NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

2008 NCAA Championships

285 lb

Champion Dustin Fox, Northwestern (IL).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Dustin FoxNW
  2. 2James 'JD' BergmanOHST
  3. 3Ed PrendergastNAVY
  4. 4Jared RosholtOKST
  5. 5Matt FieldsIOWA
  6. 6David ZabriskieISU
  7. 7Bubba GritterCMU
  8. 8Kyle MasseyWIS

Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

  1. Bubba Gritter (8), Central Michigan over Justin Dobies, North Carolina — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bubba Gritter (8), Central Michigan over Nathan Thobaden, Army (NY) — Fall 4:18 · View bout
  2. David Zabriskie (7), Iowa State over Mitch Monteiro, California-Bakersfield — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  3. Dustin Fox (1), Northwestern (IL) over Ryan Flores, Columbia (NY) — TF 17–0 · View bout
  4. Dustin Rogers, West Virginia over Andy Totusek, Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  5. Ed Prendergast (3), Navy (MD) over Jon May, Nebraska — Fall 5:19 · View bout
  6. James 'JD' Bergman (2), Ohio State over Patrick 'Bram' Walker, Liberty (VA) — Fall 0:27 · View bout
  7. Jared Rosholt (5), Oklahoma State over Trey McLean, Pennsylvania — Fall 2:59 · View bout
  8. Jermail Porter (9), Kent State (OH) over Ben Berhow, Minnesota — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  9. Joe Fendone, Edinboro (PA) over Travis Gardner, Oregon State — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  10. Josh Wine, Virginia Military over Charlie Alexander, Oregon — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  11. Kyle Massey (6), Wisconsin over Rashad Goff, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  12. Mark Ellis (12), Missouri over John Wise, Illinois — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  13. Matt Fields (4), Iowa over Reece Hopkin, Northern Colorado — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  14. Mike Spaid (11), Bloomsburg (PA) over Levon Mock, Brown (RI) — Fall 2:06 · View bout
  15. Nate Everhart, Indiana (IN) over Ed Bordas, Rider (NJ) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  16. Zach Sheaffer (10), Pittsburgh (PA) over Nick Smith, Boise State (ID) — Fall 4:11 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bubba Gritter (8), Central Michigan over Jermail Porter (9), Kent State (OH) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. David Zabriskie (7), Iowa State over Zach Sheaffer (10), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Dustin Fox (1), Northwestern (IL) over Josh Wine, Virginia Military — Fall 2:44 · View bout
  4. Ed Prendergast (3), Navy (MD) over Dustin Rogers, West Virginia — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  5. James 'JD' Bergman (2), Ohio State over Joe Fendone, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  6. Jared Rosholt (5), Oklahoma State over Mark Ellis (12), Missouri — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  7. Kyle Massey (6), Wisconsin over Mike Spaid (11), Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  8. Matt Fields (4), Iowa over Nate Everhart, Indiana (IN) — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dustin Fox (1), Northwestern (IL) over Bubba Gritter (8), Central Michigan — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Ed Prendergast (3), Navy (MD) over Kyle Massey (6), Wisconsin — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  3. James 'JD' Bergman (2), Ohio State over David Zabriskie (7), Iowa State — MD 11–1 · View bout
  4. Jared Rosholt (5), Oklahoma State over Matt Fields (4), Iowa — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dustin Fox (1), Northwestern (IL) over Jared Rosholt (5), Oklahoma State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. James 'JD' Bergman (2), Ohio State over Ed Prendergast (3), Navy (MD) — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Dustin Fox (1), Northwestern (IL) over James 'JD' Bergman (2), Ohio State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Justin Dobies, North Carolina over Mitch Monteiro, California-Bakersfield — Dec 12–6 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Ben Berhow, Minnesota over Nathan Thobaden, Army (NY) — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  2. John Wise, Illinois over Trey McLean, Pennsylvania — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  3. Jon May, Nebraska over Andy Totusek, Old Dominion (VA) — MD 12–2 · View bout
  4. Justin Dobies, North Carolina over Nick Smith, Boise State (ID) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  5. Rashad Goff, Cleveland State (OH) over Levon Mock, Brown (RI) — MD 9–0 · View bout
  6. Reece Hopkin, Northern Colorado over Ed Bordas, Rider (NJ) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  7. Ryan Flores, Columbia (NY) over Charlie Alexander, Oregon — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  8. Travis Gardner, Oregon State over Patrick 'Bram' Walker, Liberty (VA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Dustin Rogers, West Virginia over Ben Berhow, Minnesota — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. Jermail Porter (9), Kent State (OH) over Jon May, Nebraska — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  3. John Wise, Illinois over Joe Fendone, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  4. Justin Dobies, North Carolina over Nate Everhart, Indiana (IN) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  5. Mark Ellis (12), Missouri over Travis Gardner, Oregon State — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  6. Mike Spaid (11), Bloomsburg (PA) over Ryan Flores, Columbia (NY) — MD 12–3 · View bout
  7. Rashad Goff, Cleveland State (OH) over Josh Wine, Virginia Military — Dec 1–0 · View bout
  8. Reece Hopkin, Northern Colorado over Zach Sheaffer (10), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Jermail Porter (9), Kent State (OH) over Rashad Goff, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. John Wise, Illinois over Reece Hopkin, Northern Colorado — MD 8–0 · View bout
  3. Mark Ellis (12), Missouri over Justin Dobies, North Carolina — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  4. Mike Spaid (11), Bloomsburg (PA) over Dustin Rogers, West Virginia — Fall 0:45 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Bubba Gritter (8), Central Michigan over John Wise, Illinois — MD 11–2 · View bout
  2. David Zabriskie (7), Iowa State over Jermail Porter (9), Kent State (OH) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Kyle Massey (6), Wisconsin over Mark Ellis (12), Missouri — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  4. Matt Fields (4), Iowa over Mike Spaid (11), Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. David Zabriskie (7), Iowa State over Kyle Massey (6), Wisconsin — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Matt Fields (4), Iowa over Bubba Gritter (8), Central Michigan — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ed Prendergast (3), Navy (MD) over Matt Fields (4), Iowa — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Jared Rosholt (5), Oklahoma State over David Zabriskie (7), Iowa State — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ed Prendergast (3), Navy (MD) over Jared Rosholt (5), Oklahoma State — Dec 4–1 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Matt Fields (4), Iowa over David Zabriskie (7), Iowa State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Bubba Gritter (8), Central Michigan over Kyle Massey (6), Wisconsin — Dflt · View bout

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