NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

2012 NCAA Championships

157 lb

Champion Kyle Dake, Cornell (NY).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Kyle DakeCOR
  2. 2Derek St. JohnIOWA
  3. 3Dylan AltonPSU
  4. 4Jason WelchNW
  5. 5James FlemingClarion (PA)
  6. 6Ganbayar SanjaaAmerican (DC)
  7. 7James GreenNEB
  8. 8Walter PeppelmanHARV

Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

  1. Josh Demas, Ohio State over Mallie Shuster, Kent State (OH) — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Anthony Jones Jr. (10), Michigan State over Albert White, Oklahoma State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Daniel Kolodzik, Princeton (NJ) over Kyle John, Maryland — MD 9–0 · View bout
  3. David Bonin, Northern Iowa over Walter Peppelman (4), Harvard (MA) — Fall 2:55 · View bout
  4. Derek St. John (2), Iowa over Drake Houdashelt, Missouri — MD 9–1 · View bout
  5. Dylan Alton (7), Penn State over Jake O'Hara, Columbia (NY) — MD 12–4 · View bout
  6. Frank Hickman (8), Bloomsburg (PA) over Bobby Barnhisel, Navy (MD) — Fall 2:41 · View bout
  7. Ganbayar Sanjaa (5), American (DC) over Josh Demas, Ohio State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  8. James Fleming (6), Clarion (PA) over Dan Waddell, Tennessee-Chattanooga — MD 10–0 · View bout
  9. James Green (11), Nebraska over Brian Tanen, Lehigh (PA) — MD 16–7 · View bout
  10. Jason Welch (3), Northwestern (IL) over Matt Lester, Oklahoma — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  11. Josh Kreimier, Air Force (CO) over Georgi Ivanov, Boise State (ID) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  12. Justin Lister (9), Binghamton (NY) over Aaron Sulzer, Eastern Michigan — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  13. Kyle Dake (1), Cornell (NY) over John Nicholson, Old Dominion (VA) — Fall 1:13 · View bout
  14. Roger 'RJ' Pena, Oregon State over Corey Mock, North Carolina — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  15. Steven Monk (12), North Dakota State over Donnie Corby, Central Michigan — Dec 1–0 · View bout
  16. Tom Churchard, Purdue (IN) over Colton Palmer, North Carolina State — MD 11–1 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Daniel Kolodzik, Princeton (NJ) over David Bonin, Northern Iowa — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  2. Derek St. John (2), Iowa over Roger 'RJ' Pena, Oregon State — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  3. Dylan Alton (7), Penn State over Anthony Jones Jr. (10), Michigan State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  4. Frank Hickman (8), Bloomsburg (PA) over Justin Lister (9), Binghamton (NY) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  5. Ganbayar Sanjaa (5), American (DC) over Steven Monk (12), North Dakota State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  6. James Green (11), Nebraska over James Fleming (6), Clarion (PA) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  7. Jason Welch (3), Northwestern (IL) over Tom Churchard, Purdue (IN) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  8. Kyle Dake (1), Cornell (NY) over Josh Kreimier, Air Force (CO) — Fall 1:31 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Derek St. John (2), Iowa over Dylan Alton (7), Penn State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Ganbayar Sanjaa (5), American (DC) over Daniel Kolodzik, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  3. Jason Welch (3), Northwestern (IL) over James Green (11), Nebraska — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  4. Kyle Dake (1), Cornell (NY) over Frank Hickman (8), Bloomsburg (PA) — Fall 4:10 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Derek St. John (2), Iowa over Jason Welch (3), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  2. Kyle Dake (1), Cornell (NY) over Ganbayar Sanjaa (5), American (DC) — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Kyle Dake (1), Cornell (NY) over Derek St. John (2), Iowa — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Dan Waddell, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Mallie Shuster, Kent State (OH) — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Aaron Sulzer, Eastern Michigan over Bobby Barnhisel, Navy (MD) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Brian Tanen, Lehigh (PA) over Dan Waddell, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  3. Corey Mock, North Carolina over Drake Houdashelt, Missouri — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Jake O'Hara, Columbia (NY) over Albert White, Oklahoma State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  5. John Nicholson, Old Dominion (VA) over Georgi Ivanov, Boise State (ID) — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  6. Josh Demas, Ohio State over Donnie Corby, Central Michigan — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  7. Matt Lester, Oklahoma over Colton Palmer, North Carolina State — MD 13–0 · View bout
  8. Walter Peppelman (4), Harvard (MA) over Kyle John, Maryland — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Jake O'Hara, Columbia (NY) over David Bonin, Northern Iowa — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  2. James Fleming (6), Clarion (PA) over John Nicholson, Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  3. Josh Kreimier, Air Force (CO) over Brian Tanen, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  4. Justin Lister (9), Binghamton (NY) over Matt Lester, Oklahoma — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  5. Roger 'RJ' Pena, Oregon State over Josh Demas, Ohio State — MD 11–1 · View bout
  6. Steven Monk (12), North Dakota State over Corey Mock, North Carolina — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  7. Tom Churchard, Purdue (IN) over Aaron Sulzer, Eastern Michigan — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  8. Walter Peppelman (4), Harvard (MA) over Anthony Jones Jr. (10), Michigan State — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. James Fleming (6), Clarion (PA) over Tom Churchard, Purdue (IN) — TF 15–0 · View bout
  2. Josh Kreimier, Air Force (CO) over Justin Lister (9), Binghamton (NY) — Fall 5:33 · View bout
  3. Steven Monk (12), North Dakota State over Jake O'Hara, Columbia (NY) — MD 12–0 · View bout
  4. Walter Peppelman (4), Harvard (MA) over Roger 'RJ' Pena, Oregon State — Fall 2:29 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Dylan Alton (7), Penn State over Josh Kreimier, Air Force (CO) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. James Fleming (6), Clarion (PA) over Daniel Kolodzik, Princeton (NJ) — Fall 1:52 · View bout
  3. James Green (11), Nebraska over Steven Monk (12), North Dakota State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  4. Walter Peppelman (4), Harvard (MA) over Frank Hickman (8), Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Dylan Alton (7), Penn State over James Green (11), Nebraska — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. James Fleming (6), Clarion (PA) over Walter Peppelman (4), Harvard (MA) — MD 9–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dylan Alton (7), Penn State over Ganbayar Sanjaa (5), American (DC) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  2. Jason Welch (3), Northwestern (IL) over James Fleming (6), Clarion (PA) — Dec 9–5 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Dylan Alton (7), Penn State over Jason Welch (3), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. James Fleming (6), Clarion (PA) over Ganbayar Sanjaa (5), American (DC) — Dec 7–5 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. James Green (11), Nebraska over Walter Peppelman (4), Harvard (MA) — MD 9–1 · View bout

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