Seven NOVA Wrestlers Earn All-American Wrestling Status
by: Ted Proctor
7-26-2023
Seven NOVA Wrestlers Earn All-American Wrestling Status; Photo by Aubrey Eric

From July 15th through the 22nd high school wrestlers from around the country traveled to Fargo, North Dakota to compete in the 2023 US Marine Corps USAW Junior/16U Freestyle and Greco-Roman National Wrestling Championship.

The path to attend and participate in this event is filled with the very top-level coaches and directors in the state of Virginia and also extends down to those local state clubs where these athletes train. Expect most of the VA team wrestlers to be the ones to watch in 2023-24 school year.

Below are the Best of the Best seven All-American Wrestlers. And yes, they all come from NOVA!

2023 Virginia All-Americans

Junior Caden Smith (James Robinson)
100 Freestyle went 5-2 and took 5th place
120 Greco-Roman went 6-1 and took 3rd place
pic: @VAwrestling

Junior Cadell Lee (Brooke Point)
113 Freestyle went 5-2 and took 7th place
pic: @VAwrestling

Junior Kingsley Menifee (Fauquier)
195 Freestyle went 6-3 and took 6th place
195 Greco-Roman went 5-2 and took 4th place
pic: @VAwrestling

Junior Soren Pirhoun (Marshall)
285 Greco-Roman went 6-3 and took 6th place

16U Carter Shin (Chantilly)
100 Greco-Roman went 5-2 and took 5th place
pic: @VAwrestling

16U Evan Sanati (Brentsville)
120 Freestyle went 5-3 and took 6th place
120 Greco-Roman went 6-2 and took 4th place
pic: @VAwrestling

16U Tyler Traves (Mountain View)
138 Freestyle went 6-3 and took 8th place

We also need to acknowledge the many @VAwrestling that did not place at Nationals who had close matches that could had very well led to also earning hardware.

FloSports Arena Brackets:

More Info: CLICK HERE - 2023 Junior & 16U National Championship Complete Results From Fargo

Pictures are from: CLICK HERE - @VAwrestling


External Links:
Corner of the Mat
The Fauquier Wrestling Feed
Virginia USA Wrestling


The Mission: to help promote the sport of wrestling in the Northern Virginia area and around the state of VA.