Courtesy: Cascade Collegiate Conference
Courtesy: Cascade Collegiate Conference

2024 NAIA Women's Wrestling National Championships Qualifiers Announced

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – (Qualifiers by Weight Class Qualifiers by School | Qualifiers by Conference) The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) is pleased to announce the qualifiers for the 2024 NAIA Women's Wrestling National Championships hosted at Harold Newman Arena in Jamestown, N.D. The second annual championship event features four sessions and runs from March 8-9.

Each conference tournament awards automatic bids per weight class based on the final regular-season rating, which can be seen HERE. Each conference is awarded automatic berths based on the amount of wrestlers ranked in each weight class. Each conference is awarded a minimum of one automatic bid per weight class, which will go to the tournament champions, even if the conference did not have any wrestlers ranked in the final regular-season rating. If a conference does not have an individual ranked in the final top 16 an allocation will be granted to ensure each conference is represented at each weight class at the National Championships.

After the conference tournaments concluded, a 10-member committee consisting of conference raters and oversight members met to select the remaining national at-large qualifiers. The seeding and preliminary brackets will be announced on NAIA.org by 5 p.m. (CST) on Friday, March 1st.

Five teams will bring a full complement of 12 wrestlers to the championships including Life (Ga.), Menlo (Calif.), Providence (Mont.), Southern Oregon, and Texas Wesleyan. Grand View (Iowa) and Oklahoma City will travel 11 while Campbellsville (Ky.) and Missouri Baptist sport 10 each. 

The Cascade Collegiate Conference leads with 53 student-athletes each while the Mid-South Conference and Sooner Athletic Conference follow with 48 and 39 student-athletes, respectively.

For additional information on the 2024 NAIA Women's Wrestling National Championships, click HERE.