KINGS POINT, N.Y. (March 24, 2025) – On the second day of the NCAA DIII Wrestling National Championship Meet last weekend, USMMA sophomore Tyler Withers (Gettysburg, Va.) was presented with plaque for amassing the most falls in all of Division III.
 
Withers went into the NCAA Championships with 21 falls and was in a five-way tie for second place in the nation behind then-national leader Caleb Burkhart of Wilkes. Burkhart lost both of his bouts at NCAAs up in Providence, while two of the four other wrestlers Withers was tied with only produced one pin apiece. The other two did not qualify for nationals.
 
In the very first session of the National Championships, Withers picked up back-to-back pins, including one over a wrestler from arch-rival Coast Guard. He wound up finishing the year with 23 falls.
 
Below are the final national rankings for falls throughout the 2024-25 season.
 
Rank    Wrestler                       School                         Pins
1          Tyler Withers                USMMA                        23
T2         Caleb Burkhart              Wilkes                          22
T2         Carson Licastri              SUNY Oneonta              22
T2         Josh Harkless               RIT                               22
T5         Dalton Monger              Messiah                        21
T5         Myles Leonard              Springfield                    21
T7         Micah Martinez              Messiah                        20
T7         Braeden Fluke               Averett                          20
T7         Benjamin Katz               Springfield                    20
10         Peter Kane                    Williams                        19
 
Withers became the latest Mariner to earn All-America honors after he came in sixth place in the 184-pound bracket at NCAAs. His final final record for the 2024-25 season was 32-6 with 23 pins, two technical falls and three major decisions.