Comprehensive List of Lost Collegiate Wrestling Programs

Comprehensive List of Lost Collegiate Wrestling Programs Notes of special interest listed below. Institution State Lost Spots on Teams Division Alaska-Anchorage AK 27 II Alaska Pacific University AK 27 NAIA Auburn University AL 27 I Birmingham Southern College AL 27 I Troy State AL 27 I University of Alabama AL 27 I Jacksonville State AL 27 II Huntingdon College AL 27 III Chattahoochee Valley C.C. AL 27 NJCAA Livingston Community College AL 27 NJCAA Arkansas State Jonesboro AR 27 I Northern Arizona AZ 27 I University of Arizona AZ 27 I Arizona Western AZ 27 NJCAA Central Arizona AZ 27 NJCAA Glendale Community College AZ 27 NJCAA Mesa Community College AZ 27 NJCAA Phoenix College AZ 27 NJCAA Scottsdale Community College AZ 27 NJCAA Allan Hancock CA 27 COA American River CA 27 COA Antelop Valley CA 27 COA Butte CA 27 COA Cabrillo CA 27 COA Canada CA 27 COA Chaffey CA 27 COA Citrus CA 27 COA City College of San Francisco CA 27 COA College of Canyon CA 27 COA College of San Mateo CA 27 COA College of Sequoias CA 27 COA College of the Desert CA 27 COA Compton CA 27 COA Consumnes River College CA 27 COA Contra Costa CA 27 COA De Anza CA 27 COA Diablo Valley College CA 27 COA El Camino CA 27 COA Foothill CA 27 COA Fullerton CA 27 COA Grossmont CA 27 COA Hartnell CA 27 COA Imperial Valley CA 27 COA Kings River CA 27 COA Laney CA 27 COA Long Beach City CA 27 COA Los Angeles City CA 27 COA Los Angeles Pierce CA 27 COA Los Angeles Trade Tech CA 27 COA Los Angeles Valley CA 27 COA Marin College CA 27 COA Mendocino CA 27 COA Merced CA 27 COA Merritt CA 27 COA Mira Costa CA 27 COA Monterey Peninsula CA 27 COA Napa Valley CA 27 COA Ohione CA 27 COA Orange Coast CA 27 COA Pasadena City CA 27 COA Porterville CA 27 COA San Bernadino Valley College CA 27 COA San Diego City CA 27 COA San Diego Mesa CA 27 COA San Jose City College CA 27 COA Santa Barbara City CA 27 COA Santa Monica City CA 27 COA Solano CA 27 COA Southwestern CA 27 COA Ventura CA 27 COA Yuba CA 27 COA

Fresno State CA 27 I Long Beach State CA 27 I Sacramento State CA 27 I San Diego State CA 27 I San Jose State CA 27 I Southern California (USC) CA 27 I St. Mary s CA 27 I The University of California CA 27 I U.C.L.A. CA 27 I UC-Berkeley CA 27 I UC-Chico State CA 27 I UC-Northridge CA 27 I UC-Riverside CA 27 I UC-San Diego CA 27 I UC-Santa Barbara CA 27 I Cal Poly-Pomona CA 27 II CSU-San Bernadino CA 27 II Notre Dame College CA 27 II Sonoma State University CA 27 II Cal State-Hayward CA 27 III Cal Tech CA 27 III Claremont-Mudd CA 27 III College of the Redwoods CA 27 III Humboldt State CA 27 III LaVerne CA 27 III Los Angeles State CA 27 III Pomona-Petzer CA 27 III UC-Stanislaus CA 27 III Whittier College CA 27 III Azusa-Pacific CA 27 NAIA Biola CA 27 NAIA Cal Lutheran CA 27 NAIA U.S.I.U. CA 27 NAIA Colorado CO 27 I Colorado State University CO 27 I Denver CO 27 I Fort Lewis CO 27 II Southern Colorado CO 27 II Colorado NE CO 27 NJCAA Colorado Northwestern Rangley CC CO 27 NJCAA Lamar Community College CO 27 NJCAA Thornton College CO 27 NJCAA Trinidad State Junior College CO 27 NJCAA Central Connecticut State CT 27 I U-Conn CT 27 I Yale University CT 27 I Hartford University CT 27 III Southern Connecticut State CT 27 III George Washington University DC 27 I Howard University DC 27 I Catholic University DC 27 III Gallaudet University DC 27 III Whitman College DC 27 NAIA University of Delaware DE 27 I Florida A&M FL 27 I Florida Atlantic University FL 27 I Florida International FL 27 I Florida State University FL 27 I Jacksonville University FL 27 I Stetson University FL 27 I University of Central Florida FL 27 I University of Florida FL 27 I University of South Florida FL 27 I Florida Tech FL 27 II University of Tampa FL 27 II Pensacola Christian College FL 27 NCCAA Brevard Community College FL 27 NJCAA Broward Community College FL 27 NJCAA Edison Community College FL 27 NJCAA Miami Dade North CC FL 27 NJCAA Miami Dade South CC FL 27 NJCAA Miami-Dade Community College FL 27 NJCAA Santa Fe Community College FL 27 NJCAA

Georgia State GA 27 I Georgia Tech GA 27 I University of Georgia GA 27 I Augusta State University GA 27 II Emory University GA 27 III Oglethorpe University GA 27 III Southern Tech GA 27 NAIA Macomb County Technical College GA 27 NJCAA University of Hawaii HI 27 I Drake University IA 27 I Grinnell College IA 27 III Midwestern College IA 27 III Mount St. Clare IA 27 III Parsons College IA 27 III Graceland College IA 27 NAIA Westmar College IA 27 NAIA Creston Community College IA 27 NJCAA Eagle Grove Community College IA 27 NJCAA Eastern Iowa Community College IA 27 NJCAA Indian Hills College-Centerville IA 27 NJCAA Kirkwood Community College IA 27 NJCAA Marshall Iowa Junior College IA 27 NJCAA Mason City Community College IA 27 NJCAA Muscataine Community College IA 27 NJCAA Sioux Empire Junior College IA 27 NJCAA Idaho State University ID 27 I University of Idaho ID 27 I Northwest Nazarene College ID 27 II Albertson's College ID 27 NAIA Lewis & Clark College ID 27 NAIA The College of Idaho ID 27 NAIA Boise Community College ID 27 NJCAA Carbon Community College ID 27 NJCAA Ricks Junior College ID 27 NJCAA Bradley University IL 27 I Chicago State University IL 27 I DePaul University IL 27 I Eastern Illinois University IL 27 I Illinois State University IL 27 I University of Illinois-Chicago IL 27 I University of Western Illinois IL 27 I Lewis University IL 27 II SIU-Carbondale IL 27 II Aurora University IL 27 III Concordia University IL 27 III Depauw University IL 27 III Illinois College IL 27 III Illinois Wesleyan IL 27 III Lake Forest College IL 27 III Monmouth College IL 27 III North Park IL 27 III Principia IL 27 III Illinois Institute of Tech IL 27 NAIA Judson College IL 27 NAIA Olivet Nazarene IL 27 NAIA Trinity International IL 27 NAIA Moody Bible Institute IL 27 NCCAA Belleville Area College IL 27 NJCAA Black Hawk College-Moline IL 27 NJCAA College of Dupage IL 27 NJCAA College of Lake County IL 27 NJCAA Joliet Community College IL 27 NJCAA Lake Land College IL 27 NJCAA McHenry Community College IL 27 NJCAA Oakton Community College IL 27 NJCAA Ball State University IN 27 I Evansville University IN 27 I Indiana State University IN 27 I University of Notre Dame IN 27 I Valparaiso IN 27 I Anderson University IN 27 III Earlham College IN 27 III Franklin College IN 27 III Hanover College IN 27 III St. Joseph College IN 27 III Huntington University IN 27 NAIA Taylor University IN 27 NAIA Indiana Central IN 27 NJCAA

Kansas State KS 27 I University of Kansas KS 27 I Emporia State KS 27 II Dodge City CC KS 27 NJCAA Garden City CC KS 27 NJCAA Eastern Kentucky KY 27 I Moorehead State KY 27 I Northern Kentucky KY 27 I University of Kentucky KY 27 I Centre College KY 27 III Georgetown College KY 27 NAIA L.S.U. LA 27 I Louisiana-Lafayette LA 27 I NE Louisiana LA 27 I Southwest Louisiana State LA 27 I Boston College MA 27 I Holy Cross MA 27 I U-Mass MA 27 I U-Mass Lowell MA 27 II Amherst College MA 27 III Brandeis MA 27 III Emerson College MA 27 III Tufts University MA 27 III U-Mass Maritime MA 27 III Wheaton College MA 27 III U-Mass Amherst MA 27 NJCAA Coppin State MD 27 I Loyola University MD 27 I Morgan State MD 27 I Towson State MD 27 I UM-Baltimore County MD 27 I UMD-Eastern Shore MD 27 I University of Baltimore MD 27 I Bowie State University MD 27 II Frostburg State MD 27 II Salisbury State MD 27 III Washington College MD 27 III Anne Arundal Community College MD 27 NJCAA CCBC-Catonsville MD 27 NJCAA CCBC-Dundalk MD 27 NJCAA CCBC-Essex MD 27 NJCAA Frederick Community College MD 27 NJCAA Montgomery College MD 27 NJCAA Prince Georges Community College MD 27 NJCAA University of Maine ME 27 I Bowdoin College ME 27 III Husson College ME 27 III Maine Maritime Academy ME 27 III Maine-Presque Isle ME 27 III Ricker College ME 27 III Oakland University MI 27 I Western Michigan MI 27 I Ferris State MI 27 II Grand Valley State MI 27 II Hillsdale College MI 27 II Lake Superior State MI 27 II Michigan Tech MI 27 II Northern Michigan MI 27 II Saginaw Valley State MI 27 II Wayne State MI 27 II Adrian College MI 27 III Albion College MI 27 III Alma College MI 27 III Calvin College MI 27 III Hope College MI 27 III Kalamazoo College MI 27 III Cornerstone University (GRBM) MI 27 NAIA Sienna Heights University MI 27 NAIA Spring Arbor University MI 27 NAIA Great Lakes Christian College MI 27 NCCAA Delta Community College MI 27 NJCAA Grand Rapids Community College MI 27 NJCAA Henry Ford Community College MI 27 NJCAA Jackson Community College MI 27 NJCAA Kellogg Community College MI 27 NJCAA Lansing Community College MI 27 NJCAA Oakland Community College MI 27 NJCAA Schoolcraft College MI 27 NJCAA Southwestern Michigan CC MI 27 NJCAA

Bemidji State MN 27 II UM-Duluth MN 27 II UM-Morris MN 27 II Winona State MN 27 II Bethel MN 27 III Carleton College MN 27 III Gustavus Adolphus College MN 27 III Hamline MN 27 III Lea College MN 27 III Martin Luther College MN 27 III St. Mary s College MN 27 III St. Thomas University MN 27 III Northwestern College MN 27 NCCAA Anoka-Ramsey CC MN 27 NJCAA Austin State College (Riverland) MN 27 NJCAA Brainerd Community College MN 27 NJCAA Fergus Falls CC MN 27 NJCAA Metropolitain State MN 27 NJCAA Minnesota Tech MN 27 NJCAA Minnesota-Waseca Junior College MN 27 NJCAA Normandale Community College MN 27 NJCAA North Hennepin Community College MN 27 NJCAA Northland-Thief River Falls College MN 27 NJCAA UM-Crookston MN 27 NJCAA Worthinton Community MN 27 NJCAA Southeast Missouri State MO 27 I Lincoln MO 27 II Northwest Missouri State MO 27 II Southwest Missouri State MO 27 II University of Missouri at St. Louis MO 27 II University of Missouri-Rolla MO 27 II NE Missouri State MO 27 III Tarkio College MO 27 III Washington MO 27 III Westminster College MO 27 III William Jewell College MO 27 NAIA Columbia Basin CC MO 27 NJCAA Crowder Community College MO 27 NJCAA Kemper Military Academy MO 27 NJCAA St. Louis CC at Florisant Valley MO 27 NJCAA St. Louis CC at Forest Park Campus MO 27 NJCAA Montana MT 27 I Montana State MT 27 II Western Montana MT 27 NAIA Custer County Community College MT 27 NJCAA Miles Community College MT 27 NJCAA East Carolina NC 27 I Elon College NC 27 I North Carolina-A&T NC 27 I North Carolina-Charlotte NC 27 I North Carolina-Wilmington NC 27 I Wake Forest NC 27 I Western Carolina NC 27 I Winston-Salem State NC 27 I Catawba College NC 27 II Chowan College NC 27 II Elizabeth City State NC 27 II Livingstone College NC 27 II North Carolina Central University NC 27 II Pfeiffer College NC 27 II St. Augustine NC 27 II Wingate University NC 27 II Guilford College NC 27 III Methodist University NC 27 III Barber-Scotia College NC 27 NJCAA Wilkes Community College NC 27 NJCAA

North Dakota ND 27 I UND-Ellendale ND 27 II Maryville State ND 27 NAIA Minot State ND 27 NAIA Valley City State ND 27 NAIA Assumption College ND 27 NJCAA Bismark State ND 27 NJCAA North Dakota State College of Science ND 27 NJCAA Wayne State NE 27 II Hiram Scott College NE 27 III Concordia College NE 27 NAIA Doane College NE 27 NAIA Midland Lutheran NE 27 NAIA Nebraska Wesleyan NE 27 NAIA Peru State NE 27 NAIA Big Bend Community College NE 27 NJCAA McCook CC NE 27 NJCAA McCook Community College NE 27 NJCAA NE Nebraska Community College NE 27 NJCAA Dartmouth College NH 27 I New Hampshire NH 27 I Keene State NH 27 III New England College NH 27 III Monmouth NJ 27 I Seton Hall NJ 27 I Drew University NJ 27 III Fairleigh Dickinson-Madison NJ 27 III Fairleigh Dickinson-Teaneck NJ 27 III Glassboro State NJ 27 III Kean College NJ 27 III Montclair State NJ 27 III NJIT NJ 27 III Rutgers-Camden NJ 27 III Rutgers-Newark NJ 27 III Upsala NJ 27 III Burlington County Community College NJ 27 NJCAA Camden County NJ 27 NJCAA Ocean County College NJ 27 NJCAA New Mexico State NM 27 I University of New Mexico NM 27 I Nevada-Las Vegas NV 27 I Nevada-Reno NV 27 I Canisius NY 27 I Colgate NY 27 I Fordham NY 27 I Long Island University NY 27 I Manhattan College NY 27 I Marist College NY 27 I Sampson College NY 27 I SUNY-Albany NY 27 I Syracuse NY 27 I Adelphi NY 27 II C. W. Post NY 27 II CUNY-Queens NY 27 II Brooklyn College NY 27 III Brooklyn-NY Poly NY 27 III Buffalo State NY 27 III Champlain College NY 27 III City College of New York NY 27 III Clarkson Tech NY 27 III CUNY-Lehman NY 27 III Elmira College NY 27 III Fredonia State NY 27 III Geneseo State College NY 27 III Hartwick College NY 27 III Hobart College NY 27 III John Jay College NY 27 III Mitchell College NY 27 III New York Maritime NY 27 III Plattsburgh State College NY 27 III Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY 27 III Southampton NY 27 III St. John Fisher College NY 27 III St. Lawrence NY 27 III SUNY-Farmingdale NY 27 III SUNY-New Paltz NY 27 III SUNY-Potsdam NY 27 III Union College NY 27 III University of Rochester NY 27 III

Paul Smith s College NY 27 NAIA Alfred State Community College NY 27 NJCAA Auburn Community College NY 27 NJCAA Bronx College NY 27 NJCAA Broome CC NY 27 NJCAA Cayuga Community College NY 27 NJCAA CCNY-Herkimer NY 27 NJCAA Corning Community College NY 27 NJCAA Finger Lakes CC NY 27 NJCAA Fulton-Montgomery CC NY 27 NJCAA Genesee CC NY 27 NJCAA Hilbert Community College NY 27 NJCAA Hudson Valley NY 27 NJCAA Mohawk Valley NY 27 NJCAA Monroe CC NY 27 NJCAA Morrissville A&T NY 27 NJCAA Orange County Community NY 27 NJCAA Queensboro Community NY 27 NJCAA Suffolk County Community NY 27 NJCAA SUNY-Cobleskill NY 27 NJCAA SUNY-Delhi NY 27 NJCAA SUNY-Dutchess NY 27 NJCAA SUNY-Rockland NY 27 NJCAA SUNY-Ulster Community College NY 27 NJCAA SUNY-Westchester NY 27 NJCAA Akron University OH 27 I Bowling Green OH 27 I Dayton University OH 27 I Miami (OH) OH 27 I Toledo OH 27 I University of Cincinatti OH 27 I Wright State OH 27 I Xavier University OH 27 I Youngstown State OH 27 I Central State OH 27 II Bluffton College OH 27 III Capital OH 27 III Defiance College OH 27 III Denison OH 27 III Hiram College OH 27 III Kenyon College OH 27 III Marietta College OH 27 III Oberlin College OH 27 III Ohio Wesleyan OH 27 III Otterbein College OH 27 III Wittenberg College OH 27 III Wooster College OH 27 III Cedarville OH 27 NAIA Malone College OH 27 NAIA Urbana College OH 27 NAIA Wilberforce University OH 27 NAIA Canton Technical College OH 27 NJCAA Cuyahoga Community College OH 27 NJCAA Cuyahoga West Community College OH 27 NJCAA Lakeland CC OH 27 NJCAA Lorain County Community College OH 27 NJCAA Southwestern Oklahoma State OK 27 II NE Oklahoma A&M OK 27 NJCAA Northern Oklahoma JC OK 27 NJCAA Oscar Rose OK 27 NJCAA UC-Claremore Junior College OK 27 NJCAA University of Oregon OR 27 I Western Oregon OR 27 II Linfield College OR 27 III Willamette OR 27 III Eastern Oregon OR 27 NAIA Lewis and Clark College OR 27 NAIA Oregon College OR 27 NAIA Oregon Institute of Technology OR 27 NAIA Warner Pacific OR 27 NAIA Blue Mountain CC OR 27 NJCAA Chemeketa Community College OR 27 NJCAA Lane Community College OR 27 NJCAA Mount Hood CC OR 27 NJCAA Treasure Valley Community College OR 27 NJCAA Umpqua CC OR 27 NJCAA Umpqua Community College OR 27 NJCAA

Lafayette College PA 27 I LaSalle PA 27 I Slippery Rock PA 27 I St. Francis College PA 27 I Temple PA 27 I Villanova PA 27 I West Chester PA 27 I California of PA PA 27 II Cheyney University PA 27 II Indiana of PA PA 27 II Mansfield College PA 27 II Albright College PA 27 III Allegheny College PA 27 III Carnegie Mellon University PA 27 III Dickinson College PA 27 III Grove City College PA 27 III Haverford College PA 27 III Juniata College PA 27 III Lebanon Valley College PA 27 III Lincoln University PA 27 III Moravian PA 27 III Penn State Erie - The Behrend College PA 27 III Philadelphia Biblical University PA 27 III St. Vincent's PA 27 III Susquehanna PA 27 III Swarthmore PA 27 III Westminster College PA 27 III Widener PA 27 III Pillsbury Bible College PA 27 NCCAA CC-Alleghany County Boyce Campus PA 27 NJCAA Hershey Community PA 27 NJCAA Keystone College PA 27 NJCAA Luzerne County Community PA 27 NJCAA Penn-Behrend Community College PA 27 NJCAA University of Rhode Island RI 27 I Clemson University SC 27 I Furman University SC 27 I South Carolina State SC 27 I Winthrop College SC 27 I South Dakota SD 27 II Yankton College SD 27 II Black Hills State SD 27 NAIA Dakota State SD 27 NAIA Si Tanka Huron College SD 27 NAIA South Dakota Tech SD 27 NAIA East Tennessee State TN 27 I Memphis State University TN 27 I Middle Tennessee State TN 27 I Milligan College TN 27 I Tennessee Tech TN 27 I Tusculum College TN 27 I University of Memphis TN 27 I University of Tennessee TN 27 I UT-Martin TN 27 I Vanderbilt University TN 27 I Knoxville College TN 27 III Maryville College TN 27 III University of the South (Sewanee) TN 27 III Chattanooga State C.C. TN 27 NJCAA North Texas State TX 27 I Richland College TX 27 I Southwest Texas State TX 27 I Southwestern University TX 27 I Texas A and M TX 27 I Texas Christian University TX 27 I Texas Tech TX 27 I University of Texas TX 27 I University of Texas TX 27 I University of Texas at Arlington TX 27 I University of Texas-El Paso TX 27 I LeTourneau TX 27 III Amarillo Community College TX 27 NJCAA Eastfield Community College TX 27 NJCAA Trinity Valley Community TX 27 NJCAA

Brigham Young UT 27 I Southern Utah UT 27 I Utah State UT 27 I Utah University UT 27 I Weber State UT 27 I College of Eastern Utah UT 27 NJCAA Dixie CC UT 27 NJCAA Eastern Utah-Carbon UT 27 NJCAA Snow CC UT 27 NJCAA Eastern Mennonite VA 27 I Ferrum College VA 27 I Hampton VA 27 I James Madison University VA 27 I Liberty VA 27 I Longwood University VA 27 I Norfolk State VA 27 I Richmond VA 27 I William & Mary VA 27 I Virginia Commonwealth VA 27 II Virginia State VA 27 II Hampden-Sydney VA 27 III Lynchburg College VA 27 III Eastern Washington WA 27 I Gonzaga WA 27 I University of Washington WA 27 I Washington State WA 27 I Western Washington WA 27 I Central Washington WA 27 II Seattle Pacific WA 27 II University of Washington-Puget Sound WA 27 II Pacific Lutheran WA 27 III Whitworth University WA 27 III Bellevue CC WA 27 NJCAA Big Bend CC WA 27 NJCAA Columbia Basin CC WA 27 NJCAA Edmonds Community College WA 27 NJCAA Gray's Harbor WA 27 NJCAA Green River CC WA 27 NJCAA Lower Columbia Community WA 27 NJCAA Skagit Valley CC WA 27 NJCAA Marquette University WI 27 I UW-Green Bay WI 27 I UW-Milwaukee WI 27 I Beloit College WI 27 III Carroll College WI 27 III Carthage College WI 27 III Ripon College WI 27 III St. Norberts WI 27 III UW-River Falls WI 27 III UW-Stout WI 27 III UW-Superior WI 27 III Northland College WI 27 NAIA Gateway Technical College WI 27 NJCAA MATC-Madison WI 27 NJCAA MATC-Milwaukee WI 27 NJCAA UW-Fond du Lac WI 27 NJCAA UW-Richland Center WI 27 NJCAA UW-Rock Valley WI 27 NJCAA UW-Waukesha WI 27 NJCAA WCTC-Waukesha WI 27 NJCAA WWTC-Western Wisconsin WI 27 NJCAA Marshall University WV 27 I University of Charleston WV 27 I Alderson-Broaddus WV 27 II Concord College WV 27 II Davis and Elkins College WV 27 II Fairmont State WV 27 II Glenville State WV 27 II West Virginia State WV 27 II Wheeling Jesuit College WV 27 II Bethany College WV 27 III Northwest College WY 27 NJCAA Total lost spots on teams: 18,063 Notes and Highlights *669 American Colleges/Universities have had wrestling and dropped their programs. *48 U.S. States and Washington D.C. had schools drop wrestling programs. *Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Nevada, Alaska, and Hawaii have had programs, but dropped them and left their states without a single collegiate wrestling opportunity. *Alabama, Georgia and Washington have have had multiple programs at all levels, but now have no four year collegiate chances to take part in wrestling. *Using the NCAA's average roster size of 27, the number of lost individual chances to compete collegiately are 18,063 nationwide. *Teams have been lost in seven different divisions: NCAA (I, II, III), NAIA, NJCAA, NCCAA and COA. *This list includes defunct and closed colleges. It does not list or intend to list twice the institutions that changed names over the years. *Input on the validity of the list is welcomed, and can be sent to coachtomes@hotmail.com.