Council Bluffs, IA – The top-ranked and two-time defending national champions return to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Women's Wrestling National Invitational this weekend at the Mid-America Center.
DETAILS: NJCAA Women's Wrestling Championships
Council Bluffs, IA | Mid-America Center
WATCH LIVE: NJCAA Network ($)
LIVE RESULTS: FloWrestling
LIVE LOOK-INS: GoHillsTV Facebook
SCHEDULE: 2025 NJCAA Women's Wrestling Championship
MAT NOTES
The Indian Hills Women's Wrestling squad will head to Council Bluffs having won four consecutive women's junior college national championships, including the first two NJCAA National Invitational titles.
- The Warriors ran away with last year's national title, winning the event by 57 team points while producing 16 All-Americans.
- Six Warriors who earned All-American honors from a year ago return to the Mid-America Center looking to earn another spot on the podium.
- Indian Hills will send a total of 23 members of the program to compete for a national title, including 15 first-time national qualifiers.
- Of the 11 weight classes at this year's event, the Warriors secured four No. 1 overall seeds (103lbs, 124lbs, 145lbs, and 180lbs).
- Sophomore Genesis Gilmore, the 2024 155lb national champion and No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound wrestler in the nation earned the top overall seed in the 145lb bracket this year.
- Sophomore Angelica Vicente Gonzalez enters this weekend ranked No. 1 in the 124lb bracket. An All-American from a year ago, Gonzalez finished second overall at last year's national championship in the 123lb bracket.
- The Warriors will send a loaded group to compete in the 180lb bracket led by No. 1 overall seed Nevaeh Hayden and No. 3 seeded Paola Rodriguez, the 2025 ICCAC Region 11 Champion.
- Freshman Chasey Karabell earned the No. 1 overall seed at 103lbs and will look to claim the program's third all-time lightweight title.
- Indian Hills Women's Wrestling Record Book
WARRIORS AT NATIONALS
Since the emergence of women's wrestling at the junior college ranks, the Warriors have set themselves apart as the premiere program across the nation.
- 2024 | NJCAA National Champions | 307.5 Team Points | 16 All-Americans | 2 Individual National Champions
- 2023 | NJCAA National Champions | 287.0 Team Points | 17 All-Americans | 4 Individual National Champions
- 2022 | JCNC National Champions | 164.5 Team Points | 13 All-Americans | 4 Individual National Champions
- 2022 JCNC Dual National Champions
- 2021 | JCNC National Champions | 154.0 Team Points | 12 All-Americans | 3 Individual National Champions
- 2021 JCNC Dual National Champions
SCOUTING THE FIELD
A NJCAA-record 22 programs will compete at this year's national championship with programs from across the nation taking the mat at the Mid-America Center
- Five of the top-10 teams in the final NJCAA Women's Wrestling rankings hail from the ICCAC, including No. 2 Iowa Western and No. 4 Iowa Central.
- In total, 107 individuals from the ICCAC will compete at this weekend's national championships.
- Of the 11 weight classes, seven different programs earned a No. 1 overall seed, including four teams that competed against the Warriors in dual action this year.
- Along with Indian Hills' Genesis Gilmore, Taylor Knox of Southwestern Oregon is the lone returning national champion. Knox earned the No. 1 overall seed in the 207lb bracket.
NJCAA Team Rankings | NJCAA Individual Rankings | The Open Mat Rankings
Fans can follow all the action of the NJCAA National Invitational a number of ways:
- GoHillsTV (Audio Only)
- GoHillsTV Facebook
- GoHillsTV Mobile App
- https://www.gohillstv.com/browse
- NJCAA Network (Live Video)
- FloWrestling (Live Stats)
Fans attending the NJCAA National Championships can purchase tickets in advance: NJCAA Women's Wrestling Championship
BRACKETS
103 | 110 | 117 | 124 | 131 | 138 | 145 | 160 | 180 | 207 | 235
| CLASS | NAME | SEED | 1ST ROUND OPPONENT |
| 103 | Chasey Karabell | 1 | Anna Kos (Itasca) |
| 103 | Alycia Perez | 6 | Natalie Johnson (Bid Bend) |
| 103 | Jamiyah Blount-Taylor | Unseeded | (7) Angeline Pillejera (Umpqua) |
| 110 | Ariah Mervilus | 6 | Adelina Valencia (NOC-Tonkawa) |
| 110 | Hinda Doucoure | Unseeded | Alyson Ortiiz (Umpqua) |
| 117 | Madison Leverknight | 2 | Vaea Lamourneaux (Umpqua) |
| 117 | EmmaLyn Burnett | Unseeded | Lexi Timmerman (Iowa Lakes) |
| 124 | Angelica Vicente Gonzalez | 1 | Angelica Quintana Aficial (Trinidad State) |
| 131 | Amaria Ridgner | 2 | Lyndsay Thomas (Southwestern Oregon) / Ariana Blume (Southeast) |
| 131 | Eden Smith | 8 | Caxton Smyth (Fort Hays) |
| 138 | Ruth Jimenez Batista | 3 | Emily Kesterson (Iowa Western) |
| 145 | Genesis Gilmore | 1 | Emily Angelo (Iowa Central) |
| 160 | Olivia Stean | 6 | Emma Thompson (Carl Albert) |
| 160 | Afi Koumasse | Unseeded | (2) Ayana Fletcher (Iowa Western) |
| 160 | Tanihya Wilson | Unseeded | Cambree Howe (Ellsworth) |
| 180 | Nevaeh Hayden | 1 | Savanna Salen (Iowa Lakes) |
| 180 | Paola Rodriguez | 3 | Izzy Pack (Carl Albert) / Brylie Schaub (Iowa Central) |
| 180 | Sarah Lewis | Unseeded | (4) Kaylin Montano (Umpqua) |
| 207 | Wyntergale Oxendine | 5 | Jada Bohm (Iowa Western) |
| 207 | Ileen Castrejon | 7 | Angeline Wetseline (Carl Albert) |
| 207 | Kara Schemkes | Unseeded | (8) Stacey Nash (Carl Albert) |
| 235 | Sha'Niayha Wysinger | 4 | Makenna Fetters (Hawkeye) |
| 235 | Kennedi Johnson-Washington | 8 | (1) Arianah Cowgur (Snow) |
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