NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

2008 NCAA Championships

285 lb

Champion Dustin Fox, Northwestern (IL).Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Dustin FoxNW
  2. 2James 'JD' BergmanOHST
  3. 3Ed PrendergastNAVY
  4. 4Jared RosholtOKST
  5. 5Matt FieldsIOWA
  6. 6David ZabriskieISU
  7. 7Bubba GritterCMU
  8. 8Kyle MasseyWIS

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

31 byes into the round of 32

  1. Bubba Gritter (8), Central Michigan over Justin Dobies, North Carolina — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bubba Gritter (8), Central Michigan over Nathan Thobaden, Army (NY) — Fall 4:18 · View bout
  2. David Zabriskie (7), Iowa State over Mitch Monteiro, California-Bakersfield — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  3. Dustin Fox (1), Northwestern (IL) over Ryan Flores, Columbia (NY) — TF 17–0 · View bout
  4. Dustin Rogers, West Virginia over Andy Totusek, Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  5. Ed Prendergast (3), Navy (MD) over Jon May, Nebraska — Fall 5:19 · View bout
  6. James 'JD' Bergman (2), Ohio State over Patrick 'Bram' Walker, Liberty (VA) — Fall 0:27 · View bout
  7. Jared Rosholt (5), Oklahoma State over Trey McLean, Pennsylvania — Fall 2:59 · View bout
  8. Jermail Porter (9), Kent State (OH) over Ben Berhow, Minnesota — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  9. Joe Fendone, Edinboro (PA) over Travis Gardner, Oregon State — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  10. Josh Wine, Virginia Military over Charlie Alexander, Oregon — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  11. Kyle Massey (6), Wisconsin over Rashad Goff, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  12. Mark Ellis (12), Missouri over John Wise, Illinois — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  13. Matt Fields (4), Iowa over Reece Hopkin, Northern Colorado — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  14. Mike Spaid (11), Bloomsburg (PA) over Levon Mock, Brown (RI) — Fall 2:06 · View bout
  15. Nate Everhart, Indiana (IN) over Ed Bordas, Rider (NJ) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  16. Zach Sheaffer (10), Pittsburgh (PA) over Nick Smith, Boise State (ID) — Fall 4:11 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bubba Gritter (8), Central Michigan over Jermail Porter (9), Kent State (OH) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. David Zabriskie (7), Iowa State over Zach Sheaffer (10), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Dustin Fox (1), Northwestern (IL) over Josh Wine, Virginia Military — Fall 2:44 · View bout
  4. Ed Prendergast (3), Navy (MD) over Dustin Rogers, West Virginia — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  5. James 'JD' Bergman (2), Ohio State over Joe Fendone, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  6. Jared Rosholt (5), Oklahoma State over Mark Ellis (12), Missouri — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  7. Kyle Massey (6), Wisconsin over Mike Spaid (11), Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  8. Matt Fields (4), Iowa over Nate Everhart, Indiana (IN) — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dustin Fox (1), Northwestern (IL) over Bubba Gritter (8), Central Michigan — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Ed Prendergast (3), Navy (MD) over Kyle Massey (6), Wisconsin — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  3. James 'JD' Bergman (2), Ohio State over David Zabriskie (7), Iowa State — MD 11–1 · View bout
  4. Jared Rosholt (5), Oklahoma State over Matt Fields (4), Iowa — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dustin Fox (1), Northwestern (IL) over Jared Rosholt (5), Oklahoma State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. James 'JD' Bergman (2), Ohio State over Ed Prendergast (3), Navy (MD) — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Dustin Fox (1), Northwestern (IL) over James 'JD' Bergman (2), Ohio State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Justin Dobies, North Carolina over Mitch Monteiro, California-Bakersfield — Dec 12–6 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Ben Berhow, Minnesota over Nathan Thobaden, Army (NY) — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  2. John Wise, Illinois over Trey McLean, Pennsylvania — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  3. Jon May, Nebraska over Andy Totusek, Old Dominion (VA) — MD 12–2 · View bout
  4. Justin Dobies, North Carolina over Nick Smith, Boise State (ID) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  5. Rashad Goff, Cleveland State (OH) over Levon Mock, Brown (RI) — MD 9–0 · View bout
  6. Reece Hopkin, Northern Colorado over Ed Bordas, Rider (NJ) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  7. Ryan Flores, Columbia (NY) over Charlie Alexander, Oregon — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  8. Travis Gardner, Oregon State over Patrick 'Bram' Walker, Liberty (VA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Dustin Rogers, West Virginia over Ben Berhow, Minnesota — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. Jermail Porter (9), Kent State (OH) over Jon May, Nebraska — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  3. John Wise, Illinois over Joe Fendone, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  4. Justin Dobies, North Carolina over Nate Everhart, Indiana (IN) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  5. Mark Ellis (12), Missouri over Travis Gardner, Oregon State — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  6. Mike Spaid (11), Bloomsburg (PA) over Ryan Flores, Columbia (NY) — MD 12–3 · View bout
  7. Rashad Goff, Cleveland State (OH) over Josh Wine, Virginia Military — Dec 1–0 · View bout
  8. Reece Hopkin, Northern Colorado over Zach Sheaffer (10), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Jermail Porter (9), Kent State (OH) over Rashad Goff, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. John Wise, Illinois over Reece Hopkin, Northern Colorado — MD 8–0 · View bout
  3. Mark Ellis (12), Missouri over Justin Dobies, North Carolina — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  4. Mike Spaid (11), Bloomsburg (PA) over Dustin Rogers, West Virginia — Fall 0:45 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Bubba Gritter (8), Central Michigan over John Wise, Illinois — MD 11–2 · View bout
  2. David Zabriskie (7), Iowa State over Jermail Porter (9), Kent State (OH) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Kyle Massey (6), Wisconsin over Mark Ellis (12), Missouri — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  4. Matt Fields (4), Iowa over Mike Spaid (11), Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. David Zabriskie (7), Iowa State over Kyle Massey (6), Wisconsin — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Matt Fields (4), Iowa over Bubba Gritter (8), Central Michigan — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ed Prendergast (3), Navy (MD) over Matt Fields (4), Iowa — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Jared Rosholt (5), Oklahoma State over David Zabriskie (7), Iowa State — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ed Prendergast (3), Navy (MD) over Jared Rosholt (5), Oklahoma State — Dec 4–1 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Matt Fields (4), Iowa over David Zabriskie (7), Iowa State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Bubba Gritter (8), Central Michigan over Kyle Massey (6), Wisconsin — Dflt · View bout