NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

2006 NCAA Championships

141 lb

Champion Nate Gallick, Iowa State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Nate GallickISU
  2. 2Teyon WareOU
  3. 3Cory CoopermanLEH
  4. 4Ryan LangNW
  5. 5John 'Andy' SimmonsMSU
  6. 6Brandon RaderWVU
  7. 7Alex TsirtsisIOWA
  8. 8David HoffmanVT

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 4 bouts

28 byes into the round of 32

  1. Cesar Grajales, Pennsylvania over Casio Pero, Illinois — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Charles Griffin, Hofstra (NY) over Josh Wooton (11), Northern Illinois — MD 16–5 · View bout
  3. Josh Churella (5), Michigan over Steve Adamcsik, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  4. Michael Keefe, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Dewitt Driscoll, Penn State — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Alex Tsirtsis (7), Iowa over David Pienaar, Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  2. Brandon Rader (9), West Virginia over Cesar Grajales, Pennsylvania — Fall 5:24 · View bout
  3. CJ Ettelson, Northern Iowa over Vincent Ramirez, North Carolina — Fall 4:09 · View bout
  4. Cory Cooperman (3), Lehigh (PA) over Kevin Artis, North Carolina-Greensboro — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  5. Dave Roberts, California-Poly over Mike Hurley, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  6. Derek Moore (8), California-Davis over Brandon Carter, Central Michigan — Fall 4:30 · View bout
  7. Ed Gutnik, Wisconsin over Kyle Larson, Oregon State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  8. John 'Andy' Simmons (4), Michigan State over Brad Forbes, Bloomsburg (PA) — Fall 4:30 · View bout
  9. Josh Churella (5), Michigan over Jacob Kriegbaum, Air Force (CO) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  10. Max Meltzer, Harvard (MA) over Charles Griffin, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  11. Nate Gallick (1), Iowa State over David Hoffman, Virginia Tech — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  12. Ronald Tarquinio (10), Pittsburgh (PA) over Michael Keefe, Tennessee-Chattanooga — MD 13–3 · View bout
  13. Ryan Lang (6), Northwestern (IL) over Dominick Moyer, Nebraska — Fall 3:57 · View bout
  14. Sal Tirico, Columbia (NY) over Cody Becker, Millersville (PA) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  15. Sean Markey (12), Citadel (SC) over Chris Davis, Sacred Heart (CT) — Fall 1:10 · View bout
  16. Teyon Ware (2), Oklahoma over Manny Rivera, Minnesota — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Alex Tsirtsis (7), Iowa over Ronald Tarquinio (10), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  2. Brandon Rader (9), West Virginia over Derek Moore (8), California-Davis — Fall 2:17 · View bout
  3. Cory Cooperman (3), Lehigh (PA) over Sal Tirico, Columbia (NY) — MD 9–1 · View bout
  4. John 'Andy' Simmons (4), Michigan State over CJ Ettelson, Northern Iowa — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  5. Josh Churella (5), Michigan over Sean Markey (12), Citadel (SC) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  6. Nate Gallick (1), Iowa State over Dave Roberts, California-Poly — MD 9–1 · View bout
  7. Ryan Lang (6), Northwestern (IL) over Max Meltzer, Harvard (MA) — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  8. Teyon Ware (2), Oklahoma over Ed Gutnik, Wisconsin — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Cory Cooperman (3), Lehigh (PA) over Ryan Lang (6), Northwestern (IL) — Fall 6:05 · View bout
  2. John 'Andy' Simmons (4), Michigan State over Josh Churella (5), Michigan — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. Nate Gallick (1), Iowa State over Brandon Rader (9), West Virginia — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  4. Teyon Ware (2), Oklahoma over Alex Tsirtsis (7), Iowa — MD 12–4 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Nate Gallick (1), Iowa State over John 'Andy' Simmons (4), Michigan State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Teyon Ware (2), Oklahoma over Cory Cooperman (3), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Nate Gallick (1), Iowa State over Teyon Ware (2), Oklahoma — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 4 bouts

  1. Casio Pero, Illinois over Michael Keefe, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  2. Dewitt Driscoll, Penn State over Cesar Grajales, Pennsylvania — MD 13–4 · View bout
  3. Dominick Moyer, Nebraska over Steve Adamcsik, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  4. Josh Wooton (11), Northern Illinois over Chris Davis, Sacred Heart (CT) — MD 22–9 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Brad Forbes, Bloomsburg (PA) over Vincent Ramirez, North Carolina — Dec 11–10 · View bout
  2. Charles Griffin, Hofstra (NY) over Dominick Moyer, Nebraska — Fall 1:47 · View bout
  3. David Hoffman, Virginia Tech over Mike Hurley, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  4. David Pienaar, Slippery Rock (PA) over Casio Pero, Illinois — Dflt · View bout
  5. Dewitt Driscoll, Penn State over Brandon Carter, Central Michigan — Fall 3:54 · View bout
  6. Josh Wooton (11), Northern Illinois over Jacob Kriegbaum, Air Force (CO) — MD 17–9 · View bout
  7. Kevin Artis, North Carolina-Greensboro over Cody Becker, Millersville (PA) — MD 11–0 · View bout
  8. Manny Rivera, Minnesota over Kyle Larson, Oregon State — Dec 7–4 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. CJ Ettelson, Northern Iowa over David Pienaar, Slippery Rock (PA) — Fall 2:14 · View bout
  2. Dave Roberts, California-Poly over Charles Griffin, Hofstra (NY) — MD 15–3 · View bout
  3. David Hoffman, Virginia Tech over Max Meltzer, Harvard (MA) — Fall 6:59 · View bout
  4. Dewitt Driscoll, Penn State over Sal Tirico, Columbia (NY) — Fall 0:41 · View bout
  5. Josh Wooton (11), Northern Illinois over Ed Gutnik, Wisconsin — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  6. Kevin Artis, North Carolina-Greensboro over Derek Moore (8), California-Davis — Dflt · View bout
  7. Ronald Tarquinio (10), Pittsburgh (PA) over Brad Forbes, Bloomsburg (PA) — Fall 4:12 · View bout
  8. Sean Markey (12), Citadel (SC) over Manny Rivera, Minnesota — Dec 9–2 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. CJ Ettelson, Northern Iowa over Sean Markey (12), Citadel (SC) — Fall 1:27 · View bout
  2. David Hoffman, Virginia Tech over Dewitt Driscoll, Penn State — MD 13–2 · View bout
  3. Kevin Artis, North Carolina-Greensboro over Dave Roberts, California-Poly — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  4. Ronald Tarquinio (10), Pittsburgh (PA) over Josh Wooton (11), Northern Illinois — Dec 7–2 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Alex Tsirtsis (7), Iowa over Kevin Artis, North Carolina-Greensboro — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  2. Brandon Rader (9), West Virginia over Ronald Tarquinio (10), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  3. David Hoffman, Virginia Tech over Josh Churella (5), Michigan — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  4. Ryan Lang (6), Northwestern (IL) over CJ Ettelson, Northern Iowa — Dec 7–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Brandon Rader (9), West Virginia over David Hoffman, Virginia Tech — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  2. Ryan Lang (6), Northwestern (IL) over Alex Tsirtsis (7), Iowa — Dec 7–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Cory Cooperman (3), Lehigh (PA) over Brandon Rader (9), West Virginia — MD 12–4 · View bout
  2. Ryan Lang (6), Northwestern (IL) over John 'Andy' Simmons (4), Michigan State — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Cory Cooperman (3), Lehigh (PA) over Ryan Lang (6), Northwestern (IL) — MD 9–0 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. John 'Andy' Simmons (4), Michigan State over Brandon Rader (9), West Virginia — MD 11–2 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Alex Tsirtsis (7), Iowa over David Hoffman, Virginia Tech — Dec 4–2 · View bout