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Five Mountain Hawks Appear In First NCAA Coaches' Ranking
1/23/2025 11:50:00 AM | Men's Wrestling
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Five Lehigh wrestlers appear in the first NCAA Coaches' Ranking for the 2024-25 season, announced Thursday.
The coaches' rankings are determined by a vote of 16 coaches in each weight class with two head coaches from each of the eight conferences. For ranking purposes, coaches may only consider a wrestler that has been designated as a starter at a respective weight class. Wrestlers must have eight Division I matches in the weight class to be considered with at least one within the last 30 days.
The Mountain Hawks are led by senior Michael Beard and graduate student Owen Trephan, who are both ranked sixth at 197 and 285, respectively.
In addition to Beard and Trephan, junior Sheldon Seymour is ranked 14th at 125, senior Malyke Hines comes in at No. 26 at 149, and first-year Logan Rozynski is ranked 24th at 157.
Sophomore Ryan Crookham, ranked No. 1 in most major national polls, does not appear in the Coaches' Ranking as he has not yet hit the eight-match threshold and has not competed in the last 30 days.
The coaches' ranking is one of several criteria that will be evaluated by the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee during the at-large selection and seeding process along with head-to-head competition, quality wins, Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), conference tournament placement, results versus common opponents and win percentage.
The second Coaches' Ranking and first RPI will be released on Feb. 13.
The NCAA Championships will be held Mar. 20-22 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
Follow Lehigh Wrestling on X/Twitter and Instagram and like on Facebook for exclusive updates throughout the season.
The coaches' rankings are determined by a vote of 16 coaches in each weight class with two head coaches from each of the eight conferences. For ranking purposes, coaches may only consider a wrestler that has been designated as a starter at a respective weight class. Wrestlers must have eight Division I matches in the weight class to be considered with at least one within the last 30 days.
The Mountain Hawks are led by senior Michael Beard and graduate student Owen Trephan, who are both ranked sixth at 197 and 285, respectively.
In addition to Beard and Trephan, junior Sheldon Seymour is ranked 14th at 125, senior Malyke Hines comes in at No. 26 at 149, and first-year Logan Rozynski is ranked 24th at 157.
Sophomore Ryan Crookham, ranked No. 1 in most major national polls, does not appear in the Coaches' Ranking as he has not yet hit the eight-match threshold and has not competed in the last 30 days.
The coaches' ranking is one of several criteria that will be evaluated by the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee during the at-large selection and seeding process along with head-to-head competition, quality wins, Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), conference tournament placement, results versus common opponents and win percentage.
The second Coaches' Ranking and first RPI will be released on Feb. 13.
The NCAA Championships will be held Mar. 20-22 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
Follow Lehigh Wrestling on X/Twitter and Instagram and like on Facebook for exclusive updates throughout the season.
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