2023 NCC’s National Champion Responds to NCAA’s Historic Ruling and Its Impact on Women’s Sports

In the world of collegiate wrestling, the NCAA committee is making waves throughout social media for its recent ruling. While most spectators are eyeing Men’s wrestling dual meet showdowns, the NCAA is planning a massive push-ahead. Along the same lines, this Wednesday turned out to be quite fortunate for women’s wrestling.

Interestingly, over 70 schools are planning to sponsor women’s wrestling for the 2023-2024 academic year. As the NCAA committee shared the news among spectators, NCC’s National Champion also chimed in with her response to the historic decision for women’s wrestling.

Looking into recent decisions through Maddie Avila’s lens 

Recently, the NCAA took to their official Twitter account to share ecstatic news among Maddie Avila’s spectators. Along with a picture of Avila, they penned, “Championing young women @NCCwomensWR‘s Maddie Avila shares her excitement for women’s @NCAAWrestling reaching a key milestone to become an NCAA championship. NCAA’s decision“. 

Maddie’s excellence in wrestling can be estimated by a long list of achievements that she has accomplished over the years. The Open Mat Freshman of the Year and the 101-pound national champion features an overall record of 20-7. Besides this, Maddie has a stellar resume with All-American honors at the National Championships and a second-place finish at the Region IV Championship. 

As she is one wrestler who will have a significant impact with the new milestone introduced to women’s wrestling, Maddie extended her gratitude, “We have to put countless hours into this sport, and we are working just as hard as men so it will be really awesome for women’s sport, in general, to have women’s wrestling represented by NCAA at the championship level.”

Interestingly, the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics concluded its meeting by declaring wrestling as the 91st sport to be included in the NCAA Championship. However, the sport still needs to take a few more steps to ensure inclusion. 

The way ahead for women’s wrestling in NCAA

This Wednesday, Women’s Athletics recommended that Division I, II, and III sponsor legislation so that women’s wrestling can be added as an official NCAA Championship sport. Besides this, the committee also recommended establishing a specific committee that would initiate working in January next year to prepare women’s wrestling championships for debut in the 2026 winter. 

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In a recent interview with NCAA, Ragean Hill, the chairman of the committee, said, “We are extremely proud of the work that USA Wrestling has done to make this a reality in such a short period of time. Also, a special thank you to the men’s wrestling community for believing in our young women and championing this process.” However, the sport still needs to be sponsored to be voted upon during 2025 NCAA Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, Jan. 15-18 for addition to the list of NCAA championships. 

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