Wrestling NCAA Tournament History

Year	Qualifiers / All-Americans	Finish	Total Points	Location	Coach
1953	2 / 0	-	-	State College, Pa.	Frank Teske
1956	4 / 0	T-19th	5.0	Stillwater, Okla.	Frank Teske
1957	3 / 0	-	-	Pittsburgh, Pa.	Frank Teske
1958	2 / 0	-	-	Laramie, Wyo.	Frank Teske
1959	4 / 1	T-19th	7.0	Iowa City, Iowa	Frank Teske
1960	1 / 0	-	-	College Park, Md.	Frank Teske
1961	1 / 0	-	-	Corvallis, Ore.	Frank Teske
1962	2 / 0	T-30th	2.0	Stillwater, Okla.	Frank Teske
1967	4 / 0	T-44th	2.0	Kent, Ohio	Frank Teske
1968	4 / 0	T-67th	1.0	State College, Pa.	Frank Teske
1969	2 / 0	-	-	Provo, Utah	Frank Teske
1970	1 / 0	T-40th	2.0	Evanston, Ill.	Frank Teske
1974	1 / 0	-	-	Ames, Iowa	Frank Teske
1977	1 / 0	T-51st	1.0	Norman, Okla.	Jerry Cheynet
1978	1 / 0	-	-	College Park, Md.	Jerry Cheynet
1979	2 / 0	-	-	Ames, Iowa	Jerry Cheynet
1980	1 / 0	-	-	Corvallis, Ore.	Jerry Cheynet
1983	1 / 0	-	-	Oklahoma City, Okla.	Jerry Cheynet
1984	1 / 0	T-66th	0.5	Princeton, N.J.	Jerry Cheynet
1986	1 / 0	T-73rd	1.0	Iowa City, Iowa	Jerry Cheynet
1991	1 / 0	-	-	Iowa City, Iowa	Jerry Cheynet
1992	1 / 0	T-60th	1.5	Norman, Okla.	Jerry Cheynet
1993	1 / 0	T-62nd	1.0	Ames, Iowa	Jerry Cheynet
1994	2 / 1	T-47th	4.5	Chapel Hill, N.C.	Jerry Cheynet
1996	1 / 0	-	-	Minneapolis, Minn.	Jerry Cheynet
1997	3 / 0	-	-	Cedar Falls, Iowa	Keith Mourlam
1998	4 / 0	T-48th	7.0	Cleveland, Ohio	Keith Mourlam
2000	5 / 2	19th	27.5	St. Louis, Mo.	Keith Mourlam
2001	4 / 1	T-23rd	19.0	Iowa City, Iowa	Keith Mourlam
2002	3 / 0	44th	6.5	Albany, N.Y.	Keith Mourlam
2003	1 / 0	T-46th	4.0	Kansas City, Mo.	Keith Mourlam
2004	2 / 0	41st	7.5	St. Louis, Mo.	Keith Mourlam
2005	5 / 0	T-42nd	7.0	St. Louis, Mo.	Tom Brands
2006	3 / 2	29th	18.5	Oklahoma City, Okla.	Tom Brands
2007	2 / 0	T-60th	1.0	Auburn Hills, Mich.	Kevin Dresser
2008	1 / 0	-	-	St. Louis, Mo.	Kevin Dresser
2009	8 / 0	39th	12.5	St. Louis, Mo.	Kevin Dresser
2010	6 / 1	24th	16.5	Omaha, Neb.	Kevin Dresser
2011	7 / 0	T-60th	1.0	Philadelphia, Pa.	Kevin Dresser
2012	6 / 2	T-11th	39.0	St. Louis, Mo.	Kevin Dresser
2013	10 / 4	10th	43.5	Des Moines, Iowa	Kevin Dresser
2014	9 / 3	8th	49.0	Oklahoma City, Okla.	Kevin Dresser
2015	8 / 4	10th	54.0	St. Louis, Mo.	Kevin Dresser
2016	8 / 6	4th	82.0	New York, N.Y.	Kevin Dresser
2017	7 / 5	6th	63.5	St. Louis, Mo.	Tony Robie
2018	9 / 3	8th	47.5	Cleveland, Ohio	Tony Robie
2019	9 / 3	11th	50.0	Pittsburgh, Pa.	Tony Robie
2020*	9 / 2	Cancelled		Minneapolis, Minn.	Tony Robie
2021	8 / 3	14th	36.5	St. Louis, Mo.	Tony Robie
2022	8 / 3	8th	52.5	Detroit, Mich.	Tony Robie
2023	10 / 5	9th	49.0	Tulsa, Okla.	Tony Robie
2024	10 / 4	7th	64.0	Kansas City, Mo.	Tony Robie
Best	10 / 6	4th	82.0

* - The 2020 championship was not completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Year

Weight	125	133	141	149	157	165	174	184	197	285
2000	Mike Akers 0-2		Sean Gray 5-2 (7th)			Chris Martin 4-2 (4th)	Eric Hall 3-2	Scott Justus 1-2
2001			Sean Gray 3-3 (6th)			Chris Martin 2-2	Eric Hall 1-2	Scott Justus 2-2
2002		David Hoffman 2-2	Sean Gray 3-2					Scott Justus 1-2
2003								Scott Justus 4-2
2004		David Hoffman 3-2				Chris Stith 1-2
2005		David Hoffman 1-2		Tyde Prater 3-2	Reed Carpenter 0-2			Steve Borja 1-2		Mike Faust 0-2
2006	Justin Staylor 0-2		David Hoffman 4-3 (8th)							Mike Faust 5-2 (5th)
2007					Jon Bonilla-Bowman 0-2	Eric Decker 1-2
2008						Matt Epperly 0-2
2009	Jarrod Garnett 2-2		Chris Diaz 3-2	Pete Yates 0-2	Jesse Dong 0-2		Anthony Trongone 1-2	Tommy Spellman 1-2	D.J. Bruce 0-2	David Marone 3-2
2010	Jarrod Garnett 2-2		Chris Diaz 4-3 (8th)	Brian Stephens 0-2	Jesse Dong 2-2	Matt Epperly 0-2		Tommy Spellman 1-2
2011	Jarrod Garnett 2-2	Devin Carter 3-2	Chris Diaz 1-2	Brian Stephens 0-2	Jesse Dong 2-2	Pete Yates 1-2				David Marone 1-2
2012	Erik Spjut 1-2	Devin Carter 6-2 (5th)	Zach Neibert 2-2	Nick Brascetta 1-2		Pete Yates 5-2 (5th)	Chris Moon 0-2
2013	Jarrod Garnett 5-3 (6th)	Erik Spjut 0-2	Zach Neibert 4-3 (8th)	Nick Brascetta 4-3 (8th)	Jesse Dong 3-2	Pete Yates 4-2 (4th)	Austin Gable 2-2	Nick Vetterlein 0-2	Derrick Borlie 2-2	David Marone 1-2
2014	Joey Dance 6-2 4th	Dennis Gustafson 1-2	Devin Carter 4-1 (2nd)	Zach Neibert 2-2		Chris Moon 2-2	Austin Gable 1-2	Nick Vetterlein 0-2	Chris Penny 3-2 (6th)	Ty Walz 2-2
2015	Joey Dance 2-2	Kevin Norstrem 1-2	Devin Carter 6-1 (3rd)	Sal Mastriani 2-2	Nick Brascetta 5-2 (4th)		Zach Epperly 4-2 (7th)		Jared Haught 1-2	Ty Walz 5-2 (7th)
2016	Joey Dance 1-2		Solomon Chishko 4-3 (6th)		Nick Brascetta 6-1 (3rd)	David McFadden 5-3 (6th)	Zach Epperly 7-1 (3rd)	Zack Zavatsky 2-2	Jared Haught 5-3 (6th)	Ty Walz 4-2 (4th)
2017	Joey Dance 5-2 (5th)			Solomon Chishko 4-3 (6th)	Sal Mastriani 4-3 (8th)		Zach Epperly 2-2	Zack Zavatsky 1-2	Jared Haught 4-2 (4th)	Ty Walz 4-2 (4th)
2018	Kyle Norstrem 1-2	Dennis Gustafson 1-2	Brent Moore 1-2	Ryan Blees 1-2		David McFadden 4-2 (5th)	Hunter Bolen 0-2	Zack Zavatsky 3-3 (6th)	Jared Haught 4-1 (2nd)	Andrew Dunn 1-2
2019		Korbin Myers 2-2	Mitch Moore 1-2	Ryan Blees 1-2	B.C. LaPrade 1-2	Mekhi Lewis 5-0 (1st) Most Outstanding Wrestler	David McFadden 6-2 (5th)	Zack Zavatsky 3-3 (8th)	Tom Sleigh 2-2	Billy Miller 0-2
2020*	Joey Prata	Collin Gerardi	Mitch Moore	Bryce Andonian	B.C. LaPrade	David McFaden	Cody Hughes	Hunter Bolen		John Borst
2021	Sam Latona 4-3 (6th)	Korbin Myers 4-2 (4th)		Bryce Andonian 2-2	Connor Brady 0-2	Mekhi Lewis 2-0 (Inj WD)	Cody Howard 0-2	Hunter Bolen 4-2 (7th)		Hunter Catka 1-2
2022	Sam Latona 2-2	Korbin Myers 4-3	Collin Gerardi 0-2	Bryce Andonian 5-1 (3rd)	Connor Brady 1-2		Mekhi Lewis 4-1 (2nd)	Hunter Bolen 1-2		Nathan Traxler 2-2
2023	Eddie Ventresca 4-2 (7th)	Sam Latona 4-2 (7th)	Tom Crook 1-2	Caleb Henson 6-2 (5th)	Bryce Andonian 4-2 (7th)	Connor Brady 1-2	Mekhi Lewis 4-2 (4th)	Hunter Bolen 2-2	Andy Smith 0-2	Hunter Catka 0-2
2024	Cooper Flynn 1-2	Sam Latona 2-2	Tom Crook 2-2	Caleb Henson 5-0 (1st)	Bryce Andonian 3-3 (6th)	Connor Brady 0-2	Mekhi Lewis 5-2 (4th)	Thomas Stewart Jr. 4-2 (7th)	Andy Smith 3-2	Hunter Catka 3-2
Total	38-33	29-26	49-37	36-29	33-29	37-29	40-28	31-36	28-21	32-30
Previous Weight Classes
Weight	115	123	130	137	147	157	167	177	191	UNL
1953			Al Motley 0-1							Jack McNicol 0-1
1956			Alfred Carson 2-2	Armand Taylor 1-2	Sherman Vandevender 0-1		John Wright 0-1
1957				Armand Taylor 0-1		Don Vaughn 0-1	John Wright 0-1
1958				Joe Heller 0-1	Sherman Vandevender 0-1
1959	Mike Grandstaff 0-1	Bob Bowman 0-1	Brandon Glover 3-1 (3rd)	Joe Heller 0-1
1960							Walt Sanders 0-1
1961	Mike Grandstaff 1-2
1962	Mike Grandstaff 1-2					Bob Hatcher 0-1
Weight	115	123	130	137	145	152	160	177	191	UNL
1967	Neil Fink 0-1	Jim Weeks 1-2		George Stover 0-1	Lonny Gallagher 1-1
1968		Mike Jarrell 0-1	George Stover 1-1			Lonny Gallagher 0-1	Luther Blair 0-1
1969			Russell Reid 0-1	George Stover 1-2
Weight	118	126	134	142	150	158	167	177	190	UNL
1970				Russell Reid 1-2
1977										Bill Pfeffer 1-2
1978									Mark Miller 0-1
1979						Chuck Broderick 0-2			Mark Miller 0-2
1980									Mark Miller 0-2
1983			Jason Diggs 0-1
1984						Rick Stageberg 1-2
1986							Rob Fair 1-2
Weight	118	126	134	142	150	158	167	177	190	275
1991					Dante Winslow 0-2
1992										Josh Feldman 2-2
1993										Josh Feldman 2-2
1994						Dante Winslow 0-1				Josh Feldman 4-2 (7th)
1996								John Dattalo 0-2
1997					Chris Martin 0-2	Eric Hall 0-2	John Dattalo 2-2
1998			Sean Gray 3-2	David Inkman 0-2	Chris Martin 1-2	Eric Hall 1-2

By Wrestler

Mike Akers	2000						Total
	125						0-2
	0-2
Bryce Andonian	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024		Total
	149			157			14-8
	Covid	2-2	5-1 (3rd)	4-2 (7th)	3-3 (6th)
Luther Blair	1968						Total
	160						0-1
	0-1
Ryan Blees	2018	2019					Total
	149						2-4
	1-2	1-2
Hunter Bolen	2018	2020	2021	2022	2023		Total
	174	184					7-8
	0-2	Covid	4-2 (7th)	1-2	2-2
Jon Bonilla-Bowman	2007						Total
	157						0-2
	0-2
Steve Borja	2005						Total
	184						1-2
	1-2
Derrick Borlie	2013						Total
	197						2-2
	2-2
John Borst	2020
	285
	Covid
Bob Bowman	1959						Total
	123						0-1
	0-1
Connor Brady	2021	2022	2023	2024			Total
	157		165				2-8
	0-2	1-2	1-2	0-2
Nick Brascetta	2012	2013	2015	2016			Total
	149		157				16-8
	1-2	4-3 (8th)	5-2 (4th)	6-1 (3rd)
Chuck Broderick	1979						Total
	158						0-2
	0-2
D.J. Bruce	2009						Total
	197						0-2
	0-2
Reed Carpenter	2005						Total
	157						0-2
	0-2
Alfred Carson	1956						Total
	130						2-2
	2-2
Devin Carter	2011	2012	2014	2015			Total
	133		141				19-6
	3-2	6-2 (5th)	4-1 (2nd)	6-1 (3rd)
Hunter Catka	2021	2023	2024				Total
	285						4-6
	1-2	0-2	3-2
Solomon Chishko	2016	2017					Total
	141	149					8-6
	4-3 (6th)	4-3 (6th)
Tom Crook	2023	2024					Total
	141						3-4
	1-2	2-2
Joey Dance	2014	2015	2016	2017			Total
	125						14-8
	6-2 (4th)	2-2	1-2	5-2 (5th)
John Dattalo	1996	1997					Total
	177	167					2-4
	0-2	2-2
Eric Decker	2007						Total
	165						1-2
	1-2
Chris Diaz	2009	2010	2011				Total
	141						8-7
	3-2	4-3 (8th)	1-2
Jason Diggs	1983						Total
	134						0-1
	0-1
Jesse Dong	2009	2010	2011	2013			Total
	157						7-8
	0-2	2-2	2-2	3-2
Andrew Dunn	2018						Total
	285						1-2
	1-2
Matt Epperly	2008	2010					Total
	165						0-4
	0-2	0-2
Zach Epperly	2015	2016	2017				Total
	174						13-5
	4-2 (7th)	7-1 (3rd)	2-2
Rob Fair	1986						Total
	167						1-2
	1-2
Mike Faust	2005	2006					Total
	285	285					5-4
	0-2	5-2 (5th)
Josh Feldman	1992	1993	1994				Total
	275						8-6
	2-2	2-2	4-2 (7th)
Neil Fink	1967						Total
	115						0-1
	0-1
Cooper Flynn	2024						Total
	125						1-2
	1-2
Austin Gable	2013	2014					Total
	174						3-4
	2-2	1-2
Lonny Gallagher	1967	1968					Total
	145	152					1-2
	1-1	0-1
Collin Gerardi	2020
	133
	Covid
Jarrod Garnett	2009	2010	2011	2013			Total
	125						11-9
	2-2	2-2	2-2	5-3 (6th)
Brandon Glover	1959						Total
	130						3-1
	3-1 (3rd)
Mike Grandstaff	1959	1961	1962				Total
	115						2-5
	0-1	1-2	1-2
Sean Gray	1998	2000	2001	2002			Total
	134	141					14-9
	3-2	5-2 (7th)	3-3 (6th)	3-2
Dennis Gustafson	2014	2018					Total
	133						2-4
	1-2	1-2
Eric Hall	1997	1998	2000	2001			Total
	158		174				5-8
	0-2	1-2	3-2	1-2
Bob Hatcher	1962						Total
	157						0-1
	0-1
Jared Haught	2015	2016	2017	2018			Total
	197						14-8
	1-2	5-3 (6th)	4-2 (4th)	4-1 (2nd)
Joe Heller	1958	1959					Total
	137						0-2
	0-1	0-1
Caleb Henson	2023	2024					Total
	149						11-2
	6-2 (5th)	5-0 (1st)
David Hoffman	2002	2004	2005	2006			Total
	133			141			10-9
	2-2	3-2	1-2	4-3 (8th)
Cody Howard	2021						Total
	184						0-2
	0-2
Cody Hughes	2020
	174
	Covid
David Inkman	1998						Total
	142						0-2
	0-2
Mike Jarrell	1968						Total
	123						0-1
	0-1
Scott Justus	2000	2001	2002	2003			Total
	184						8-8
	1-2	2-2	1-2	4-2
B.C. LaPrade	2019	2020					Total
	157						1-2
	1-2	Covid
Sam Latona	2021	2022	2023	2024			Total
	125		133				12-9
	4-3 (6th)	2-2	4-2 (7th)	2-2
Mekhi Lewis	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	Total
	165			174			20-5
	5-0 (1st)	Covid	2-0 (Inj WD)	4-1 (2nd)	4-2 (4th)	5-2 (4th)
David Marone	2009	2011	2013				Total
	285						6-6
	3-2	1-2	1-2
Chris Martin	1997	1998	2000	2001			Total
	150		165				7-8
	0-2	1-2	4-2 (4th)	2-2
Sal Mastriani	2015	2017					Total
	149	157					6-5
	2-2	4-3 (8th)
David McFadden	2016	2018	2020				Total
	165						9-5
	5-3 (6th)	4-2 (5th)	Covid
Jack McNicol	1953						Total
	UNL						0-1
	0-1
Billy Miller	2019						Total
	285						0-2
	0-2
Mark Miller	1978	1979	1980				Total
	190						0-5
	0-1	0-2	0-2
Chris Moon	2012	2014					Total
	174	165					2-4
	0-2	2-2
Brent Moore	2018						Total
	141						1-2
	1-2
Mitch Moore	2019	2020					Total
	1-2	Covid					1-2
Al Motley	1953						Total
	130						0-1
	0-1
Korbin Myers	2019	2021	2022				Total
	133						10-7
	2-2	4-2 (4th)	4-3
Zach Neibert	2012	2013	2014				Total
	141		149				8-7
	2-2	4-3 (8th)	2-2
Kevin Norstrem	2015						Total
	133						1-2
	1-2
Kyle Norstrem	2018						Total
	125						1-2
	1-2
Chris Penny	2014						Total
	197						3-2
	3-2 (6th)
Bill Pfeffer	1977						Total
	UNL						1-2
	1-2
Joey Prata	2020
	125
	Covid
Tyde Prater	2005						Total
	149						3-2
	3-2
Russell Reid	1969	1970					Total
	130	142					1-3
	0-1	1-2
Walt Sanders	1960						Total
	167						0-1
	0-1
Tom Sleigh	2019						Total
	197						2-2
	2-2
Andy Smith	2023	2024					Total
	197						3-4
	0-2	3-2
Tommy Spellman	2009	2010					Total
	184						2-4
	1-2	1-2
Erik Spjut	2012	2013					Total
	125	133					1-4
	1-2	0-2
Rick Stageberg	1984						Total
	158						1-2
	1-2
Justin Staylor	2006						Total
	125						0-2
	0-2
Brian Stephens	2010	2011					Total
	149						0-4
	0-2	0-2
Thomas Stewart Jr.	2024						Total
	184						4-2
	4-2 (7th)
Chris Stith	2004						Total
	165						1-2
	1-2
George Stover	1967	1968	1969				Total
	137	130	137				2-4
	0-1	1-1	1-2
Armand Taylor	1956	1958					Total
	137						1-3
	1-2	0-1
Nathan Traxler	2022						Total
	285						2-2
	2-2
Anthony Trongone	2009						Total
	174						1-2
	1-2
Sherman Vandevender	1956	1958					Total
	147						0-2
	0-1	0-1
Don Vaughn	1957						Total
	157						0-1
	0-1
Eddie Ventresca	2023						Total
	125						4-2
	4-2 (7th)
Nick Vetterlein	2013	2014					Total
	184						0-4
	0-2	0-2
Ty Walz	2014	2015	2016	2017			Total
	285						15-8
	2-2	5-2 (7th)	4-2 (4th)	4-2 (4th)
Jim Weeks	1967						Total
	123						1-2
	1-2
Dante Winslow	1991	1994					Total
	150	158					0-3
	0-2	0-1
John Wright	1956	1957					Total
	167						0-2
	0-1	0-1
Pete Yates	2009	2011	2012	2013			Total
	149	165					10-8
	0-2	1-2	5-2 (5th)	4-2 (4th)
Zack Zavatsky	2016	2017	2018	2019			Total
	184						9-10
	2-2	1-2	3-3 (6th)	3-3 (8th)

All-Time Top 5 Seeds

   

Seed	Wrestler	Year
1	Scott Justus	2002
	Mekhi Lewis	2024
2	Joey Dance	2016 2017
	David McFadden	2018
	Hunter Bolen	2020
	Sam Latona	2021
	Mehki Lewis	2022
3	Brandon Glover	1959
	Sean Gray	2002
	Jesse Dong	2010
	Peter Yates	2013
	Ty Walz	2016 2017
	Jared Haught	2018
	Korbin Myers	2021
	Mehki Lewis	2023
4	Sherman Vandevender	1956
	Sean Gray	2001
	Devin Carter	2014 2015
	Zach Epperly	2017
	Jared Haught	2017
	Mekhi Lewis	2021
	Korbin Myers	2022
	Caleb Henson	2023 2024
5	Mike Grandstaff	1962
	Jesse Dong	2011
	Jarrod Garnett	2013
	Zack Zavatsky	2016 2017
	Hunter Bolen	2021