The college directory · California
Women's wrestling colleges in California
8 colleges in California sponsor women's wrestling, across 3 divisions. Each one is here with its head coach where the school's staff page names one, and the coach's email address where the school publishes it. Every row came off that school's own athletics staff page.
By Joe Spisak, Pennsylvania state champion and 4x NCAA qualifier at Virginia · Published September 3, 2026
NCAA Division II · 2
What D2 means for a recruit| School | Head coach | Published contact |
|---|---|---|
| Menlo | Michael Ayala | michael.ayala@menlo.edu |
| Vanguard | Joe Evano | x6626 |
NAIA · 3
What NAIA means for a recruit| School | Head coach | Published contact |
|---|---|---|
| Hope International University | Alex Driggers | adriggers@hiu.edu |
| Simpson University | Erin Razo | erazo@simpsonu.edu |
| Westcliff University | D'rell Gist | drellgist@westcliff.edu |
CCCAA · 3
The California Community College Athletic Association, also called the 3C2A. Each school's own athletics site names it.
| School | Head coach | Published contact |
|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield College | Andrea Prise | andrea.prise@bakersfieldcollege.edu |
| College of the Redwoods | Brandon Benvenuti | brandon-benvenuti@redwoods.edu |
| Mt. San Antonio College | David Rivera | drivera@mtsac.edu |
Every row above was read off the school's own athletics staff page between 2026-09-22 and 2026-10-05. 7 of 8 programs publish the head coach's email address there; where the school publishes none, this page prints none rather than guessing one. The coach's name links to the page we read. Found a change? The staff page is the authority, and we will follow it.
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Menlo
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Writing to these coaches
7 of these programs publish a coach's email address. That is the whole opening: a coach who has never heard of you reads a short, specific email from the athlete herself far more often than anyone expects. The email to send has the template, the subject line, what to attach, and when to send it.
Before you write, two rules decide whether a coach may answer: the recruiting timeline sets the date each division may write back, and how the money works sets what any of them can actually offer. Neither is what the recruiting services tell you.
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