NAIA Announces Host Site for Men’s and Women’s Wrestling National Championships
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has selected Park City Arena in Park City, Kansas, and Visit Wichita as hosts for the 2025 NAIA Women’s Wrestling National Championship. The 2025 championship will be held March 14 - 15 and consists of a double elimination championship bracket at ten weight classes.
“Throughout the past several years, Park City Arena and Visit Wichita have been outstanding hosts to our men’s wrestling national championship,” said NAIA Championships Director Austin Bennett. “We are excited to continue our collaboration, this time bringing Park City Arena and Visit Wichita’s passionate approach and athlete-centric environment to the women’s championship.”
The NAIA has also selected Park City Arena and Visit Wichita to host the NAIA Men’s Wrestling National Championship through 2027. Park City Arena and Visit Wichita have hosted the NAIA Men’s Wrestling Championship for the past five years. The 2025 championship will be held March 6 - 8, and similar to the women’s, it consists of a double elimination championship bracket at ten weight classes.
“Visit Wichita is honored to host the 2026 and 2027 NAIA Men’s Wrestling Championships, a competition we look forward to welcoming in 2025 and have proudly hosted in the Heart of the Country every year since 2020,” said Visit Wichita Vice President of Sport Development Josh Howell. “Plus, we are very excited to welcome – for the first time – the NAIA Women’s Wrestling Championships in 2025. Wichita’s passion for wrestling and sports, our successful track record in hosting this national event, and our area’s diversity of world-class facilities like Park City Arena make this region an ideal place to host sporting events.”
Tickets for the 2025 NAIA Men’s and Women’s Wrestling National Championships are now available for purchase at parkcityarena.com
ABOUT NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS (NAIA)
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., is a governing body of small athletics programs that are dedicated to character-driven intercollegiate athletics. NAIA members provide more than 83,000 student-athletes with opportunities to play college sports, earn $1.3 billion in scholarships and compete in 29 national championships. naia.org | @NAIA
ABOUT VISIT WITCHIA
Visit Wichita markets the greater Wichita area as a major convention and tourism destination, thereby enhancing the economic development of the city, county, region, and state. Visit Wichita is led by president and CEO Susie Santo, and in 2021, travel and tourism contributed nearly $1.1 billion in economic impact to the greater Wichita area. Find more information at www.VisitWichita.com.