NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

2002 NCAA Championships

174 lb

Champion Greg Jones, West Virginia.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Greg JonesWVU
  2. 2Greg ParkerPRIN
  3. 3Josh KoscheckEDIN
  4. 4Nathan CoyORST
  5. 5Erick 'Otto' OlsonMICH
  6. 6Rick SpringmanPENN
  7. 7Terry ParhamAir Force (CO)
  8. 8Michael BargerOU

Championship

Opening round · 5 bouts

  1. Michael Barger, Oklahoma over Brady Reinke, Wisconsin — Fall 0:49 · View bout
  2. Ralph Everett, Hofstra (NY) over Shane Webster, Oregon — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Rick Springman (6), Pennsylvania over Pat Owens, Boise State (ID) — TF 16–1 · View bout
  4. Terry Parham, Air Force (CO) over Rashad Evans, Michigan State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  5. Tony Gansen, Central Michigan over Dustin Kawa, North Carolina State — Dec 11–8 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Andrew Roy, Rutgers (NJ) over Ralph Everett, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  2. Erick 'Otto' Olson (1), Michigan over Mark Canty, North Carolina — Fall · View bout
  3. Greg Jones (2), West Virginia over Steve Strange, California-Poly — Dec 17–10 · View bout
  4. Greg Parker (4), Princeton (NJ) over Brian Glynn, Illinois — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  5. Jacob Volkmann (8), Minnesota over Luke Moore, Ohio — TF 18–3 · View bout
  6. John Kopnisky (12), Missouri over Curtis Yeager, Millersville (PA) — Fall 4:01 · View bout
  7. Josh Koscheck (3), Edinboro (PA) over Lantz Nixon, Campbell (NC) — MD 10–0 · View bout
  8. Matt Erwin, Virginia Military over Jeff Rusak (5), Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  9. Michael Barger, Oklahoma over Eric Hauan, Northern Iowa — MD 10–1 · View bout
  10. Nathan Coy (11), Oregon State over Gerald Harris, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  11. Nick Passolano, Iowa State over Tony Gansen, Central Michigan — Fall 2:45 · View bout
  12. Rick Springman (6), Pennsylvania over Tony Denke, Nebraska — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  13. Ryan Lange (9), Purdue (IN) over Bill Lowney, Northern Illinois — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  14. Terry Parham, Air Force (CO) over Jim Stanec, Cornell (NY) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  15. Ty Wilcox (10), Oklahoma State over Ed Pawlak, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  16. Tyler Nixt (7), Iowa over Ben Chunko, Drexel (PA) — MD 18–5 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Erick 'Otto' Olson (1), Michigan over Terry Parham, Air Force (CO) — MD 18–10 · View bout
  2. Greg Jones (2), West Virginia over Michael Barger, Oklahoma — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  3. Greg Parker (4), Princeton (NJ) over Andrew Roy, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  4. John Kopnisky (12), Missouri over Matt Erwin, Virginia Military — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  5. Josh Koscheck (3), Edinboro (PA) over Nick Passolano, Iowa State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  6. Rick Springman (6), Pennsylvania over Nathan Coy (11), Oregon State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  7. Ryan Lange (9), Purdue (IN) over Jacob Volkmann (8), Minnesota — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  8. Tyler Nixt (7), Iowa over Ty Wilcox (10), Oklahoma State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Erick 'Otto' Olson (1), Michigan over Ryan Lange (9), Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Greg Jones (2), West Virginia over Tyler Nixt (7), Iowa — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  3. Greg Parker (4), Princeton (NJ) over John Kopnisky (12), Missouri — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  4. Rick Springman (6), Pennsylvania over Josh Koscheck (3), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Greg Jones (2), West Virginia over Rick Springman (6), Pennsylvania — MD 15–5 · View bout
  2. Greg Parker (4), Princeton (NJ) over Erick 'Otto' Olson (1), Michigan — Dec 12–8 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Greg Jones (2), West Virginia over Greg Parker (4), Princeton (NJ) — Dec 12–5 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 5 bouts

  1. Dustin Kawa, North Carolina State over Ralph Everett, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Eric Hauan, Northern Iowa over Rashad Evans, Michigan State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  3. Jeff Rusak (5), Old Dominion (VA) over Pat Owens, Boise State (ID) — Fall 0:59 · View bout
  4. Jim Stanec, Cornell (NY) over Brady Reinke, Wisconsin — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  5. Shane Webster, Oregon over Tony Gansen, Central Michigan — Dec 18–15 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Ben Chunko, Drexel (PA) over Ed Pawlak, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  2. Brian Glynn, Illinois over Dustin Kawa, North Carolina State — Fall 6:59 · View bout
  3. Gerald Harris, Cleveland State (OH) over Tony Denke, Nebraska — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  4. Jeff Rusak (5), Old Dominion (VA) over Curtis Yeager, Millersville (PA) — Fall 2:56 · View bout
  5. Jim Stanec, Cornell (NY) over Mark Canty, North Carolina — Fall 5:52 · View bout
  6. Lantz Nixon, Campbell (NC) over Shane Webster, Oregon — Dec 18–13 · View bout
  7. Luke Moore, Ohio over Bill Lowney, Northern Illinois — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  8. Steve Strange, California-Poly over Eric Hauan, Northern Iowa — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Ben Chunko, Drexel (PA) over Andrew Roy, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  2. Jacob Volkmann (8), Minnesota over Lantz Nixon, Campbell (NC) — MD 11–2 · View bout
  3. Matt Erwin, Virginia Military over Steve Strange, California-Poly — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  4. Michael Barger, Oklahoma over Jeff Rusak (5), Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  5. Nathan Coy (11), Oregon State over Jim Stanec, Cornell (NY) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  6. Nick Passolano, Iowa State over Luke Moore, Ohio — Fall 4:04 · View bout
  7. Terry Parham, Air Force (CO) over Gerald Harris, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  8. Ty Wilcox (10), Oklahoma State over Brian Glynn, Illinois — Fall 1:58 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Ben Chunko, Drexel (PA) over Matt Erwin, Virginia Military — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  2. Michael Barger, Oklahoma over Ty Wilcox (10), Oklahoma State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  3. Nathan Coy (11), Oregon State over Nick Passolano, Iowa State — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  4. Terry Parham, Air Force (CO) over Jacob Volkmann (8), Minnesota — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Josh Koscheck (3), Edinboro (PA) over Ben Chunko, Drexel (PA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  2. Michael Barger, Oklahoma over Ryan Lange (9), Purdue (IN) — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  3. Nathan Coy (11), Oregon State over John Kopnisky (12), Missouri — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  4. Terry Parham, Air Force (CO) over Tyler Nixt (7), Iowa — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Josh Koscheck (3), Edinboro (PA) over Terry Parham, Air Force (CO) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Nathan Coy (11), Oregon State over Michael Barger, Oklahoma — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Josh Koscheck (3), Edinboro (PA) over Erick 'Otto' Olson (1), Michigan — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Nathan Coy (11), Oregon State over Rick Springman (6), Pennsylvania — Dec 7–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Josh Koscheck (3), Edinboro (PA) over Nathan Coy (11), Oregon State — MD 9–1 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Erick 'Otto' Olson (1), Michigan over Rick Springman (6), Pennsylvania — Dec 6–5 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Terry Parham, Air Force (CO) over Michael Barger, Oklahoma — Dec 6–4 · View bout

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