NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

2017 NCAA Championships

157 lb

Champion Jason Nolf, Penn State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Jason NolfPSU
  2. 2Joey LavalleeMIZZ
  3. 3Michael KemererIOWA
  4. 4Joe SmithOKST
  5. 5Tyler BergerNEB
  6. 6Dylan PalacioCOR
  7. 7Paul FoxSTAN
  8. 8Sal MastrianiVT

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

31 byes into the round of 32

  1. Bryant 'BJ' Clagon, Rider (NJ) over Colt Shorts, California-Poly — MD 11–2 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bryant 'BJ' Clagon, Rider (NJ) over Jake Short (8), Minnesota — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Chase Delande, Edinboro (PA) over Archie Colgan (15), Wyoming — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  3. Colin Heffernan (10), Central Michigan over Andrew Atkinson, Virginia — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  4. Dylan Palacio (7), Cornell (NY) over Taleb Rahmani, Pittsburgh (PA) — MD 9–1 · View bout
  5. Jason Nolf (1), Penn State over Thomas Bullard, North Carolina State — TF 22–7 · View bout
  6. Joe Smith (5), Oklahoma State over Alex Griffin, Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  7. Joey Lavallee (3), Missouri over Aaron Walker, Citadel (SC) — Fall 1:27 · View bout
  8. Josh Shields (9), Arizona State over Jake Faust, Duke (NC) — MD 12–1 · View bout
  9. Kyle Langenderfer, Illinois over John Van Brill (13), Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  10. May Bethea, Pennsylvania over Clark Glass (12), Oklahoma — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  11. Michael Kemerer (2), Iowa over Jake Danishek, Indiana (IN) — MD 14–3 · View bout
  12. Paul Fox, Stanford (CA) over Clay Ream (6), North Dakota State — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  13. Russ Parsons (11), Army (NY) over Mike D'Angelo, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  14. Sal Mastriani (14), Virginia Tech over Casey Sparkman, Kent State (OH) — TF 20–5 · View bout
  15. Tyler Berger (4), Nebraska over Ryan Mosley, Gardner-Webb (NC) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  16. Victor Lopez (16), Bucknell (PA) over Timothy 'TJ' Ruschell, Wisconsin — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bryant 'BJ' Clagon, Rider (NJ) over Josh Shields (9), Arizona State — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  2. Dylan Palacio (7), Cornell (NY) over Colin Heffernan (10), Central Michigan — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  3. Jason Nolf (1), Penn State over Victor Lopez (16), Bucknell (PA) — TF 24–9 · View bout
  4. Joe Smith (5), Oklahoma State over May Bethea, Pennsylvania — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  5. Joey Lavallee (3), Missouri over Sal Mastriani (14), Virginia Tech — Fall 7:27 · View bout
  6. Michael Kemerer (2), Iowa over Chase Delande, Edinboro (PA) — TF 22–6 · View bout
  7. Paul Fox, Stanford (CA) over Russ Parsons (11), Army (NY) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  8. Tyler Berger (4), Nebraska over Kyle Langenderfer, Illinois — Dec 11–7 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dylan Palacio (7), Cornell (NY) over Michael Kemerer (2), Iowa — Fall 3:28 · View bout
  2. Jason Nolf (1), Penn State over Bryant 'BJ' Clagon, Rider (NJ) — Fall 4:07 · View bout
  3. Joey Lavallee (3), Missouri over Paul Fox, Stanford (CA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  4. Tyler Berger (4), Nebraska over Joe Smith (5), Oklahoma State — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jason Nolf (1), Penn State over Tyler Berger (4), Nebraska — MD 13–5 · View bout
  2. Joey Lavallee (3), Missouri over Dylan Palacio (7), Cornell (NY) — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Jason Nolf (1), Penn State over Joey Lavallee (3), Missouri — MD 14–6 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Colt Shorts, California-Poly over Clay Ream (6), North Dakota State — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Alex Griffin, Purdue (IN) over Clark Glass (12), Oklahoma — MD 9–1 · View bout
  2. Archie Colgan (15), Wyoming over Jake Danishek, Indiana (IN) — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  3. Casey Sparkman, Kent State (OH) over Aaron Walker, Citadel (SC) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  4. Jake Short (8), Minnesota over Jake Faust, Duke (NC) — MD 13–4 · View bout
  5. John Van Brill (13), Rutgers (NJ) over Ryan Mosley, Gardner-Webb (NC) — Dec 1–0 · View bout
  6. Mike D'Angelo, Princeton (NJ) over Colt Shorts, California-Poly — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  7. Taleb Rahmani, Pittsburgh (PA) over Andrew Atkinson, Virginia — MD 18–7 · View bout
  8. Timothy 'TJ' Ruschell, Wisconsin over Thomas Bullard, North Carolina State — Dec 7–5 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Alex Griffin, Purdue (IN) over Russ Parsons (11), Army (NY) — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  2. Archie Colgan (15), Wyoming over Victor Lopez (16), Bucknell (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  3. Chase Delande, Edinboro (PA) over Timothy 'TJ' Ruschell, Wisconsin — MD 9–0 · View bout
  4. Jake Short (8), Minnesota over Colin Heffernan (10), Central Michigan — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  5. Kyle Langenderfer, Illinois over Casey Sparkman, Kent State (OH) — MD 9–1 · View bout
  6. May Bethea, Pennsylvania over Mike D'Angelo, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 10–6 · View bout
  7. Sal Mastriani (14), Virginia Tech over John Van Brill (13), Rutgers (NJ) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  8. Taleb Rahmani, Pittsburgh (PA) over Josh Shields (9), Arizona State — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Archie Colgan (15), Wyoming over Taleb Rahmani, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Jake Short (8), Minnesota over Chase Delande, Edinboro (PA) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  3. May Bethea, Pennsylvania over Kyle Langenderfer, Illinois — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  4. Sal Mastriani (14), Virginia Tech over Alex Griffin, Purdue (IN) — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Joe Smith (5), Oklahoma State over Jake Short (8), Minnesota — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Michael Kemerer (2), Iowa over May Bethea, Pennsylvania — MD 14–3 · View bout
  3. Paul Fox, Stanford (CA) over Archie Colgan (15), Wyoming — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  4. Sal Mastriani (14), Virginia Tech over Bryant 'BJ' Clagon, Rider (NJ) — Dec 8–7 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Joe Smith (5), Oklahoma State over Sal Mastriani (14), Virginia Tech — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  2. Michael Kemerer (2), Iowa over Paul Fox, Stanford (CA) — MD 15–6 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Joe Smith (5), Oklahoma State over Dylan Palacio (7), Cornell (NY) — MD 10–0 · View bout
  2. Michael Kemerer (2), Iowa over Tyler Berger (4), Nebraska — MD 10–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Michael Kemerer (2), Iowa over Joe Smith (5), Oklahoma State — Dec 7–1 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Tyler Berger (4), Nebraska over Dylan Palacio (7), Cornell (NY) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Paul Fox, Stanford (CA) over Sal Mastriani (14), Virginia Tech — Fall 5:00 · View bout