TOM High School Rankings Map

[Chainsawcity]

Took TOM's Adidas ranking data (hope that is ok) and made a map. Displays number of wrestlers per state. Also by clicking on a dot, each ranked wrestler is listed.
I was surprised NC doesn't have one.

https://arcg.is/01vOG4

 

[WEAREPSU_LI]

Thanks for submitting this. Really like this type of thing. You should post it to reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful

 

[jtothemfp]

I dig it!

 

[RoarLions1]

Enjoyed this too.

Normalizing for population, in order, it is; PA, IA, OK, SD, NJ, DE, WV, MO, OH, and MN in the top-10.

 

[El-Jefe]

Very nice!

Note, Matt Lee is listed under PA, school = NLWC.

Also, this is somewhat of an indicator of what should be the best college programs, if recruiting lived up to demographics. "Somewhat" because not all rankings are equal, a top 15-20 guy is not as likely to be a top college performer as a top 5 guy. Still ...

 

[RoarLions1]

Very nice!

Note, Matt Lee is listed under PA, school = NLWC.

Also, this is somewhat of an indicator of what should be the best college programs, if recruiting lived up to demographics. "Somewhat" because not all rankings are equal, a top 15-20 guy is not as likely to be a top college performer as a top 5 guy. Still ...

Top-5 in each weight class, compiled, those with two or more.:

PA 13
NJ 9
OH 7
CA 7
OK 3
IA 3
MO 3
WV 3
TX 2
MN 2
NY 2
KS 2
CO 2

 

[RoarLions1]

Another factor to think about is grade. A freshman ranked anywhere in the top-20 will surely be much, much higher as a senior.

 

[Chainsawcity]

Numbers by grade:
Fr- 9
Soph- 46
Jr- 71
Sr- 154

Heaviest freshman is Cody Chittum of Blair, ranked 5th at 138. He is the highest ranked Fr.
Maxximus Martinez of St. John's Bosco is 19th at 113. All the rest are 106.
Top five ranking by class:
Fr- 1
So- 9
Jr- 18
Sr- 42

Schools with multiple ranked wrestlers:
Wyoming Seminary 5 PA
Blair Academy 3 NJ
St. John Bosco 3 CA
Tuttle 3 OK
Allen 2 TX
Bergen Catholic 2 NJ
Bethlehem Cath. 2 PA
Buford 2 GA
Detroit CC 2 MI
Elyria 2 OH
Gilroy 2 CA
Lake Highland 2 FL
Liberty 2 MO
Montini Catholic 2 IL
Mount St. Joseph 2 MD
Parkersburg South 2 WV
Windsor 2 CO