Every year the NWCA awards AA status in wrestling ( not the NCAA ).They award the top 8 finishers in the NCAA tournament which is the simplest and accepted method. This year they had to go to the criteria the NCAA uses to determine seeding. Nobody wanted the tournament cancelled and they are trying to salvage what they can out of this unfortunate situation. The NWCA believes Hunter and David earned AA status with their season of work . Congrats to both !