NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

2003 NCAA Championships

184 lb

Champion Jake Rosholt, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Jake RosholtOKST
  2. 2Scott BarkerMIZZ
  3. 3Josh LambrechtOU
  4. 4Jessman SmithIOWA
  5. 5Clint WattenbergCOR
  6. 6Ben HeizerNIU
  7. 7Mark BecksPSU
  8. 8Greg ParkerPRIN

Championship

Opening round · 2 bouts

  1. Ben Wissel, Purdue (IN) over Scott Justus, Virginia Tech — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. Josh Lambrecht (6), Oklahoma over Ralph DeNisco, Wisconsin — Dec 10–6 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Alex Clemsen, Edinboro (PA) over Brad Christie, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Austen Palmer, Iowa State over Rowdy Lundegreen, California-Fullerton — MD 12–3 · View bout
  3. Ben Heizer (9), Northern Illinois over Jordan Holm, Northern Iowa — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  4. Clint Wattenberg (3), Cornell (NY) over Ryan Wilman, West Virginia — TF 15–0 · View bout
  5. Dave Colabella, James Madison (VA) over Casey Kapustka, Ohio State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  6. Ed Strauss, Boston (MA) over Bryan Travers, California-Bakersfield — MD 19–8 · View bout
  7. Gerald Harris (7), Cleveland State (OH) over Nick Ciarcia, Brown (RI) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  8. Greg Parker (2), Princeton (NJ) over Tony D'Amico, Boise State (ID) — MD 15–2 · View bout
  9. Jake Rosholt (10), Oklahoma State over Keith Clifton, Citadel (SC) — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  10. Jake Stork, Maryland over Ben Wissel, Purdue (IN) — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  11. Jessman Smith (1), Iowa over Jed Pennell, Oregon State — MD 14–4 · View bout
  12. Josh Lambrecht (6), Oklahoma over Brian Neuman, Duquesne (PA) — Fall 4:17 · View bout
  13. Mark Becks (5), Penn State over Russ Vanderheyden, Central Michigan — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  14. Pete Friedl, Illinois over Travis Frick (11), Lehigh (PA) — MD 13–5 · View bout
  15. Ryan Halsey, California-Poly over Ty Matthews (8), Indiana (IN) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  16. Scott Barker (4), Missouri over Dusty Heist, North Carolina — MD 13–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Ben Heizer (9), Northern Illinois over Ryan Halsey, California-Poly — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  2. Clint Wattenberg (3), Cornell (NY) over Alex Clemsen, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  3. Greg Parker (2), Princeton (NJ) over Ed Strauss, Boston (MA) — TF 19–4 · View bout
  4. Jake Rosholt (10), Oklahoma State over Gerald Harris (7), Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 12–7 · View bout
  5. Jessman Smith (1), Iowa over Austen Palmer, Iowa State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  6. Josh Lambrecht (6), Oklahoma over Pete Friedl, Illinois — Fall 2:53 · View bout
  7. Mark Becks (5), Penn State over Jake Stork, Maryland — Dec 9–8 · View bout
  8. Scott Barker (4), Missouri over Dave Colabella, James Madison (VA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Jake Rosholt (10), Oklahoma State over Greg Parker (2), Princeton (NJ) — Fall 2:20 · View bout
  2. Jessman Smith (1), Iowa over Ben Heizer (9), Northern Illinois — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  3. Josh Lambrecht (6), Oklahoma over Clint Wattenberg (3), Cornell (NY) — Fall 4:31 · View bout
  4. Scott Barker (4), Missouri over Mark Becks (5), Penn State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jake Rosholt (10), Oklahoma State over Josh Lambrecht (6), Oklahoma — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  2. Scott Barker (4), Missouri over Jessman Smith (1), Iowa — Dec 9–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Jake Rosholt (10), Oklahoma State over Scott Barker (4), Missouri — MD 13–5 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 2 bouts

  1. Ralph DeNisco, Wisconsin over Russ Vanderheyden, Central Michigan — Dec 13–10 · View bout
  2. Scott Justus, Virginia Tech over Travis Frick (11), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 9–3 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Brad Christie, Hofstra (NY) over Ryan Wilman, West Virginia — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  2. Casey Kapustka, Ohio State over Dusty Heist, North Carolina — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Jed Pennell, Oregon State over Rowdy Lundegreen, California-Fullerton — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  4. Jordan Holm, Northern Iowa over Ty Matthews (8), Indiana (IN) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  5. Nick Ciarcia, Brown (RI) over Keith Clifton, Citadel (SC) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  6. Ralph DeNisco, Wisconsin over Ben Wissel, Purdue (IN) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  7. Scott Justus, Virginia Tech over Brian Neuman, Duquesne (PA) — Fall 2:10 · View bout
  8. Tony D'Amico, Boise State (ID) over Bryan Travers, California-Bakersfield — Dec 7–2 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Dave Colabella, James Madison (VA) over Nick Ciarcia, Brown (RI) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Gerald Harris (7), Cleveland State (OH) over Casey Kapustka, Ohio State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  3. Jake Stork, Maryland over Tony D'Amico, Boise State (ID) — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  4. Jordan Holm, Northern Iowa over Alex Clemsen, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  5. Pete Friedl, Illinois over Jed Pennell, Oregon State — MD 11–1 · View bout
  6. Ralph DeNisco, Wisconsin over Ed Strauss, Boston (MA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  7. Ryan Halsey, California-Poly over Brad Christie, Hofstra (NY) — Fall 1:40 · View bout
  8. Scott Justus, Virginia Tech over Austen Palmer, Iowa State — Dec 9–2 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Jake Stork, Maryland over Dave Colabella, James Madison (VA) — TF 16–1 · View bout
  2. Jordan Holm, Northern Iowa over Pete Friedl, Illinois — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  3. Ralph DeNisco, Wisconsin over Gerald Harris (7), Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  4. Scott Justus, Virginia Tech over Ryan Halsey, California-Poly — Dec 10–6 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Ben Heizer (9), Northern Illinois over Ralph DeNisco, Wisconsin — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  2. Clint Wattenberg (3), Cornell (NY) over Jake Stork, Maryland — MD 18–6 · View bout
  3. Greg Parker (2), Princeton (NJ) over Scott Justus, Virginia Tech — MD 14–2 · View bout
  4. Mark Becks (5), Penn State over Jordan Holm, Northern Iowa — Dec 9–4 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Ben Heizer (9), Northern Illinois over Mark Becks (5), Penn State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Clint Wattenberg (3), Cornell (NY) over Greg Parker (2), Princeton (NJ) — Dec 16–12 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jessman Smith (1), Iowa over Clint Wattenberg (3), Cornell (NY) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Josh Lambrecht (6), Oklahoma over Ben Heizer (9), Northern Illinois — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Josh Lambrecht (6), Oklahoma over Jessman Smith (1), Iowa — Dec 5–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Clint Wattenberg (3), Cornell (NY) over Ben Heizer (9), Northern Illinois — Dec 9–5 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Mark Becks (5), Penn State over Greg Parker (2), Princeton (NJ) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

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