Ball, a junior 174-pounder, won the Gold Division crown at the Loras Open. He pinned Grand View's Thomas Moman and Hannibal-LaGrange's Nathan Downs before posting a 6-4 decision over Upper Iowa's Blake Sorenson in the final. Sorenson, last year's Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Rookie of the Year, qualified for the NCAA Division II Championship where he went 1-2.
Special mention — Seth Shatto, so., 157#, Buena Vista; James Buss, fr., Hwt., James Buss
