AMES, Iowa – Iowa State 133-pounder Evan Frost has been selected to compete at the 2024 National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) All-Star Classic on Nov. 16. Frost is matched up against Little Rock’s Nasir Bailey, who placed fourth at the NCAA Championships in March.

The event will begin at 6 p.m. (CT) inside Rec Hall on the campus of Penn State.

The Frost-Bailey matchup pits two of the NCAA’s brightest young talents at 133 pounds against each other. Both Frost and Bailey enter the 2024-25 season ranked in the top five by FloWrestling and both were All-Americans at the 2024 NCAA Championships.

It’s a rematch from last season as Bailey was responsible for one of Frost’s three regular season losses, a 15-0 tech fall in 1:57.

Frost, a sophomore, compiled a 22-7 record, including a 15-3 regular season mark, and placed sixth in the nation as a redshirt freshman a year ago. Bailey, also entering his sophomore season, went 33-6 in 2023-24 and placed fourth as a true freshman.

Frost will be the 50th Cyclone to ever compete at the All-Star Classic and the first since David Carr and Kysen Terukina did so in 2022. Frost is just the fourth Cyclone since 2009 to be selected for the event.

The NWCA All-Star Classic can be viewed only on FloWrestling and will feature 10 highly ranked Division I folkstyle matchups along with 5 cross-divisional women’s freestyle matches.

NWCA All-Star Classic Lineup
125: #3 Jore Volk (WYO) vs. #6 Tanner Jordan (SDSU)

133: #2 Nasir Bailey (LR) vs. #4 Evan Frost (ISU)

141: #2 Jesse Mendez (OHST) vs. #3 Beau Bartlett (PSU)

149: #2 Shayne Van Ness (PSU) vs. #3 Ty Watters (WVU)

157: #4 Tyler Kasak (PSU) vs. #5 Peyton Kellar (OHIO)

165: #3 Hunter Garvin (STAN) vs. #4 Peyton Hall (WVU)

174: #2 Levi Haines (PSU) vs. #3 Rocco Welsh (OHST)

184: #1 Carter Starocci (PSU) vs. #2 Parker Keckeisen (UNI)

197: #5 Stephen Little (LR) vs. #9 Zac Braunagel (ILL)

285: #1 Greg Kerkvliet (PSU) vs. #3 Nick Feldman (OHST)