Saturday, September 12, 2020

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Teams Listed By State

 I began "Gone, Lost & Forgotten" nine & a half months ago, bound and determined to find information on every single dropped wrestling program.  I wanted to find out when the programs were started, when & why they were ended & any accomplishments I could find on both a team and individual level. 

According to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame we've lost 670 teams throughout the years.  Unfortunately I was only able to find information on a little over half.  I believe my total was 365 or somewhere around there. For some of the teams I found a ton of information.  For other teams, I found very little beyond a fact or two that proves that they did indeed have varsity wrestling at some point in their history. 

Here is what I found 

Arizona (3) 
Northern Arizona
Arizona
Phoenix College

Alaska (1)
Alaska-Pacific

Arkansas (1) 
Arkansas State

Alabama (4) 
Auburn
Alabama
Jacksonville State
Chattahoochee Valley

California (70) 
San Diego State
San Jose State
California
UCLA
USC
Long Beach State
Chico State
UC Santa Barbara
Cal Poly Ponoma
Humboldt State
Cal State Los Angeles
Cal State Fullerton 
UC Davis
Cal State Sacramento
Cal State Stanislaus
Sonoma State
Cal State East Bay
Cal State Northridge
Stanford
Whittier
Biola
California Tech
California Lutheran
Fullerton
Diablo Valley
Golden West
Foothill
Cypress
Grossmont
Gavilan 
Los Angeles Pierce
C.O. Sequoias 
Santiago Canyon
Reedley
Los Angeles Valley
La Verne
Marin
Hartnell
Merced
Imperial Valley
Merritt
Long Beach City
West Valley
Porterville
Ohlane
Laney
Napa Valley
Mira Costa
San Jose City
San Diego Mesa
Riverside City
Cosumnes River
Contra Costa
Colldge of Redwoods
Yuba
Southwestern
Ventura
Solano
Butte
Cabrillo
Canada 
Citrus
San Mateo
San Diego City
Allan Hancock
American River
Orange Coast
El Camino
Chaffey
Los Angeles City

Connecticut (4) 
Yale
Southern Connecticut State
Central Connecticut State
Connecticut

Colorado (4) 
Denver
Colorado
Colorado State
Fort Lewis

Delaware (2) 
Delaware
Delaware State

Florida (11) 
Tampa
Florida
Central Florida
Florida Tech
Florida International
Florida A&M
Pensacola Christian
Miami
Miami Dade South
Miami Dade North
Stetson 

Georgia (3) 
Georgia Tech
Georgia State
Georgia

Idaho (3) 
Idaho State
Idaho
Northwest Nazarene 

Illinois (16) 
Illinois State
SIU-Carbondale
Bradley
Western Illinois
Chicago State
Eastern Illinois
North Park
Illinois-Chicago
Lincoln 
Olivet-Nazarene
Illinois-College
Lake Forest
Lewis
DePaul 
Knox
Lake County Illinois

Indiana (12) 
Indiana State
Notre Dame
Ball State
Taylor
Anderson
Valparaiso 
Evansville
Earlham
Hanover
DePauw
Franklin 
Huntington

Iowa (5) 
St Ambrose
Drake
Mount St Clare
Grinnell
Kirkwood

Kansas (3)
Kansas
Kansas State

Kentucky (3) 
Eastern Kentucky
Kentucky
Centre

Louisiana (3) 
Louisiana State
Tulane
Louisiana Layfayette 

Maine (2) 
Maine
Maine Presque Isle

Maryland (7) 
Baltimore
Salisbury
Morgan State
Towson
Coppin State
Maryland Eastern Shore
Montgomery

Massachusetts (7)
Amherst
Massachusetts
Boston College
Boston University
Massachusetts-Lowell
CCBC-Cantonsville
Boston State

Michigan (16) 
Northern Michigan
Western Michigan
Lake Superior State
Ferris State
Grand Valley State
Eastern Michigan
Oakland
Saginaw Valley State
Wayne State
Grand Rapids CC
Lansing CC
Mott CC
Southwestern Michigan CC
Schoolcraft CC
Michigan Tech
Hillsdale

Minnesota (12) 
Carleton
Gustavus Adolphus
Winona State
Minnesota-Duluth
Bemidji State
St Thomas
Bethel
St Olaf
Minnesota-Morris
Anoka-Ramsey
Pillsbury Baptist Bible 
St Mary 

Missouri (5)
South East Missouri State
North East Missouri State
Missouri-St Louis
Missouri-Rolla
Evangel


Montana (4) 
Montana
Montana State
Montana Western
Rocky Mountain College

Nebraska (4) 
Nebraska-Omaha
Wayne State
Dana
Peru State

Nevada (2) 
UNLV
Nevada-Reno

New Hampshire (2)
Dartmouth
New Hampshire

New Jersey (8) 
Seton Hall
Montclair State
Monmouth 
Rowan
Upsala
Kean
Fairleigh Dickinson
Ocean County CC

New Mexico (2) 
New Mexico
New Mexico State

New York (27) 
Syracuse
City College of New York
St Lawrence
Colgate
Albany
SUNY-Potsdam
Wagner
SUNY-Maritime
RPI
Union 
Clarkson
Yeshiva
SUNY-Delhi
Paul Smith's
SUNY-New Paltz
Buffalo State
SUNY-Erie
SUNY-Canton
Geneseo State
Mohawk Valley 
SUNY-Plattsburgh
Stony Brook 
St John Fisher
SUNY - Cobleskill
SUNY-Farmingdale
SUNY-West Chester
SUNY-Rockland

North Carolina (10) 
East Carolina
UNC-Greensboro
Elizabeth City State
Winston Salem State
Pfeiffer
Elon 
Livingstone
Methodist
Catawba
Guilford

North Dakota (3) 
North Dakota
Valley City State
Mayville State

Ohio (15) 
Toledo
Akron
Bowling Green
Miami
Denison
Cincinnati 
Youngstown State
Mansfield
Wright State
Capital
Cedarville
Malone
Oberlin
Cuyahoga
Lakeland

Oklahoma (2) 
Rose State
SW Oklahoma State

Oregon (9) 
Lewis & Clark
Oregon
Portland State
Western Oregon
Linsfield
Blue Mountain CC
Mt Hood CC
Lane CC
Oregon Tech

Pennsylvania (22)
Lafayette 
Haverford
Temple
Swarthmore
West Chester
Moravian
California of Pennsylvania
St Francis
Cheyney
Duquesne
Allegheny 
Slippery Rock
Indiana of Pennsylvania
Lebanon Valley 
Grove City 
Juniata
Susquehanna
Lincoln
Dickinson
Albright
Clarks Summit
St Vincent 

Rhode Island (1) 
Rhode Island University 

South Carolina (4) 
Furman
Clemson
Anderson
South Carolina State 

South Dakota (4) 
Yankton
Black Hills State
Dakota State
Si Tanak-Huron 

Tennessee (7) 
Sewanee aka U of South
Middle Tennessee State
Tennessee
Carson Newman
Tennessee-Martin
Maryville 
Milligan

Texas (5) 
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas El Paso
LeTourneau 
Richland CC

Utah (6) 
Utah
Utah State
Brigham Young
Weber State
Southern Utah
Snow

Virginia (9) 
William & Mary
Norfolk State
Virginia Commonwealth
James Madison
Liberty
Virginia State
Longwood
Hampton
Old Dominion 

Washington (14) 
Washington
Washington State
Eastern Washington
Central Washington
Seattle Pacific
Puget Sound
Whittworth
Whitman
Western Washington
Pacific Lutheran
Columbia-Basin
Skagit Valley 
St Norbert
Williamette

West Virginia (2) 
Marshall
Fairmont State

Wisconsin(10)
Marquette
Milwaukee
Ripon
Wisconsin-Stout
Wisconsin-River Falls
Lawrence
Maranatha Baptist
Wisconsin-Superior
Northland
Carroll

Washington D.C. (4) 
George Washington
Howard
Galluadet
Catholic


You'll notice that a few of the teams are in italicized  font. These are teams that have since reinstated their programs




3 comments:

  1. Three more teams have been added to the list....

    Bismarck State (North Dakota)
    Concordia (Illinois)
    San Bernardino Valley (California)

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  2. wow a slow death makes is a painful

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