Conference Announces Men's Wrestling NAIA National Championship Representatives
 
February 21, 2021
 
From the Cascade Collegiate Conference Office
Contact: Rob Cashell, Commissioner - ccccommish@gmail.com
            Sammi Wellman, Director of Communications - cccsammiw@gmail.com
 
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) announced the 32 individuals selected to represent the league and their institutions at the upcoming NAIA Men's Wrestling National Championship scheduled for March 5-6 in Park City, Kansas.
 
The University of Providence led the way with six selections while, Eastern Oregon University, Arizona Christian University, MSU-Northern and Vanguard University each have five. Corban University, Southern Oregon University and Warner Pacific University rounded out the talented group with three, two and one respectively.
 
2021 CCC Men's Wrestling National Qualifiers

Weight Class	First Name	Last Name	School	Class
125	Nathan	Yanez	Vanguard	Jr
125	Luciano	Fasulo	Eastern Oregon	Fr
125	Joel	Avila	Providence	Jr
125	Francisco	Barrera	Southern Oregon	Sr
125	Elias	Gonzales	Arizona Christian	So
133	Nick	Kunz	MSU- Northern	Sr
133	Eli	Walston	Providence	Sr
133	Justin	Coon	Southern Oregon	Jr
141	Chris	Kelly	Arizona Christian	Fr
141	Gabriel	Cortez	Vanguard	So
141	Christian	Mesa	Providence	Sr
141	Austin	Wallace-Lister	Warner Pacific	Sr
149	Jack	Latimer	Arizona Christian	Fr
149	Brock	Rodriguez	Providence	Fr
149	Conner	Harris	MSU- Northern	Fr
157	Cooper	McCullough	Corban	Sr
157	Alex	Newberry	Arizona Christian	Fr
165	Jordan	Komac	Providence	So
165	Frederick	Padilla	Vanguard	Sr
165	David	Rubio	Corban	Fr
165	Andrew	Torres	Arizona Christian	So
174	Keegan	Mulhill	Eastern Oregon	Jr
174	Armon	Fayyazi	Vanguard	Sr
174	Chase	Short	MSU- Northern	Sr
184	Carl	Hansen	MSU- Northern	So
184	Kyle	Knudtson	Eastern Oregon	Fr
197	Isaac	Bartel	MSU- Northern	Sr
197	Marco	Retano	Eastern Oregon	Sr
197	Levi	Perry	Corban	Sr
285	Noel	Orozco	Eastern Oregon	Jr
285	Mike	Ruiz	Vanguard	Fr
285	KC	Buday	Providence	So

 
Late last year, as a result of COVID-19, the NAIA adjusted the normal way a conference would be awarded qualifiers in men's wrestling, using the past three-year average for the conference. It was determined that allotments would be reduced if teams opt out of competition due to the pandemic. Originally the CCC was to be allotted 46 but Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Menlo College opted out of participation, which dropped the number of allocations to 32.
 
In lieu of a conference tournament, which was viewed as unlikely to be successful during the pandemic with such a large wrestling footprint covering Arizona, California, Oregon and Montana with limited participation opportunities, the league chose to identify the 2021 qualifiers through a combination of rankings and selection by head coaches. Athletes that were ranked in the top 15 in the last national poll were automatic qualifiers while the other qualifiers and alternates were nominated and voted on by the head coaches of each program.
 
Alternates would be tapped to attend in the event one of the 32 cannot participate due to illness or injury. The alternates would be selected, prior to the start of nationals in rank order as shown below regardless of weight class.
 
MSU-Northern also had two first alternates:149 Dylan Veis, and 165 Devin Crawford.