Wrestlers with local ties who during their conference tournaments this weekend earned automatic berths for the NCAA wrestling championships that begin March 21 at Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena:
Wrestler, college (local high school), weight class, how qualified
Noah Adams, West Virginia, 197, Big 12 fifth place
Brady Berge, Penn State, 149, Big Ten sixth place
Nino Bonaccorsi, Pitt (Bethel Park), 184, ACC runner-up
Roman Bravo-Young, Penn State, 133, Big Ten fifth place
Te’Shan Campbell, Ohio State (Penn Hills), 165, Big Ten sixth place
Anthony Cassar, Penn State, 285, Big Ten champion
Cam Coy, Virginia (Penn-Trafford), 165, ACC fourth place
Gage Curry, American (North Hills), 125, EIWA third place
Mark Hall, Penn State, 174, Big Ten champion
Zach Hartman, Bucknell (Belle Vernon), 157, EIWA runner-up
A.C. Headlee, North Carolina (Waynesburg), 141, ACC fourth place
Vincenzo Joseph, Penn State (Pittsburgh Central Catholic), 165, Big Ten runner-up
Nick Lee, Penn State, 141, Big Ten third place
Spencer Lee, Iowa (Franklin Regional), 125, Big Ten runner-up
Josh Maruca, Arizona State (Franklin Regional), Pac-12 runner-up
Christian Monserrat, West Virginia, 149, Big 12 fourth place
Max Murin, Iowa (Central Cambria), 141, Big Ten seventh place
Brandon Ngati, West Virginia, Big 12 sixth place
Bo Nickal, Penn State, 197, Big Ten champion
Jason Nolf, Penn State (Kittanning), 157, Big Ten champion
Micky Phillippi, Pitt (Derry), 133, ACC champion and most valuable wrestler
Drew Phipps, Bucknell (Norwin), 197, EIWA semifinalist
Luke Pletcher, Ohio State (Latrobe), 133, Big Ten runner-up
Taleb Rahmani, Pitt, 157, ACC runner-up
Shakur Rasheed, Penn State, 184, Big Ten runner-up
Matthew Schmitt, West Virginia, 133, Big 12 fourth place
Josh Shields, Arizona State (Franklin Regional), 165, Pac-12 champion
Ethan Smith, Ohio State (Latrobe), 174, Big Ten sixth place
Demetrius Thomas, Pitt, 285, ACC champion
Jake Woodley, Oklahoma (North Allegheny), 197, Big 12 third place
Zack Zavatsky, Virginia Tech (Latrobe), 184, ACC champion
