Big 12 Conference Adds Regular Season Wrestling Championship

IRVING, Texas – The Big 12 Conference will add a regular season championship in wrestling, beginning with the 2026-27 season. The title will be in addition to the annual Big 12 Wrestling Championship presented by Allstate and was approved by the league’s head coaches.

The Big 12 regular season championship will be awarded to the team with the highest winning percentage in Conference dual meets, with no tiebreakers to allow for co-champions. The Conference previously honored regular season champions during the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons.

Episode 11 of 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆 Now Available

Episode 11 of 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆 is now available featuring four-time NCAA All-American and World bronze and silver medalist James Green.

More than a conversation, 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆 is a look inside the culture, the grind and the legacy of our great sport.

USA Wrestling Awards Hosts for Three National Events

USA Wrestling has selected its host cities for Women’s Nationals, Women’s National Duals and Kids Freestyle & Greco-Roman Nationals through 2030. Each of the three events will return to its 2026 locations.

Spokane, Washington, will host the Women’s Nationals. Westfield, Indiana, will continue to host Women’s Nationals Duals and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will host Kids Freestyle & Greco-Roman Nationals.

Young Stars Make Up Men’s Freestyle U20 World Team

Team USA’s U20 men’s freestyle squad headed to the 2026 U20 World Championships includes the next stars in the discipline, from age-group World Medalists, Continental medalists and NCAA All-Americans. The men’s freestyle portion of the championships begins on Thursday, August 20 and runs through the end of the event on Sunday, August 23 at Sportova Hala Mladost.

USA Wrestling men's freestyle team members Jayden James, Landon Robideau, Dreshaun Ross, Aaron Seidel and Aeoden Sinclair are all winners of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame's Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award.

U.S. Sending Powerful 63-Person Squad to Poland

Team USA is sending a strong 63-person team to Warsaw, Poland, August 26-30. A 29-man men’s freestyle team will compete at the 35th Waclaw Ziolkowski Memorial, August 29-30. The 17-woman women’s freestyle team will take part in the 30th Poland Open on August 27-29, and 17 Greco-Roman wrestlers will be a part of the 69th Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Memorial on August 26-27.

USA Wrestling women's freestyle competitors Alara Boyd, Macey Kilty and Sage Mortimer are all winners of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame's Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award while men's freestyle competitors Cameron Amine, Marcus Blaze, Kyle Burwick, Wyatt Hendrickson, Patrick Kennedy and Zain Retherford are all winners of the Hall of Fame's Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award.

Leydecker Looks to Defend U20 World Title

A quartet of age-group World champions is set to represent the U.S. in women’s freestyle at the 2026 U20 World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. Women’s freestyle action at Sportova Hala Mladost commences on Tuesday, August 18 and continues through Friday, August 21.

Team USA women's freestyle team members Gretchen Donally, Piper Fowler, Caley Graber, Everest Leydecker and Taylor Whiting are all winners of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame's Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award.

The first of three women’s freestyle groups begins competition on Tuesday, August 18. Group one (50-53-72 kg) wrestles Tuesday and Wednesday, with group two (55-62-65-76 kg) competing on Wednesday and Thursday. Group three (57-59-68 kg) rounds out action on Thursday and Friday.

Wrestlers In Business Network Encouraging Employers to Hire Wrestlers

MANHEIM, Pa. - The Wrestlers in Business Network, an operating division of the National Wrestling Coaches Association, invites employers and wrestling professionals to participate in the WIBN Virtual Career Fair on Thursday, October 1, 2026, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern Time.

Registration is now open. The first 25 employers to register will receive complimentary admission to the next virtual career fair at no additional cost. More than half of those 25 spots have already been claimed since registration opened October 5.

Last year's virtual career fair attracted over 1,200 registrants. Follow-up surveys showed that the vast majority of participating employers had two to three prospects formally apply and advance to the interview stage as a direct result of the event. The fair produced qualified candidates who moved forward in the hiring process, not just visibility or resume collection.

National Wrestling Hall of Fame Executive Director Search

The National Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum's Board of Governors is still accepting applications for its Executive Director position.

The board seeks a passionate and credible Champion of the NWHOF’s vision, mission and values who will steward the institution’s legacy while propelling it into a new era of innovation, growth, and impact.