NAIA Wrestling Championship

NAIA Wrestling Championship

Sport	Wrestling
Founded	1958
Country	United States Canada
Most recent champion(s)	Grand View (IA) (5)
Official website	NAIA.com

The NAIA Wrestling Championship is the annual tournament to determine the national champions of NAIA men's collegiate wrestling in the United States and Canada. It has been held annually since 1958. The tournament consists of both a team national title and individual titles at various weight classes.

The most successful programs have been Adams State and Central Oklahoma, both with eight team NAIA national titles.

The current champion is Grand View University, who won their fifth consecutive team national title in 2016.

Champions

Year	Site	Winner	Points	Runner-up	Points
1958	Mankato, Minnesota	Mankato State	97	Iowa State Teachers	69
1959	DeKalb, Illinois	Mankato State (2)	64	Southern Illinois	52
1960	Lock Haven, Pennsylvania	Bloomsburg State	79		73
1961	Golden, Colorado	Lock Haven State	50	Colorado Mines	35
1962	Winona, Minnesota	Bloomsburg State (2)	56	Lock Haven State	47
1963	Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania	Lock Haven State (2)	61	Bloomsburg State	60
1964	Spearfish, South Dakota	Moorhead State	65	Lock Haven State	62
1965	Terre Haute, Indiana	Bloomsburg State (3)	60		50
1966	St. Cloud, Minnesota	Lock Haven State (3)	107	Moorhead State	64
1967	Lock Haven, Pennsylvania	Lock Haven State (4)	80	Adams State	69
1968	Alamosa, Colorado	Adams State	106	Nebraska–Omaha	77
1969	Omaha, Nebraska	Adams State (2)	98		84
1970	Superior, Wisconsin	Nebraska–Omaha	86	Adams State	58
1971	Boone, North Carolina	Central Washington State	56	Bloomsburg State	49
1972	Klamath Falls, Oregon	Adams State (3)	64	Nebraska–Omaha	53.5
1973	Sioux City, Iowa	Adams State (4)	62.5	Central State (OK)	48.5
1974	River Falls, Wisconsin	Central Washington State (2)	102	Central State (OK)	80.5
1975	Sioux City, Iowa	Adams State (5)	61	Augsburg	55
1976	Edinboro, Pennsylvania	Adams State (6)	83.5	Eastern Washington State	70.25
1977	Cheney, Washington	Eastern Washington	90.75	Grand Valley State	89
1978	Whitewater, Wisconsin	Southern Oregon State	81.5		78.75
1979	Wheeling, West Virginia	Central State (OK)	102.5	Adams State	69
1980	Hays, Kansas	Adams State (7)	86	Huron	76.5
1981	Edmond, Oklahoma	Central State (OK) (2)	155.25	Adams State	69.5
1982	Forest Grove, Oregon	Central State (OK) (3)	105.5		88.75
1983	Minot, North Dakota	Southern Oregon State (4)	98.5	Simon Fraser	89.75
1984	Edmond, Oklahoma	Central State (OK) (4)	122.25	Jamestown	89.25
1985	Jamestown, North Dakota	Central State (OK) (5)	124.25	Southern Colorado	80.5
1986	Minot, North Dakota	Central State (OK) (6)	98.5	Southern Oregon	91.25
1987	West Liberty, West Virginia	Central State (OK) (7)	92.5	Alaska Pacific	71.5
1988	Tacoma, Washington	Simon Fraser	140.5	Central State (OK)	89
1989	Jamestown, North Dakota	Central State (OK) (8)	105	Simon Fraser	92
1990	Hays, Kansas	Adams State (8)	94	Northern Montana	83.5
1991	Butte, Montana	Northern Montana	100.75	Southern Colorado	88
1992	Hays, Kansas	Northern Montana (2)	109	Adams State	102.75
1993	Butte, Montana	Simon Fraser (2)	123.25	Northern Montana	95.25
1994		Southern Oregon (3) Western Montana	94.5	Mary	92.25
1995	Jamestown, North Dakota	Findlay	147	West Liberty State	100
1996		Missouri Valley	124	Mary	107.5
1997		Missouri Valley (2)	162.5		133.5
1998	Primm, Nevada	Montana State–Northern (3)	162.5	Missouri Valley	114.5
1999	St. Charles, Missouri	Montana State–Northern (4)	151.5	Findlay (OH)	147
2000		Montana State–Northern (5)	137.5	Missouri Valley	118.5
2001		Southern Oregon (4)	158		151.5
2002	Great Falls, Montana	Lindenwood	180	Montana State–Northern	167
2003		Missouri Valley (3)	139.5	Lindenwood	134.5
2004		Montana State–Northern (6)	169.5	Menlo	133.5
2005	Sioux City, Iowa	Lindenwood (2)	178.5	MIssouri Valley	128.5
2006		Dana	193	Lindenwood	164
2007		Lindenwood (3)	177	Embry–Riddle (FL)	110
2008		Lindenwood (4)	130	McKendree	109.5
2009	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Lindenwood (5)	167	Southern Oregon	125.5
2010		Notre Dame (OH)	179.5		120
2011	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	Notre Dame (OH) (2)	170	Lindenwood	141
2012		Grand View	172	Southern Oregon	141
2013		Grand View (2)	159		153
2014	Topeka, Kansas	Grand View (3)	193	Great Falls	84.5
2015		Grand View (4)	147.5	Southern Oregon	109.0

Multiple winners

The following schools have won more than one team championship:

• 8: Adams State College, Central State University
• 6: Montana State University–Northern
• 5: Lindenwood University, Grand View University
• 4: Lock Haven State College, Southern Oregon State College
• 3: Bloomsburg State College, Missouri Valley College
• 2: Central Washington University, Eastern Washington University, Mankato State College, Notre Dame College, Simon Fraser University

See also

• NCAA Wrestling Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)