-2) – Redshirt Sophomore
Corey Keener (Blue Mountain) – (1-2) – Redshirt Junior
Zach Horan (Nazareth Area) – (0-2) – Redshirt Senior
Mike Ottinger (Parkland) – (1-2) – Redshirt Senior
Raymond O’Donnell (Saucon Valley) – (1-2) – Junior
District 12: Four Wrestlers with a Total Record of (9-8)
Casey Kent (LaSalle College) – (6-2) – Senior
Matt Cimato (LaSalle College) – (2-2) – Redshirt Junior
Joey Galasso (Father Judge) – (1-2) – Freshman
Antonio Pelusi (LaSalle College) – (0-2) – Sophomore
National Preps: Four Wrestlers with a Total Record of (4-8)
Rick Durso (Malvern Prep) – (2-2) – Redshirt Senior
Brooks Black (Blair Academy) – (2-2) – Redshirt Sophomore
Evan Henderson (Kiski Prep) – (0-2) – Redshirt Senior
Robert Henderson (Kiski Prep) – (0-2) – Redshirt Senior
Pennslyvania vs. Pennsylvania Matches
125 lbs.
Champ. Round 2 – Connor Schram (Stanford) won by decision over Darian Cruz (Lehigh) (Dec 3-1)
133 lbs.
Champ. Round 1 – Jordan Conaway (Penn State) won by decision over Corey Keener (Central Michigan) (Dec 6-5)
Cons. Round 4 – Jordan Conaway (Penn State) won by decision over Mason Beckman (Lehigh) (Dec 5-4)
Cons. Round 2 – Dom Forys (Pittsburgh) won by decision over Corey Keener (Central Michigan) (Dec 12-6)
141 lbs.
Champ. Round 2 – Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech) won by tech fall over Logan Everett (Army) (TF 6:13 / 16-1)
Cons. Round 5 – Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech) won by decision over Randy Cruz (Lehigh) (Dec 7-0)
Cons. Round 2 – Randy Cruz (Lehigh) won by fall over Tyler Smith (Bucknell) (Fall 2:31)
Cons. Round 3 – Randy Cruz (Lehigh) won by decision over Rick Durso (Frank. & Marsh.) (Dec 4-0)
Champ. Round 1 – Brock Zacherl (Clarion) won by decision over Tyler Smith (Bucknell) (Dec 7-3)
Cons. Round 1 – Tyler Smith (Bucknell) won by forfeit over Zachary Horan (Central Michigan) (Forfeit)
149 lbs.
Cons. Round 4 – Mike DePalma (Kent St.) won by decision over Matthew Cimato (Drexel) (Dec 7-4)
165 lbs.
Champ. Round 1 – Geno Morelli (Penn State) won by decision over John Staudenmayer (North Carolina) (Dec 5-3)
174 lbs.
Champ. Round 1 – Michael Ottinger (Central Michigan) won by decision over Te`Shan Campbell (Pittsburgh) (Dec 3-2)
184 lbs.
Quarterfinal – Pete Renda (NC State) won by decision over Zachary Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) (Dec 4-3)
Cons. Round 4 – Nate Brown (Lehigh) won by decision over Zachary Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) (Dec 2-1)
Champ. Round 1 – Tom Sleigh (Bucknell) won by decision over Matt McCutcheon (Penn State) (Dec 4-3)