National Prep Wrestling Championships Individual Eligibility*

1. Must be enrolled as a full-time student at a school approved by the National Prep Board for participation not later than the end of the second week in January.

2. May not have reached one's 19th birthday prior to July 1st of the school year in question.

3. Eighth grade student athletes who are enrolled full-time, as an eighth grader, at an approved National Prep network school are eligible.

4. A student-athlete shall participate based on the gender noted on the student’s original certificate of birth.

5. All student athletes who were born male shall participate in the boys tournament only

6. All student athletes who were born female shall participate in the girls tournament only 

7. No student athletes will be permitted to participate in both the boys and girls tournament 

8. Student-athletes, grades eight - postgraduate, who are enrolled as full-time students at schools that meet the national prep eligibility criteria are eligible to participate in the National Prep Tournament.

9. A wrestler must "Officially" weigh-in at his or her certified weight class ONCE, prior to competing in their respective zone's regional qualifier, in order to be eligible for that weight class at National Prep School Wrestling Championships.

10. Qualifying Student athletes must compete in the National Prep Wrestling Championships at the same weight class in which he/she wrestled in the zone/state championship qualifier. The exception to this guideline is when the weight classes of the zone qualifier are different from the National Prep Championship weights.

11. Qualifying Student athletes will be placed in the appropriate National Prep Wrestling Championship tournament based on NPWC gender eligibility regardless of which tournament they participated in at their zone/state championship qualifier.  

12. All Athletes participating in the boys tournament must compete in their respective zone qualifier.