NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

2003 NCAA Championships

184 lb

Champion Jake Rosholt, Oklahoma State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Jake RosholtOKST
  2. 2Scott BarkerMIZZ
  3. 3Josh LambrechtOU
  4. 4Jessman SmithIOWA
  5. 5Clint WattenbergCOR
  6. 6Ben HeizerNIU
  7. 7Mark BecksPSU
  8. 8Greg ParkerPRIN

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 2 bouts

30 byes into the round of 32

  1. Ben Wissel, Purdue (IN) over Scott Justus, Virginia Tech — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. Josh Lambrecht (6), Oklahoma over Ralph DeNisco, Wisconsin — Dec 10–6 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Alex Clemsen, Edinboro (PA) over Brad Christie, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Austen Palmer, Iowa State over Rowdy Lundegreen, California-Fullerton — MD 12–3 · View bout
  3. Ben Heizer (9), Northern Illinois over Jordan Holm, Northern Iowa — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  4. Clint Wattenberg (3), Cornell (NY) over Ryan Wilman, West Virginia — TF 15–0 · View bout
  5. Dave Colabella, James Madison (VA) over Casey Kapustka, Ohio State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  6. Ed Strauss, Boston (MA) over Bryan Travers, California-Bakersfield — MD 19–8 · View bout
  7. Gerald Harris (7), Cleveland State (OH) over Nick Ciarcia, Brown (RI) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  8. Greg Parker (2), Princeton (NJ) over Tony D'Amico, Boise State (ID) — MD 15–2 · View bout
  9. Jake Rosholt (10), Oklahoma State over Keith Clifton, Citadel (SC) — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  10. Jake Stork, Maryland over Ben Wissel, Purdue (IN) — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  11. Jessman Smith (1), Iowa over Jed Pennell, Oregon State — MD 14–4 · View bout
  12. Josh Lambrecht (6), Oklahoma over Brian Neuman, Duquesne (PA) — Fall 4:17 · View bout
  13. Mark Becks (5), Penn State over Russ Vanderheyden, Central Michigan — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  14. Pete Friedl, Illinois over Travis Frick (11), Lehigh (PA) — MD 13–5 · View bout
  15. Ryan Halsey, California-Poly over Ty Matthews (8), Indiana (IN) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  16. Scott Barker (4), Missouri over Dusty Heist, North Carolina — MD 13–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Ben Heizer (9), Northern Illinois over Ryan Halsey, California-Poly — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  2. Clint Wattenberg (3), Cornell (NY) over Alex Clemsen, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  3. Greg Parker (2), Princeton (NJ) over Ed Strauss, Boston (MA) — TF 19–4 · View bout
  4. Jake Rosholt (10), Oklahoma State over Gerald Harris (7), Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 12–7 · View bout
  5. Jessman Smith (1), Iowa over Austen Palmer, Iowa State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  6. Josh Lambrecht (6), Oklahoma over Pete Friedl, Illinois — Fall 2:53 · View bout
  7. Mark Becks (5), Penn State over Jake Stork, Maryland — Dec 9–8 · View bout
  8. Scott Barker (4), Missouri over Dave Colabella, James Madison (VA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Jake Rosholt (10), Oklahoma State over Greg Parker (2), Princeton (NJ) — Fall 2:20 · View bout
  2. Jessman Smith (1), Iowa over Ben Heizer (9), Northern Illinois — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  3. Josh Lambrecht (6), Oklahoma over Clint Wattenberg (3), Cornell (NY) — Fall 4:31 · View bout
  4. Scott Barker (4), Missouri over Mark Becks (5), Penn State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jake Rosholt (10), Oklahoma State over Josh Lambrecht (6), Oklahoma — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  2. Scott Barker (4), Missouri over Jessman Smith (1), Iowa — Dec 9–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Jake Rosholt (10), Oklahoma State over Scott Barker (4), Missouri — MD 13–5 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 2 bouts

  1. Ralph DeNisco, Wisconsin over Russ Vanderheyden, Central Michigan — Dec 13–10 · View bout
  2. Scott Justus, Virginia Tech over Travis Frick (11), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 9–3 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Brad Christie, Hofstra (NY) over Ryan Wilman, West Virginia — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  2. Casey Kapustka, Ohio State over Dusty Heist, North Carolina — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Jed Pennell, Oregon State over Rowdy Lundegreen, California-Fullerton — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  4. Jordan Holm, Northern Iowa over Ty Matthews (8), Indiana (IN) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  5. Nick Ciarcia, Brown (RI) over Keith Clifton, Citadel (SC) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  6. Ralph DeNisco, Wisconsin over Ben Wissel, Purdue (IN) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  7. Scott Justus, Virginia Tech over Brian Neuman, Duquesne (PA) — Fall 2:10 · View bout
  8. Tony D'Amico, Boise State (ID) over Bryan Travers, California-Bakersfield — Dec 7–2 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Dave Colabella, James Madison (VA) over Nick Ciarcia, Brown (RI) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Gerald Harris (7), Cleveland State (OH) over Casey Kapustka, Ohio State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  3. Jake Stork, Maryland over Tony D'Amico, Boise State (ID) — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  4. Jordan Holm, Northern Iowa over Alex Clemsen, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  5. Pete Friedl, Illinois over Jed Pennell, Oregon State — MD 11–1 · View bout
  6. Ralph DeNisco, Wisconsin over Ed Strauss, Boston (MA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  7. Ryan Halsey, California-Poly over Brad Christie, Hofstra (NY) — Fall 1:40 · View bout
  8. Scott Justus, Virginia Tech over Austen Palmer, Iowa State — Dec 9–2 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Jake Stork, Maryland over Dave Colabella, James Madison (VA) — TF 16–1 · View bout
  2. Jordan Holm, Northern Iowa over Pete Friedl, Illinois — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  3. Ralph DeNisco, Wisconsin over Gerald Harris (7), Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  4. Scott Justus, Virginia Tech over Ryan Halsey, California-Poly — Dec 10–6 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Ben Heizer (9), Northern Illinois over Ralph DeNisco, Wisconsin — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  2. Clint Wattenberg (3), Cornell (NY) over Jake Stork, Maryland — MD 18–6 · View bout
  3. Greg Parker (2), Princeton (NJ) over Scott Justus, Virginia Tech — MD 14–2 · View bout
  4. Mark Becks (5), Penn State over Jordan Holm, Northern Iowa — Dec 9–4 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Ben Heizer (9), Northern Illinois over Mark Becks (5), Penn State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Clint Wattenberg (3), Cornell (NY) over Greg Parker (2), Princeton (NJ) — Dec 16–12 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jessman Smith (1), Iowa over Clint Wattenberg (3), Cornell (NY) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Josh Lambrecht (6), Oklahoma over Ben Heizer (9), Northern Illinois — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Josh Lambrecht (6), Oklahoma over Jessman Smith (1), Iowa — Dec 5–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Clint Wattenberg (3), Cornell (NY) over Ben Heizer (9), Northern Illinois — Dec 9–5 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Mark Becks (5), Penn State over Greg Parker (2), Princeton (NJ) — Dec 5–3 · View bout