California High School Wrestling – Top Incoming Freshmen Class of 2028

Here are the top freshmen wrestlers poised to make an impact in the upcoming 2024-2025 season. Comment below on who you think has the best chance of placing at the State Meet in February.

Fill out the form below to nominate a wrestler you believe should be on this list.

RANK		WRESTLER	SCHOOL	STATE PLACER
		Gio Hernandez	Bakersfield (cs)
		Jacob Fernandez	Bonita (ss)
		Paul Ruiz	Buchanan (cs)
		Carlo Contino	Buchanan (cs)
		JJ Greene	Buchanan (cs)
		Jax Vang	Buchanan (cs)
		Damian Leal	Central Catholic (sj)
		Barrett Silva	Central Catholic (sj)
		Helo Blackwell	Central Catholic (sj)
		Eli Swartz	Central Catholic (sj)
		Sean Griffin	Central Catholic (sj)
		Daniel Guerra	Central Union (sd)
		Andrew Arroyo Jr.	Clovis (cs)
		Tyler Sweet	Clovis North (cs)
		Elijah Ornelas	Clovis North (cs)
		Lucas Mendez	Clovis North (cs)
		Julian Brillantes	Elk Grove (sj)
		Sammy Sanchez	Esperanza (ss)
		Sergio Valencia	Farmersville (cs)
		Eli Mendoza	Gilroy (cc)
		Cristian Villarreal	Evergreen Valley (cc)
		Adrian Rivera	Lincoln (cc)
		Owen Hardesty	Live Oak (cc)
		Elham Hashimi	Livermore (nc)
		Luke Schoch	Los Gatos (cc)
		Michael Terrell	Los Gatos (cc)
		Wesley Hayden	Los Gatos (cc)
		Hawk Alvarez	Mayfair (ss)
		Jakob Castillo	Merced (sj)
		Brian Knuutti	Petaluma (nc)
		Mateo Jimenez	Saint Francis (cc)
		Santos Tizoc	Silver Creek (cc)
		Hunter Luna	Saint Francis (cc)
		Isai Fernandez	St. John Bosco (ss)
		Mason Savidan	St. John Bosco (ss)
		Jorge Rios	St. John Bosco (ss)
		Brody Carson	St. John Bosco (ss)
		Cody Holtberg	St. Mary's (sj)
		Maddox Hazard	Sultana (ss)

Penn State Wrestling 2023 NCAA National Champions

Rankings updated: December 10, 2023

Tournament Team Rankings

Rank		College	Conference
1		Penn State
2		Iowa
3		Nebraska
4		Oklahoma State
5		Virginia Tech
6		Ohio State
7		Missouri
8		South Dakota State
9		Northern Iowa
10		Cornell
11T		Minnesota
11T		Michigan
13		Iowa State
14		Lehigh
15T		Arizona State
15T		Little Rock
17		West Virginia
18T		Illinois
18T		Rutgers
18T		Northern Colorado
21		Wyoming
22		CSU Bakersfield
23		Stanford
24		North Carolina State
25T		Ohio
25T		Purdue

Dual Team Rankings

Rank		College	Conference
1		Penn State
2		Iowa
3		Nebraska
4		Oklahoma State
5		Virginia Tech
6		Ohio State
7		North Carolina State
8		Minnesota
9		Iowa State
10		Northern Iowa
11		Cornell
12		Illinois
13		Missouri
14		Stanford
15		Michigan
16		Little Rock
17		South Dakota State
18		Rutgers
19		Oklahoma
20		West Virginia
21		Arizona State
22		Lehigh
23		North Carolina
24		Wyoming
25		Oregon State

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

none

285

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

Full Intermat individual rankings:

Rankings by: Fernando Serratos
Please send all ranking info & questions to: Email Fernando
Full Rankings Breakdown – download PDF

Team Rankings

1. Northview
2. Walnut
3. Marina
4. Corona
5. Palm Desert
6. Paloma Valley
7. San Dimas
8. Canyon Springs
9. Newport Harbor
10. Hillcrest
HM. San Clemente
HM. Colony

101

1. Alicia Serratos – Laguna Hills
2. Jilian Wells – Lakeside
3. Alexis Garza – Northview
4. Katherine Hernandez – Bell Gardens
5. Raquel Garcia – Colony
6. Nathalie Erazo – Marina
7. Destiny Moreno – Millikan
8. Maggie Cornish – Tesoro
HM
Sarah Ann Colinaya – Covina
Brianna Soto – Pioneer

106

1. Anaya Falcon – Walnut
2. Sophia Cornish – Tesoro
3. Anna Pham – Westminster
4. Satira Sohal – Cypress
5. Olivia Lopez -Hamilton
6. Mackenzie English – Westlake
7. Faith Rush – MLK
8. Candene Winker -Covina
HM
Alexis Casares – Warren
Leilah Patel – Tustin

111

1. Karissa Turnwall – Paloma Valley
2. BK Martinez – Ayala
3. Eden Hernandez – San Clemente
4. Deandra Meza -Walnut
5. Ruby Pung – Edison
6. Roxanne Hurtado – Victor Valley
7. Nataly Diaz – Sultana
8. Leann Tran – Corona
HM
Anna Pham – Westminster
Emarie Boloson – Esperanza

116

1. Kylee Golz -Trabuco Hills
2. Leinlani Lazaro – Northview
3. Presley Anderson -Marina
4. Taira Sakamoto – Santa Monica
5. Samantha Sachs – Glendora
6. Ajalyn Panoke-Jimenez -Hillcrest
7. Mia Ramirez – John Glen
8. Christina Osario – Downey
Out with Injury
Joryn Chrisco – Marina
HM
April Denolo -Rowland
Isabell Mejia – Cajon

121

1. Lilyana Banderas – Anahiem
2. Kaitlin Castro – Walnut
3. Leilani Lepe – JW North
4.Samanta Rivera – Northview
5. Monserrat Felix – El Toro
6. Jerzi Tully – Excelsior Charter
7. Amairani Argumosa – Santiago
8. Isabel Navarro – Shadow Hills
HM
Rhain Aranjo – John Glen
Serena Baca – La Quinta

126

1. Carissa Qureshi – Marina
2. Jasmin Macias – Walnut
3. Makayal Correa – Paloma Valley
4. Katrina Cortez – Corona
5. Mia Sanchez – Northview
6. Kylie Yang – Sunny Hills
7. Zitali Sarmiento – Norwalk
8. Rhain Aranjo – John Glen
HM
Makynna Loepp
Padilla Execlsior

131

1. Tegan Ghyen – Palm Desert
2. Addison Ellis – Orange Vista
3. Kayla Ganac – Los Osos
4. Magaly Madrid – Paramount
5. Renice Gonzalez – Colony
6. Kera Finnigan – La Canada
7. Sophia Gomez Northview
8. Sidney Romejko – Duarte
Out with Injury
Sasha Redshaw San Marino
HM
Catalina La Grass – Cen Corona
Nateli Alvarado – Etiwanda

137

1. Cara Cheng – Temescal Canyon
2. Phylicia Sudario – Corona
3. Skyler Gassel – Newport Harbor
4. Desiree Vasquez – Northview
5. Autumm Gould – Canyon Springs
6. Yanni Sanchez – Santa Ana
7. Makayla Fascinato – Oak Hill
8. Mya Rashed – Colony
HM
Marie Pearson – Mission Viejo
Savina La Grass – Cent. Corona

143

1. Alexis Jimenez – Valley View
2. Samantha Arce – Mater Dei
3. Berlyn Davis – San Clemente
4. Angela Milojkovic – Palm Desert
5. Andie Albers – Hemet
6. Audrey Diaz – Hueneme
7. Andrea Mateo – Northview
8. Kaylin Montano – Shawdow Hills
HM
Georgia Slivar – Eagle Rock
Mia Garcia – Sultana

150

1. Johanna Forman – Northview
2. Eduarda Rodrigues – Newport Harbor
3. Princess Monsalud – Burroughs
4. Jocelyn Yepez – Paramount
5. Bela Smith – Ventura
6. Khendra Hernadez – Cen Corona
7. Andie Abers – Hemet
8. Ximena Romero – Villa Park
HM
Nicole Kucharek – Paloma Valley
Lena Nelson – EL Modena

160

1. Julina Marquez – San Dimas
2. Jordan Carrillo – Walnut
3. Natelie Lopez -Northview
4. Vida Beckel – Cypress
5. Angel Castro – Corona
6. Karen Santana – Schurr
7. Chonel Griffin – Corona Centennial
8. Mariah Aldape – Downey
HM
Daisy Ayala – South El Monte
Julia Herrera – Hillcrest

170

1. Kaley Rice – San Dimas
2. Citlai Contreras – Palm Desert
3. Selena Cubias – Hillcrest
4. Angela Salazar – Santa Ana
5. Clara Carbajal – Western
6. Arielle Perez – Warren
7. Hailey Fernandez – Millikan
8. Samantah Ortiz – Cerritos
HM
Abena Adu – Quartz Hill
Krystal Harkless – Murrieta Mesa

189

1. Sai Preciado – Marina
2. Gabby O’Connell – Elsinore
3. Isabella Sosa – Schurr
4. Jaquiline Torres – Dominguez
5. Dee Gallegos – Mountclair
6. Behnaz Barreintos – Los Osos
7. Christina Page – Charter Oak
8. Raven Ross – Long Beach
HM
Mina Espinoza – Upland
3rd Blackwatch 2nd Norco
Evelyn Reyna – Paramount

235

1. Janiah Carr – Canyon Springs
2. Pepper Marks – Santa Barbara
3. Avery Manko – Cabrillo Lompac
4. Allie Phillips – Mark Keppel
5. Destiny Marquez – Marina
6. Lorelei Hartman – Corona
7. Savannah Ethridge -Sultana
8. Emmale Americano – Hemet
HM
Izzy Mandel – Etiwanda
Emily Pineda – Walnut