NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

2012 NCAA Championships

184 lb

Champion Steve Bosak, Cornell (NY).Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Steve BosakCOR
  2. 2Quentin WrightPSU
  3. 3Austin TrotmanAPP
  4. 4Robert HamlinLEH
  5. 5Kevin SteinhausMINN
  6. 6Ben BennettCMU
  7. 7Joe LeBlancWYO
  8. 8Josh IhnenNEB

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

31 byes into the round of 32

  1. Jacob Swartz (10), Boise State (ID) over Matt Ryan, West Virginia — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Austin Trotman (9), Appalachian State (NC) over Mac Stoll, North Dakota State — Dec 13–6 · View bout
  2. Ben Bennett (3), Central Michigan over Erich Schmidtke, Oklahoma — MD 9–1 · View bout
  3. Ben Clymer (11), Hofstra (NY) over Ty Vinson, Oregon State — Dec 1–0 · View bout
  4. Erich Smith, Pennsylvania over Kevin Radford, Arizona State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  5. Jacob Swartz (10), Boise State (ID) over Ryan Garringer, Ohio — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  6. Joe LeBlanc (1), Wyoming over Mike Larson, Missouri — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  7. Jon Fausey (12), Virginia over Ian Hinton, Michigan State — MD 9–0 · View bout
  8. Josh Ihnen (7), Nebraska over Ophir Bernstein, Brown (RI) — MD 16–4 · View bout
  9. Kevin Steinhaus (5), Minnesota over Steven Cressley, Clarion (PA) — Fall 6:21 · View bout
  10. Nathan Schiedel, Binghamton (NY) over Brad Dieckhaus, Northern Illinois — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  11. Quentin Wright (6), Penn State over Thomas Ferguson, North Carolina — MD 11–0 · View bout
  12. Robert Hamlin (2), Lehigh (PA) over Casey Newburg, Kent State (OH) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  13. Ryan Loder (8), Northern Iowa over Grant Gambrall, Iowa — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  14. Steve Bosak (4), Cornell (NY) over Braden Atwood, Purdue (IN) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  15. Tony Dallago, Illinois over Luke Rebertus, Navy (MD) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  16. Vic Avery, Edinboro (PA) over Boaz Beard, Iowa State — Dec 9–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Austin Trotman (9), Appalachian State (NC) over Ryan Loder (8), Northern Iowa — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  2. Ben Bennett (3), Central Michigan over Vic Avery, Edinboro (PA) — MD 9–0 · View bout
  3. Joe LeBlanc (1), Wyoming over Erich Smith, Pennsylvania — MD 11–3 · View bout
  4. Josh Ihnen (7), Nebraska over Jacob Swartz (10), Boise State (ID) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  5. Kevin Steinhaus (5), Minnesota over Jon Fausey (12), Virginia — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  6. Quentin Wright (6), Penn State over Ben Clymer (11), Hofstra (NY) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  7. Robert Hamlin (2), Lehigh (PA) over Tony Dallago, Illinois — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  8. Steve Bosak (4), Cornell (NY) over Nathan Schiedel, Binghamton (NY) — MD 10–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Austin Trotman (9), Appalachian State (NC) over Joe LeBlanc (1), Wyoming — Dec 12–9 · View bout
  2. Quentin Wright (6), Penn State over Ben Bennett (3), Central Michigan — Fall 2:35 · View bout
  3. Robert Hamlin (2), Lehigh (PA) over Josh Ihnen (7), Nebraska — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  4. Steve Bosak (4), Cornell (NY) over Kevin Steinhaus (5), Minnesota — Dec 1–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Quentin Wright (6), Penn State over Robert Hamlin (2), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Steve Bosak (4), Cornell (NY) over Austin Trotman (9), Appalachian State (NC) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Steve Bosak (4), Cornell (NY) over Quentin Wright (6), Penn State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Mac Stoll, North Dakota State over Matt Ryan, West Virginia — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Braden Atwood, Purdue (IN) over Brad Dieckhaus, Northern Illinois — MFF · View bout
  2. Casey Newburg, Kent State (OH) over Luke Rebertus, Navy (MD) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  3. Erich Schmidtke, Oklahoma over Boaz Beard, Iowa State — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  4. Grant Gambrall, Iowa over Mac Stoll, North Dakota State — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  5. Ian Hinton, Michigan State over Steven Cressley, Clarion (PA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  6. Mike Larson, Missouri over Kevin Radford, Arizona State — Fall 6:09 · View bout
  7. Ryan Garringer, Ohio over Ophir Bernstein, Brown (RI) — Fall 2:41 · View bout
  8. Thomas Ferguson, North Carolina over Ty Vinson, Oregon State — Dec 7–4 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Grant Gambrall, Iowa over Vic Avery, Edinboro (PA) — MD 13–4 · View bout
  2. Jacob Swartz (10), Boise State (ID) over Braden Atwood, Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Jon Fausey (12), Virginia over Casey Newburg, Kent State (OH) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  4. Mike Larson, Missouri over Ben Clymer (11), Hofstra (NY) — Fall 4:26 · View bout
  5. Nathan Schiedel, Binghamton (NY) over Ryan Garringer, Ohio — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  6. Ryan Loder (8), Northern Iowa over Erich Schmidtke, Oklahoma — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  7. Thomas Ferguson, North Carolina over Erich Smith, Pennsylvania — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  8. Tony Dallago, Illinois over Ian Hinton, Michigan State — MD 10–0 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Jon Fausey (12), Virginia over Nathan Schiedel, Binghamton (NY) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Mike Larson, Missouri over Grant Gambrall, Iowa — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  3. Ryan Loder (8), Northern Iowa over Thomas Ferguson, North Carolina — MD 12–1 · View bout
  4. Tony Dallago, Illinois over Jacob Swartz (10), Boise State (ID) — Fall 0:33 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Ben Bennett (3), Central Michigan over Jon Fausey (12), Virginia — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Joe LeBlanc (1), Wyoming over Tony Dallago, Illinois — Dec 13–6 · View bout
  3. Josh Ihnen (7), Nebraska over Ryan Loder (8), Northern Iowa — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  4. Kevin Steinhaus (5), Minnesota over Mike Larson, Missouri — TF 17–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Ben Bennett (3), Central Michigan over Josh Ihnen (7), Nebraska — Dflt · View bout
  2. Kevin Steinhaus (5), Minnesota over Joe LeBlanc (1), Wyoming — Dec 9–6 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Austin Trotman (9), Appalachian State (NC) over Ben Bennett (3), Central Michigan — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Robert Hamlin (2), Lehigh (PA) over Kevin Steinhaus (5), Minnesota — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Austin Trotman (9), Appalachian State (NC) over Robert Hamlin (2), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Kevin Steinhaus (5), Minnesota over Ben Bennett (3), Central Michigan — Dec 3–1 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Joe LeBlanc (1), Wyoming over Josh Ihnen (7), Nebraska — MFF · View bout