NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

2016 NCAA Championships

184 lb

Champion Gabe Dean, Cornell (NY).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Gabe DeanCOR
  2. 2Timothy 'TJ' DudleyNEB
  3. 3Pete RendaNCST
  4. 4Nolan BoydOKST
  5. 5Mathew MillerNAVY
  6. 6Willie MiklusMIZZ
  7. 7Nate BrownLEH
  8. 8Sammy BrooksIOWA

Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

  1. Jack Dechow, Old Dominion (VA) over Ville Heino, Campbell (NC) — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Blake Stauffer (6), Arizona State over Kenny Courts, Ohio State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Domenic Abounader (4), Michigan over Jeffrey Koepke, Illinois — MD 8–0 · View bout
  3. Gabe Dean (1), Cornell (NY) over Jack Dechow, Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  4. Hayden Zillmer (12), North Dakota State over Dane Pestano, Iowa State — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  5. Joe Ariola, Buffalo (NY) over Vic Avery (3), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  6. Jordan Ellingwood, Central Michigan over Nick Gravina (15), Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  7. Lawrence 'Lorenzo' Thomas (11), Pennsylvania over Jakob 'Bubba' Scheffel, West Virginia — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  8. Mathew Miller (9), Navy (MD) over Steven Schneider, Binghamton (NY) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  9. Nate Brown (10), Lehigh (PA) over Ryan Christensen, Wisconsin — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  10. Nolan Boyd (8), Oklahoma State over Alex Utley, North Carolina — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  11. Pete Renda (13), North Carolina State over Samson Imonode, Army (NY) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  12. Sammy Brooks (2), Iowa over John Lampe, Tennessee-Chattanooga — TF 23–8 · View bout
  13. Timothy 'TJ' Dudley (7), Nebraska over Garet Krohn, Stanford (CA) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  14. Tom Sleigh, Bucknell (PA) over Matt McCutcheon (16), Penn State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  15. Willie Miklus (14), Missouri over Corey Griego, Oregon State — MD 15–6 · View bout
  16. Zachary Zavatsky (5), Virginia Tech over Andrew Romanchik, Ohio — Dec 9–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Gabe Dean (1), Cornell (NY) over Tom Sleigh, Bucknell (PA) — Fall 1:57 · View bout
  2. Lawrence 'Lorenzo' Thomas (11), Pennsylvania over Blake Stauffer (6), Arizona State — MD 10–1 · View bout
  3. Nolan Boyd (8), Oklahoma State over Mathew Miller (9), Navy (MD) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  4. Pete Renda (13), North Carolina State over Domenic Abounader (4), Michigan — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  5. Sammy Brooks (2), Iowa over Jordan Ellingwood, Central Michigan — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  6. Timothy 'TJ' Dudley (7), Nebraska over Nate Brown (10), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  7. Willie Miklus (14), Missouri over Joe Ariola, Buffalo (NY) — MD 9–1 · View bout
  8. Zachary Zavatsky (5), Virginia Tech over Hayden Zillmer (12), North Dakota State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Gabe Dean (1), Cornell (NY) over Nolan Boyd (8), Oklahoma State — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  2. Pete Renda (13), North Carolina State over Zachary Zavatsky (5), Virginia Tech — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Timothy 'TJ' Dudley (7), Nebraska over Sammy Brooks (2), Iowa — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  4. Willie Miklus (14), Missouri over Lawrence 'Lorenzo' Thomas (11), Pennsylvania — MD 16–6 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Gabe Dean (1), Cornell (NY) over Pete Renda (13), North Carolina State — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  2. Timothy 'TJ' Dudley (7), Nebraska over Willie Miklus (14), Missouri — MD 12–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Gabe Dean (1), Cornell (NY) over Timothy 'TJ' Dudley (7), Nebraska — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Vic Avery (3), Edinboro (PA) over Ville Heino, Campbell (NC) — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Alex Utley, North Carolina over Steven Schneider, Binghamton (NY) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Andrew Romanchik, Ohio over Dane Pestano, Iowa State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Corey Griego, Oregon State over Vic Avery (3), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  4. Garet Krohn, Stanford (CA) over Ryan Christensen, Wisconsin — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  5. Jack Dechow, Old Dominion (VA) over Matt McCutcheon (16), Penn State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  6. Jakob 'Bubba' Scheffel, West Virginia over Kenny Courts, Ohio State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  7. Jeffrey Koepke, Illinois over Samson Imonode, Army (NY) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  8. Nick Gravina (15), Rutgers (NJ) over John Lampe, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Blake Stauffer (6), Arizona State over Andrew Romanchik, Ohio — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Domenic Abounader (4), Michigan over Corey Griego, Oregon State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  3. Hayden Zillmer (12), North Dakota State over Jakob 'Bubba' Scheffel, West Virginia — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  4. Jack Dechow, Old Dominion (VA) over Jordan Ellingwood, Central Michigan — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  5. Jeffrey Koepke, Illinois over Joe Ariola, Buffalo (NY) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  6. Mathew Miller (9), Navy (MD) over Garet Krohn, Stanford (CA) — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  7. Nate Brown (10), Lehigh (PA) over Alex Utley, North Carolina — MD 15–4 · View bout
  8. Tom Sleigh, Bucknell (PA) over Nick Gravina (15), Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Blake Stauffer (6), Arizona State over Jeffrey Koepke, Illinois — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Domenic Abounader (4), Michigan over Hayden Zillmer (12), North Dakota State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Mathew Miller (9), Navy (MD) over Tom Sleigh, Bucknell (PA) — Fall 1:13 · View bout
  4. Nate Brown (10), Lehigh (PA) over Jack Dechow, Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Mathew Miller (9), Navy (MD) over Lawrence 'Lorenzo' Thomas (11), Pennsylvania — Fall 1:50 · View bout
  2. Nate Brown (10), Lehigh (PA) over Zachary Zavatsky (5), Virginia Tech — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  3. Nolan Boyd (8), Oklahoma State over Blake Stauffer (6), Arizona State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  4. Sammy Brooks (2), Iowa over Domenic Abounader (4), Michigan — Dec 13–7 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Mathew Miller (9), Navy (MD) over Sammy Brooks (2), Iowa — Fall 2:35 · View bout
  2. Nolan Boyd (8), Oklahoma State over Nate Brown (10), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Nolan Boyd (8), Oklahoma State over Willie Miklus (14), Missouri — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  2. Pete Renda (13), North Carolina State over Mathew Miller (9), Navy (MD) — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Pete Renda (13), North Carolina State over Nolan Boyd (8), Oklahoma State — TF 18–3 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Mathew Miller (9), Navy (MD) over Willie Miklus (14), Missouri — Dec 4–2 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Nate Brown (10), Lehigh (PA) over Sammy Brooks (2), Iowa — Dec 9–3 · View bout

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