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://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/champ_handbooks/wrestling/2009/1_wrestling_handbook.pdf .
The list of all 330 qualifiers is available at www.ncaa.com.
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