NCAA Announces At-Large Selections for 2009 Div I Championships

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