Most Outstanding Wrestlers
Year Wrestler School Wt. Class
1932 Edwin Belshaw Indiana 134
1933 Alan Kelley Oklahoma St. 145
Pat Johnson Harvard 135-3rd
1934 Ben Bishop Lehigh 155
1935 Ross Flood Oklahoma St. 126
1936 Wayne Martin Oklahoma 134
1937 Stanley Henson Oklahoma St. 142
1938 Joe McDaniels Oklahoma St. 118
1939 Dale Hanson Minnesota 126
1940 Don Nichols Michigan 175
1941 Al Whitehurst Oklahoma St. 135
1942 David Arndt Oklahoma St. 142
1946 Gerald Leeman Northern Iowa 126
1947 William Koll Northern Iowa 142
1948 William Koll Northern Iowa 147.5
1949 Charles Hetrick Oklahoma St. 126
1950 Anthony Gizoni Waynesburg 121
1951 Walter Romanowski Cornell College 130
1952 Tommy Evans Oklahoma 147
1953 Frank Bettucci Cornell 147
1954 Tommy Evans Oklahoma 147
1955 Edward Eichelberger Lehigh 147
1956 Dan Hodge Oklahoma 175
1957 Dan Hodge Oklahoma 177
1958 Dick Delgado Oklahoma 115
1959 Ron Gray Iowa St. 147
1960 Dave Auble Cornell 123
1961 E. Gray Simons Lock Haven 115
1962 E. Gray Simons Lock Haven 115
1963 Mickey Martin Oklahoma 130
1964 Dean Lahr Colorado 175
1965 Yojiro Uetake Oklahoma St. 130
1966 Yojiro Uetake Oklahoma St. 130
1967 Rich Sanders Portland St. 115
1968 Dwayne Keller Oklahoma St. 123
1969 Dan Gable Iowa St. 137
1970 Larry Owings Washington 142
1971 Darrell Keller Oklahoma St. 142
1972 Wade Schalles Clarion 150
1973 Greg Strobel Oregon St. 190
1974 Floyd Hitchcock Bloomsburg 177
1975 Mike Frick Lehigh 126
1976 Chuck Yagla Iowa 150
1977 Nick Gallo Hofstra 126
1978 Mark Churella Michigan 150
1979 Bruce Kinseth Iowa 150
1980 Howard Harris Oregon St. Hwt
1981 Gene Mills Syracuse 118
1982 Mark Schultz Oklahoma 167
1983 Mike Sheets Oklahoma St. 167
1984 Jim Zalesky Iowa 158
1985 Barry Davis Iowa 118
1986 Marty Kistler Iowa 158
1987 John Smith Oklahoma St. 134
1988 Scott Turner North Carolina St. 150
1989 Tim Krieger Iowa St. 150
1990 Chris Barnes Oklahoma St. 177
1991 Jeff Prescott Penn St. 118
1992 Tom Brands Iowa 134
1993 Terry Steiner Iowa 150
1994 Pat Smith Oklahoma St. 158
1995 T.J. Jaworsky North Carolina 134
1996 Les Gutches Oregon St. 177
1997 Lincoln McIlravy Iowa 150
1998 Joe Williams Iowa 167
1999 Cael Sanderson Iowa St. 184
2000 Cael Sanderson Iowa St. 184
2001 Cael Sanderson Iowa St. 184
2002 Cael Sanderson Iowa St. 197