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2012 NCAA Championships

184 lb

Champion Steve Bosak, Cornell (NY).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd, 5th, and 7th place bouts

  1. 1Steve BosakCOR
  2. 2Quentin WrightPSU
  3. 3Austin TrotmanAPP
  4. 4Robert HamlinLEH
  5. 5Kevin SteinhausMINN
  6. 6Ben BennettCMU
  7. 7Joe LeBlancWYO
  8. 8Josh IhnenNEB

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Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

31 byes into the round of 32

  1. Jacob Swartz (10), Boise State (ID) over Matt Ryan, West Virginia — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Austin Trotman (9), Appalachian State (NC) over Mac Stoll, North Dakota State — Dec 13–6 · View bout
  2. Ben Bennett (3), Central Michigan over Erich Schmidtke, Oklahoma — MD 9–1 · View bout
  3. Ben Clymer (11), Hofstra (NY) over Ty Vinson, Oregon State — Dec 1–0 · View bout
  4. Erich Smith, Pennsylvania over Kevin Radford, Arizona State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  5. Jacob Swartz (10), Boise State (ID) over Ryan Garringer, Ohio — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  6. Joe LeBlanc (1), Wyoming over Mike Larson, Missouri — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  7. Jon Fausey (12), Virginia over Ian Hinton, Michigan State — MD 9–0 · View bout
  8. Josh Ihnen (7), Nebraska over Ophir Bernstein, Brown (RI) — MD 16–4 · View bout
  9. Kevin Steinhaus (5), Minnesota over Steven Cressley, Clarion (PA) — Fall 6:21 · View bout
  10. Nathan Schiedel, Binghamton (NY) over Brad Dieckhaus, Northern Illinois — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  11. Quentin Wright (6), Penn State over Thomas Ferguson, North Carolina — MD 11–0 · View bout
  12. Robert Hamlin (2), Lehigh (PA) over Casey Newburg, Kent State (OH) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  13. Ryan Loder (8), Northern Iowa over Grant Gambrall, Iowa — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  14. Steve Bosak (4), Cornell (NY) over Braden Atwood, Purdue (IN) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  15. Tony Dallago, Illinois over Luke Rebertus, Navy (MD) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  16. Vic Avery, Edinboro (PA) over Boaz Beard, Iowa State — Dec 9–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Austin Trotman (9), Appalachian State (NC) over Ryan Loder (8), Northern Iowa — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  2. Ben Bennett (3), Central Michigan over Vic Avery, Edinboro (PA) — MD 9–0 · View bout
  3. Joe LeBlanc (1), Wyoming over Erich Smith, Pennsylvania — MD 11–3 · View bout
  4. Josh Ihnen (7), Nebraska over Jacob Swartz (10), Boise State (ID) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  5. Kevin Steinhaus (5), Minnesota over Jon Fausey (12), Virginia — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  6. Quentin Wright (6), Penn State over Ben Clymer (11), Hofstra (NY) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  7. Robert Hamlin (2), Lehigh (PA) over Tony Dallago, Illinois — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  8. Steve Bosak (4), Cornell (NY) over Nathan Schiedel, Binghamton (NY) — MD 10–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Austin Trotman (9), Appalachian State (NC) over Joe LeBlanc (1), Wyoming — Dec 12–9 · View bout
  2. Quentin Wright (6), Penn State over Ben Bennett (3), Central Michigan — Fall 2:35 · View bout
  3. Robert Hamlin (2), Lehigh (PA) over Josh Ihnen (7), Nebraska — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  4. Steve Bosak (4), Cornell (NY) over Kevin Steinhaus (5), Minnesota — Dec 1–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Quentin Wright (6), Penn State over Robert Hamlin (2), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Steve Bosak (4), Cornell (NY) over Austin Trotman (9), Appalachian State (NC) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Steve Bosak (4), Cornell (NY) over Quentin Wright (6), Penn State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Mac Stoll, North Dakota State over Matt Ryan, West Virginia — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Braden Atwood, Purdue (IN) over Brad Dieckhaus, Northern Illinois — MFF · View bout
  2. Casey Newburg, Kent State (OH) over Luke Rebertus, Navy (MD) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  3. Erich Schmidtke, Oklahoma over Boaz Beard, Iowa State — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  4. Grant Gambrall, Iowa over Mac Stoll, North Dakota State — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  5. Ian Hinton, Michigan State over Steven Cressley, Clarion (PA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  6. Mike Larson, Missouri over Kevin Radford, Arizona State — Fall 6:09 · View bout
  7. Ryan Garringer, Ohio over Ophir Bernstein, Brown (RI) — Fall 2:41 · View bout
  8. Thomas Ferguson, North Carolina over Ty Vinson, Oregon State — Dec 7–4 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Grant Gambrall, Iowa over Vic Avery, Edinboro (PA) — MD 13–4 · View bout
  2. Jacob Swartz (10), Boise State (ID) over Braden Atwood, Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Jon Fausey (12), Virginia over Casey Newburg, Kent State (OH) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  4. Mike Larson, Missouri over Ben Clymer (11), Hofstra (NY) — Fall 4:26 · View bout
  5. Nathan Schiedel, Binghamton (NY) over Ryan Garringer, Ohio — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  6. Ryan Loder (8), Northern Iowa over Erich Schmidtke, Oklahoma — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  7. Thomas Ferguson, North Carolina over Erich Smith, Pennsylvania — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  8. Tony Dallago, Illinois over Ian Hinton, Michigan State — MD 10–0 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Jon Fausey (12), Virginia over Nathan Schiedel, Binghamton (NY) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Mike Larson, Missouri over Grant Gambrall, Iowa — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  3. Ryan Loder (8), Northern Iowa over Thomas Ferguson, North Carolina — MD 12–1 · View bout
  4. Tony Dallago, Illinois over Jacob Swartz (10), Boise State (ID) — Fall 0:33 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Ben Bennett (3), Central Michigan over Jon Fausey (12), Virginia — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Joe LeBlanc (1), Wyoming over Tony Dallago, Illinois — Dec 13–6 · View bout
  3. Josh Ihnen (7), Nebraska over Ryan Loder (8), Northern Iowa — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  4. Kevin Steinhaus (5), Minnesota over Mike Larson, Missouri — TF 17–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Ben Bennett (3), Central Michigan over Josh Ihnen (7), Nebraska — Dflt · View bout
  2. Kevin Steinhaus (5), Minnesota over Joe LeBlanc (1), Wyoming — Dec 9–6 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Austin Trotman (9), Appalachian State (NC) over Ben Bennett (3), Central Michigan — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Robert Hamlin (2), Lehigh (PA) over Kevin Steinhaus (5), Minnesota — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Austin Trotman (9), Appalachian State (NC) over Robert Hamlin (2), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Kevin Steinhaus (5), Minnesota over Ben Bennett (3), Central Michigan — Dec 3–1 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Joe LeBlanc (1), Wyoming over Josh Ihnen (7), Nebraska — MFF · View bout