76th NCAA Wrestling Tournament 2006 3/16/2006 to 3/18/2006 at Oklahoma City Team Champion Oklahoma State - 122.5 Points Outstanding Wrestler: Ben Askren - Missouri Gorriaran Award: Mark Perry - Iowa Top Ten Team Scores Number of Individual Champs in parentheses. 1 Oklahoma State 122.5 (2) 6 Arizona State 61.5 2 Minnesota 84 (2) 7 Michigan 57.5 3 Oklahoma 80.5 8 Edinboro 56 4 Iowa 70 9 Penn State 53.5 5 Cornell 62 9 Lehigh 53.5 Champions and Place Winners Wrestler's seed in brackets, [US] indicates unseeeded. 1251st: Joe Dubuque [3] - Indiana (8-3) 2nd: Troy Nickerson [5] - Cornell 3rd: Sam Hazewinkel [2] - Oklahoma (6-2) 4th: Nick Simmons [1] - Michigan State 5th: Coleman Scott [6] - Oklahoma State (WBF 0:58) 6th: Chad Mendes [9] - Cal Poly-SLO 7th: John Velez [8] - Northwestern (8-5) 8th: Tanner Gardner [12] - Stanford 1331st: Matt Valenti [6] - Pennsylvania (3-2) 2nd: Chris Fleeger [5] - Purdue 3rd: Shawn Bunch [1] - Edinboro (8-2) 4th: Mack Reiter [4] - Minnesota 5th: Tom Clum [3] - Wisconsin (9-6) 6th: Nathan Morgan [2] - Oklahoma State 7th: Tyler McCormick [US] - Missouri (6-4) 8th: Matt Keller [8] - Tennessee-Chattanooga 1411st: Nate Gallick [1] - Iowa State (3-2) 2nd: Teyon Ware [2] - Oklahoma 3rd: Cory Cooperman [3] - Lehigh (9-0) 4th: Ryan Lang [US] - Northwestern 5th: Andy Simmons [4] - Michigan State (11-2) 6th: Brandon Rader [9] - West Virginia 7th: Alex Tsirtsis [7] - Iowa (4-2 SV) 8th: David Hoffman [US] - Virginia Tech 1491st: Dustin Schlatter [1] - Minnesota (4-0) 2nd: Ty Eustice [2] - Iowa 3rd: Zack Esposito [3] - Oklahoma State (6-4) 4th: Matt Storniolo [4] - Oklahoma 5th: Jon Masa [6] - Hofstra (9-0) 6th: Eric Tannenbaum [8] - Michigan 7th: Gregor Gillespie [7] - Edinboro (WBF 6:22) 8th: Mark DiSalvo [5] - Central Michigan 1571st: Ben Cherrington [5] - Boise State (7-3) 2nd: Brian Stith [10] - Arizona State 3rd: Dustin Manotti [7] - Cornell (8-2) 4th: Trent Paulson [1] - Iowa State 5th: Derek Zinck [11] - Lehigh (9-8) 6th: Joe Johnston [9] - Iowa 7th: Brandon Becker [6] - Indiana (9-4) 8th: Craig Henning [8] - Wisconsin 1651st: Johny Hendricks [2] - Oklahoma State (9-8) 2nd: Ryan Churella [1] - Michigan 3rd: Muzaffar Abdurakhmanov [3] - American (Med FFT) 4th: Deonte Penn [US] - Edinboro 5th: Joey Bracamonte [US] - Oregon (4-3) 6th: Travis Paulson [8] - Iowa State 7th: Dan Thompson [US] - Citadel (8-3) 8th: Eric Luedke [US] - Iowa 1741st: Ben Askren [1] - Missouri (14-2) 2nd: Jake Herbert [2] - Northwestern 3rd: Mark Perry [3] - Iowa (11-2) 4th: Mike Patrovich [5] - Hofstra 5th: Matt Herrington [12] - Pennsylvania (WBF 6:44) 6th: Travis Frick [8] - Lehigh 7th: Jacob Klein [4] - Nebraska (2-0) 8th: James Yonushonis [9] - Penn State 1841st: Shane Webster [5] - Oregon (3-2) 2nd: Roger Kish [2] - Minnesota 3rd: Pete Friedl [6] - Illinois (13-2) 4th: Josh Glenn [1] - American 5th: C.B. Dollaway [10] - Arizona State (6-1) 6th: Joe Mazzurco [4] - Cornell 7th: Ben Wissel [3] - Purdue (8-2) 8th: Eric Bradley [8] - Penn State 1971st: Jake Rosholt [4] - Oklahoma State (10-3) 2nd: Phil Davis [6] - Penn State 3rd: B.J. Padden [3] - Nebraska (5-3) 4th: Jerry Rinaldi [7] - Cornell 5th: Joel Flaggert [5] - Oklahoma (Med FFT) 6th: Chris Weidman [US] - Hofstra 7th: Ryan Bader [8] - Arizona State (5-3) 8th: Wynn Michalak [1] - Central Michigan 2851st: Cole Konrad [1] - Minnesota (5-2 TB2) 2nd: Steve Mocco [2] - Oklahoma State 3rd: Greg Wagner [3] - Michigan (9-1) 4th: Cain Velasquez [4] - Arizona State 5th: Mike Faust [8] - Virginia Tech (3-2 TB2) 6th: Bode Ogunwole [5] - Harvard 7th: Jake Hager [7] - Oklahoma (WBF 2:28) 8th: Kirk Nail [US] - Ohio State Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 2006 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 1 of 30 3/16/2006 to 3/18/2006 at Oklahoma City Nick Simmons, Michigan State [1] Nick Simmons Fall 0:44 Seth Wright, Northern Iowa Nick Simmons Fall 1:00 Mike Watts, Michigan 125 Weight Class Ode Blanc 13-5 Ode Blanc, Lock Haven Nick Simmons Fall 6:44 Chad Mendes, Cal Poly-SLO [9] Chad Mendes Fall 0:47 Brad Gentzle, Pittsburgh Chad Mendes 3-2 Chad Sportelli, Kent State Chad Sportelli 6-5 John Velez, Northwestern [8] Troy Nickerson 2-1 Troy Nickerson, Cornell [5] Troy Nickerson 10-5 Austin Devoe, Missouri Troy Nickerson 3-1 Steve Mytych, Drexel Tanner Gardner 6-1 Tanner Gardner, Stanford [12] William Simpson, Army Troy Nickerson Fall 3:27 Rick Deubel 4-1 Rick Deubel, Edinboro Mike Sees, Bloomsburg Mike Sees 4-1 Mike Sees 8-5 Kyle Ott, Illinois [4] Joe Dubuque 8-3 Joe Dubuque, Indiana [3] Joe Dubuque 5-2 Mike Silengo, Pennsylvania Joe Dubuque 4-0 Collin Cudd, Wisconsin Dave Tomasette TF 16-0, 1:3 Dave Tomasette, Hofstra Joe Dubuque 6-4 Luke Smith, Central Michigan [11] Luke Smith 4-1 Javier Maldonado, Tennessee-Chattanooga Luke Smith Fall 0:33 Bryce Leonhardt, Wyoming Bryce Leonhardt 3-2 Coleman Scott, Oklahoma State [6] Joe Dubuque 2-1 Jeremy Mendoza, Arizona State [7] Jeremy Mendoza 6-0 Justin Staylor, Virginia Tech Paul Donahoe 4-2 Patrick Castillo, Northern Illinois Paul Donahoe 7-5 Paul Donahoe, Nebraska [10] Luke Magnani, Iowa Sam Hazewinkel 5-0 Luke Magnani 8-0 Chris Clarke, Slippery Rock Cory Borges, Fresno State Sam Hazewinkel Fall 6:23 Sam Hazewinkel TF 18-1, 5:3 Sam Hazewinkel, Oklahoma [2] Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 2006 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 2 of 30 3/16/2006 to 3/18/2006 at Oklahoma City Borges, Fresno State Borges 8-3 Clarke, Slippery Rock Gardner 12-2 125 Consolation Bracket Gardner, Stanford Gardner 5-4 Castillo, Northern Illinois Castillo 10-8 Staylor, Virginia Tech Gardner 14-5 Castillo 10-3 Deubel, Edinboro Smith, Central Michigan Scott, Oklahoma State Scott Fall 2:12 Scott 7-0 Maldonado, Tennessee-Chattan Scott TF 22-5, 7:00 Simmons 7-4 Blanc, Lock Haven Simmons, Michigan State Scott 9-2 Cudd, Wisconsin Silengo 10-6 Silengo, Pennsylvania Scott 8-3 Silengo 9-8 Third Place: Sam Hazewinkel, Oklahoma 6-2 Sportelli, Kent State Donahoe, Nebraska Fourth Place: Nick Simmons, Michigan State Ott, Illinois Ott 3-2 Fifth Place: Coleman Scott, Oklahoma State Fall 0:56 Simpson, Army Ott 6-4 Sixth Place: Chad Mendes, Cal Poly-SLO Mendoza, Arizona State Seventh Place: John Velez, Northwestern 8-5 Ott 7-2 Fisk, Lehigh Eighth Place: Tanner Gardner, Stanford Fisk 4-1 Devoe, Missouri Mendes Fall 2:57 Fisk 4-2 Magnani, Iowa Mendes, Cal Poly-SLO Velez, Northwestern Velez 14-2 Mendes 7-4 Gentzle, Pittsburgh Velez 3-1 Hazewinkel 7-1 Tomasette, Hofstra Hazewinkel, Oklahoma Velez 5-3 OT Watts, Michigan Wright Fall 0:27 Wright, Northern Iowa Velez Fall 2:20 Leonhardt 8-6 Leonhardt, Wyoming Sees, Bloomsburg Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 2006 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 3 of 30 3/16/2006 to 3/18/2006 at Oklahoma City Championship Pigtail Bouts for 125 Javier Maldonado - Tennessee-Chattanooga Maldonado 5-2 Matt Fisk - Lehigh Austin Devoe - Missouri Devoe 4-3 Eric Stevenson - Oregon State Consolation Pigtail Bouts for 125 Matt Fisk - Lehigh Fisk 1-0 Steve Mytych - Drexel Coleman Scott - Oklahoma State Scott Fall 0:37 Eric Stevenson - Oregon State Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 2006 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 4 of 30 3/16/2006 to 3/18/2006 at Oklahoma City Shawn Bunch, Edinboro [1] Shawn Bunch 17-5 Jesse Sundell, Iowa State Shawn Bunch 13-2 Ryan Williams, Old Dominion 133 Weight Class Tyler McCormick 7-1 Tyler McCormick, Missouri Shawn Bunch 14-9 Scott Jorgenson, Boise State [9] Phillip Plowman 9-6 Phillip Plowman, Eastern Michigan Matt Keller 8-6 Omar Gaitan, California-Davis Matt Keller Fall 3:34 Matt Keller, Tennessee-Chattanooga [8] Chris Fleeger 9-2 Chris Fleeger, Purdue [5] Chris Fleeger Fall 3:32 Zach Cunliffe, Rider Chris Fleeger 16-3 Chris Helgeson, Northern Iowa Chris Helgeson 13-12 Mark Moos, Michigan [12] Josh Pniewski, Gardner-Webb Chris Fleeger DFT Josh Pniewski 8-2 Reece Humphrey, Ohio State Mark Budd, SUNY-Buffalo Mack Reiter 7-2 Mack Reiter Fall 1:32 Mack Reiter, Minnesota [4] Matt Valenti 3-2 Tom Clum, Wisconsin [3] Tom Clum 11-3 Jared Royer, North Carolina Tom Clum 11-2 Patrick Aleksanyan, Nebraska Patrick Aleksanyan Fall 2:12 Dave Armstrong, Cleveland State Matt Valenti 7-2 Robbie Preston, Harvard [11] Robbie Preston 6-0 Mike Ciotti, Pittsburgh Matt Valenti Fall 6:57 Brandon Strong, Air Force Matt Valenti Fall 5:45 Matt Valenti, Pennsylvania [6] Matt Valenti 7-3 Jake Strayer, Penn State [7] Jake Strayer 4-0 Tommy Vargas, Cal State-Bakersfield Jason Borrelli 9-6 Jason Borrelli, Central Michigan Jason Borrelli 7-4 Darrel Vasquez, Cal Poly-SLO [10] Gabe Flores, Illinois Nathan Morgan 8-4 Gabe Flores 9-3 Joe Baker, Navy Andrae Hernandez, Indiana Nathan Morgan 2-0 Nathan Morgan 9-3 Nathan Morgan, Oklahoma State [2] Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 2006 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 5 of 30 3/16/2006 to 3/18/2006 at Oklahoma City Hernandez, Indiana Baker 16-9 Baker, Navy Helgeson 12-9 133 Consolation Bracket Helgeson, Northern Iowa Vasquez 19-7 Vasquez, Cal Poly-SLO Vasquez 6-0 Vargas, Cal State-Bakersfield Clum 10-8 Vasquez 10-1 Pniewski, Gardner-Webb Clum, Wisconsin Strong, Air Force Ciotti 6-3 Clum 7-4 Ciotti, Pittsburgh McCormick 5-0 Bunch 9-5 McCormick, Missouri Bunch, Edinboro McCormick Fall 1:26 Armstrong, Cleveland State Armstrong 15-8 Royer, North Carolina McCormick 8-4 Armstrong 5-0 Third Place: Shawn Bunch, Edinboro 8-2 Plowman, Eastern Michigan Borrelli, Central Michigan Fourth Place: Mack Reiter, Minnesota Budd, SUNY-Buffalo Budd 7-3 Fifth Place: Tom Clum, Wisconsin 9-6 Humphrey, Ohio State Strayer 7-6 Sixth Place: Nathan Morgan, Oklahoma State Strayer, Penn State Seventh Place: Tyler McCormick, Missouri 6-4 Strayer 7-1 Moos, Michigan Eighth Place: Matt Keller,