CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) announced today its 2024-25 All-Conference Men’s Wrestling Team and major award winners. Headlining the announcement as American Rivers Conference Co-Most Valuable Performers are Wartburg College’s Massoma Endene and Mitch Williamson. Wartburg’s head coach, Eric Keller, was voted A-R-C Coach of the Year, and Coe College Brayden Parke was selected as Rookie of the Year. 
 
The 30-member team is composed of the top-three A-R-C place-winners at the NCAA Division III Region VI Regional Championship. The wrestler or wrestlers who finished highest at the NCAA Championships are deemed American Rivers Conference Most Valuable Performer(s), while Rookie and Coach of the Year are voted on by the league’s head coaches. 
 
Co-Most Valuable Performer - Massoma Endene, Grad., 197lbs., Wartburg College
Endene concluded his third season at Wartburg as the 197-pound weight class National Champion for the third consecutive year. The No. 1-seed at the national tournament earned a first-round bye at the championship and when he stepped foot on the mat for the second round he made his statement quickly with a fall in 3:17. In the quarterfinal round, Endene picked up a tech fall in 1:38 and a major decision, 10-1, victory in the semifinal round. He concluded his championship with a major decision, 11-3, over the No. 2-seeded wrestler in the bracket. Endene is the fourth three-time national champion in Wartburg program history. 
 
Co-Most Valuable Performer - Mitch Williamson, Jr., 285lbs., Wartburg College
Williamson rose to the occasion for the Wartburg College Knights when it mattered most, on the biggest stage. He entered the championship unseeded and ended the championship standing atop the podium to push Wartburg to their 16th team national title. In his opening round, he took down the six-seeded wrestler by a 5-1 decision. In his second round at the championship, Williamson earned a tech fall victory over the fifth-seed in the bracket. In the quarterfinal round, he took down the second-seed to claim All-American status. In the semifinal round, Williamson pushed his way to the championship finals after defeating the fourth-seed with a 2-1 decision. He finished his championship run with a 4-1 decision, with a last second takedown, to defeat the top seeded wrestler entering the weekend. 
 
Rookie of the Year - Brayden Parke, Fr., 125lbs., Coe College
First-year Coe College 125-pounder, Parke claimed first place at the Region VI Regional Championship to advance to the NCAA Division III Men’s Wrestling Championship. Parke made his mark at the championship finishing in fifth place. He received a first-round bye and fell to the sixth-seeded wrestler in the bracket by a 9-6 decision. Parke fought his way through the consolation side of the bracket beginning by earning a 12-0 major decision. In his next round of wrestlebacks, he grabbed a 18-7 major decision. To earn his way onto the podium, Parke made a statement with a fall in just 1:48. Although falling to the third-seeded wrestler in the consolation semifinals in sudden victory, Parke ended on a high note with a win in the fifth place match with a 4-0 decision.  
 
Coach of the Year - Eric Keller, Wartburg College
In his 15th season at the helm of the Wartburg College men’s wrestling program, Eric Keller was voted the league’s Coach of the Year for the ninth time in his career (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025). Keller led the Knights to the program’s 42nd conference title. Wartburg finished the conference dual season with a perfect 8-0 record. The national stage saw the Wartburg Knights show up again taking home their 16th national championship and saw two wrestlers earn individual national championships. Five of Wartburg’s wrestlers found their way to the podium at the national tournament to earn All-America honors. 
 American Rivers Conference men’s wrestlers secured 26 of the 30 qualifying spots to the NCAA Championships in the 2025 Region VI Regional Championship. Of the 26 A-R-C student-athletes that qualified for the NCAA Championships, ten were crowned Region VI Regional Champions. 
 
At the conclusion of the 2025 NCAA Division III Men’s Wrestling Championship at the Amica Mutual Pavillion in Providence, Rhode Island, 14 of the 26 wrestlers from the A-R-C earned All-American honors. 
 
The American Rivers All-Conference team is made up of eight from Loras College, seven from Wartburg College, four from Central, Coe, and Luther, and three from the University of Dubuque. 
 
The complete 2024-25 American Rivers All-Conference Men’s Wrestling team is as follows: 
 

2024-25 All-American Rivers Conference Men's Wrestling Team
MVP - Massoma Endene & Mitch Williamson, Wartburg, College
Rookie of the Year - Brayden Parke, Coe College
Coach of the Year - Eric Keller, Wartburg College
Name	Weight	Regional Finish	School	Year	Hometown/High school
Pierre Baldwin @ &	141lbs	1st	Central	Jr.	Carol Stream, Ill./John F. Kennedy
Carter Martinson	157lbs	5th	Central	So.	Altoona, Iowa/Southeast Polk
Carson Martinson	165lbs	2nd	Central	So.	Altoona, Iowa/Southeast Polk
Samuel West @	184lbs	4th	Central	Jr.	Burlington, Iowa/Notre Dame
Brayden Parke	125lbs	1st	Coe	Fr.	Marion, Iowa/Linn-Mar
Bryce Parke @	133lbs	1st	Coe	Sr.	Marion, Iowa/Linn-Mar
LJ Richardson @ &	174lbs	2nd	Coe	Sr.	Prosper, Texas/Prosper
Jared Voss @ &	184lbs	2nd	Coe	Sr.	Ryan, Iowa/West Delaware
Brett Back	149lbs	3rd	Univ. of Dubuque	Fr.	Rudolph, Wis./Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln
Zane Pannell	174lbs	3rd	Univ. of Dubuque	So.	Fulton, Ill./Fulton
Pilo Perez	197lbs	2nd	Univ. of Dubuque	Fifth Yr.	Danville, Ill./Danville
Connor Fiser	125lbs	3rd	Loras	So.	Bondurant, Iowa/Bondurant-Farrar
Aiden Evans @	133lbs	3rd	Loras	Grad.	Bettendorf, Iowa/Bettendorf
Jalen Schopp > ^ * & @	141lbs	3rd	Loras	Grad.	Williamsburg, Iowa/Williamsburg
Chase Fiser	149lbs	2nd	Loras	Sr.	Bondurant, Iowa/Bondurant-Farrar
Eric Kinkaid @ &	157lbs	1st	Loras	Sr.	Camanche, Iowa/Camanche
Dustin Bohren @	165lbs	1st	Loras	Sr.	Bettendorf, Iowa/Bettendorf
Zeb Gnida @ &	174lbs	1st	Loras	Grad.	Solon, Iowa/Solon
Jonah Clark	285lbs	4th	Loras	Jr.	Wayland, Iowa/WACO
Connor Kidd	133lbs	2nd	Luther	Jr.	Morton, Ill./Morton
Clayton McDonough $ & @	157lbs	3rd	Luther	Jr.	Nora Springs, Iowa/Central Springs
Ben Strehlow	197lbs	3rd	Luther	Sr.	Weyauwega, Wis./Weyauwega-Fremont
Walter West @	285lbs	1st	Luther	Fifth Yr.	Plymouth, Minn./Robbinsdale Cooper
Brett Birchman	125lbs	2nd	Wartburg	So.	Fennimore, Wis./Fennimore
Tommy Thongseng	141lbs	2nd	Wartburg	Fr.	Exeter, Calif./Exeter Union
Kyler Romero @	149lbs	1st	Wartburg	Fifth Yr.	Toppenish, Wash./Toppenish
Aiden Brosinski	165lbs	4th	Wartburg	So.	Genoa, Wis./De Soto
Kasey Ross @	184lbs	1st	Wartburg	Jr.	Urbandale, Iowa/Urbandale
Massoma Endene ! & % @	197lbs	1st	Wartburg	Grad.	Dallas, Texas/James Bowie
Mitch Williamson @	285lbs	3rd	Wartburg	Jr.	River Falls, Wis./River Falls
Previous Honors
% - 2023-24 Most Valuable Performer
@ - 2023-24 All-Conference
# - 2023-24 Freshman of the Year
! - 2022-23 Co-Most Valuable Performer
$ - 2022-23 Freshman of the Year
& - 2022-23 All-Conference
* - 2021-22 All-Conference
^ - 2020-21 All-Conference
> - 2020-21 Freshman of the Year