Eligibility: Must have senior eligibility in high school and a public high school state champion or runner-up or national prep school champion or runner-up during your high school career. New York, New Jersey, and Indiana will qualify the top four wrestlers in each weight class due to past performance and because there is only one division in their state tournament. California will qualify the top eight in each weight class because they have more than 800 high school wrestling programs and only one state championship. Arkansas will qualify only its State Champions since this is the first year for a State Championship in Arkansas. The National Champion and All-Americans (top eight place finishers) in the High School Junior Nationals and the top four finishers from the high school division of the NHSCA National Open Wrestling Championships are also eligible. All entries must be done on-line. Entry deadline is March 25 (must be received by March 25)

Wild Cards - If you are not qualified according to the criteria above, do not submit an entry on-line. You may have an opportunity to receive one of the limited number of wild cards that are determined at the state level to highly-accomplished wrestlers. To inquire about this and determine who your state representative is, email the NHSCA at nhsca@nhsca.com and put wild card in the subject line.