CORALVILLE, Iowa – For the second year in a row, Emory & Henry University sophomore Molly Keller (Fairlawn, Va.) took to the national stage at the NCWWC National Championships. This marks the fourth straight year that E&H has sent a women's wrestler to the national stage.

The Basics
EVENT – NCWWC National Championships
LOCATION – Coralville, Iowa
VENUE – Xtream Arena

Keller, who has been nationally ranked all season and reached as high as No. 10 in the country on three different occasions, qualified for the national tournament after finishing fourth at 145 pounds in the NCWWC Region III Championships in February.

The Pulaski County High School graduate entered the championship as the #16 seed and ranked 18 in the country at the 145-pound class. In the first round, she faced off against 17th-ranked and #17 seed Khadijah Sanusi from Sacred Heart University, falling in 1:52.

Keller drew Grand Valley State University's Skylar Little Soldier in the first consolation round. The pair battled late into the second period before Little Soldier got the upper hand and ended Keller's tournament by fall (5:27).

Over the course of the 2024-25 season, Keller posted a 29-13 overall record, winning 14 bouts by fall and 10 by technical superiority. In addition to her fourth-place finish in the region championship, the Pulaski County High School graduate placed third at the Princeton Tiger Open (Nov. 3), the Wasps Women's Open (Dec. 13) and the Lindsey Wilson Open (Feb. 1) while also taking fourth in the Tornado Open (Jan. 19).

The 2025-26 season will mark the first-ever NCAA Women's Wrestling Championship as women's wrestling was approved for sponsorship at the 2025 NCAA Convention. The national collegiate championship will see all three divisions compete for one title and will be the 92nd different NCAA event.

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