NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

2008 NCAA Championships

174 lb

Champion Keith Gavin, Pittsburgh (PA).Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Keith GavinPITT
  2. 2Steve LukeMICH
  3. 3Jay BorschelIOWA
  4. 4Brandon BrowneNEB
  5. 5Brandon SinnottCMU
  6. 6Steve AnceravageCOR
  7. 7Matt StolpinskiNAVY
  8. 8Alton LucasHOF

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

32 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 16 bouts

    1. Aaron Scott, Iowa State over Randy Oates, George Mason (VA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    2. Alton Lucas (6), Hofstra (NY) over Trevor Perry, Indiana (IN) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
    3. Brandon Browne (3), Nebraska over Chris Henrich, Virginia — Dec 8–3 · View bout
    4. Brandon Mason (9), Oklahoma State over Scott Giffin, Pennsylvania — Dec 6–0 · View bout
    5. Brandon Sinnott (5), Central Michigan over Tyler Bernacchi, California-Davis — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    6. Chance Litton, West Virginia over Shane Riccio, Bucknell (PA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    7. Jay Borschel (4), Iowa over Lloyd Rogers, Tennessee-Chattanooga — MD 13–2 · View bout
    8. John Dergo, Illinois over Phil Moricone, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    9. Keith Gavin (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Alex Dolly, Northern Iowa — MD 17–3 · View bout
    10. Luke Feist, Stanford (CA) over Alex Caruso, Lehigh (PA) — MD 9–0 · View bout
    11. Matt Stolpinski (7), Navy (MD) over Tyler French, Air Force (CO) — Dec 8–1 · View bout
    12. Mike Letts (10), Maryland over Danny Clum, Wisconsin — Dec 9–2 · View bout
    13. Nathan Lee, Boise State (ID) over Gabriel Dretsch (8), Minnesota — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    14. Ryan 'Duke' Burk, Northern Illinois over Nick Hayes (12), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    15. Steve Anceravage (11), Cornell (NY) over Aaron Kelly, Liberty (VA) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
    16. Steve Luke (2), Michigan over Joshua Patterson, Binghamton (NY) — MD 11–3 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Brandon Browne (3), Nebraska over Aaron Scott, Iowa State — Dec 8–5 · View bout
    2. Brandon Sinnott (5), Central Michigan over Ryan 'Duke' Burk, Northern Illinois — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    3. Jay Borschel (4), Iowa over John Dergo, Illinois — Fall 6:06 · View bout
    4. Keith Gavin (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Chance Litton, West Virginia — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    5. Matt Stolpinski (7), Navy (MD) over Mike Letts (10), Maryland — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    6. Nathan Lee, Boise State (ID) over Brandon Mason (9), Oklahoma State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
    7. Steve Anceravage (11), Cornell (NY) over Alton Lucas (6), Hofstra (NY) — Fall 1:33 · View bout
    8. Steve Luke (2), Michigan over Luke Feist, Stanford (CA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Brandon Browne (3), Nebraska over Steve Anceravage (11), Cornell (NY) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    2. Jay Borschel (4), Iowa over Brandon Sinnott (5), Central Michigan — Dec 8–2 · View bout
    3. Keith Gavin (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Nathan Lee, Boise State (ID) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
    4. Steve Luke (2), Michigan over Matt Stolpinski (7), Navy (MD) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Keith Gavin (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Jay Borschel (4), Iowa — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    2. Steve Luke (2), Michigan over Brandon Browne (3), Nebraska — Dec 3–1 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Keith Gavin (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Steve Luke (2), Michigan — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

    1. Aaron Kelly, Liberty (VA) over Trevor Perry, Indiana (IN) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
    2. Alex Caruso, Lehigh (PA) over Joshua Patterson, Binghamton (NY) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    3. Alex Dolly, Northern Iowa over Shane Riccio, Bucknell (PA) — Dec 10–6 · View bout
    4. Chris Henrich, Virginia over Randy Oates, George Mason (VA) — Dec 10–6 · View bout
    5. Gabriel Dretsch (8), Minnesota over Scott Giffin, Pennsylvania — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    6. Lloyd Rogers, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Phil Moricone, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    7. Nick Hayes (12), Northwestern (IL) over Tyler Bernacchi, California-Davis — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    8. Tyler French, Air Force (CO) over Danny Clum, Wisconsin — Dec 7–6 · View bout

    Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

    1. Alex Caruso, Lehigh (PA) over Chance Litton, West Virginia — Dec 2–1 · View bout
    2. Alex Dolly, Northern Iowa over Luke Feist, Stanford (CA) — Fall 5:53 · View bout
    3. Alton Lucas (6), Hofstra (NY) over Nick Hayes (12), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
    4. Brandon Mason (9), Oklahoma State over Tyler French, Air Force (CO) — MD 8–0 · View bout
    5. Gabriel Dretsch (8), Minnesota over Mike Letts (10), Maryland — MD 10–2 · View bout
    6. John Dergo, Illinois over Chris Henrich, Virginia — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    7. Lloyd Rogers, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Aaron Scott, Iowa State — Dec 8–2 · View bout
    8. Ryan 'Duke' Burk, Northern Illinois over Aaron Kelly, Liberty (VA) — MD 11–0 · View bout

    Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

    1. Alex Dolly, Northern Iowa over Gabriel Dretsch (8), Minnesota — Dec 10–6 · View bout
    2. Alton Lucas (6), Hofstra (NY) over Lloyd Rogers, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 11–7 · View bout
    3. Brandon Mason (9), Oklahoma State over Alex Caruso, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    4. Ryan 'Duke' Burk, Northern Illinois over John Dergo, Illinois — Dec 3–1 · View bout

    Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

    1. Alton Lucas (6), Hofstra (NY) over Nathan Lee, Boise State (ID) — Dec 9–5 · View bout
    2. Brandon Sinnott (5), Central Michigan over Alex Dolly, Northern Iowa — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    3. Matt Stolpinski (7), Navy (MD) over Ryan 'Duke' Burk, Northern Illinois — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    4. Steve Anceravage (11), Cornell (NY) over Brandon Mason (9), Oklahoma State — Dec 1–0 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Brandon Sinnott (5), Central Michigan over Alton Lucas (6), Hofstra (NY) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    2. Steve Anceravage (11), Cornell (NY) over Matt Stolpinski (7), Navy (MD) — Dec 6–1 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Brandon Browne (3), Nebraska over Brandon Sinnott (5), Central Michigan — Dec 4–1 · View bout
    2. Jay Borschel (4), Iowa over Steve Anceravage (11), Cornell (NY) — Fall 6:30 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Jay Borschel (4), Iowa over Brandon Browne (3), Nebraska — Dec 6–4 · View bout

    5th-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Brandon Sinnott (5), Central Michigan over Steve Anceravage (11), Cornell (NY) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

    7th-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Matt Stolpinski (7), Navy (MD) over Alton Lucas (6), Hofstra (NY) — Fall 4:07 · View bout