Below is a women's freestyle college fan guide for the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament on May 16-17 in Louisville, Kentucky. The winner at each weight will compete at Final X — a best-of-three series to determine the U.S. World Team on Saturday, June 14, in Newark, New Jersey.

College placements (if applicable) are listed, along with current eligibility status entering next season. Women's college wrestling has a long, winding history. Included are college divisions and the tournaments in which they were All-Americans. A key to each division and a schedule are at the end. 

Click here for every women's college national champion since 2024. 

50 kg: Heather Crull — McKendree (NCAA D2), commit

50 kg: Anaya Falcon — Life (NAIA), 2nd, sophomore

50 kg: Emily Shilson, Augsburg (NCAA D3), 1st (WCWA) 1st-1st-1st (NCWWC) and McKendree 1st (NCWWC), graduated

50 kg: Erin Golston — No college competition

50 kg: Kendra Ryan — North Central (NCAA D3), 6th-5th-4th-3rd (NCWWC), graduated

53 kg: Salyna Shotwell — Life (NAIA), 2nd-2nd and McKendree (NCWWC), senior

53 kg: Felicity Taylor — McKendree (NCAA D2), 2nd (WCWA), 2nd-1st-2nd (NCWWC) and Iowa (NCAA D1), 1st (NCWWC), graduated

53 kg: Sage Mortimer — King (NCAA D2), 3rd-2nd (NCWWC), Grand Valley State (NCAA D2), 1st (NCWWC), senior

53 kg: Katie Gomez — Cumberlands (NAIA), 2nd, sophomore

53 kg: Sydney Petzinger — North Central (NCAA D3), 2nd-4th-4th-1st (NCWWC), graduated

53 kg: Jaslynn Gallegos — Presbyterian (NCAA D1), 1st (WCWA), 4th-3rd-4th (NCWWC) and North Central (NCAA D3), 1st-5th (NCWWC), graduated

55 kg: Thalia Vogelsang — Colorado Mesa, sophomore

55 kg: Ronna Gross — No college competition

55 kg: Amani Jones — North Central (NCAA D3), 5th-2nd-1st-1st (NCWWC), graduated

55 kg: Mateah Roehl — North Central (NCAA D3), 6th-7th NCWWC (stopped competing in college after sophomore year)

55 kg: Julia Vidallon — Life (NAIA), 1st (WCWA), 2nd-6th (NAIA) and McKendree, graduated

55 kg: Everest Leydecker — Valiant Prep (high school junior)

55 kg: Jacarra Winchester — Missouri Valley (NAIA), 2nd-1st (WCWA), graduated

55 kg: Areana Villaescusa — no college competition

59 kg: Lorianna Piestewa — Colorado Mesa (NCAA D2), 3rd, sophomore

59 kg: Alexis Janiak — Aurora (NCAA D3), 2nd-3rd-1st (NCWWC)

59 kg: Emily Frost — Iowa (NCAA D1), junior

59 kg: Virginia Foard — King (NCAA D2), 2nd (NCWWC), sophomore

59 kg: Michaela Beck — no college competition

59 kg: Ashley Whetzal — Missouri Valley (NAIA), 7th, graduated

59 kg: Xochitl Mota-Pettis — Missouri Valley (NAIA), 2nd, sophomore

59 kg: Brenda Reyna — McKendree (NCAA D2), 4th-2nd (WCWA), 1st (NCWWC), graduated

62 kg: Katie Lange — Augsburg (NCAA D3), 1st (NCWWC) and Grand Valley State (NCAA D2), 1st (NCWWC), senior

62 kg: Marilyn Garcia — Menlo (NAIA), 1st, graduated

62 kg: Ana Luciano — King (NCAA D2), 6th (WCWA), 4th-2nd-3rd-1st (NCWWC), graduated

62 kg: Alara Boyd — McKendree (NCAA D2), 2nd-1st-2nd (NCWWC) and North Central (NCAA D3), 3rd, graduated

62 kg: Samantha Barragan — Life Pacific (NAIA), 8th and Texas Wesleyan, 3rd, graduated

62 kg: Adaugo Nwachukwu — Iowa Wesleyan (NAIA), 1st-1st and William Penn, 1st, has one year of eligibility but competes for WCAP

62 kg: SaVannah Cosme — no college competition

62 kg: Bridgette Duty — Cumberlands (NAIA), 7th-6th (WCWA), 4th-1st (NAIA), graduated

68 kg: Latifah McBryde — Life (NAIA), 2nd-2nd-1st, senior

68 kg: Gretchen Donally — Colorado Mesa (NCAA D2), sophomore

68 kg: Solin Piearcy — Menlo (NAIA), 1st (NAIA), 5th-1st-1st (WCWA), graduated

68 kg: Brooklyn Hays — Augsburg (NCAA D3), 6th (NCWWC), has eligibility but is not currently competing in college

68 kg: Destiny Lyng — Oklahoma City (NAIA), 3rd-5th-1st (NAIA), 7th-4th (WCWA), graduated

72 kg: Amit Elor — no college competition

72 kg: Joye Levendusky — McKendree (NCAA D2), 7th (WCWA), 4th-2nd-2nd (NCWWC), and Southern Oregon, 2nd (NAIA), graduated

72 kg: Kaylynn Albrecht — Baker (NAIA), 2nd-1st (NAIA) and McKendree, 2nd (NCWWC), graduated

72 kg: Skylar Grote — Brock (USport), 1st-3rd-1st, graduated

72 kg: Elleni Johnson — Grand Valley State (NCAA D2), 5th, sophomore

76 kg: Yelena Makoyed — North Central (NCAA D3), 2nd-1st-1st-1st-2nd (NCWWC), graduated

76 kg: Dymond Guilford — Missouri Baptist (NAIA), 4th-1st (WCWA), 1st (NAIA) and Cumberlands, 1st-1st (NAIA), graduated

76 kg: Naomi Simon — Iowa (NCAA D1), 3rd, sophomore

76 kg: Shenita Lawson — Grand View (NAIA), 5th, Southern Oregon (NAIA), 4th, North Central (NCAA D3), 4th (NCWWC), senior

76 kg: Liliana Vergara — Campbellsville (NAIA), 5th-4th-5th, graduated

76 kg: Marlynne Deede — Augsburg (NCAA D3), 6th-3rd-3rd-1st (NCWWC) and Iowa (NCAA D1), 1st, graduated

76 kg: Ashley Lekas — Augsburg (NCAA D3), William Penn (NAIA), 1st, and Texas Wesleyan (NAIA), 1st, senior

Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Association (WCWA)

This organization was created in 2008, providing women an opportunity to compete. It included all divisions, and the end-of-the-year tournament was considered the college national championship. The final WCWA championship was held in 2020.

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Invitational

The NAIA held an invitational tournament until it sanctioned women’s wrestling for the 2022-23 season. 

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Championships

The NAIA was the first division to offer sanctioned women’s college wrestling during the 2022-23 season. 

National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships (NCWWC)

This division includes all NCAA programs (D1, D2, and D3), and the first national championship was held in 2020. The NCAA sanctioned women’s wrestling as its 91st sport for the 2025-26 season. 

USport

National sport governing body for universities in Canada.

World Team Trials Schedule

Friday, May 16
10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. -- Preliminaries and Quarterfinals

4:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. -- Semifinals and Consolation

Saturday, May 17 
10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. -- Consolation, Consolation Semifinals & 3rd place

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. -- Finals

All times Eastern and subject to change.