WRESTLINGCOLLEGES.COM

D3 · Ohio Athletic Conference · Westerville, OH · Region IV

Otterbein University Men's Wrestling

ActiveRecruiting form ✓Women's wrestling tooverified 2026-08-16

Coaching & contact verified 2026-08-17

Brent Rastetter head coach

Official email
brastetter@otterbein.edu from official staff page
Office phone
614-823-3229
Other staff
Doug Short (Assistant Coach); Leilah Castro (Graduate Assistant); Michael Gallik (Volunteer Assistant Coach); Ryan Whitten (Volunteer Coach)

Open recruiting form ↗Official staff page ↗Send a correction

Contacts appear only when printed on an official page. Never guessed.

Recruiting verified 2026-08-17

Questionnaire
Wrestling-specific recruiting questionnaire — open form ↗
Official links
Athletics site ↗Wrestling page ↗Roster ↗
Suggested first step
Submit the Men's Wrestling Front Rush questionnaire and email Coach Rastetter (brastetter@otterbein.edu) with weight, GPA, film and intended major; ask specifically about 184 and 285.
Women's wrestling
Yes

Roster depth & fit Recruit Pass verified 2026-09-03

3 crowded weights · 2 lighter weights on the 2025-26 roster (26 listed) · Wrestling competitiveness: Limited

Counted from the 2025-26 roster. We recount when Otterbein's 2026-27 roster goes up, and the change log shows it.

  1. The team went 5-6 and finished 13th of 20 at the 2026 regional; what is the staff's plan and timeline to get back to sending qualifiers to nationals?
  2. How is the June 2026 weight room renovation being used by the wrestling program, and where does the team train and cut weight?

Recruit Pass adds on this page:

  • 6 more coach questions
  • all 7 fit ratings, with the evidence behind each
  • all 10 weights counted, with seniors and grads marked

One Pass covers every D2 & D3 program. See a fully open example: Adams State →

$79 today, then $79 each year until you cancel · 14-day full refund

Use the email you’ll sign in with: your sign-in link goes there.

School facts verified 2026-08-17

Type
Private
Conference (all sports)
Ohio Athletic Conference
Undergraduates
2,157 federal (College Scorecard)
Admission rate
85% federal (College Scorecard)
Average net price
$19,237 federal · after aid, all costs
Cost of attendance
$48,321 federal · Scorecard 2026-06 release
Completion rate
68% federal
Student : faculty
12:1

Division III schools do not award athletic scholarships; aid is merit/need-based.

Results & trajectory verified 2026-08-17

Recent dual record
2025-26: 5-6 (2-4 OAC); 2024-25: 5-9 (3-4 OAC)
Notable
2026: 13th of 20 at NCAA III Region IV (31.5 pts); Luke Dolan (So., 157) 7th and Logan Cormell (Sr., 174) 8th at regionals; Dolan and Cormell NWCA Scholar All-Americans. 2025: 9th of 20 at Region 4; Cale Callahan NCAA qualifier. Program restarted 2015 under Rastetter; first and only All-American Drew Kasper (5th, 2019). Head coach Rastetter to be inducted into Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame (Aug 2026).

Recent changes 2 logged · all changes · RSS

Free monthly email of every change we log, including any at Otterbein
I'm the:

Sources & verification

Last verified 2026-08-16. Official beats secondary; nothing here is inferred. How we work.

See something wrong? Send a correction. Coach or staff at Otterbein University? Claim this page.