The NCAA announced the final at-large bids, completing the set of 330 wrestlers that will be in St. Louis for the 2021 NCAA Championships. I’ve already broken down the number of qualifiers each school earned; now it’s time to break things down by home state, year of eligibility, and conference!
The NCAA announced the final at-large bids, completing the set of 330 wrestlers that will be in St. Louis for the 2021 NCAA Championships. I’ve already broken down the number of qualifiers each school earned; now it’s time to break things down by home state, year of eligibility, and conference!
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First, the number of qualifiers by state followed by a very nice interactive map.
Qualifiers By State
| State | # Of Qualifiers |
| PA | 49 |
| IL | 29 |
| OH | 28 |
| CA | 24 |
| NJ | 19 |
| NY | 16 |
| IA | 14 |
| MI | 13 |
| IN | 13 |
| MO | 12 |
| GA | 12 |
| MN | 11 |
| CO | 10 |
| WI | 8 |
| VA | 6 |
| OK | 6 |
| KS | 6 |
| FL | 6 |
| TX | 4 |
| OR | 4 |
| AZ | 4 |
| WA | 3 |
| UT | 3 |
| ND | 3 |
| NC | 3 |
| MT | 3 |
| ID | 3 |
| WV | 2 |
| NH | 2 |
| MD | 2 |
| CT | 2 |
| WY | 1 |
| TN | 1 |
| NV | 1 |
| NM | 1 |
| NE | 1 |
| MA | 1 |
| KY | 1 |
| HI | 1 |
| AL | 1 |
| AK | 1 |
How about some heat map using beautiful radar technology?
We can’t forget about the two non-contiguous US qualifiers, however.
Iowa State’s Kysen Terukina hails from Ewa Beach, Hawaii.
And Campbell’s Caleb Hopkins is a native of Palmer, Alaska.
Now let’s take a closer look at the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-New York-Ohio hotbed where the largest percentage of qualifiers come from.
Qualifiers By Conference
| Conference | # Of Qualifiers |
| Big Ten | 92 |
| Big 12 | 61 |
| EIWA | 49 |
| MAC | 41 |
| ACC | 39 |
| Pac 12 | 27 |
| SoCon | 21 |
Qualifiers By Year Of Eligibility
| Year | # Of Qualifiers |
| SR | 103 |
| JR | 87 |
| SO | 82 |
| FR | 58 |
Of the 58 freshmen to qualify, 26 were true freshmen. That means just 7.85% of NCAA qualifiers were true freshmen.
