2021 FloWrestling Who's Number One

Which States Have Produced The Most Who's Number One Competitors?

Which States Have Produced The Most Who's Number One Competitors?

Which state produces the most competitors for Who's Number One? We crunch the numbers and tell you.

Sep 10, 2021 by Andrew Spey
Which States Have Produced The Most Who's Number One Competitors?

Which state can lay claim to having produced the most wrestlers at the premier high school all-star competition? We crunched the numbers and will tell you, along with the tallies for every other state. 

No surprise that Pennsylvania has the most WNO participants. The Keystone State is well known for their ability to churn out top-tier wrestling recruits. 

New Jersey holds on to the number two spot but California is gaining, as Cali added six competitors in 2021 compared to just two for Jersey.

It was also a bumper crop for Illinois as they picked up five new competitors in this year's edition. Michigan also more than doubled its previous total by adding five new wrestlers to the historical rolls.

Colorado can now boost about doubling their participant total, adding two to the previous pair. Nevada joins the first-timers club with their first wrestler at the event.


Pennsylvania (30)

Michael Kemerer (2013)

Jason Nolf (2013)

Zach Kelly (2013)

Gavin Teasdale (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)

AC Headlee (2014)

Vincenzo Joseph (2014)

Luke Pletcher (2015)

Jarod Verkleeren (2015)

Hayden Hidlay (2015)

Dakota Geer (2015)

Jordan Wood (2015)

Sammy Sasso (2016, 2017)

Jarod Verkleeren (2016)

Cam Coy (2016)

Mikey Labriola (2016)

Michael Beard (2016, 2017)

Trent Hidlay (2017)

Justin McCoy (2017)

Gavin Hoffman (2017)

Jojo Aragona (2018)

Lenny Pinto (2020)

Jagger Condomitti (2020)

Nick Feldman (2020)

Wyatt Henson (2020)

Bo Bassett (2021)

Jack Wehmeyer (2021)

Jackson Arrington (2021)

Levi Haines (2021)

Nick Feldman (2021)

Rocco Welsh (2021)


New Jersey (17)

Joey McKenna (2013)

Johnny Sebastian (2013)

Nick Suriano (2014)

David McFadden (2014)

Myles Martin (2014)

Kyle Bierdumpfel (2015)

Nick Raimo (2016)

Shane Griffith (2016)

Robert Howard (2017)

Pat Glory (2017)

Shayne Van Ness (2019)

Travis Mastrogiovanni (2019, 2020)

Trevor Mastrogiovanni (2019)

Robert Howard (2019)

Dean Peterson (2020)

Anthony Knox (2021)

Leo Deluca (2021)


California (16)

Cade Olivas (2014)

Anthony Valencia (2014)

Zahid Valencia (2014)

Gracie Figueroa (2017)

Jaden Abas (2018)

Jace Luchau (2018)

Richard Figueroa (2018, 2019, 2020)

Jesse Vasquez (2019)

Sonny Santiago (2019)

Cael Valencia (2020)

Brianna Gonzalez (2021)

Janida Garcia (2021)

Katie Gomez (2021)

Lillian Freitas (2021)

Paige Morales (2021)

Savannah Gomez (2021)


Illinois (14)

Jered Cortez (2013)

Larry Early III (2014)

Isaiah White (2014)

Rudy Yates (2015)

Austin Gomez (2016)

Kennedy Blades (2018)

Abe Assad (2018)

Mia Palumbo (2020)

Joel Vandervere (2020)

Alexis Janiak (2021)

Brady Thompson (2021)

Korina Blades (2021)

Seth Mendoza (2021)


Ohio (11)

Matt Kolodzik (2014)

Jordan Decatur (2016, 2018)

David Carr (2016, 2017)

Mitch Moore (2017)

Gabe Tagg (2018)

Jacob Decatur (2018)

Carson Kharchla (2018)

Victor Voinovich (2019, 2020)

Paddy Gallagher (2019, 2020)

Seth Shumate (2020)

Dylan Fishback (2021)


Minnesota (10)

Seth Gross (2013)

Mitch McKee (2014)

Mark Hall (2014)

Bobby Steveson (2014)

Gable Steveson (2015)

Brady Berge (2016)

Pat McKee (2017)

Ryan Sokol (2019)

Patrick Kennedy (2019)

Gavin Nelson (2021)


Michigan (8)

Zac Hall (2013)

Jelani Embree (2016)

Alex Facundo (2018, 2019, 2020)

Braeden Davis (2021)

Casey Swiderski (2021)

Cecilia Williams (2021)

Josh Barr (2021)

Manny Rojas (2021)


Florida (7)

Fox Baldwin (2013)

Julian Ramirez (2017, 2018)

Joey Silva (2017)

Anthony Artalona (2017)

Brevin Balmaceda (2018)

Marc-Anthony McGowan (2021)

Valarie Solorio (2021)


Missouri (7)

Grant Leeth (2013)

Michael Pixley (2013)

Ke-Shawn Hayes (2014)

Devin Winston (2018)

Josh Sanders (2018, 2019)

Ava Ward (2021)

Luke Lilledahl (2021)


New York (6)

Nick Piccininni (2014)

Yianni Diakomihalis (2015)

Jacori Teemer (2017)

Greg Diakomihalis (2018)

Stevo Poulin (2019)

Jordan Titus (2020)


Oklahoma (6)

Daton Fix (2014, 2015, 2016)

Kaid Brock (2014)

Joe Smith (2014)

Kaden Gfeller (2016)

Jordan Williams (2020, 2021)

Tate Picklo (2020)


Indiana (6)

Chad Red (2015)

Nick Lee (2016)

Brayton Lee (2017)

Joe Lee (2017)

Jesse Mendez (2019, 2020, 2021)

Christian Carroll (2021)


Wisconsin (6)

Beau Breske (2015)

Macey Kilty (2017, 2018)

Keegan O'Toole (2018, 2019)

Eric Barnett (2018)

Kylie Welker (2020, 2021)

Hanna Errthum (2021)


Arizona (6)

Roman Bravo-Young (2015, 2016, 2017)

Jesse Ybarra (2019)

Anthony Echemendia (2019)

Beau Bartlett (2019)

Audrey Jimenez (2021)

Erica Pastoriza (2021)


Georgia (5)

Ryan Millhof (2013)

Sean Russell (2013)

Chase Horne (2020)

Caleb Henson (2021)

Gabe Arnold (2021)


Iowa (4)

Fredy Stroker (2013, 2014)

Drake Ayala (2020)

Hunter Garvin (2021)

Nate Jesuroga (2021)


Colorado (4)

Malik Heinselman (2017)

Andrew Alirez (2018)

SaVannah Cosme (2021)

Zao Estrada (2021)


Maryland (3)

Hunter Ritter (2014)

Kyonte Hamilton (2020)

TJ Stewart (2021)


Oregon (3)

Sammy Colbray (2015)

Travis Wittlake (2016)

Destiny Rodriguez (2021)


Utah (2)

Taylor LaMont (2015)

Sage Mortimer (2020)


Virginia (2)

Mason Manville (2013, 2015)

Kurt McHenry (2017, 2018)


Texas (2)

Nick Reenan (2013, 2015)

Jasmine Robinson (2021)


Washington (2)

Rylan Rogers (2020)

Shelby Moore (2021)


Connecticut (1)

Ryan Jack (2019)


Kansas (1)

Kyle Haas (2020)


Kentucky (1)

Nathan Boston (2013)


Nebraska (1)

Jakason Burks (2018, 2019)


Nevada (1)

Jenavi Alejandro (2021)


New Hampshire (1)

Skylar Hattendorf (2020)


North Dakota (1)

Ryan Blees (2013)


Tennessee (1)

Cody Chittum (2020)


But wait, what about a heat map of the total number of appearances of wrestlers by their home state? Great idea, let's see it!


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