JWU (Providence) and Wartburg share the 2025 DIII wrestling championship wins the 2025 DIII wrestling championship
The 2025 NCAA DIII wrestling championships were held March 14-15 at Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, Rhode Island. Wartburg and Johnson & Wales were crowned as co-champions after tying with 83.5 points in the championship.
Qualifiers were announced on March 3, with the official brackets revealed on Tuesday, March 11.
2025 NCAA DIII wrestling championships schedule
- Monday, March 3 | Qualifiers announced
- Tuesday, March 11 | Brackets announced
- Friday, March 14
- 10 a.m. ET |
- 5 p.m. ET |
- Saturday, March 15 |
- 10 a.m. ET | Championship semifinals and consolation wrestle-back quarterfinals; consolation semifinals; seventh-, fifth- and third-place matches
- 7 p.m | Championship finals
Final team results
Qualifying meets
For 2025, the Division III Championships Committee has allocated 210 positions for the championships. Each qualifying tournament will qualify its champion, second-place finisher and third-place finisher from each weight class.
| Qualifying Tournaments | Dates | Host |
|---|---|---|
| Region I | March 1 - 2 | Wesleyan University - Middletown, Conn. |
| Region II | March 1 - 2 | Lycoming College - Williamsport, Pa. |
| Region III | March 1 - 2 | Messiah University - Mechanicsville, Pa. |
| Region IV | March 1 - 2 | Averett University - Danville, Va. |
| Region V | March 1 - 2 | Wabash College - Crawfordsville, Ind. |
| Region VI | Feb. 28 - March 1 | American Rivers Conference - Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| Region VII | March 1 - 2 | Augsburg University - Minneapolis, Minn. |
NCAA DIII wrestling championships future sites
Next year's NCAA championships will be held in Iowa March 13-14. See additional information below:
| DIII WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP SITE | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | City | Venue | Host |
| 2026 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Alliant Energy Powerhouse | American Rivers Conference |
NCAA DIII wrestling championships history
The DIII wrestling national championship dates back to 1974, skipping 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19, with the first-ever championship trophy going to Wilkes. Wartburg and Augsurg both hold 15 national titles, making them the winningest teams in championship history.
Below is a list of all DIII wrestling champs since 1974.
| YEAR | CHAMPION | COACH | POINTS | RUNNER-UP | POINTS | HOST OR SITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Augsburg | Tony Valek | 95 | Wartburg | 87.5 | La Crosse, Wis. |
| 2023 | Augsburg | Tony Valek | 101 | Wartburg | 66.5 | Roanoke, Va |
| 2022 | Wartburg | Eric Keller | 79 | Wabash | 78 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| 2021 | Canceled due to COVID-19 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Canceled due to COVID-19 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Augsburg | Jim Moulsoff | 130.0 | Loras (Iowa) | 66.0 | Roanoke, Va |
| 2018 | Wartburg | Eric Keller | Augsburg | 82 | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| 2017 | Wartburg | Eric Keller | 129.5 | Augsburg | 79 | La Crosse, Wis. |
| 2016 | Wartburg | Eric Keller | 129.5 | Messiah College | 100.0 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
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2015 |
Augsburg | Jim Moulsoff | 100 | Wartburg | 89.5 | Hershey, Penn. |
| 2014 | Wartburg | Eric Keller | 103.5 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 67 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| 2013 | Wartburg | Jim Miller/Eric Keller | 103 | Elmhurst | 82 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| 2012 | Wartburg | Jim Miller/Eric Keller | 141.5 | Augsburg | 86.5 | La Crosse, Wis. |
| 2011 | Wartburg | Jim Miller/Eric Keller | 117 | Augsburg | 88.5 | La Crosse, Wis. |
| 2010 | Augsburg | Mark Matzek | 110.5 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 100.5 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| 2009 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 117.5 | Augsburg | 105 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| 2008 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 147 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 100 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| 2007 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 135.5 | Wartburg | 99.5 | Loras |
| 2006 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 145.5 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 106 | TCNJ |
| 2005 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 162 | Wartburg | 104.5 | St. Olaf |
| 2004 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 156.5 | Augsburg | 140.5 | Loras |
| 2003 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 166.5 | Augsburg | 84.5 | Ohio Northern |
| 2002 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 87 | Upper Iowa/Wartburg | 81 | Wilkes-Barre, Pa. |
| 2001 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 119.5 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 72 | Wartburg |
| 2000 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 136 | Wartburg | 88 | Ohio Northern |
| 1999 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 117.5 | Augsburg | 116 | TCNJ |
| 1998 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 132 | Wartburg | 90 | Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| 1997 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 122 | Wartburg | 80 | Ohio Northern |
| 1996 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 95.5 | Augsburg | 89.5 | SUNY Cortlnd |
| 1995 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 84.5 | TCNJ | 76.5 | Augustana (Ill.) |
| 1994 | Ithaca | John Murray | 77.75 | Wartburg | 75 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
| 1993 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 93 | Wartburg | 92 | Coast Guard |
| 1992 | Brockport | Donald Murray | 76.5 | Augsburg | 62.5 | TCNJ |
| 1991 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 92 | TCNJ | 59.5 | Augustana (Ill.) |
| 1990 | Ithaca | John Murray | 81 | Augsburg | 64 | Ithaca |
| 1989 | Ithaca | John Murray | 72.5 | Delware Valley | 64.5 | John Carroll |
| 1988 | St. Lawrence | John Clark | 71 | Montclair State | 66.75 | Wheaton (Ill.) |
| 1987 | TCNJ | Dave Icenhower | 107.5 | Brockport | 70.75 | Buffalo |
| 1986 | Montclair State | Steve Strellner | 87.25 | Brockport | 78 | TCNJ |
| 1985 | TCNJ | Dave Icenhower | 67 | Central (Iowa) | 59.25 | Augustana (Ill.) |
| 1984 | TCNJ | Dave Icenhower | 96.75 | Augsburg | 68.5 | Binghamton |
| 1983 | Brockport | Donald Murray | 85.75 | TCNJ | 80.75 | Wheaton (Ill.) |
| 1982 | Brockport | Donald Murray | 111.5 | TCNJ | 93.5 | SUNY Cortlnd |
| 1981 | TCNJ | Dave Icenhower | 111.75 | Brockport | 100 | John Carroll |
| 1980 | Brockport | Donald Murray | 111.25 | TCJN | 99.25 | Coast Guard |
| 1979 | TCNJ | Dave Icenhower | 77.75 | Brockport | 77.5 | Humboldt State |
| 1978 | Buffalo | Edward Michael | 91.75 | Millersville | 90 | Wheaton (Ill.) |
| 1977 | Brockport | Donald Murray | 99.25 | Humboldt State | 93 | Binghamton |
| 1976 | Montclair State | Larry Sciacchetano | 143 | John Carroll | 112.25 | Coe |
| 1975 | John Carroll | Tony DeCarlo | 111 | Montclair State | 96 | John Carroll |
| 1974 | Wilkes | John Reese | 135.5 | John Carroll | 86.5 | Wilkes |
