The NAIA women's wrestling championship is an annual tournament hosted by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to determine the national champion of collegiate women's wrestling among its members in the United States.
The tournament consists of both a team national title and individual titles at various weight classes. The NAIA voted to approve women's wrestling as its 28th national championship on April 9, 2022. Prior to this, there had been three NAIA women's wrestling national invitational championships. The winners of the Invitational Championships are still recognized as National Champions.
The 2020 National Invitational was canceled due to COVID-19.
The reigning national champions are Life, who won their second title in 2026.
Results 2019Jamestown, North DakotaMenlo230.5Oklahoma City154.52021 Campbellsville 185 Life 134.52022 Campbellsville (2)189Southern Oregon158.52023Southern Oregon160Life139.52024Menlo (2)172Life1382025Wichita, KSLife190.5Grand View120.52026Life (2)169William Penn158.5
2023 The 2023 championship took place March 10–11, 2023 at the Harold Newman Arena, on the campus of the University of Jamestown, in Jamestown, North Dakota. It was the first sanctioned collegiate women's wrestling championship. The team championship was won by Southern Oregon University, led by first year head coach, Gabrielle Weyhrich.
Team results +RankTeamPoints1Southern Oregon1602Life (GA)139.53Grand View (IA)123.54Menlo (CA)1235Providence (MT)1026Cumberlands (KY)98T7Central Methodist (MO)92.5T7Iowa Wesleyan92.59Texas Wesleyan78.510Campbellsville (KY)66
Individual results +Weight ChampionSchoolResultRunner-upSchool101Ira NavarroUniversity of Providence2-1Erin HikijiUniversity of Providence109Peyton PrussinLifeFall (1:51)Mia PalumboIowa Wesleyan116Caitlyn ThorneCentral Methodist10-0 (3:40)Camille FournierTexas Wesleyan123Carolina MorenoSouthern Oregon6-2Alana VivaMenlo College130Lexie BashamTexas Wesleyan6-3Sarah SavidgeLife136Adaugo NwachukwuIowa Wesleyan15-2 (4:46)Mea MohlerTexas Wesleyan143Emily SeSouthern Oregon3-2Alexis GomezGrand View155Kaylynn AlbrechtBaker11-8Latifah McBrydeLife170Dymond GuilfordCumberlandsFall (3:59)Joye LevenduskySouthern Oregon191Grace KristoffSouthern OregonFall (5:59)Jaycee FoellerCentral Methodist
Recognition Coach of the Year – Gabrielle Weyrich (Southern Oregon) Outstanding Wrestler – Adaugo Nwachukwu (Iowa Wesleyan) Team Sportsmanship – Providence
2024 The 2024 NAIA championship took place March 8-9, 2024 at the Harold Newman Arena, on the campus of the University of Jamestown, in Jamestown, North Dakota. It was the second annual competition and Menlo College won the team championship with 172 points.
Team scores
Rank Team Points 1 Menlo (CA) 172 2 Life (GA) 138 3 Southern Oregon 134 4 William Penn (IA) 111.5 5 Grand View (IA) 106 6 Texas Wesleyan 98.5 7 Providence (MT) 90.5 8 Missouri Baptist 87.5 9 Campbellsville (KY) 54 10 Cumberlands (KY) 53
Individual results
Weight Champion School Result Runner-up School 101 Stefana Jelacic Lourdes 12-3 Erin Hikiji Providence 109 Mia Palumbo William Penn 3-1 Jasmine Howard Texas Wesleyan 116 Juliana Diaz Missouri Baptist 7-6 Camille Fournier Texas Wesleyan 123 Cristelle Rodriguea Doane 10-0 (1:38) Maya Davis Grand View 130 Carolina Moreno Southern Oregon 11-0 (4:07) Sarah Savidge Life 136 Adaugo Nwachukwu William Penn Fall (2:16) Zaynah McBryde Life 143 Jamilah McBryde Life 10-0 (2:50) Emma Walker Campbellsville 155 Caitlyn Davis Southern Oregon 4-2 Latifah McBryde Life 170 Ashley Lekas William Penn 4-2 Abby McIntyre Grand View 191 Tavia Heidelberg-Tillitson Menlo 4-3 Joanna Hendricks Waldorf
Recognition Coach of the Year – Michael Ayala (Menlo College) Outstanding Wrestler – Cristelle Rodriguez (Doane University) Team Sportsmanship – University of Providence
Team titles Team # Winning years 2 2021A, 2022A 2 2025, 2026 2 2019A, 2024 1 2023
A = Women's wrestling first approved for championship status beginning in 2023.
See also NCAA wrestling championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
References
External links NAIA Women's Wrestling