NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

2000 NCAA Championships

125 lb

Champion Jeremy Hunter, Penn State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Jeremy HunterPSU
  2. 2Steve GarlandUVA
  3. 3Jody StrittmatterIOWA
  4. 4Tim 'TJ' HillCalifornia-Fullerton
  5. 5Leroy VegaMINN
  6. 6Jeff RaganOKST
  7. 7Ruben DeLeonCSUB
  8. 8Paul GomezNEB

Championship

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. AJ Grant, Michigan over Trap McCormack, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Angelo Zegarelli, West Virginia over Jerold Limongelli, Rider (NJ) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Jeff Ragan (6), Oklahoma State over Jonathan Huesdash, James Madison (VA) — Fall 2:33 · View bout
  4. Jeremy Hunter (2), Penn State over Mike Akers, Virginia Tech — TF 17–2 · View bout
  5. Jeremy Sluyter, East Stroudsburg (PA) over Alexis Rivera, Northern Illinois — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  6. Jody Strittmatter (1), Iowa over Nathan Navarro, Oregon State — MD 10–1 · View bout
  7. Jose Leon, Boston (MA) over Bruce Kelly (11), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 11–8 · View bout
  8. Kore Sharpley, Ohio State over Matt Azevedo, Iowa State — Dec 4–4 · View bout
  9. Leroy Vega (3), Minnesota over Trent Rollins, Brigham Young (UT) — MD 13–4 · View bout
  10. Mike Kawamura (9), Arizona State over Omar Porratta, Millersville (PA) — MD 11–3 · View bout
  11. Paul Gomez, Nebraska over Jason Silverstein (10), Purdue (IN) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  12. Ruben DeLeon, California-Bakersfield over Quantres Bates (4), Oklahoma — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  13. Ryan Escobar, Illinois over KC Rock (12), Boise State (ID) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  14. Skyler Holman (7), North Carolina over Brent Thompson, Kent State (OH) — MD 14–5 · View bout
  15. Steve Garland (8), Virginia over Adrian Tramutola, Tennessee-Chattanooga — MD 8–0 · View bout
  16. Tim 'TJ' Hill, California-Fullerton over Pat Cassidy (5), Indiana (IN) — Dec 7–6 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Jeff Ragan (6), Oklahoma State over Jose Leon, Boston (MA) — Fall 4:31 · View bout
  2. Jeremy Hunter (2), Penn State over Angelo Zegarelli, West Virginia — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  3. Jody Strittmatter (1), Iowa over Jeremy Sluyter, East Stroudsburg (PA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  4. Leroy Vega (3), Minnesota over AJ Grant, Michigan — TF 20–4 · View bout
  5. Paul Gomez, Nebraska over Skyler Holman (7), North Carolina — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  6. Ruben DeLeon, California-Bakersfield over Kore Sharpley, Ohio State — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  7. Steve Garland (8), Virginia over Mike Kawamura (9), Arizona State — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  8. Tim 'TJ' Hill, California-Fullerton over Ryan Escobar, Illinois — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Jeremy Hunter (2), Penn State over Paul Gomez, Nebraska — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Leroy Vega (3), Minnesota over Jeff Ragan (6), Oklahoma State — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  3. Steve Garland (8), Virginia over Jody Strittmatter (1), Iowa — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  4. Tim 'TJ' Hill, California-Fullerton over Ruben DeLeon, California-Bakersfield — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jeremy Hunter (2), Penn State over Leroy Vega (3), Minnesota — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Steve Garland (8), Virginia over Tim 'TJ' Hill, California-Fullerton — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Jeremy Hunter (2), Penn State over Steve Garland (8), Virginia — Dec 7–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Adrian Tramutola, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Omar Porratta, Millersville (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Bruce Kelly (11), Lehigh (PA) over Jonathan Huesdash, James Madison (VA) — Fall 5:59 · View bout
  3. Jason Silverstein (10), Purdue (IN) over Brent Thompson, Kent State (OH) — MD 12–4 · View bout
  4. Jerold Limongelli, Rider (NJ) over Mike Akers, Virginia Tech — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  5. KC Rock (12), Boise State (ID) over Pat Cassidy (5), Indiana (IN) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  6. Nathan Navarro, Oregon State over Alexis Rivera, Northern Illinois — MD 12–3 · View bout
  7. Quantres Bates (4), Oklahoma over Matt Azevedo, Iowa State — Fall 3:58 · View bout
  8. Trent Rollins, Brigham Young (UT) over Trap McCormack, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 13–8 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. AJ Grant, Michigan over Adrian Tramutola, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  2. Jason Silverstein (10), Purdue (IN) over Kore Sharpley, Ohio State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  3. Jeremy Sluyter, East Stroudsburg (PA) over Bruce Kelly (11), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 10–9 · View bout
  4. KC Rock (12), Boise State (ID) over Angelo Zegarelli, West Virginia — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  5. Mike Kawamura (9), Arizona State over Trent Rollins, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 11–6 · View bout
  6. Nathan Navarro, Oregon State over Jose Leon, Boston (MA) — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  7. Quantres Bates (4), Oklahoma over Skyler Holman (7), North Carolina — TF 23–7 · View bout
  8. Ryan Escobar, Illinois over Jerold Limongelli, Rider (NJ) — Dec 14–9 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Jason Silverstein (10), Purdue (IN) over Ryan Escobar, Illinois — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Mike Kawamura (9), Arizona State over Jeremy Sluyter, East Stroudsburg (PA) — Fall 0:35 · View bout
  3. Nathan Navarro, Oregon State over AJ Grant, Michigan — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  4. Quantres Bates (4), Oklahoma over KC Rock (12), Boise State (ID) — Dec 11–6 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Jeff Ragan (6), Oklahoma State over Jason Silverstein (10), Purdue (IN) — MD 12–2 · View bout
  2. Jody Strittmatter (1), Iowa over Quantres Bates (4), Oklahoma — Fall 4:11 · View bout
  3. Paul Gomez, Nebraska over Mike Kawamura (9), Arizona State — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  4. Ruben DeLeon, California-Bakersfield over Nathan Navarro, Oregon State — MD 11–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Jeff Ragan (6), Oklahoma State over Paul Gomez, Nebraska — Fall 4:23 · View bout
  2. Jody Strittmatter (1), Iowa over Ruben DeLeon, California-Bakersfield — MD 10–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jody Strittmatter (1), Iowa over Leroy Vega (3), Minnesota — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Tim 'TJ' Hill, California-Fullerton over Jeff Ragan (6), Oklahoma State — MD 19–11 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Jody Strittmatter (1), Iowa over Tim 'TJ' Hill, California-Fullerton — MD 11–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Leroy Vega (3), Minnesota over Jeff Ragan (6), Oklahoma State — Dec 13–7 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ruben DeLeon, California-Bakersfield over Paul Gomez, Nebraska — Fall 2:19 · View bout

Bouts as the source workbook records them, in round order. No bracket positions or byes are inferred.