
Now a two-time NAIA national qualifier, Cole Price has been named a 2025-26 NAIA Scholar-Athlete. Price placed third at 165 pounds at the 2026 GPAC Championships.

Now a two-time NAIA national qualifier, Cole Price has been named a 2025-26 NAIA Scholar-Athlete. Price placed third at 165 pounds at the 2026 GPAC Championships.

Concordia put six wrestlers in the finals and emerged with two GPAC titles while placing second as a team at the 2026 GPAC Championships. Championships were won by Hagen Heistand and Cal Price.

Nine Bulldogs marched to the semifinals of the respective brackets on day one of the 2026 GPAC Wrestling Championships. Heading into session II, Concordia sits in second place in the team standings.

Twenty-five auto bids to the national tournament will be up for grabs at the 2026 GPAC Wrestling Championships hosted by Northwestern. The Bulldogs will seek to improve upon their third place conference finish in 2025.

Concordia dominated GPAC Day of Duals No. 2, wiping out Northwestern, Morningside and Dakota Wesleyan by a combined score of 109-27. The Bulldogs secured second place in the final GPAC regular season standings.

A conference regular season champion will be crowned this weekend at GPAC Day of Duals No. 2. As part of the event, the Bulldogs will take on Northwestern, Morningside and Dakota Wesleyan.

A young group of Bulldogs took to the mats at the Sioux City Open on Saturday (Jan. 31) and combined for 15 wins. Simon Arredondo and Gabe Lujan paced Concordia with three victories apiece.

Days after winning the 157-pound Missouri Valley Invite title, Concordia's Hagen Heistand was named the GPAC Wrestler of the Week. Heistand went 5-0 with two wins over ranked opponents at the tournament.

One of two finalists at the Missouri Valley Invite, Hagen Heistand won the 157-pound title while helping 22nd-ranked Concordia to a third place finish. Five Bulldogs earned place finishes.

Six Bulldogs reached the quarterfinals and three advanced to the semifinals while helping position the team in fourth place after day one of the Missouri Valley Invite. Action will resume in the morning on Jan. 24.
“Don’t dwell on the results. Stay focused on the process.” That’s the company line continually regurgitated by members of the Concordia wrestling program. It’s that sort of attitude that has provided a foundation for the Bulldogs’ reversal of fortunes.
In yet another dominant outing in the conference, No. 7 Concordia clinched its second-straight GPAC dual title by way of a 32-7 win over Morningside on Feb. 11, 2016.
By just about any measure, the 2014-15 season marked the most successful in the history of Concordia University wrestling. In head coach Dana Vote’s third season, the Bulldogs went a perfect 7-0 in GPAC duals, outscoring their conference rivals by a combined total of 242-59.
Consider the time spent at Santa Ana College a crossroads. Muddled in southern California traffic jams, Andrew Schulte had plenty of time to ponder his next move.
The 2015 NAIA Wrestling National Championships came to a head in the afternoon on Saturday with four Bulldogs locking up spots on the medal stand as All-Americans.