NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

2003 NCAA Championships

165 lb

Champion Matt Lackey, Illinois.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Matt LackeyILL
  2. 2Troy LettersLEH
  3. 3Jacob VolkmannMINN
  4. 4Matt KingEDIN
  5. 5Tyrone LewisOKST
  6. 6John ClarkOHST
  7. 7Frank EdwardsNAVY
  8. 8Tyron WoodleyMIZZ

Championship

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Chris 'Doc' Vecchio, Penn State over Scott Roth, Cornell (NY) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  2. Drew Kelly, Northern Iowa over Eric Arbogast, Portland State (OR) — MD 13–3 · View bout
  3. Frank Edwards, Navy (MD) over Noel Thompson (8), Hofstra (NY) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  4. Jacob Volkmann (4), Minnesota over Dustin Kawa, North Carolina State — Dec 13–8 · View bout
  5. Jason Erwinski, Northwestern (IL) over Tom McMath, West Virginia — Dec 9–8 · View bout
  6. John Clark (6), Ohio State over Lee Roper, Appalachian State (NC) — MD 11–1 · View bout
  7. Kevin Carr (12), Central Michigan over Jason Gilligan, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  8. Levi Prevost (10), Wyoming over Matt Ellis, Oregon State — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  9. Matt King (9), Edinboro (PA) over Mike Kulczycki, Michigan — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  10. Matt Lackey (1), Illinois over Leighton Brady, Boston (MA) — Dec 13–6 · View bout
  11. Matt Palmer, Columbia (NY) over Nick Passolano (7), Iowa State — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  12. Nick Frost, Arizona State over Jacob Klein (11), Nebraska — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  13. Oscar Santiago, Purdue (IN) over James O'Connor, North Carolina — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  14. Troy Letters (2), Lehigh (PA) over Ben Baca, Fresno State (CA) — Fall 1:17 · View bout
  15. Tyron Woodley (5), Missouri over Nick Nemeth, Kent State (OH) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  16. Tyrone Lewis (3), Oklahoma State over Bill Boeh, Duquesne (PA) — Fall 3:25 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Jacob Volkmann (4), Minnesota over Chris 'Doc' Vecchio, Penn State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  2. John Clark (6), Ohio State over Nick Frost, Arizona State — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  3. Levi Prevost (10), Wyoming over Matt Palmer, Columbia (NY) — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  4. Matt King (9), Edinboro (PA) over Frank Edwards, Navy (MD) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  5. Matt Lackey (1), Illinois over Oscar Santiago, Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  6. Troy Letters (2), Lehigh (PA) over Jason Erwinski, Northwestern (IL) — Fall 2:02 · View bout
  7. Tyron Woodley (5), Missouri over Kevin Carr (12), Central Michigan — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  8. Tyrone Lewis (3), Oklahoma State over Drew Kelly, Northern Iowa — Fall 1:26 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Jacob Volkmann (4), Minnesota over Tyron Woodley (5), Missouri — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  2. Matt Lackey (1), Illinois over Matt King (9), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  3. Troy Letters (2), Lehigh (PA) over Levi Prevost (10), Wyoming — MD 11–1 · View bout
  4. Tyrone Lewis (3), Oklahoma State over John Clark (6), Ohio State — Dec 11–5 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Matt Lackey (1), Illinois over Jacob Volkmann (4), Minnesota — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Troy Letters (2), Lehigh (PA) over Tyrone Lewis (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 12–7 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Matt Lackey (1), Illinois over Troy Letters (2), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill Boeh, Duquesne (PA) over Eric Arbogast, Portland State (OR) — MD 11–3 · View bout
  2. Jacob Klein (11), Nebraska over Lee Roper, Appalachian State (NC) — MD 13–1 · View bout
  3. James O'Connor, North Carolina over Leighton Brady, Boston (MA) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  4. Nick Nemeth, Kent State (OH) over Jason Gilligan, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  5. Nick Passolano (7), Iowa State over Matt Ellis, Oregon State — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  6. Noel Thompson (8), Hofstra (NY) over Mike Kulczycki, Michigan — Dec 16–13 · View bout
  7. Scott Roth, Cornell (NY) over Dustin Kawa, North Carolina State — MD 16–7 · View bout
  8. Tom McMath, West Virginia over Ben Baca, Fresno State (CA) — Dec 8–4 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Chris 'Doc' Vecchio, Penn State over Nick Passolano (7), Iowa State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Frank Edwards, Navy (MD) over Bill Boeh, Duquesne (PA) — MD 8–0 · View bout
  3. Jason Erwinski, Northwestern (IL) over Nick Nemeth, Kent State (OH) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  4. Matt Palmer, Columbia (NY) over Scott Roth, Cornell (NY) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  5. Nick Frost, Arizona State over James O'Connor, North Carolina — MD 12–4 · View bout
  6. Noel Thompson (8), Hofstra (NY) over Drew Kelly, Northern Iowa — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  7. Oscar Santiago, Purdue (IN) over Jacob Klein (11), Nebraska — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  8. Tom McMath, West Virginia over Kevin Carr (12), Central Michigan — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Chris 'Doc' Vecchio, Penn State over Tom McMath, West Virginia — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  2. Frank Edwards, Navy (MD) over Oscar Santiago, Purdue (IN) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  3. Jason Erwinski, Northwestern (IL) over Matt Palmer, Columbia (NY) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  4. Noel Thompson (8), Hofstra (NY) over Nick Frost, Arizona State — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Frank Edwards, Navy (MD) over Levi Prevost (10), Wyoming — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  2. John Clark (6), Ohio State over Chris 'Doc' Vecchio, Penn State — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  3. Matt King (9), Edinboro (PA) over Jason Erwinski, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  4. Tyron Woodley (5), Missouri over Noel Thompson (8), Hofstra (NY) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. John Clark (6), Ohio State over Frank Edwards, Navy (MD) — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  2. Matt King (9), Edinboro (PA) over Tyron Woodley (5), Missouri — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jacob Volkmann (4), Minnesota over John Clark (6), Ohio State — Fall 1:29 · View bout
  2. Matt King (9), Edinboro (PA) over Tyrone Lewis (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Jacob Volkmann (4), Minnesota over Matt King (9), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Tyrone Lewis (3), Oklahoma State over John Clark (6), Ohio State — Dec 12–6 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Frank Edwards, Navy (MD) over Tyron Woodley (5), Missouri — Dec 3–0 · View bout

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