Four All-Americans for King

Coralville, Iowa, The King University Women's Wrestling team finished the final day of the NCAA Women's Wrestling National Championship with four All-Americans with a seventh-place finish as a team. All four of the King qualifiers were able to earn the prestigious All-American status.
 
Stella Steigler was able to earn herself third place in the country with her finish today in a tough route. Falling in her first bout in the morning, sending herself to the consultation matches with a loss of 9-1. She went on to the next round with a hungry tot to keep on winning, which she did with a tech fall in 5:49, 12-2. She moved on to the third-place match, where she won by decision 5-0.
 
Avery Kibelbek started her morning in the consultation bracket, fighting for a spot in the fifth-place match. She unfortunately fell in the first bout by decision 8-6 with a dominant first period scoring all her points in the first. She moved into her final match of the weekend for the possibility of seventh place with the win, where she made a statement, winning in tech fall 10-0 in 3:38.
 
Virginia Foard started the morning hot with a win in a high-scoring decision victory of 16-9. She would move through the consultation bracket. She moved to the semi-finals, looking to fight for a spot in the third-place match, falling in an 11-0 tech fall, sending her to the fifth-place match. She went into the fifth-place match and fell in 2:29 by tech fall, 10-0.
 
Ruby Julien-Newsom fell in both of her matches today by decision, allowing her to hold onto her eighth-place All-American spot. She lost the first match 10-2 and then the seventh-place match 8-1.
 
Results on FloWrestling Live results link.
 
Wrestlers at each weight class for the King National Championship records:
 
110- Avery Kibelbek 4-2
124- Virginia Foard 3-3
138- Ruby Julien-Newsom 3-3
160- Stella Steigler 4-1
 
The Tornado finished their 2026 season with a seventh place finish out of 54 teams at the 2026 NCAA Women's Wrestling National Championships.