Andrew Sparks
NCAA championship record, 2021–2026. Regular-season results are not included.
Andrew Sparks wrestled for Minnesota at five NCAA championships, 2021–2026, and went 9–10. Sparks placed fifth at 165 lb in 2026.
NCAA career
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Minnesota | 165 | 13 | 5th | 6–2 | 8 bouts |
| 2025 | Minnesota | 165 | 10 | Lost consolation round 2 | 1–2 | 3 bouts |
| 2024 | Minnesota | 174 | 24 | Lost consolation round 2 | 1–2 | 3 bouts |
| 2023 | Minnesota | 165 | 28 | Lost consolation round 2 | 1–2 | 3 bouts |
| 2021 | Minnesota | 165 | 24 | Lost consolation round 1 | 0–2 | 2 bouts |
Every NCAA bout · 19
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 165 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Ty Whalen · Princeton (NJ) | 13 | 20 | MD 10–1 |
| Round of 16 | L | Nicco Ruiz · Arizona State | 13 | 4 | Dec 1–2 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Thomas Snipes · Citadel (SC) | 13 | 30 | Dec 7–2 |
| Consolation round 3 | W | LaDarion Lockett · Oklahoma State | 13 | 5 | Dec 10–3 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Will Denny · North Carolina State | 13 | 10 | Dec 8–7 |
| Consolation round 5 | W | Paddy Gallagher · Ohio State | 13 | 16 | MD 10–2 |
| Consolation semifinal | L | Cesar Alvan · Columbia (NY) | 13 | 12 | Dec 2–5 |
| 5th-place bout | W | Joey Blaze · Purdue (IN) | 13 | 2 | Medical forfeit |
| 2025 · 165 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Thomas Snipes · Citadel (SC) | 10 | 23 | Dec 4–2 |
| Round of 16 | L | Hunter Garvin · Stanford (CA) | 10 | 7 | MD 4–14 |
| Consolation round 2 | L | Nick Hamilton · Virginia | 10 | 25 | Dec 2–4 |
| 2024 · 174 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | L | Carter Starocci · Penn State | 24 | 9 | Dec 6–12 |
| Consolation round 1 | W | Brayden Thompson · Oklahoma State | 24 | 25 | Dec 11–4 |
| Consolation round 2 | L | Nick Incontrera · Pennsylvania | 24 | 10 | Dec 4–8 |
| 2023 · 165 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | L | Quincy Monday · Princeton (NJ) | 28 | 5 | MD 4–12 |
| Consolation round 1 | W | Gerrit Nijenhuis · Oklahoma | 28 | 21 | MD 12–3 |
| Consolation round 2 | L | Patrick Kennedy · Iowa | 28 | 6 | Dec 3–6 |
| 2021 · 165 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | L | Luke Weber · North Dakota State | 24 | 9 | Dec 5–8 |
| Consolation round 1 | L | Jake Tucker · Michigan State | 24 | 25 | Dec 2–5 |
Scoring · 2021 to 2026
The sums over the bouts in scope.
| Opponent | Round | Result | Score | Mat time | TD | E | R | NF | Stall | RT | Pts | Sheet | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | A | F | A | F | A | F | A | D | C | F | A | F | A | ||||||
| 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ty Whalen · Princeton (NJ) | Round of 32 | W Major decision | 10–1 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | Sheet |
| Nicco Ruiz · Arizona State | Round of 16 | L Decision | 1–2 | 10:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Sheet |
| Thomas Snipes · Citadel (SC) | Consolation round 2 | W Decision | 7–2 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | Sheet |
| LaDarion Lockett · Oklahoma State | Consolation round 3 | W Decision | 10–3 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | Sheet |
| Will Denny · North Carolina State | Consolation round 4 | W Decision | 8–7 | 7:00 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | Sheet |
| Paddy Gallagher · Ohio State | Consolation round 5 | W Major decision | 10–2 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | Sheet |
| Cesar Alvan · Columbia (NY) | Consolation semifinal | L Decision | 2–5 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Sheet |
| Joey Blaze · Purdue (IN) | 5th-place bout | W Medical forfeit | – | – | No wrestling | Sheet | |||||||||||||
| 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Snipes · Citadel (SC) | Round of 32 | W Decision | 4–2 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | Sheet |
| Hunter Garvin · Stanford (CA) | Round of 16 | L Major decision | 4–14 | 7:00 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 | Sheet |
| Nick Hamilton · Virginia | Consolation round 2 | L Decision | 2–4 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | Sheet |
| 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Carter Starocci · Penn State | Round of 32 | L Decision | 6–12 | 7:00 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | Sheet |
| Brayden Thompson · Oklahoma State | Consolation round 1 | W Decision | 11–4 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | Sheet |
| Nick Incontrera · Pennsylvania | Consolation round 2 | L Decision | 4–8 | 7:00 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | Sheet |
| 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Quincy Monday · Princeton (NJ) | Round of 32 | L Major decision | 4–12 | 7:00 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | Sheet |
| Gerrit Nijenhuis · Oklahoma | Consolation round 1 | W Major decision | 12–3 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | Sheet |
| Patrick Kennedy · Iowa | Consolation round 2 | L Decision | 3–6 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | Sheet |
| 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Luke Weber · North Dakota State | Round of 32 | L Decision | 5–8 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | Sheet |
| Jake Tucker · Michigan State | Consolation round 1 | L Decision | 2–5 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Sheet |
TD takedowns · E escapes · R reversals · NF near-fall points · Stall stalling drawn / called · RT riding-time points · Pts points; F for, A against.
How these are counted
Every figure here is counted from the scoring record, bout by bout, from the counts on each scoring sheet.
A bout counts once for each side: a wrestler's for columns are their own counts and the against columns are the opponent's; a team's are the sums over its qualifiers' bouts that year.
- Takedowns
- For: takedowns scored. Against: takedowns allowed.
- Escapes
- For: escapes. Against: escapes allowed.
- Reversals
- For: reversals. Against: reversals allowed.
- Near-fall points
- For: near-fall points. Against: near-fall points allowed.
- Stalling calls
- For: drawn, the stalling calls against the opponent. Against: called, the stalling calls against this side.
- Riding-time points
- For: riding-time points. Against: riding-time points allowed.
- Points
- For: points scored. Against: points allowed.
Points is the sum of every scoring row credited to that side, penalties and riding time included; points allowed is the opponent's sum. Cautions, penalty points and the tiebreak riding-time rows are carried in the data and shown on the bout page, not in these tables.
Statistics include only bouts whose scoring sheet is reconciled: the sheet's rows add up to every printed period total and to the scoreboard. A sheet that does not reconcile, and a bout with no wrestling, are left out, and the scoring record's hub says how many and why.
The scoring record begins in 2012, the first championship with full bout-level data: every bout's scoring sheet, not only its result. Earlier championships have their brackets and results in the record, but not their scoring sheets.
Totals are the sums over the bouts in scope. Per qualifier divides the totals by the record's qualifier count for that program and year, the same count the program page prints (team rows only). Per bout divides the totals by the bouts in scope. Per 7 min is the totals times 420 divided by the sum of the mat time, in seconds, over the bouts in scope: one pooled rate, never a mean of per-bout rates. A bout with no mat time is left out of both the numerator and the denominator of that unit, and the page says how many are left out.
Rates list wrestlers with three or more bouts; a wrestler with fewer is left out of the per-bout and per-7-minute lists.
Cite this page: “Andrew Sparks”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_3smsg7rn7ri4qqlx/andrew-sparks