NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

2008 NCAA Championships

125 lb

Champion Angel Escobedo, Indiana (IN).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Angel EscobedoIND
  2. 2Jayson NessMINN
  3. 3Paul DonahoeNEB
  4. 4Mark McKnightPSU
  5. 5Tanner GardnerSTAN
  6. 6Charlie FalckIOWA
  7. 7Brandon PrecinNW
  8. 8James NicholsonOld Dominion (VA)

Championship

Opening round · 2 bouts

  1. Anthony Robles, Arizona State over Brandon Kinney, Columbia (NY) — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  2. Luke Smith, Central Michigan over Ross Gitomer, Virginia — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Angel Escobedo (1), Indiana (IN) over Anthony Robles, Arizona State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Brandon Precin (8), Northwestern (IL) over Mike Rodriguez, Cornell (NY) — MD 11–0 · View bout
  3. Brandon Zoetewey, California-Bakersfield over Austin 'Caleb' Flores, Northern Iowa — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  4. Charlie Falck (5), Iowa over Fernando Martinez, Army (NY) — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  5. Dave Tomasette (11), Hofstra (NY) over Javier Maldonado, Tennessee-Chattanooga — MD 15–1 · View bout
  6. Eric Hoffman, North Dakota State over Joey Fio, Oklahoma — MD 14–6 · View bout
  7. Gabe Flores (6), Illinois over Nic Bedelyon, Kent State (OH) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  8. James Nicholson (10), Old Dominion (VA) over Eric Morrill, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  9. Jayson Ness (2), Minnesota over Marcos Orozco, California-Davis — Fall 1:17 · View bout
  10. Luke Smith, Central Michigan over Tyler Clark, Iowa State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  11. Mark McKnight, Penn State over Tyler Shinn (12), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  12. Mike Sees (7), Bloomsburg (PA) over Collin Cudd, Wisconsin — MD 21–10 · View bout
  13. Paul Donahoe (3), Nebraska over Nikko Triggas, Ohio State — MD 9–0 · View bout
  14. Rollie Peterkin (9), Pennsylvania over Jon Bittinger, Duquesne (PA) — TF 17–1 · View bout
  15. Tanner Gardner (4), Stanford (CA) over Steve Mytych, Drexel (PA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  16. Tony Mustari, Northern Colorado over Jasen Borshoff, American (DC) — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Angel Escobedo (1), Indiana (IN) over Eric Hoffman, North Dakota State — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Brandon Precin (8), Northwestern (IL) over Rollie Peterkin (9), Pennsylvania — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  3. Charlie Falck (5), Iowa over Mark McKnight, Penn State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Gabe Flores (6), Illinois over Dave Tomasette (11), Hofstra (NY) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  5. James Nicholson (10), Old Dominion (VA) over Mike Sees (7), Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  6. Jayson Ness (2), Minnesota over Luke Smith, Central Michigan — MD 9–0 · View bout
  7. Paul Donahoe (3), Nebraska over Brandon Zoetewey, California-Bakersfield — TF 21–6 · View bout
  8. Tanner Gardner (4), Stanford (CA) over Tony Mustari, Northern Colorado — TF 16–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Angel Escobedo (1), Indiana (IN) over Brandon Precin (8), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 2–2 · View bout
  2. Charlie Falck (5), Iowa over Tanner Gardner (4), Stanford (CA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  3. Jayson Ness (2), Minnesota over James Nicholson (10), Old Dominion (VA) — Fall 4:04 · View bout
  4. Paul Donahoe (3), Nebraska over Gabe Flores (6), Illinois — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Angel Escobedo (1), Indiana (IN) over Charlie Falck (5), Iowa — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Jayson Ness (2), Minnesota over Paul Donahoe (3), Nebraska — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Angel Escobedo (1), Indiana (IN) over Jayson Ness (2), Minnesota — Dec 10–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 2 bouts

  1. Joey Fio, Oklahoma over Ross Gitomer, Virginia — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  2. Marcos Orozco, California-Davis over Brandon Kinney, Columbia (NY) — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Anthony Robles, Arizona State over Joey Fio, Oklahoma — MD 17–7 · View bout
  2. Eric Morrill, Edinboro (PA) over Collin Cudd, Wisconsin — Fall 6:38 · View bout
  3. Javier Maldonado, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Nic Bedelyon, Kent State (OH) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  4. Marcos Orozco, California-Davis over Tyler Clark, Iowa State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  5. Mike Rodriguez, Cornell (NY) over Jon Bittinger, Duquesne (PA) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  6. Nikko Triggas, Ohio State over Austin 'Caleb' Flores, Northern Iowa — Fall 3:24 · View bout
  7. Steve Mytych, Drexel (PA) over Jasen Borshoff, American (DC) — Dec 1–0 · View bout
  8. Tyler Shinn (12), Oklahoma State over Fernando Martinez, Army (NY) — Fall 6:45 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Anthony Robles, Arizona State over Dave Tomasette (11), Hofstra (NY) — Dflt · View bout
  2. Eric Hoffman, North Dakota State over Javier Maldonado, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  3. Eric Morrill, Edinboro (PA) over Tony Mustari, Northern Colorado — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  4. Luke Smith, Central Michigan over Tyler Shinn (12), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  5. Mark McKnight, Penn State over Marcos Orozco, California-Davis — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  6. Mike Rodriguez, Cornell (NY) over Brandon Zoetewey, California-Bakersfield — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  7. Mike Sees (7), Bloomsburg (PA) over Steve Mytych, Drexel (PA) — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  8. Rollie Peterkin (9), Pennsylvania over Nikko Triggas, Ohio State — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Anthony Robles, Arizona State over Mike Rodriguez, Cornell (NY) — Dec 11–8 · View bout
  2. Mark McKnight, Penn State over Eric Morrill, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  3. Mike Sees (7), Bloomsburg (PA) over Luke Smith, Central Michigan — MD 13–4 · View bout
  4. Rollie Peterkin (9), Pennsylvania over Eric Hoffman, North Dakota State — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Brandon Precin (8), Northwestern (IL) over Mike Sees (7), Bloomsburg (PA) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  2. James Nicholson (10), Old Dominion (VA) over Rollie Peterkin (9), Pennsylvania — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  3. Mark McKnight, Penn State over Gabe Flores (6), Illinois — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  4. Tanner Gardner (4), Stanford (CA) over Anthony Robles, Arizona State — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Mark McKnight, Penn State over James Nicholson (10), Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Tanner Gardner (4), Stanford (CA) over Brandon Precin (8), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Mark McKnight, Penn State over Charlie Falck (5), Iowa — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  2. Paul Donahoe (3), Nebraska over Tanner Gardner (4), Stanford (CA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Paul Donahoe (3), Nebraska over Mark McKnight, Penn State — Dec 6–3 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Tanner Gardner (4), Stanford (CA) over Charlie Falck (5), Iowa — Dec 8–2 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Brandon Precin (8), Northwestern (IL) over James Nicholson (10), Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout

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