NCAA Schools Preseason Individual Rankings

McKendree 155 Joye Levendusky launches an opponent for 5 last season for the Bearcats. Photo courtesy of mckbearcats.com archives.

This is our inaugural NCAA ranking! Last June, the NCAA recommended adding women’s wrestling for emerging sport status, and this year will have their own Invitational. We thought it was time to put together our very first ranking of NCAA schools! There are 31 NCAA programs, and many of them are brand new. We expect to see more diversity in the schools listed in this ranking in the future, but with established programs like Emmanuel, King, McKendree & Simon Fraser, their experience and depth definitely shows up in this list. As an aside, we’ll also be posting a team ranking afterward based on these individual results. Well, here it is! For the first time, the first-ever AWW Top 8 NCAA preseason individual ranking!

Please note: Rankings are not predictive. They are based on college level results. While we know there are many incoming freshman that are rank-worthy, we do not rank freshmen until they have results.

Tell us where we didn’t get it right! We’ll update our rankings the first week of the month during season.
Ranking feedback: info@americanwomenswrestling.com

Points for team rankings: 1st place 16 pts, 2nd place 12 pts, 3rd place 10 pts, 4th place 9 pts, 5th place 7 pts, 6th place 6 pts, 7th place 4 pts, 8th place 3 pts.

101
1. Angelina Gomez, SO (Emmanuel)
2. Alexia Seal, SR (Simon Fraser)
3. Jaclyn McNichols, SO (King)
4. Natalie Reyna, JR (McKendree)
5. Alisha Elizalde, SR (Ferrum)
6. Trinity Oredina, SO (Tiffin)
7. Courtney Walker, SO (Tiffin)

109
1. Ciara McCrae, JR (Simon Fraser)
2. Kylie Titus, SO (MacMurray College)
3. Allissa Maldanado, JR (McKendree)
4. Carly Valleroy, SO (McKendree)
5. Clare Garcia, SO (Emmanuel)
6. Brooke Richards, RS-SO, (Tiffin)
7. Alicia Messer, SO (Schreiner)
8. Lesly Hernandez, SO (King)

116
1. Felicity Taylor, SO (McKendree)
2. Maria Vidales, SR (Emmanuel)
3. Theresa Rankin, RS-JR (McKendree)
4. Kasey Baynon, SO (Emmanuel)
5. McKayla Welch, SO (King)
6. Allie Mahoe, SO (Schreiner)
7. Autumn Potkay, SR (Ferrum)
8. Katherine Sumner, SR (McKendree)

123
1. Alex Hedrick, JR (Simon Fraser)
2. Cheyenne Sisenstein, SO (King)
3. Alexia Ward, RS-SR (McKendree)
4. Marissa Gallegos, RS-FR (Colorado Mesa)
5. Sierra Brown Ton, SO (Colorado Mesa)
6. Alexandra Herle, JR (Emmanuel)
7. Mia Dow, JR (MacMurray)
8. Maddie Ruckdashel, SO (Lakeland)

130
1. Brenda Reyna, JR (McKendree)
2. Lauren Mason, RS-JR (Simon Fraser)
3. Allison Petix, JR (King)
4. Alyssa Aceval, RS-SO (King)
5. Caitlyn Cardenas, SO (Emmanuel)
6. Zoe Nowicki, SO (Adrian)
7. Serena Cervantes, SO (Schreiner)
8. Passion Hollins, RS-JR (Emmanuel)

136
1. Nicole Joseph, SR (King)
2. Kayla Marano, JR (Emmanuel)
3. Jenna Garcia, JR (Simon Fraser)
4. Michelle Camacho, RSSO (McKendree)
5. Julianna Padilla, SO (Emmanuel)
6. Marizza Birrueta, RS-SO (Emmanuel)
7. Sadie Tackett, SR (Emmanuel)
8. Shyann Ronning, SO (Adrian)

143
1. Felicity Bryant, JR (Emmanuel)
2. Ashlynn Ortega, SO (King)
3. Anna Luciano, SO (King)
4. Sara Brinkac, SO (Simon Fraser)
5. Chloe Rogers, JR (Simon Fraser)
6. MacKenzie Matta, JR (Adrian)
7. Grace Kristoff, SO (McKendree)
8. Eunique Davis, SO (Tiffin)

155
1. Alexandria Glaudé, RSSR (McKendree)
2. Alyvia Fiske, JR (Simon Fraser)
3. Joye Levendusky, SO (McKendree)
4. Alison Horne, SR (Simon Fraser)
5. Hailey Cancelleri, SO (King)
6. Maggie Elliot, JR (Adrian)
7. Alma Mendoza, SO (Colorado Mesa)
8. Taylor Hites, SO (Tiffin)

170
1. Korinahe Bullock, JR (McKendree)
2. Emily Cue, SO (SFU)
3. Rebekah Trudel, JR (SFU)
4. Nia Crosdale, SO (King)
5. Sydnee Kimber, SO (McKendree)
6. Andrea Sennett, RS-JR (McKendree)
7. Mckhenna Calhoun, SO (Tiffin)
8. Payton Klotzer, SO (Schreiner)

191
1. Kaylee Seabolt, SO (Emmanuel)
2. Serena Woldring, SO (Simon Fraser)
3. Leya Deickman, SR (Ferrum)
4. Jessie Lee, JR (Tiffin)
5. Kimberly De La Cruz, JR (Lindenwood-St.Charles)
6. Emily Clawson, SR (Colorado Mesa)
7. Miriam De La Garza, SO (Schreiner)