Great Lakes Valley Conference — men's wrestling (7)

The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) is an all-sports Division II league whose 7 listed wrestling programs cover 5 Midwest states. Drury (Springfield) and Maryville (St. Louis) are in Missouri; McKendree (Lebanon, just east of St. Louis) and Quincy are in Illinois; Indianapolis is in Indiana; Upper Iowa is in Fayette, Iowa. The seventh member, Grand Valley State in Allendale, Michigan, is an affiliate: its other sports compete in the GLIAC, but its wrestling team competes in the GLVC.

Grand Valley State is also the only public school in the group and by far the largest, with roughly 18,900 undergraduates; the six privates range from about 1,000 at Quincy to about 5,700 at Maryville. That shapes cost. Federal average net price (College Scorecard, 2026 release) is lowest at Grand Valley State (about $16,300), then Quincy (about $20,400) and Drury (about $20,800), and highest at McKendree (about $24,700). Admission rates run from about 51 percent at Quincy and 58 percent at Drury to over 95 percent at Maryville and Upper Iowa, so the academic fit question is different at each stop.

For first contact, 3 of the 7 programs publish a wrestling recruiting form: Grand Valley State, Quincy and Indianapolis. No form was found for the other four, so a well-written email is your opening move there. Four members (Grand Valley State, McKendree, Quincy and Upper Iowa) also list women's wrestling. Division II programs can offer partial athletic aid; read D2 wrestling scholarships explained, then use /compare to line up two or three GLVC schools on cost and size.