Shayne Van Ness
NCAA championship record, 2023–2026. Regular-season results are not included.
Shayne Van Ness wrestled for Penn State at three NCAA championships, 2023–2026, and went 14–3. Van Ness placed third at 149 lb in 2023 and 2025, and second at 149 lb in 2026.
NCAA career
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Penn State | 149 | 1 | 2nd | 4–1 | 5 bouts |
| 2025 | Penn State | 149 | 3 | 3rd | 5–1 | 6 bouts |
| 2023 | Penn State | 149 | 12 | 3rd | 5–1 | 6 bouts |
Every NCAA bout · 17
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 149 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Austin McBurney · Brown (RI) | 1 | 33 | TF 19–4 |
| Round of 16 | W | Jacob Frost · Iowa State | 1 | 16 | Fall 2:23 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Casey Swiderski · Oklahoma State | 1 | 8 | Dec 5–2 |
| Semifinal | W | Chance Lamer · Nebraska | 1 | 20 | TF 22–1 |
| Final | L | Aden Valencia · Stanford (CA) | 1 | 10 | Dec 5–8 |
| 2025 · 149 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Gabe Willochell · Wyoming | 3 | 30 | Fall 4:12 |
| Round of 16 | W | Andrew Clark · Rutgers (NJ) | 3 | 19 | MD 11–1 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Lachlan McNeil · North Carolina | 3 | 6 | Dec 7–2 |
| Semifinal | L | Ridge Lovett · Nebraska | 3 | 2 | Dec 8–14 |
| Consolation semifinal | W | Ethan Stiles · Oregon State | 3 | 12 | Fall 1:06 |
| 3rd-place bout | W | Dylan D'Emilio · Ohio State | 3 | 13 | MD 15–4 |
| 2023 · 149 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Ethen Miller · Maryland | 12 | 21 | Fall 6:26 |
| Round of 16 | W | Paniro Johnson · Iowa State | 12 | 5 | Dec 14–8 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Graham Rooks · Indiana (IN) | 12 | 20 | Dec 10–7 |
| Semifinal | L | John 'Yianni' Diakomihalis · Cornell (NY) | 12 | 1 | Dec 3–8 |
| Consolation semifinal | W | Caleb Henson · Virginia Tech | 12 | 4 | Dec 5–3 |
| 3rd-place bout | W | Kyle Parco · Arizona State | 12 | 3 | Dec 7–2 |
Scoring · 2023 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Austin McBurney · Brown (RI) | Round of 32 | W Technical fall | 19–4 | 5:35 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | Sheet |
| Jacob Frost · Iowa State | Round of 16 | W Fall | – | 2:23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | Sheet |
| Casey Swiderski · Oklahoma State | Quarterfinal | W Decision | 5–2 | 9:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | Sheet |
| Chance Lamer · Nebraska | Semifinal | W Technical fall | 22–1 | 5:21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | Sheet |
| Aden Valencia · Stanford (CA) | Final | L Decision | 5–8 | 7:32 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | Sheet |
| 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gabe Willochell · Wyoming | Round of 32 | W Fall | – | 4:12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | Sheet |
| Andrew Clark · Rutgers (NJ) | Round of 16 | W Major decision | 11–1 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | Sheet |
| Lachlan McNeil · North Carolina | Quarterfinal | W Decision | 7–2 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | Sheet |
| Ridge Lovett · Nebraska | Semifinal | L Decision | 8–14 | 7:00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 14 | Sheet |
| Ethan Stiles · Oregon State | Consolation semifinal | W Fall | – | 1:06 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Sheet |
| Dylan D'Emilio · Ohio State | 3rd-place bout | W Major decision | 15–4 | 7:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | Sheet |
| 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ethen Miller · Maryland | Round of 32 | W Fall | – | 6:26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | Sheet |
| Paniro Johnson · Iowa State | Round of 16 | W Decision | 14–8 | 7:00 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 8 | Sheet |
| Graham Rooks · Indiana (IN) | Quarterfinal | W Decision | 10–7 | 7:00 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | Sheet |
| John 'Yianni' Diakomihalis · Cornell (NY) | Semifinal | L Decision | 3–8 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | Sheet |
| Caleb Henson · Virginia Tech | Consolation semifinal | W Decision | 5–3 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | Sheet |
| Kyle Parco · Arizona State | 3rd-place bout | W Decision | 7–2 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 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: “Shayne Van Ness”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_4vszytftealevoio/shayne-van-ness