Collegiate wrestling

Collegiate wrestling
	Collegiate wrestling, like freestyle wrestling, has its origins in catch wrestling but became distinctly American by the 20th century.
Also known as	Folkstyle wrestling
Focus	Wrestling, grappling
Hardness	Full-contact
Country of origin	United States
Famous practitioners	Edward C. Gallagher, Danny Hodge, Verne Gagne, Jack Brisco, Kurt Angle, Brock Lesnar, Jake Hager, Bruce Baumgartner, Mark Coleman, Cain Velasquez, Daniel Cormier, Stephen Neal, Dan Henderson, Jon Jones, Katsutoshi Naito, Yojiro Uetake, Greg Jones, Anthony Robles, Dan Severn, Leroy Kemp, Vladimir Matyushenko, Brandon Slay, Joe Williams, Dan Gable, Cary Kolat, Cliff Keen, Dave Schultz, Mark Schultz, Tyron Woodley, John Smith, Pat Smith, Robin Reed, Cael Sanderson, Ben Askren, Johny Hendricks, Kyle Dake, Jordan Burroughs, Colby Covington, Justin Gaethje, Matt Hughes, Chael Sonnen, Aljamain Sterling, Kamaru Usman, David Taylor, Kyle Snyder, Logan Stieber, Yianni Diakomihalis, Spencer Lee, Carter Starocci, Jesse Delgado, Nick Lee, Bo Nickal
Parenthood	Catch wrestling

Collegiate wrestling, commonly referred to as folkstyle wrestling, is the form of wrestling practiced at the post-secondary level in the United States. This style of wrestling is also practiced at the high school, middle school, and elementary levels with some modifications.

The rules and style of collegiate/folkstyle wrestling differ from the Olympic styles of freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. Collegiate and freestyle wrestling, unlike Greco-Roman, also both allow the use of the wrestler's or their opponent's legs in offense and defense. There are collegiate wrestling programs in almost all U.S. states, and one university in Canada.

Women's wrestling at the U.S. college level uses two different rulesets. The National Wrestling Coaches Association, whose women's division is now recognized by the NCAA as part of its Emerging Sports for Women program, uses the freestyle ruleset as defined by the sport's international governing body, United World Wrestling. The National Collegiate Wrestling Association, a separate governing body that conducts competition for colleges and universities parallel to but outside the scope of the NCAA, uses collegiate rules in its women's division.

Organizations that oversee collegiate wrestling competition are NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, the NAIA, the NJCAA, the CCCAA, and the NCWA. Wrestling scholarships are offered to student athletes in NCAA Divisions I and II, the NAIA, and the NJCAA.