The record
Women's wrestling careers, written down
One page per wrestler. Every placement, weight, and score comes from a primary source named on the page, and where a detail could not be sourced it is left out rather than guessed. 79 so far.
By Joe Spisak, Pennsylvania state champion and 4x NCAA qualifier at Virginia · Published September 2, 2026
High school
College
- Audrey JimenezTucson, AZ · Lehigh University
First girl to win an Arizona boys' state title (106 pounds, 2024); 6x age-group World medalist; 2026 NCAA champion at 110 pounds for Lehigh
- Cydney DavisEl Paso, TX · Texas Woman's University
3x Texas UIL Class 5A state champion at El Paso Bel Air; 57-0 as a senior; 2026 Tricia Saunders Award winner for Texas
- Destiny RodriguezWest Linn, OR · McKendree University
4x Oregon girls' state champion for West Linn (2020-23); 2019 U15 World champion at 66 kg; 2024 U20 Pan American champion; 2026 NCAA runner-up at 180 pounds for McKendree
- Everest LeydeckerPhoenix, AZ · University of Iowa
2x U20 World champion at 55 kg, the fourth U.S. woman to do it; 2026 U.S. Open, Pan American and Final X champion
- Haylie JaffeKennett Square, PA · McKendree University
3x Pennsylvania girls' state champion; 2023 U17 World bronze at 61 kg; 2025 NCWWC runner-up and 2026 NCAA third at 138 pounds
- Jasmine RobinsonAllen, TX · McKendree University
4x UIL Texas girls' state champion (Allen, 2021-24); 2024 U20 World champion at 72 kg with four pins; 2025 U23 World silver medalist
- Lilly LuftCharles City, IA · University of Iowa
3x Iowa girls' state champion at Charles City; 125-6 and a state record for career wins by a girl; 2026 NCAA All-American
- Naomi SimonDecorah, IA · University of Iowa
Iowa's first 4x girls' state champion, unbeaten at Decorah; 2024 U20 World bronze medalist at 76 kg; 2x U20 national champion
- Piper FowlerCleveland, TN · Iowa State University
2023 U17 World champion; 4x Tennessee state champion at 93-0; 2026 NAIA national champion at 180 pounds
- Reese LarramendyReno, NV · University of Iowa
2024 NCWWC champion at 143 pounds for Iowa; 3x All-American; 2026 NCAA runner-up; 2026 Ranking Series gold at 65 kg
- Rianne MurphyCrown Point, IN · University of Iowa
2022 16U Fargo champion; 2023 U17 World Team member; 2025 NCWWC third-place finisher at 103 pounds for Iowa
- Sabrina NaussBrighton, MI · Grand Valley State University
4x Michigan state champion and Brighton boys team captain; national runner-up at 180 pounds in 2025 and at 207 in 2026
- Sterling DiasLas Vegas, NV · University of Iowa
3x Nevada state champion; 2018 Cadet World bronze and 2019 silver at 40 kg; 2024 NCWWC runner-up at 101 pounds for Iowa
- Valarie SolorioPanama City Beach, FL · Iowa
Florida's first sanctioned girls' state champion and Pennsylvania's first PIAA girls champion; 2026 NCAA champion at 103 pounds for Iowa
Senior level
- Adaugo NwachukwuSan Jose, CA · William Penn University
3x NAIA champion at two schools; 2x Senior World Team member at 62 kg; 2026 U.S. Open, Pan American and Final X champion
- Adeline GrayDenver, CO
6x world champion; 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medalist at 76 kg
- Alara BoydMuncie, IN · McKendree University, North Central College
2x age-group World medalist (2017 silver, 2016 bronze); NCWWC national champion at 155 pounds; U.S. national team at 62 kg
- Alex HedrickFair Oaks, CA · Simon Fraser University
2x NCWWC national champion at Simon Fraser (2020, 2022); 2022 U23 World bronze medalist; 2018 U.S. Open champion
- Alexis JaniakPlainfield, IL · Aurora University
3x age-group World medalist; 2025 NCWWC champion at 131 pounds; 2026 NCAA runner-up; World Team Trials Challenge champion at 59 kg
- Alisha HowkRiver Falls, WI
2022 U23 World bronze medalist; 2023 U.S. Open champion at 55 kg; 2024 Pan American champion; assistant coach at Augsburg
- Amanda MartinezRiverside, IL · North Central College
2x U.S. Open champion at 57 kg; 2026 Pan American champion; 2x Final X finalist opposite Helen Maroulis
- Amani JonesMcDonough, GA · North Central College
2x NCWWC champion at North Central; U20 and U23 World bronze medalist; 3x Georgia girls' state champion
- Amit ElorWalnut Creek, CA · Diablo Valley College
2024 Olympic champion at 68 kg, youngest U.S. wrestler to win Olympic gold; 2x senior world champion at 72 kg
- Bella MirLas Vegas, NV · North Central College
2026 NCAA champion at 145 pounds, the first pin in an NCAA women's final; 2026 U.S. Open champion; 2022 Nevada girls' state champion
- Cristelle RodriguezFresno, CA · Doane University
U20 World champion at 55 kg in 2024; 3x NAIA national champion at Doane; 2026 U.S. World Team at 53 kg
- Dominique ParrishScotts Valley, CA · Simon Fraser University
2022 World champion at 53 kg in Belgrade; 2024 Olympian in Paris; 2x WCWA champion at Simon Fraser; 2x California state champion
- Emily ShilsonMaple Grove, MN · Augsburg University, McKendree University
5x college national champion, 4x NCWWC and the 2020 WCWA; U23, Junior and Cadet World champion; Youth Olympic gold
- Emma BruntilAcme, WA · McKendree University
2x NCWWC national champion for McKendree; 2022 U.S. Open champion; 5th at 68 kg at the 2023 World Championships
- Erin GolstonLake in the Hills, IL · University of Colorado Colorado Springs
3x Junior World medalist at 44 kg; U.S. Open champion and Final X finalist at 50 kg; 7 years on the U.S. National Team
- Gracie FigueroaSelma, CA · Menlo College
4x California state champion at Selma, 193-0; 2016 Cadet World bronze medalist at 56 kg; 2019 WCWA national champion as a Menlo freshman
- Helen MaroulisRockville, MD · Simon Fraser
First U.S. woman to win Olympic wrestling gold; 4x world champion; 3x Olympic medalist
- Jacarra WinchesterOakland, CA · Missouri Valley College
2019 World champion at 55 kg; Tokyo Olympian, fifth at 53 kg; 2023 World silver medalist; 2015 WCWA national champion
- Jaslynn GallegosBrighton, CO · North Central College
One of the first two girls to place at Colorado's boys' state tournament, in 2019; 2020 WCWA and 2023 NCWWC champion at 116 pounds
- Joye LevenduskyAvon, NY · Southern Oregon University
2023 U.S. Open champion at 72 kg on her sixth trip to a national final; 5x All-American at McKendree and Southern Oregon
- Katie GomezVan Nuys, CA · University of the Cumberlands
2021 U17 World champion at 53 kg; 2x U.S. Open champion; 2026 Pan American champion; NAIA national runner-up at 124 pounds
- Kayla MiracleBloomington, IN · Campbellsville
2x Olympian; 2021 and 2022 world silver medalist at 62 kg; 4x WCWA champion
- Kennedy BladesChicago, IL · Iowa
2024 Olympic silver medalist at 76 kg; 2025 World bronze medalist at 68 kg; 2021 U20 World champion; 2x college national champion for Iowa
- Kylie WelkerFranksville, WI · Iowa
2x senior World bronze medalist; 3x age-group World champion; 3x college national champion for Iowa
- Latifah McBrydeBuffalo, NY · Life University
2025 NAIA national champion at 160 pounds for Life; 3x NAIA All-American; No. 3 on the U.S. team at 68 kg
- Mallory VelteSacramento, CA · Simon Fraser University
2x World bronze medalist at 62 and 65 kg; 2x Pan American champion; 3x WCWA champion for Simon Fraser; 2x California girls' state champion
- Mia PalumboOak Lawn, IL · William Penn University
First girl to win a match at the IHSA state finals (2018); 2x NAIA national champion; 2023 U20 Pan American champion
- Morgan TurnerLockport, IL
2x U17 World champion (2023, 2025); U.S. Senior World Team at 50 kg as an 18-year-old; first girl to place at Illinois boys' state
- Ronna HeatonBrookings, SD · Grays Harbor College
2015 Cadet World champion at 49 kg; first girl in South Dakota history to qualify for the state tournament; 2021 Pan American champion
- Sage MortimerSpringville, UT · Grand Valley State University
2024 U23 World champion at 50 kg; 2025 NCWWC champion at 110 pounds and 2026 NCAA finalist; 4x Fargo champion
- Sarah HildebrandtGranger, IN · King University
2024 Olympic champion at 50 kg; 2020 Olympic bronze medalist; 4x senior world medalist; 2x WCWA champion
- Skylar GroteFrelinghuysen, NJ · Brock University
2022 U.S. Open and Pan American champion at 72 kg; U SPORTS champion at Brock; joined Blair Academy's all-male team in 2012
- Tristan KellyErie, CO · McKendree University
2x national champion at 207 pounds, the 2025 NCWWC and the first NCAA title at the weight in 2026; 2022 U20 World bronze medalist
- Yelena MakoyedOrangevale, CA · North Central College
2024 U23 World champion at 76 kg; 3x NCWWC national champion at North Central, a finalist in all five seasons
Career complete
- Afsoon JohnstonSan Jose, CA · University of California, Davis
First American woman to win a World wrestling medal (bronze, 47 kg, 1989); World silver in 1990; 3x U.S. Open champion
- Ali BernardNew Ulm, MN · University of Regina
2x Olympian (2008 and 2012), fifth at 72 kg in Beijing; 2011 World bronze medalist; wrestled boys at New Ulm
- Alli RaganCarbondale, IL · King University
2x World silver medalist (60 kg, 2016 and 2017); 2x WCWA national champion for King; first head coach of Iowa State women's wrestling
- Alyssa LampeTomahawk, WI · Northern Michigan University
2x World bronze medalist (2012, 2013); first Wisconsin girl to reach the boys' state final; 4x U.S. Open champion
- Ava BaylessGreenville, PA · University of Iowa
2024 NCWWC national champion at 109 pounds in Iowa's first varsity season; 2025 U23 Pan American bronze medalist
- Clarissa ChunHonolulu, HI · Missouri Valley College
Hawaii's first girls' state champion (98 pounds, 1998); 2008 World champion and 2012 Olympic bronze medalist; first head coach of Iowa women's wrestling
- Deanna RixSouth Berwick, ME · Northern Michigan University
2x World Team Trials champion; 5th at the 2008 and 2009 World Championships; 3x Junior National champion; first Maine girl to 100 wins
- Elena PirozhkovaGreenfield, MA
2012 World champion at 63 kg; 4x World medalist; 2x Olympian out of Greenfield, Massachusetts
- Ella SchmitBettendorf, IA · University of Iowa
3x Iowa girls' state champion; one of four girls ever to reach Iowa's boys' state tournament; 2023 U20 Pan American champion at 65 kg
- Erin ClodgoRichmond, VT · Northern Michigan University
4x U.S. Open champion out of Richmond, Vermont; 2x World Team member; won the 2016 Pan American Olympic qualifier at 63 kg
- Faith ColeWildwood, MO · Missouri Baptist University
117-0 at Lafayette, Missouri's first undefeated 4x girls' state champion; 2019 16U Nationals and 2021 Cadet Pan American champion
- Haley AugelloLockport, IL · King University
2016 Olympian at 48 kg, ninth in Rio; 2011 Cadet World champion at 46 kg; 3x WCWA national champion for King University
- Heaven FitchAsheboro, NC
First girl to win a North Carolina boys' state wrestling title (1A, 106 pounds, 2020); 1A Most Outstanding Wrestler; 3x Fargo All-American
- Jaycee FoellerDe Soto, MO · Iowa
121-0 at De Soto with 3x Missouri girls' state titles; 3x NCWWC finalist and 2023 NAIA runner-up across three schools
- Jenna BurkertRocky Point, NY · Northern Michigan University
2021 World bronze medalist at 55 kg; 4x U.S. World Team member; 2019 Pan American Games silver; Army WCAP staff sergeant
- Katherine ShaiEl Granada, CA · Menlo College
2x WCWA national champion for Menlo; 3rd at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Trials; 2020 Senior Nationals champion
- Kristie MaranoAlbany, NY · Oklahoma City University
2x World champion; 9x World medalist, tied with Adeline Gray for the most by an American woman; 2x WCWA champion at Oklahoma City
- Lexie BashamRoanoke, TX · Texas Wesleyan University
2x NAIA national champion at 130 pounds, Texas Wesleyan's first; 2x Texas state champion at Byron Nelson; 202-8 in high school
- Marcie Van DusenLake Arrowhead, CA · University of Colorado Colorado Springs
2008 Olympian at 55 kg; ended Saori Yoshida of Japan's 119-match winning streak at the 2008 World Cup; 2x U.S. national champion
- Maya NelsonDenver, CO · University of the Cumberlands
2017 Junior World champion at 63 kg; 5th at the 2021 World Championships; first girl to win a match at Colorado's 5A state meet
- Michaela HutchisonSoldotna, AK · Oklahoma City University
First girl to win a boys' high school state wrestling title (Alaska, 103 pounds, 2006); 3x WCWA national champion
- Randi MillerArlington, TX · Northern Michigan University
2008 Olympic bronze at 63 kg, the first African American woman to medal in Olympic wrestling for the U.S.; 2014 Military World champion
- Sandra BacherLong Island, NY · San Jose State University
1999 World champion at 68 kg; 3x Olympian in judo; 14x U.S. judo national champion; 2000 U.S. Nationals wrestling champion
- Sara McMannMarion, NC · Lock Haven University
First American woman to reach an Olympic wrestling final; 2004 Olympic silver at 63 kg; 3x World medalist; 2x Pan American Games champion
- Stephany LeeHonolulu, HI · Missouri Valley College
3x Hawaii girls' state champion at Moanalua; 2x U.S. World Team member at 72 kg; Women's College Nationals champion at Missouri Valley
- Tamyra Mensah-StockKaty, TX · Wayland Baptist
2020 Tokyo Olympic champion at 68 kg; 2x world champion; 2x Texas UIL and 2x WCWA champion
- Tela O'DonnellHomer, AK · Pacific University
Member of the first U.S. Olympic women's wrestling team (Athens 2004, 55 kg, 6th); 2003 U.S. Nationals champion
- Toccara MontgomeryCleveland, OH · University of the Cumberlands
2004 Olympian; 2x World silver medalist; 2003 Pan American Games champion; 2x Women's College Nationals champion for Cumberlands
- Tricia SaundersAnn Arbor, MI
First U.S. woman to win a world wrestling title; 4x world champion; first woman inducted as a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame
- Victoria AnthonyHuntington Beach, CA · Simon Fraser University
2x Junior World champion (2009, 2010); first 4x WCWA national champion (Simon Fraser, 2010-14); 2x Senior World team member
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