NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

2008 NCAA Championships

125 lb

Champion Angel Escobedo, Indiana (IN).Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Angel EscobedoIND
  2. 2Jayson NessMINN
  3. 3Paul DonahoeNEB
  4. 4Mark McKnightPSU
  5. 5Tanner GardnerSTAN
  6. 6Charlie FalckIOWA
  7. 7Brandon PrecinNW
  8. 8James NicholsonODU

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 2 bouts

30 byes into the round of 32

  1. Anthony Robles, Arizona State over Brandon Kinney, Columbia (NY) — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  2. Luke Smith, Central Michigan over Ross Gitomer, Virginia — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Angel Escobedo (1), Indiana (IN) over Anthony Robles, Arizona State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Brandon Precin (8), Northwestern (IL) over Mike Rodriguez, Cornell (NY) — MD 11–0 · View bout
  3. Brandon Zoetewey, California-Bakersfield over Austin 'Caleb' Flores, Northern Iowa — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  4. Charlie Falck (5), Iowa over Fernando Martinez, Army (NY) — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  5. Dave Tomasette (11), Hofstra (NY) over Javier Maldonado, Tennessee-Chattanooga — MD 15–1 · View bout
  6. Eric Hoffman, North Dakota State over Joey Fio, Oklahoma — MD 14–6 · View bout
  7. Gabe Flores (6), Illinois over Nic Bedelyon, Kent State (OH) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  8. James Nicholson (10), Old Dominion (VA) over Eric Morrill, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  9. Jayson Ness (2), Minnesota over Marcos Orozco, California-Davis — Fall 1:17 · View bout
  10. Luke Smith, Central Michigan over Tyler Clark, Iowa State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  11. Mark McKnight, Penn State over Tyler Shinn (12), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  12. Mike Sees (7), Bloomsburg (PA) over Collin Cudd, Wisconsin — MD 21–10 · View bout
  13. Paul Donahoe (3), Nebraska over Nikko Triggas, Ohio State — MD 9–0 · View bout
  14. Rollie Peterkin (9), Pennsylvania over Jon Bittinger, Duquesne (PA) — TF 17–1 · View bout
  15. Tanner Gardner (4), Stanford (CA) over Steve Mytych, Drexel (PA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  16. Tony Mustari, Northern Colorado over Jasen Borshoff, American (DC) — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Angel Escobedo (1), Indiana (IN) over Eric Hoffman, North Dakota State — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Brandon Precin (8), Northwestern (IL) over Rollie Peterkin (9), Pennsylvania — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  3. Charlie Falck (5), Iowa over Mark McKnight, Penn State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Gabe Flores (6), Illinois over Dave Tomasette (11), Hofstra (NY) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  5. James Nicholson (10), Old Dominion (VA) over Mike Sees (7), Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  6. Jayson Ness (2), Minnesota over Luke Smith, Central Michigan — MD 9–0 · View bout
  7. Paul Donahoe (3), Nebraska over Brandon Zoetewey, California-Bakersfield — TF 21–6 · View bout
  8. Tanner Gardner (4), Stanford (CA) over Tony Mustari, Northern Colorado — TF 16–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Angel Escobedo (1), Indiana (IN) over Brandon Precin (8), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 2–2 (tiebreaker) · View bout
  2. Charlie Falck (5), Iowa over Tanner Gardner (4), Stanford (CA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  3. Jayson Ness (2), Minnesota over James Nicholson (10), Old Dominion (VA) — Fall 4:04 · View bout
  4. Paul Donahoe (3), Nebraska over Gabe Flores (6), Illinois — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Angel Escobedo (1), Indiana (IN) over Charlie Falck (5), Iowa — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Jayson Ness (2), Minnesota over Paul Donahoe (3), Nebraska — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Angel Escobedo (1), Indiana (IN) over Jayson Ness (2), Minnesota — Dec 10–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 2 bouts

  1. Joey Fio, Oklahoma over Ross Gitomer, Virginia — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  2. Marcos Orozco, California-Davis over Brandon Kinney, Columbia (NY) — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Anthony Robles, Arizona State over Joey Fio, Oklahoma — MD 17–7 · View bout
  2. Eric Morrill, Edinboro (PA) over Collin Cudd, Wisconsin — Fall 6:38 · View bout
  3. Javier Maldonado, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Nic Bedelyon, Kent State (OH) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  4. Marcos Orozco, California-Davis over Tyler Clark, Iowa State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  5. Mike Rodriguez, Cornell (NY) over Jon Bittinger, Duquesne (PA) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  6. Nikko Triggas, Ohio State over Austin 'Caleb' Flores, Northern Iowa — Fall 3:24 · View bout
  7. Steve Mytych, Drexel (PA) over Jasen Borshoff, American (DC) — Dec 1–0 · View bout
  8. Tyler Shinn (12), Oklahoma State over Fernando Martinez, Army (NY) — Fall 6:45 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Anthony Robles, Arizona State over Dave Tomasette (11), Hofstra (NY) — Dflt · View bout
  2. Eric Hoffman, North Dakota State over Javier Maldonado, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  3. Eric Morrill, Edinboro (PA) over Tony Mustari, Northern Colorado — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  4. Luke Smith, Central Michigan over Tyler Shinn (12), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  5. Mark McKnight, Penn State over Marcos Orozco, California-Davis — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  6. Mike Rodriguez, Cornell (NY) over Brandon Zoetewey, California-Bakersfield — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  7. Mike Sees (7), Bloomsburg (PA) over Steve Mytych, Drexel (PA) — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  8. Rollie Peterkin (9), Pennsylvania over Nikko Triggas, Ohio State — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Anthony Robles, Arizona State over Mike Rodriguez, Cornell (NY) — Dec 11–8 · View bout
  2. Mark McKnight, Penn State over Eric Morrill, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  3. Mike Sees (7), Bloomsburg (PA) over Luke Smith, Central Michigan — MD 13–4 · View bout
  4. Rollie Peterkin (9), Pennsylvania over Eric Hoffman, North Dakota State — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Brandon Precin (8), Northwestern (IL) over Mike Sees (7), Bloomsburg (PA) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  2. James Nicholson (10), Old Dominion (VA) over Rollie Peterkin (9), Pennsylvania — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  3. Mark McKnight, Penn State over Gabe Flores (6), Illinois — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  4. Tanner Gardner (4), Stanford (CA) over Anthony Robles, Arizona State — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Mark McKnight, Penn State over James Nicholson (10), Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Tanner Gardner (4), Stanford (CA) over Brandon Precin (8), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Mark McKnight, Penn State over Charlie Falck (5), Iowa — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  2. Paul Donahoe (3), Nebraska over Tanner Gardner (4), Stanford (CA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Paul Donahoe (3), Nebraska over Mark McKnight, Penn State — Dec 6–3 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Tanner Gardner (4), Stanford (CA) over Charlie Falck (5), Iowa — Dec 8–2 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Brandon Precin (8), Northwestern (IL) over James Nicholson (10), Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout