KANSAS CITY, Mo. – (Qualifiers by Weight Class | Qualifiers by School | Qualifiers by Conference) The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the qualifiers for the 2022 NAIA Wrestling National Championships hosted by Visit Wichita on Tuesday. The 65th annual event takes place March 4-5 at Hartman Arena in Park City, Kan.

Each conference tournament was awarded automatic bids per weight class based on the final regular-season poll, which can be seen HERE. Each conference was awarded automatic berths based on the amount of wrestlers ranked in each weight class. Each conference was awarded a minimum of one automatic bid per weight class, which will go to the tournament champions, even if the conference did not have any wrestlers ranked in the final regular-season poll. 

After the conference tournaments have concluded, an 18-member committee consisting of conference raters and oversight members will meet to select the remaining two national at-large qualifiers, which will be released Tuesday, February 22 by 5 p.m. (CST). The seeding and preliminary brackets will be announced on NAIA.org by 5 p.m. (CST) on Friday, February 25.

Grand View (Iowa), Life (Ga.), and Reinhardt (Ga.) will travel a full team of 12 wrestlers to the national championships. Indiana Tech and Southeastern will bring 11 wrestlers each with Cumberlands (Ky.) boasting 10 total. 

The Mid-South Conference led all conferences with 66 individual qualifiers. The Cascade Collegiate Conference was second with 43 qualifiers, while the Heart of America Athletic Conference receives 38. 

For additional information on the 2022 NAIA Men's Wrestling National Championships, click HERE.