NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1972 NCAA Championships

150 lb

Champion Wade Schalles, Clarion (PA).

There is no bracket drawing for this weight yet. Every recorded bout is listed below by round.

Place winners

  1. 1Wade SchallesCLAR
  2. 2Jarrett HubbardMICH
  3. 3Hajime ShinjoWASH
  4. 4Jay ArnesonOKST
  5. 5Rondo FehlbergBYU
  6. 6Bill BeakleyOU

Championship

Opening round · 4 bouts

  1. Don Jackson, New Mexico over Greg Archer, Marshall (WV) — Fall 4:35 · View bout
  2. Phil Palady, Washington State over Gary Kumm, Buffalo (NY) — Dec 10–1 · View bout
  3. Rick Lawinger, Wisconsin over Ross Chaffin, Navy (MD) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  4. Rondo Fehlberg, Brigham Young (UT) over Bill Hogan, William & Mary (VA) — Dec 14–5 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bill Beakley (6), Oklahoma over Jerry Lawrence, California-Los Angeles — Fall 6:42 · View bout
  2. Bob Tscholl, Ohio over Rob Stover, Maryland — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  3. Clyde Smith Jr. (5), Northwestern (IL) over Sam Jones, Portland State (OR) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  4. Dave Maple, Northern Illinois over Salvatore 'Sam' Salupo, Miami (OH) — Fall 0:49 · View bout
  5. Don Jackson, New Mexico over Herb Campbell, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 0–0 (tiebreaker) · View bout
  6. Glenn Nowicki (8), Missouri over Jeff Spendelow, Yale (CT) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  7. Hajime Shinjo (2), Washington (WA) over Phil Bode, Louisiana State — Sup 18–4 · View bout
  8. Jarrett Hubbard (3), Michigan over Cliff Howlett, Drake (IA) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  9. Jay Arneson (1), Oklahoma State over Duane Stutzman, Oregon — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  10. Loren Vantreese, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Dave Toth, Ashland (OH) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  11. Neil Duncan (7), Hofstra (NY) over Mike Engels, South Dakota State — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  12. Ray Sarinelli, Pennsylvania over Jerry Goldstein, Georgia Tech — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  13. Rick Lawinger, Wisconsin over Larry Zilverberg, Iowa State — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  14. Rondo Fehlberg, Brigham Young (UT) over Dan Holm, Iowa — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  15. Tim Fisher, Idaho State over Phil Palady, Washington State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  16. Wade Schalles (4), Clarion (PA) over John Zenith, California-Los Angeles — Fall 0:59 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill Beakley (6), Oklahoma over Dave Maple, Northern Illinois — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  2. Clyde Smith Jr. (5), Northwestern (IL) over Don Jackson, New Mexico — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  3. Hajime Shinjo (2), Washington (WA) over Loren Vantreese, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Sup 16–5 · View bout
  4. Jarrett Hubbard (3), Michigan over Tim Fisher, Idaho State — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  5. Jay Arneson (1), Oklahoma State over Ray Sarinelli, Pennsylvania — Sup 12–2 · View bout
  6. Rick Lawinger, Wisconsin over Neil Duncan (7), Hofstra (NY) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  7. Rondo Fehlberg, Brigham Young (UT) over Glenn Nowicki (8), Missouri — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  8. Wade Schalles (4), Clarion (PA) over Bob Tscholl, Ohio — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Hajime Shinjo (2), Washington (WA) over Rick Lawinger, Wisconsin — Dec 5–5 (tiebreaker) · View bout
  2. Jarrett Hubbard (3), Michigan over Bill Beakley (6), Oklahoma — Dec 12–7 · View bout
  3. Jay Arneson (1), Oklahoma State over Rondo Fehlberg, Brigham Young (UT) — Dflt · View bout
  4. Wade Schalles (4), Clarion (PA) over Clyde Smith Jr. (5), Northwestern (IL) — Fall 5:29 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jarrett Hubbard (3), Michigan over Hajime Shinjo (2), Washington (WA) — Dec 5–5 (tiebreaker) · View bout
  2. Wade Schalles (4), Clarion (PA) over Jay Arneson (1), Oklahoma State — Fall 6:34 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Wade Schalles (4), Clarion (PA) over Jarrett Hubbard (3), Michigan — Fall 3:52 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Bob Tscholl, Ohio over John Zenith, California-Los Angeles — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Jerry Goldstein, Georgia Tech over Duane Stutzman, Oregon — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  3. Phil Bode, Louisiana State over Loren Vantreese, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Sup 18–8 · View bout
  4. Tim Fisher, Idaho State over Cliff Howlett, Drake (IA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Beakley (6), Oklahoma over Tim Fisher, Idaho State — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. Clyde Smith Jr. (5), Northwestern (IL) over Bob Tscholl, Ohio — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Rick Lawinger, Wisconsin over Phil Bode, Louisiana State — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  4. Rondo Fehlberg, Brigham Young (UT) over Jerry Goldstein, Georgia Tech — Fall 0:38 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Beakley (6), Oklahoma over Rick Lawinger, Wisconsin — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  2. Rondo Fehlberg, Brigham Young (UT) over Clyde Smith Jr. (5), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Hajime Shinjo (2), Washington (WA) over Rondo Fehlberg, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  2. Jay Arneson (1), Oklahoma State over Bill Beakley (6), Oklahoma — Dec 9–6 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Hajime Shinjo (2), Washington (WA) over Jay Arneson (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 9–5 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Rondo Fehlberg, Brigham Young (UT) over Bill Beakley (6), Oklahoma — Dec 3–2 · View bout