Who is the best to never win a NCAA DI title???

[pablow]

Mark Smith from Oklahoma State. He had injuries and some tough luck. Very fine wrestler.

 

[Iknowwrestling]

Dan Glenn was 3rd, 3rd and 2nd as a Hawkeye wrestler from 1977-1980. Also a 3 X Big 10 Champ at 118#.

 

[SimpsonStorm]

Here is a list of 4x All Americans that have never won a title with their places in parenthesis and the total at the end.

Gerry Abas (1995) - Fresno State (4,2,2,2) - 10
Sam Hazewinkel (2007) - Oklahoma (3,3,3,2) - 11
Mike McMullan (2015) - Northwestern (3,2,3,3) - 11
Dwight Hinson (1998) - Iowa State (3,2,4,3) - 12
Tyler Caldwell (2014) - Oklahoma State (5,2,3,2) - 12
Bryan Snyder (2003) - Nebraska (4,5,2,2) - 13
Roger Frizzell (1983) - Oklahoma (4,3,3,3) - 13
Mike DeAnna (1981) - Iowa (3,6,2,2) - 13
Jake Percival (2005) - Ohio (4,5,2,3) - 14
Greg Elinsky (1987) - Penn State (7,2,2,3) - 14
Dylan Ness (2015) - Minnesota (2,4,2,6) - 14
Tyler Graff (2014) - Wisconsin (5,5,3,2) - 15
Chad Kraft (1999) - Minnesota (5,3,2,5) - 15
Babek Mohammadi (1995) - Oregon State (6,5,2,2) - 15
Steve Hamilton (1992) - Iowa State (7,3,2,3) - 15
John Fisher (1989) - Michigan (4,4,3,4) - 15
Kevin Jackson (1987) - Iowa State/LSU (3,3,7,2) - 15
Joe McFarland (1985) - Michigan (5,6,2,2) - 15
Mike Mann (1983) - Iowa State (7,4,2,2) - 15
Eric Tannenbaum (2008) - Michigan (4,6,4,2) - 16
Tyrone Lewis (2004) - Oklahoma State (6,3,5,2) - 16
Shawn Charles (1993) - Arizona State (5,7,2,2) - 16
Joe Melchiore (1989) - Iowa/Oklahoma (4,7,2,3) - 16
Steve Williams (1982) - Oklahoma (6,5,3,2) - 16
Mine Mena (1997) - Iowa (7,3,5,2) - 17
Eric Akin (1994) - Iowa State (8,3,4,2) - 17
Mike Brown (1980) - Lehigh (5,3,2,7) - 17
Logan Storley (2015) - Minnesota (6,4,3,4) - 17
Lance Palmer (2010) - Ohio State (4,8,4,2) - 18
Nick Simmons (2007) - Michigan State (7,4,4,3) - 18
Zach Sanders (2012) - Minnesota (6,5,5,3) - 19
James Green (2015) - Nebraska (7,7,3,3) - 20
Dustin Manotti (2006) - Cornell (8,4,6,3) - 21
Mark Funk (1991) - Northwestern (4,6,4,7) - 21
Joe LeBlanc (2012) - Wyoming (5,4,6,7) - 22
Matt Hanutke (1995) - Wisconsin (7,6,5,4) - 22
Geno Savenago (1982) - Eastern Illinois (8,5,3,6) - 22
Bryan Stout (1997) - Clarion (8,4,7,4) - 23
Ben Bennett (2013) - Central Michigan (6,8,6,4) - 24
Justin Harty (1997) - North Carolina (8,8,2,6) - 24
Kirk Mammen (1992) - Oklahoma State (6,6,5,8) - 25

 

[Gusaford]

Really good stuff, Simpson. Not sure how you pulled that together but a great list. One nit: Change Jayson to Dylan Ness.

 

[overeasy]

Here's that same list with the names that appeared in the OP's article in bold:

Gerry Abas (1995) - Fresno State (4,2,2,2) - 10
Sam Hazewinkel (2007) - Oklahoma (3,3,3,2) - 11
Mike McMullan (2015) - Northwestern (3,2,3,3) - 11
Dwight Hinson (1998) - Iowa State (3,2,4,3) - 12
Tyler Caldwell (2014) - Oklahoma State (5,2,3,2) - 12
Bryan Snyder (2003) - Nebraska (4,5,2,2) - 13
Roger Frizzell (1983) - Oklahoma (4,3,3,3) - 13
Mike DeAnna (1981) - Iowa (3,6,2,2) - 13
Jake Percival (2005) - Ohio (4,5,2,3) - 14
Greg Elinsky (1987) - Penn State (7,2,2,3) - 14
Dylan Ness (2015) - Minnesota (2,4,2,6) - 14
Tyler Graff (2014) - Wisconsin (5,5,3,2) - 15
Chad Kraft (1999) - Minnesota (5,3,2,5) - 15
Babek Mohammadi (1995) - Oregon State (6,5,2,2) - 15
Steve Hamilton (1992) - Iowa State (7,3,2,3) - 15
John Fisher (1989) - Michigan (4,4,3,4) - 15
Kevin Jackson (1987) - Iowa State/LSU (3,3,7,2) - 15
Joe McFarland (1985) - Michigan (5,6,2,2) - 15
Mike Mann (1983) - Iowa State (7,4,2,2) - 15
Eric Tannenbaum (2008) - Michigan (4,6,4,2) - 16
Tyrone Lewis (2004) - Oklahoma State (6,3,5,2) - 16
Shawn Charles (1993) - Arizona State (5,7,2,2) - 16
Joe Melchiore (1989) - Iowa/Oklahoma (4,7,2,3) - 16
Steve Williams (1982) - Oklahoma (6,5,3,2) - 16
Mine Mena (1997) - Iowa (7,3,5,2) - 17
Eric Akin (1994) - Iowa State (8,3,4,2) - 17
Mike Brown (1980) - Lehigh (5,3,2,7) - 17
Logan Storley (2015) - Minnesota (6,4,3,4) - 17
Lance Palmer (2010) - Ohio State (4,8,4,2) - 18
Nick Simmons (2007) - Michigan State (7,4,4,3) - 18
Zach Sanders (2012) - Minnesota (6,5,5,3) - 19
James Green (2015) - Nebraska (7,7,3,3) - 20
Dustin Manotti (2006) - Cornell (8,4,6,3) - 21
Mark Funk (1991) - Northwestern (4,6,4,7) - 21
Joe LeBlanc (2012) - Wyoming (5,4,6,7) - 22
Matt Hanutke (1995) - Wisconsin (7,6,5,4) - 22
Geno Savenago (1982) - Eastern Illinois (8,5,3,6) - 22
Bryan Stout (1997) - Clarion (8,4,7,4) - 23
Ben Bennett (2013) - Central Michigan (6,8,6,4) - 24
Justin Harty (1997) - North Carolina (8,8,2,6) - 24
Kirk Mammen (1992) - Oklahoma State (6,6,5,8) - 25

 

[dtripp26]

Here is a list of 4x All Americans that have never won a title with their places in parenthesis and the total at the end.

Gerry Abas (1995) - Fresno State (4,2,2,2) - 10
Sam Hazewinkel (2007) - Oklahoma (3,3,3,2) - 11
Mike McMullan (2015) - Northwestern (3,2,3,3) - 11
Dwight Hinson (1998) - Iowa State (3,2,4,3) - 12
Tyler Caldwell (2014) - Oklahoma State (5,2,3,2) - 12
Bryan Snyder (2003) - Nebraska (4,5,2,2) - 13
Roger Frizzell (1983) - Oklahoma (4,3,3,3) - 13
Mike DeAnna (1981) - Iowa (3,6,2,2) - 13
Jake Percival (2005) - Ohio (4,5,2,3) - 14
Greg Elinsky (1987) - Penn State (7,2,2,3) - 14
Dylan Ness (2015) - Minnesota (2,4,2,6) - 14
Tyler Graff (2014) - Wisconsin (5,5,3,2) - 15
Chad Kraft (1999) - Minnesota (5,3,2,5) - 15
Babek Mohammadi (1995) - Oregon State (6,5,2,2) - 15
Steve Hamilton (1992) - Iowa State (7,3,2,3) - 15
John Fisher (1989) - Michigan (4,4,3,4) - 15
Kevin Jackson (1987) - Iowa State/LSU (3,3,7,2) - 15
Joe McFarland (1985) - Michigan (5,6,2,2) - 15
Mike Mann (1983) - Iowa State (7,4,2,2) - 15
Eric Tannenbaum (2008) - Michigan (4,6,4,2) - 16
Tyrone Lewis (2004) - Oklahoma State (6,3,5,2) - 16
Shawn Charles (1993) - Arizona State (5,7,2,2) - 16
Joe Melchiore (1989) - Iowa/Oklahoma (4,7,2,3) - 16
Steve Williams (1982) - Oklahoma (6,5,3,2) - 16
Mine Mena (1997) - Iowa (7,3,5,2) - 17
Eric Akin (1994) - Iowa State (8,3,4,2) - 17
Mike Brown (1980) - Lehigh (5,3,2,7) - 17
Logan Storley (2015) - Minnesota (6,4,3,4) - 17
Lance Palmer (2010) - Ohio State (4,8,4,2) - 18
Nick Simmons (2007) - Michigan State (7,4,4,3) - 18
Zach Sanders (2012) - Minnesota (6,5,5,3) - 19
James Green (2015) - Nebraska (7,7,3,3) - 20
Dustin Manotti (2006) - Cornell (8,4,6,3) - 21
Mark Funk (1991) - Northwestern (4,6,4,7) - 21
Joe LeBlanc (2012) - Wyoming (5,4,6,7) - 22
Matt Hanutke (1995) - Wisconsin (7,6,5,4) - 22
Geno Savenago (1982) - Eastern Illinois (8,5,3,6) - 22
Bryan Stout (1997) - Clarion (8,4,7,4) - 23
Ben Bennett (2013) - Central Michigan (6,8,6,4) - 24
Justin Harty (1997) - North Carolina (8,8,2,6) - 24
Kirk Mammen (1992) - Oklahoma State (6,6,5,8) - 25

It doesn't change the fact that Gerry Abas was a stud but he went 6-2-2-2 according to the bracket from 1992

http://nwhof.org/NCAA-Brackets/PDF/NCAA 1992.pdf

 

[SimpsonStorm]

Thanks for that, I got that information off of this site http://d1collegewrestling.net/Honors_4xAA.html and it is wrong

 

[so cal hawkfan]

Simpson likes to live in a land where Dan D didn't give up that last second takedown and Jayson never won a title. I'm good with that. Nice wright-up.

 

[93hawkeye]

Kevin Jackson, no doubt, best ever to not win a D1 title