1. Women’s Intercollegiate Wrestling Prepared by the National Wrestling Coaches Association

2. Quick Facts of Wrestling
Wrestling prides itself on the fact that virtually anyone can participate regardless of gender, size, weight, socioeconomic background, and even most disabilities.
Women’s wrestling is one of the fastest growing scholastic sports with nearly 11,000 participants and state wrestling championships in HI, AK, WA, CA, TX, and TN.
There are now 30 intercollegiate women’s teams in America. 9/NCAA,
18 NAIA, 3 NJCAA
Helen Maroulis Adeline Grey
2016 Olympian Olympian

3. Modest Cost / Minimum Needs
The cost of NCAA wrestling programs is among the lowest of all collegiate sports. A sample budget based on other “similar” NCAA DIII wrestling programs:
a. Operating Budget (travel, equipment, recruiting, etc.) - $35,000/team
b. Head Coaches Salary (can be combined with another on campus
duty such as admissions, financial aid, etc.) - $40,000 range.
c. Assistant Coaches Salary - $20,000 range
d. Scholarships – NAIA has 8 scholarship maximum.
Start Up Costs
a. Uniforms & practice gear: $10,000

4. Ability to be Nationally Competitive
An intercollegiate women’s wrestling team would be very competitive nationally against the other 29 teams because it is so underserved at the college level in the east (11,000 scholastic wrestlers vs 30 intercollegiate teams).
All women’s intercollegiate teams currently compete in the Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Association (WCWA). The WCWA sponsors a regular season league along with a post season national championship.
The NWCA also sponsors a national dual meet championship for 16 women’s intercollegiate teams each year.
All teams in the WCWA compete in freestyle (international/Olympic style)

5. Women’s Intercollegiate Teams (National Championship Sponsored by Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Association/WCWA)
Adrian College NCAA DIII
Campbellsville University NAIA
Eastern Oregon NAIA
Emmanuel College NCAA DII
Ferrum College NCAA DIII
Jamestown University NAIA
King College NCAA/DII
Life University NAIA
Lindenwood University NCAA DII
Lindenwood Belleville NAIA
Lyon College NAIA
Menlo College NAIA
McKendree University NCAA DII
Midland College NAIA
Missouri Baptist University NAIA
Missouri Valley College NAIA
Northwest Kansas Tech NJCAA
Ottawa University NAIA
Oklahoma City University NAIA
Pacific University NCAA DIII
Saint Mary’s University NAIA
Simon Fraser University NCAA DII
Southwest Oregon C.C. NJCAA
Southern Oregon NAIA
Springfield Tech NJCAA
Univ. of Cumberland’s NAIA
Waldorf College NAIA
Warner Pacific College NAIA
Wayland Baptist Univ. NAIA
Wentworth Military NJCAA

6. Women’s Scholastic Wrestling vs College Opportunities

7. How the NWCA Can Help ! NWCA will assist with securing start up funds.
We will assist in hiring the head wrestling coach. The NWCA provides full scholarships for deserving head/assistant women’s college wrestling coaches to receive comprehensive CEO Leadership training annually.
We will assist with recruiting in the first year (8,000 of the 10,000 high school wrestling programs in America are members of the NWCA).
We are available for FREE consulting services as needed.

8. Your Wrestling Support Staff
THE NATIONAL WRESTLING COACHES ASSOCIATION
For More Information Contact:
Mike Moyer – Executive Director
P.O. Box 254
Manheim, PA 17544