Women's Wrestling Facts and Resources

Since 1994, the number of women who wrestle in high school has grown from 804 to over 6000. (totalfemaleparticipationgraph - totalfemaleparticipation)
Eight colleges now sponsor a varsity wrestling program
Women's wrestling is now a recognized Olympic sport
Texas, Hawaii and Washington sponsor a state high school championship
Women's high wrestling participation numbers are higher than the NCAA sponosred sports of crew, fencing, skiing, and rifle and NCAA emerging sports of rugby, sand volleyball and equestrian.
NWCA conducts a 8-team National Dual Meet Championship in conjunction with the collegiate National Duals

WCWA serves as the governing body for women’s college wrestling.
Primary role is to standardize the competition rules for women until the NCAA, NAIA, and/or Junior Colleges sanction it as an emerging sport (each governing body requires a minimum number of schools to sponsor a particular sport before they will sponsor a national championship).
Current members include: Jamestown College (North Dakota), Lindenwood University (Missouri), Lock Haven University (Pennsylvania), Menlo College (California), Missouri Baptist University, Missouri Valley College, Northern Michigan University, Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma), Simon Fraser University (British Columbia), University of Buffalo (New York), University of the Cumberlands (Kentucky), University of Regina (Saskatchewan), and University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Additions for the 2009-10 season already include King College (Tennessee).
The WCWA competes in the Olympic discipline of freestyle wrestling and offers the following weight classes: 44kg/97lbs, 48kg/105.5lbs, 51kg/112lbs, 55kg/121lbs, 59kg/130lbs, 63kg/138.5lbs, 67kg/147.5lbs, 72kg/158lbs, 82kg/180lbs, 95kg/209lbs.
The University of the Cumberlands was crowned team champions in 2008 while Oklahoma City University won the title in 2009.