Hall of Fame
The 2001 wrestling team, in head coach Mike Ritchey's sixth season at the helm, collected the school's fourth national title in 2001 despite being ranked no higher than No. 4 all season, and coming off of a subpar ninth-place finish a year earlier. Behind individual champions John Sills (165 pounds) and Jeremy Wynia (145), the Raiders amassed a school-record 158 points to hold off second-place Missouri Valley with 151 ½.
The Raiders – who also won the team's 22nd league or district title by prevailing at the Northwest Conference Championships with eight individual champs – had nine All-Americans covering seven weight classes in all. Wes Balensifer (197) Dan Sturgell (184) were national runners-up, and Ritchey was named the NAIA Coach of the Year.
