So I thought I would start this thread but I only know a few that are former Kansas high school wrestlers. Can someone else add those I didn't know. Tournament is March 1-3 in Des Moines.

125
Bo Newport
Aspen Kmiec

141
Courtney Strauss

157
Colby Crank
Sterling Terry

174
Tyler Baughman

I just looked at the brackets! Why is it some schools had multiple kids in weights in a national qualifer????

Here are Baker's qualifiers:

Baker (Kan.) Alan Callahan 125 So. 7-8
Baker (Kan.) Bo Newport 125 Fr. 20-7
Baker (Kan.) AJ Gassman 133 So. 11-17
Baker (Kan.) Joel Olivas 141 So. 15-12
Baker (Kan.) Jarell Price 149 Sr. 25-5
Baker (Kan.) Nick Haugen 149 Fr. 13-9
Baker (Kan.) Nathan Sommer 165 Jr. 14-14
Baker (Kan.) Parker Owen 174 Jr. 13-4
Baker (Kan.) Robert Shadrach 184 Fr. 11-4
Baker (Kan.) Jarid Price 184 Jr. 17-10
Baker (Kan.) Brandon Gebhardt HWT Jr. 24-3
Baker (Kan.) Dylan Berg HWT Jr. 20-6

Here are Bethany's qualifiers:

Bethany (Kan.) Brandon Goodwin 125 Sr. 20-20
Bethany (Kan.) Colt Rogers 133 Fr. 30-18
Bethany (Kan.) Courtney Strauss 141 Fr. 30-16
Bethany (Kan.) Colby Crank 157 So. 27-6

Here are some of the other Kansas natives I saw:

Tyler Baughman Briar Cliff (Iowa) Fr. 6-18 (via Lansing)
Midland (Neb.) Aspen Kmiec 125 Fr. 19-7 (via Topeka Shawnee Heights)
Midland (Neb.) Sterling Terry 157 Fr. 14-5 (via Ark City)
Missouri Valley (Mo.) Paulie Hansen 125 Sr. 25-10 (via Kansas City Turner)
York (Neb.) Kyle Wichman 165 Jr. 19-15 (via Silver Lake)

Under the current NAIA qualifier system, you can take up to 12 wrestlers in the ten weights and up to two in a weight class. A team does not have to take a wrestler in every weight class to the Regional. A team could take two wrestlers in just six weight classes to Regionals or Nationals.

You can qualify for NAIA Nationals in two ways under the current NAIA system first by placing in the top four at Regionals but you can also qualify for Nationals by placing in Open Tournaments during the year depending on the number of entrants in your weight class and what place you earn in that tournament. For example if there are 9 to 16 entrants I believe you need to place in the top four, if 17 to 24 entrants you need to place in the top six. I am not exactly sure of that place and number of entrant combination.

Even if you qualify for Nationals in a Open Tournament before Regionals you must wrestle at Regionals to be able to wrestle at the National tournament. This could leave a selection decision for the Coach if a team qualifies more than 12 wrestlers in the Open tournaments. Baker University has had to narrow its Regional selections to 12 wrestlers for the last two years in that I believe they have had at least 25 qualifiers the last two years from Open tournaments held before Regionals.

I have heard some discussion that this NAIA qualification system may change next year in that all qualification will happen at Regionals with five qualifiers per weight class from Regional placing and then 10 additional at Large Regional selections. I am not sure how those Regional selections will be made. I do hope they realign the Regions though because currently the West appears to only have 6 teams wrestling at their Regional while Baker's Central Regional had 11 teams this year.