NWCA All-Star Classic – Stanford Cardinal

STANFORD, Calif. – Redshirt juniors Daniel Cardenas and Hunter Garvin will kick off the 2025-26 season on the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) All-Star Classic, being held Nov. 1 at Jersey Mike’s Arena on the campus of Rutgers University.

The occasion may be seen solely on FloWrestling and can function 10 highly-ranked Division I folkstyle matchups, together with 4 cross-divisional girls’s freestyle matches and one DII versus DIII males’s match.

Ranked No. 4 to begin the season by Flowrestling, Cardenas will face off in opposition to No. 5 Ty Watters of West Virginia. Cardenas, who redshirted the 2024-25 season, is a returning All-American, putting fourth at 157 kilos on the 2024 NCAA Championships in Kansas City. He is 56-11 in two seasons wrestling for the Cardinal.

Garvin, additionally ranked No.4 by Flowrestling, will tackle No. 7 Max Brignola of Lehigh at 165 kilos. A returning two-time All-American, Garvin is 58-28 in his Cardinal profession. He has twice completed sixth on the NCAA Championships. He is making his second look on the NWCA All-Star Classic.

2025 NWCA All-Star Classic Men’s Matchups
125: #4 Eddie Ventresca, Virginia Tech vs #5 Sheldon Seymour, Lehigh
133: #1 Lucas Byrd, Illinois vs #7 Dylan Shawver, Rutgers
141: #1 Jesse Mendez, Ohio State vs #7 Anthony Echemendia, Iowa State
149: #3 Lachlan McNeil, Michigan vs #5 Casey Swiderski, Oklahoma State
157: #4 Daniel Cardenas, Stanford vs #5 Ty Watters, West Virginia
165: #4 Hunter Garvin, Stanford vs #7 Max Brignola, Lehigh
174: #3 Simon Ruiz, Cornell vs #8 Lenny Pinto, Rutgers
184: #4 Jaxon Smith, Maryland vs #7 Zack Ryder, Oklahoma State
197: #3 Joey Novak, Wyoming vs #4 Stephen Little, Little Rock
285: #3 Yonger Bastida, Iowa State vs #4 Taye Ghadiali, Michigan