NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

2012 NCAA Championships

174 lb

Champion Ed Ruth, Penn State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Ed RuthPSU
  2. 2Nick AmuchasteguiSTAN
  3. 3Chris PerryOKST
  4. 4Jordan BlantonILL
  5. 5Nick HeflinOHST
  6. 6Logan StorleyMINN
  7. 7Ethen LofthouseIOWA
  8. 8Ryan DesRochesCP

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

31 byes into the round of 32

  1. Ethen Lofthouse (5), Iowa over Dave Foxen, Brown (RI) — Dec 8–4 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Chris Perry (2), Oklahoma State over Chris Moon, Virginia Tech — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  2. Curran Jacobs, Michigan State over Mike Dessino, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  3. Dorian Henderson, Missouri over Kyle Czarnecki, Boston (MA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  4. Ed Ruth (1), Penn State over Jim Resnick, Rider (NJ) — Fall 1:43 · View bout
  5. Ethen Lofthouse (5), Iowa over Seth Creasy, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  6. Jimmy Sheptock (12), Maryland over Kyle Detmer, Oklahoma — TF 18–2 · View bout
  7. Jordan Blanton (7), Illinois over Turtogtokh Luvsandorj, Citadel (SC) — Fall 6:16 · View bout
  8. Justin Zeerip (11), Michigan over Greg Zannetti, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  9. Lance Bryson, West Virginia over Patrick Martinez, Wyoming — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  10. Lee Munster (8), Northwestern (IL) over Ethan Headlee, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  11. Logan Storley (4), Minnesota over Levi Clemons, Tennessee-Chattanooga — MD 11–2 · View bout
  12. Nick Amuchastegui (3), Stanford (CA) over Peter 'Oscar' Huntley, Navy (MD) — Fall 2:01 · View bout
  13. Nick Heflin (9), Ohio State over Nick Purdue, Ohio — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  14. Ryan DesRoches (6), California-Poly over Phillip Joseph, Eastern Michigan — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  15. Ryan Leblanc, Indiana (IN) over Tejovan 'Te' Edwards (10), Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  16. Tyler Koehn, Nebraska over Quinton Godley, North Carolina State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Chris Perry (2), Oklahoma State over Curran Jacobs, Michigan State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Ed Ruth (1), Penn State over Dorian Henderson, Missouri — Fall 1:26 · View bout
  3. Ethen Lofthouse (5), Iowa over Jimmy Sheptock (12), Maryland — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  4. Jordan Blanton (7), Illinois over Ryan Leblanc, Indiana (IN) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  5. Logan Storley (4), Minnesota over Lance Bryson, West Virginia — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  6. Nick Amuchastegui (3), Stanford (CA) over Tyler Koehn, Nebraska — MD 8–0 · View bout
  7. Nick Heflin (9), Ohio State over Lee Munster (8), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  8. Ryan DesRoches (6), California-Poly over Justin Zeerip (11), Michigan — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Chris Perry (2), Oklahoma State over Jordan Blanton (7), Illinois — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Ed Ruth (1), Penn State over Nick Heflin (9), Ohio State — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  3. Logan Storley (4), Minnesota over Ethen Lofthouse (5), Iowa — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  4. Nick Amuchastegui (3), Stanford (CA) over Ryan DesRoches (6), California-Poly — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ed Ruth (1), Penn State over Logan Storley (4), Minnesota — TF 17–1 · View bout
  2. Nick Amuchastegui (3), Stanford (CA) over Chris Perry (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Ed Ruth (1), Penn State over Nick Amuchastegui (3), Stanford (CA) — MD 13–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Phillip Joseph, Eastern Michigan over Dave Foxen, Brown (RI) — Dec 8–4 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Ethan Headlee, Pittsburgh (PA) over Nick Purdue, Ohio — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  2. Greg Zannetti, Rutgers (NJ) over Phillip Joseph, Eastern Michigan — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  3. Jim Resnick, Rider (NJ) over Kyle Czarnecki, Boston (MA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  4. Mike Dessino, Bloomsburg (PA) over Chris Moon, Virginia Tech — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  5. Patrick Martinez, Wyoming over Levi Clemons, Tennessee-Chattanooga — MD 12–4 · View bout
  6. Peter 'Oscar' Huntley, Navy (MD) over Quinton Godley, North Carolina State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  7. Seth Creasy, Lock Haven (PA) over Kyle Detmer, Oklahoma — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  8. Turtogtokh Luvsandorj, Citadel (SC) over Tejovan 'Te' Edwards (10), Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Curran Jacobs, Michigan State over Seth Creasy, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  2. Dorian Henderson, Missouri over Greg Zannetti, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  3. Ethan Headlee, Pittsburgh (PA) over Tyler Koehn, Nebraska — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  4. Jimmy Sheptock (12), Maryland over Mike Dessino, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  5. Justin Zeerip (11), Michigan over Jim Resnick, Rider (NJ) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  6. Peter 'Oscar' Huntley, Navy (MD) over Lee Munster (8), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  7. Ryan Leblanc, Indiana (IN) over Patrick Martinez, Wyoming — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  8. Turtogtokh Luvsandorj, Citadel (SC) over Lance Bryson, West Virginia — Dec 7–3 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Curran Jacobs, Michigan State over Ryan Leblanc, Indiana (IN) — Fall 4:47 · View bout
  2. Jimmy Sheptock (12), Maryland over Turtogtokh Luvsandorj, Citadel (SC) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  3. Justin Zeerip (11), Michigan over Ethan Headlee, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  4. Peter 'Oscar' Huntley, Navy (MD) over Dorian Henderson, Missouri — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Ethen Lofthouse (5), Iowa over Justin Zeerip (11), Michigan — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Jordan Blanton (7), Illinois over Peter 'Oscar' Huntley, Navy (MD) — MD 12–3 · View bout
  3. Nick Heflin (9), Ohio State over Curran Jacobs, Michigan State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  4. Ryan DesRoches (6), California-Poly over Jimmy Sheptock (12), Maryland — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Jordan Blanton (7), Illinois over Ryan DesRoches (6), California-Poly — MD 11–2 · View bout
  2. Nick Heflin (9), Ohio State over Ethen Lofthouse (5), Iowa — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Chris Perry (2), Oklahoma State over Nick Heflin (9), Ohio State — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  2. Jordan Blanton (7), Illinois over Logan Storley (4), Minnesota — Dec 1–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Chris Perry (2), Oklahoma State over Jordan Blanton (7), Illinois — Dec 4–1 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Nick Heflin (9), Ohio State over Logan Storley (4), Minnesota — Dec 3–2 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ethen Lofthouse (5), Iowa over Ryan DesRoches (6), California-Poly — Dec 3–1 · View bout