NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

2002 NCAA Championships

174 lb

Champion Greg Jones, West Virginia.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Greg JonesWVU
  2. 2Greg ParkerPRIN
  3. 3Josh KoscheckEDIN
  4. 4Nathan CoyORST
  5. 5Erick 'Otto' OlsonMICH
  6. 6Rick SpringmanPENN
  7. 7Terry ParhamAF
  8. 8Michael BargerOU

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 5 bouts

27 byes into the round of 32

  1. Michael Barger, Oklahoma over Brady Reinke, Wisconsin — Fall 0:49 · View bout
  2. Ralph Everett, Hofstra (NY) over Shane Webster, Oregon — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Rick Springman (6), Pennsylvania over Pat Owens, Boise State (ID) — TF 16–1 · View bout
  4. Terry Parham, Air Force (CO) over Rashad Evans, Michigan State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  5. Tony Gansen, Central Michigan over Dustin Kawa, North Carolina State — Dec 11–8 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Andrew Roy, Rutgers (NJ) over Ralph Everett, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  2. Erick 'Otto' Olson (1), Michigan over Mark Canty, North Carolina — Fall · View bout
  3. Greg Jones (2), West Virginia over Steve Strange, California-Poly — Dec 17–10 · View bout
  4. Greg Parker (4), Princeton (NJ) over Brian Glynn, Illinois — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  5. Jacob Volkmann (8), Minnesota over Luke Moore, Ohio — TF 18–3 · View bout
  6. John Kopnisky (12), Missouri over Curtis Yeager, Millersville (PA) — Fall 4:01 · View bout
  7. Josh Koscheck (3), Edinboro (PA) over Lantz Nixon, Campbell (NC) — MD 10–0 · View bout
  8. Matt Erwin, Virginia Military over Jeff Rusak (5), Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  9. Michael Barger, Oklahoma over Eric Hauan, Northern Iowa — MD 10–1 · View bout
  10. Nathan Coy (11), Oregon State over Gerald Harris, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  11. Nick Passolano, Iowa State over Tony Gansen, Central Michigan — Fall 2:45 · View bout
  12. Rick Springman (6), Pennsylvania over Tony Denke, Nebraska — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  13. Ryan Lange (9), Purdue (IN) over Bill Lowney, Northern Illinois — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  14. Terry Parham, Air Force (CO) over Jim Stanec, Cornell (NY) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  15. Ty Wilcox (10), Oklahoma State over Ed Pawlak, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  16. Tyler Nixt (7), Iowa over Ben Chunko, Drexel (PA) — MD 18–5 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Erick 'Otto' Olson (1), Michigan over Terry Parham, Air Force (CO) — MD 18–10 · View bout
  2. Greg Jones (2), West Virginia over Michael Barger, Oklahoma — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  3. Greg Parker (4), Princeton (NJ) over Andrew Roy, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  4. John Kopnisky (12), Missouri over Matt Erwin, Virginia Military — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  5. Josh Koscheck (3), Edinboro (PA) over Nick Passolano, Iowa State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  6. Rick Springman (6), Pennsylvania over Nathan Coy (11), Oregon State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  7. Ryan Lange (9), Purdue (IN) over Jacob Volkmann (8), Minnesota — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  8. Tyler Nixt (7), Iowa over Ty Wilcox (10), Oklahoma State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Erick 'Otto' Olson (1), Michigan over Ryan Lange (9), Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Greg Jones (2), West Virginia over Tyler Nixt (7), Iowa — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  3. Greg Parker (4), Princeton (NJ) over John Kopnisky (12), Missouri — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  4. Rick Springman (6), Pennsylvania over Josh Koscheck (3), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Greg Jones (2), West Virginia over Rick Springman (6), Pennsylvania — MD 15–5 · View bout
  2. Greg Parker (4), Princeton (NJ) over Erick 'Otto' Olson (1), Michigan — Dec 12–8 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Greg Jones (2), West Virginia over Greg Parker (4), Princeton (NJ) — Dec 12–5 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 5 bouts

  1. Dustin Kawa, North Carolina State over Ralph Everett, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Eric Hauan, Northern Iowa over Rashad Evans, Michigan State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  3. Jeff Rusak (5), Old Dominion (VA) over Pat Owens, Boise State (ID) — Fall 0:59 · View bout
  4. Jim Stanec, Cornell (NY) over Brady Reinke, Wisconsin — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  5. Shane Webster, Oregon over Tony Gansen, Central Michigan — Dec 18–15 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Ben Chunko, Drexel (PA) over Ed Pawlak, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  2. Brian Glynn, Illinois over Dustin Kawa, North Carolina State — Fall 6:59 · View bout
  3. Gerald Harris, Cleveland State (OH) over Tony Denke, Nebraska — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  4. Jeff Rusak (5), Old Dominion (VA) over Curtis Yeager, Millersville (PA) — Fall 2:56 · View bout
  5. Jim Stanec, Cornell (NY) over Mark Canty, North Carolina — Fall 5:52 · View bout
  6. Lantz Nixon, Campbell (NC) over Shane Webster, Oregon — Dec 18–13 · View bout
  7. Luke Moore, Ohio over Bill Lowney, Northern Illinois — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  8. Steve Strange, California-Poly over Eric Hauan, Northern Iowa — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Ben Chunko, Drexel (PA) over Andrew Roy, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  2. Jacob Volkmann (8), Minnesota over Lantz Nixon, Campbell (NC) — MD 11–2 · View bout
  3. Matt Erwin, Virginia Military over Steve Strange, California-Poly — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  4. Michael Barger, Oklahoma over Jeff Rusak (5), Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  5. Nathan Coy (11), Oregon State over Jim Stanec, Cornell (NY) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  6. Nick Passolano, Iowa State over Luke Moore, Ohio — Fall 4:04 · View bout
  7. Terry Parham, Air Force (CO) over Gerald Harris, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  8. Ty Wilcox (10), Oklahoma State over Brian Glynn, Illinois — Fall 1:58 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Ben Chunko, Drexel (PA) over Matt Erwin, Virginia Military — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  2. Michael Barger, Oklahoma over Ty Wilcox (10), Oklahoma State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  3. Nathan Coy (11), Oregon State over Nick Passolano, Iowa State — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  4. Terry Parham, Air Force (CO) over Jacob Volkmann (8), Minnesota — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Josh Koscheck (3), Edinboro (PA) over Ben Chunko, Drexel (PA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  2. Michael Barger, Oklahoma over Ryan Lange (9), Purdue (IN) — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  3. Nathan Coy (11), Oregon State over John Kopnisky (12), Missouri — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  4. Terry Parham, Air Force (CO) over Tyler Nixt (7), Iowa — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Josh Koscheck (3), Edinboro (PA) over Terry Parham, Air Force (CO) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Nathan Coy (11), Oregon State over Michael Barger, Oklahoma — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Josh Koscheck (3), Edinboro (PA) over Erick 'Otto' Olson (1), Michigan — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Nathan Coy (11), Oregon State over Rick Springman (6), Pennsylvania — Dec 7–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Josh Koscheck (3), Edinboro (PA) over Nathan Coy (11), Oregon State — MD 9–1 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Erick 'Otto' Olson (1), Michigan over Rick Springman (6), Pennsylvania — Dec 6–5 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Terry Parham, Air Force (CO) over Michael Barger, Oklahoma — Dec 6–4 · View bout