OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Evergreen State College has received votes in the 2026-27 NAIA Women's Wrestling Preseason Rating. In addition, Haley Lee (Jr.) is ranked #1 in the 138-pound weight class. Three other Geoducks are ranked in the Top 20 of their respective weight classes.

Grand View University (Iowa) was ranked #1 in the NAIA Preseason Rating with 243 points. Indian Tech was #2 with 159 points and Ottawa University (Kan.) held the #3 spot with 152 points. Life University (Ga.) was listed at #4 with 149 points. Wayland Baptist University (Texas) and University of the Cumberlands were tied for #5 with 138 points.

The Cascade Collegiate Conference) was represented in the Preseason Top 20 by Southern Oregon University at #8, Eastern Oregon University at #15, and University of Providence (Mont.) at #18. Evergreen was joined by CCC teams from Arizona Christian University and Westcliff University (Calif.) on the list of teams not in the Top 20 but receiving votes.

Le was an All-American in 2025-26 after earning fifth place in the 138-pound weight class at the 2026 NAIA Women's Wrestling Championships. She was 25-8 overall as she set a school record for wins in a season. She placed third in the CCC in the 138-pound weight class and was named All-CCC.

At 138 pounds in this year's Preseason Ratings, Le was #1, and was followed by Aileen Lester of Ottawa University (Kan.) at #2. Raegen Gallaway of Hastings College (Neb.) was #3.

Also ranked for Evergreen were Erica Grant (Sr.), Viktoriya Dovhoruka (Sr.), and Maria Paz (Jr.). Grant was listed at #12 in the 131-pound weight class.  Dovhoruka held the #16 ranking in the 180-pound weight class. Paz was tied for 20th in the 103-pound weight class.

The 2027 NAIA Championships will be held at Heartland Credit Union Arena in Wichita, Kansas, from Friday, March 12 through Saturday, March 13.