Wheeling University Men's Wrestling

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

Coaching & contact verified 2026-08-18

Shane Brown head coach

Official email: sbrown@wheeling.edu from official staff page
Office phone: 304-243-2508
Other staff: Shane Brown (Head Wrestling Coach); Greg Brown (Assistant Wrestling Coach); Zach Larue (Student Assistant Coach)

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Questionnaire: Wrestling-specific recruiting questionnaire — open form ↗
Official links: Athletics site ↗Wrestling page ↗Roster ↗
Suggested first step: Submit the wrestling-specific Prospective Athlete Form at wucardinals.com (frform=7), then email head coach Shane Brown at sbrown@wheeling.edu or call 304-243-2508 with weight class, class year, GPA and match video — with a 28-man roster carrying no seniors, tell him which weight you project at for 2027-28 as well as 2026-27.
Women's wrestling: Yes

1 crowded weight · 1 lighter weight on the 2025-26 roster (28 listed) · Wrestling competitiveness: Limited

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

The roster lists no seniors at any weight and the coaches called this a young team heading into the 2026 regional — which starters return at my weight, and how does a freshman earn the varsity spot over a returning redshirt?
Jaxon Burcher and Gavin Harper were the first Cardinals ever to reach an MEC championship match; what has to change for Wheeling to move up from fifth in the MEC and get a wrestler back to nationals for the first time since 2018-19?

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Type: Private
Conference (all sports): Mountain East Conference
Undergraduates: 589 federal (College Scorecard)
Admission rate: 63% federal (College Scorecard)
Average net price: $20,503 federal · after aid, all costs
Cost of attendance: $42,504 federal · Scorecard 2026-06 release
Completion rate: 23% federal
Student : faculty: 11:1
Notable programs: Wheeling publishes sixteen programs of study (8 bachelor's, 3 master's, 1 doctoral, 4 certificate). The undergraduate menu is Accounting, Biology (with a Pre-Med track), Business Administration (General Business, Marketing and Financial Planning concentrations), Communications, Criminal Justice, Education (Elementary, Secondary — English, General Science, Math, Social Studies — and Special Education), Engineering Science, English, Exercise Science, General Science, Healthcare Leadership and Management, Liberal Arts, Nursing, Psychology, Sport Management and Theology. The university states that over 90% of graduates place into a full-time job or graduate school within one year.

Conference finishes: 2025: 4 · 2026: 5
Recent dual record: 2025-26: 6-4 overall (3-1 MEC, 4-0 home, 0-3 away, 2-1 neutral); 2024-25: 4-1 overall (1-1 MEC)
Notable: At the 2026 MEC Championships at Glenville State, Wheeling placed 5th with 67.5 points and produced the first two Cardinals ever to reach an MEC championship match — Jaxon Burcher (197, a freshman) and Gavin Harper (285) — both taking second and earning Second Team All-MEC honors; six Cardinals placed in the top five. In 2025 Wheeling was 4th of seven MEC teams with 73.5 points. The current group is explicitly a young roster: the Feb 2026 preview describes a squad facing the regional tournament for the first time, and the 2025-26 roster in the pack lists no seniors at any weight.

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

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