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RANK		WRESTLER	SCHOOL	STATE PLACER
		Paul Ruiz	Buchanan (cs)
		Daniel Guerra	Central Union (sd)
		Elham Hashimi	Livermore (nc)
		Luke Schoch	Los Gatos (cc)
		Michael Terrell	Los Gatos (cc)
		Wesley Hayden	Los Gatos (cc)

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2023-2024 California High School Wrestling State Rankings

Penn State Wrestling 2023 NCAA National Champions

Rankings updated: December 10, 2023

Tournament Team Rankings

Rank		College	Conference
1		Penn State
2		Missouri
3		Nebraska
4		North Carolina State
5		Oklahoma State
6		Iowa
7		Michigan
8		Virginia Tech
9		Cornell
10		Arizona State
11		Iowa State
12		Ohio State
13		South Dakota State
14		Rutgers
15		Northern Iowa
16		Lehigh
17		Air Force
18		Oregon State
19		Oklahoma
20		Lock Haven
T21		Illinois
T21		Maryland
23		Stanford
24		Wisconsin
T25		North Carolina
T25		Pittsburgh
27		Cal Poly
28		Purdue
T29		Virginia
T29		Wyoming

Dual Team Rankings

Rank		College	Conference
1		Penn State
2		Iowa
3		Missouri
4		Nebraska
5		Iowa State
6		Ohio State
7		North Carolina State
8		Cornell
9		Virginia Tech
10		Michigan
11		Oklahoma State
12		Minnesota
13		South Dakota State
14		Rutgers
15		Navy
16		Oregon State
17		Pittsburgh
18		Oklahoma
19		Arizona State
20		Penn
21		Maryland
22		Stanford
23		Illinois
24		West Virginia
25		Northern Iowa
26		Appalachian State
27		North Carolina
28		Lehigh
29		Indiana
30		Wisconsin

Individual California Wrestlers

125

8th Richie Figueroa – Arizona State (Selma HS)
30th Dominic Mendez – Cal Poly (Righetti HS)
32nd Tristan Lujan – Michigan State (Selma HS)

133

4th Aaron Nagao – Penn State (Esperanza HS)

141

21st Jack Gioffre – Virginia (Buchanan HS)
23rd Cleveland Belton – Oregon State (St. John Bosco HS)
27th Jason Miranda – Stanford (Poway HS)

149

3rd Kyle Parco – Arizona State (De La Salle HS)
10th Jaden Abas – Stanford (Rancho Bernardo HS)
33rd Michael Gioffre – Virginia (Buchanan HS)

157

16th Chase Saldate – Michigan State (Gilroy HS)

165

2nd Izzak Olejnik – Oklahoma State (Bakersfield HS)
12th Matthew Olguin – Oregon State (Buchanan HS)
22nd Giano Petrucelli – Air Force (Clovis HS)
25th Joshua Kim – Harvard (Santiago HS)

174

22nd b – Iowa State (Temecula Valley HS)
32nd Andrew Sparks – Minnesota (Calvary Chapel HS)

184

2nd Berie Truax -Penn State (Rancho Buena Vista HS)
6th Trey Munoz – Oregon State (Trabuco Hills HS)

197

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285

23rd Seth Nevills – Maryland (Clovis HS)
27th Josiah Hill – Little Rock (Bakersfield HS)

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