INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (theNCAA.com) – The NCAA has announced the 44 at-large selections for the 2022 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. The list includes North Carolina 141-pound grad student Kizhan Clarke, bringing the total number of ACC wrestlers eligible to compete this year to 40.
The at-large selections will join the 286 student-athletes that qualified through their conference tournament finishes over the weekend. A conference-record 39 wrestlers automatically qualified during last weekend’s competition at the ACC Championship held at Charlottesville, Virginia.
ACC champion NC State leads all league schools with 10 NCAA qualifiers. Virginia and Virginia Tech followed with eight apiece, while North Carolina and Pitt will each send six to Detroit, and Duke will send two.
The at-large selections were made by the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee using the following selection criteria: head-to-head competition, quality wins, results against common opponents, winning percentage, ratings percentage index, coaches ranking and conference tournament finish.
Seeding and brackets for this year’s event will be revealed tomorrow, March 9, during the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Selection Show on NCAA.com at 6 p.m. ET. The NCAA Championships will be held March 17-19 at Detroit’s Little Caesar’s Arena.
Visit
http://ncaa.com/wrestling for more information about this year’s championship.
Listed below are this year’s ACC NCAA Division I qualifiers by weight class and alphabetical order:
| NCAA QUALIFIERS -125 POUNDS |
| Jakob Camacho |
NC State |
| Sam Latona |
Virginia Tech |
| Patrick McCormick |
Virginia |
|
| NCAA QUALIFIERS - 133 POUNDS |
| Brian Courtney |
Virginia |
| Joseph Heilmann |
North Carolina |
| Korbin Myers |
Virginia Tech |
| Kai Orine |
NC State |
| Micky Phillippi |
Pittsburgh |
|
| NCAA QUALIFIERS - 141 POUNDS |
| Dylan Cedeno |
Virginia |
| Kizhan Clarke |
North Carolina |
| Collin Gerardi |
Virginia Tech |
| Ryan Jack |
NC State |
| Cole Matthews |
Pittsburgh |
|
| NCAA QUALIFIERS - 149 POUNDS |
| Bryce Andonian |
Virginia Tech |
| Josh Finesilver |
Duke |
| Zachary Sherman |
North Carolina |
| Tariq Wilson |
NC State |
|
| NCAA QUALIFIERS - 157 POUNDS |
| Connor Brady |
Virginia Tech |
| Elijah Cleary |
Pittsburgh |
| Jake Keating |
Virginia |
| Austin O`Connor |
North Carolina |
| Ed Scott |
NC State |
|
| NCAA QUALIFIERS - 165 POUNDS |
| Thomas Bullard |
NC State |
| Justin McCoy |
Virginia |
| Jake Wentzel |
Pittsburgh |
|
| NCAA QUALIFIERS - 174 POUNDS |
| Matt Finesilver |
Duke |
| Hayden Hidlay |
NC State |
| Clay Lautt |
North Carolina |
| Mekhi Lewis |
Virginia Tech |
|
| NCAA QUALIFIERS - 184 POUNDS |
| Michael Battista |
Virginia |
| Hunter Bolen |
Virginia Tech |
| Gregg Harvey |
Pittsburgh |
| Trent Hidlay |
NC State |
| Gavin Kane |
North Carolina |
|
| NCAA QUALIFIERS - 197 POUNDS |
| Jay Aiello |
Virginia |
| Nino Bonaccorsi |
Pittsburgh |
| Isaac Trumble |
NC State |
|
| NCAA QUALIFIERS - 285 POUNDS |
| Tyrie Houghton |
NC State |
| Quinn Miller |
Virginia |
| Nathan Traxler |
Virginia Tech |