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WOMAN'S WRESTLING

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Big Shifts in Women’s Wrestling (2024–2025)

  • It’s Official

    NCAA formally makes women’s wrestling an official championship sport


    In January 2025, NCAA officially recognized women’s wrestling as its 91st championship sport — ending its “emerging sport” status and paving the way for a full-blown national championship for female wrestlers starting in 2026.

  • From 57 to 161 Teams

    Rapid growth at the high school level — more girls wrestling than ever before


    For example, in one state program (New York State Public High School Athletic Association / NYSPHSAA), girls’ varsity wrestling teams exploded from 57 teams in 2022–23 to 161 teams by 2024–25, with athlete numbers rising from ~404 to over 1,000.

  • The Movement Grows.

    Colleges continue to add women’s-wrestling programs — widening the pipeline


    In 2024–2025, universities such as University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh and Lehigh University added women’s wrestling as varsity sports.

    Expansion at the collegiate level means more scholarships, more competition, and more visibility.

Two College Opens In The Same Weekend

Marlee Solomon (Canon-McMillan, PA) just snagged USA Wrestling’s Athlete of the Week, and honestly… she earned it the loud way.

Over one weekend, this high-school junior won two college-level tournaments back-to-back — the ultra-tough Missouri Valley Open and the Baldwin Wallace Open. She tore through brackets with pins, tech falls, and big-name wins, including taking out a U17 World Champion and finishing the MoVal finals with a fall in 3:31.

Then she woke up the next morning and did it all again.

Marlee is currently ranked #3 in the nation at 115 lbs, with multiple national podium finishes to her name — and clearly, she’s just getting started.

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