NDC Wrestling was instituted in 2006, with the Falcons' inaugural season being 2006-07. The Falcon program earned immediate recognition, with a 3-4 dual record and an appearance in the NAIA National Championships. In the program's second season, Falcon #Victer Crenshaw# earned the College's first-ever National Championship, winning the NAIA crown at 157 pounds. In 2008-09, the Wrestling Falcons earned their first Top-10 ranking in the NAIA Coaches' Poll.
In 2009-10, the Falcons captured NDC's first NAIA National Championship. In earning the national title, NDC scored 179.5 team points, 59.5 points more than second-place Southern Oregon (120 points). That margin of victory is the second-largest at the NAIA National Championship tournament since 1982 and the third-largest in the 53-year history of the NAIA title event. The title for Notre Dame marked the first national championship for a college or university in Cleveland since 1978 (Baldwin-Wallace NCAA Division-III Football).
AFFILIATIONS
Notre Dame competes in the East Region in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
POINTS OF PRIDE
• 2009-10 NAIA National Champions
• Three consecutive appearances in the National Duals (2008, 2009, 2010)
• 56 National Qualifiers
• 17 NAIA All-America honorees
• Five National champions (Victer Crenshaw, 2008, Adam Koballa, 2009, Derek Foore, 2010, Jeff Pelton, 2010, Thomas Straughn, 2010)