Michael Beard
NCAA championship record, 2021–2025. Regular-season results are not included.
Michael Beard wrestled for Lehigh (PA) and Penn State at four NCAA championships, 2021–2025, and went 12–9. Beard placed seventh at 197 lb in 2021 and eighth at 197 lb in 2024.
NCAA career
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lehigh (PA) | 197 | 5 | Lost consolation round 4 | 2–2 | 4 bouts |
| 2024 | Lehigh (PA) | 197 | 4 | 8th | 3–3 | 6 bouts |
| 2023 | Lehigh (PA) | 197 | 5 | Lost consolation round 4 | 3–2 | 5 bouts |
| 2021 | Penn State | 197 | 15 | 7th | 4–2 | 6 bouts |
Every NCAA bout · 21
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 197 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Payton Thomas · Navy (MD) | 5 | 28 | TF 19–4 |
| Round of 16 | W | Stephen Little · Arkansas-Little Rock | 5 | 12 | Dec 4–1 |
| Quarterfinal | L | Josh Barr · Penn State | 5 | 4 | MD 3–14 |
| Consolation round 4 | L | Joey Novak · Wyoming | 5 | 15 | MD 4–13 |
| 2024 · 197 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Justin Rademacher · Oregon State | 4 | 29 | TF 26–10 |
| Round of 16 | W | Evan Bockman · Utah Valley | 4 | 20 | MD 12–3 |
| Quarterfinal | L | Rocky Elam · Missouri | 4 | 12 | Dec 2–8 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Andy Smith · Virginia Tech | 4 | 26 | MD 8–0 |
| Consolation round 5 | L | Stephen Buchanan · Oklahoma | 4 | 8 | MD 1–12 |
| 7th-place bout | L | Stephen Little · Arkansas-Little Rock | 4 | 9 | Dec 3–10 |
| 2023 · 197 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Jacob Koser · Navy (MD) | 5 | 28 | MD 11–1 |
| Round of 16 | L | Zac Braunagel · Illinois | 5 | 12 | Dec 6–7 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Nick Stemmet · Stanford (CA) | 5 | 27 | MD 17–7 |
| Consolation round 3 | W | Yonger Bastida · Iowa State | 5 | 13 | Dec 2–1 |
| Consolation round 4 | L | Bernie Truax · California-Poly | 5 | 2 | Dec 2–4 |
| 2021 · 197 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Jacob Koser · Navy (MD) | 15 | 18 | MD 14–4 |
| Round of 16 | W | Owen Pentz · North Dakota State | 15 | 31 | MD 17–8 |
| Quarterfinal | L | Jake Woodley · Oklahoma | 15 | 26 | Dec 3–8 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Tanner Sloan · South Dakota State | 15 | 13 | MD 9–1 |
| Consolation round 5 | L | Rocky Elam · Missouri | 15 | 7 | Dec 0–5 |
| 7th-place bout | W | Stephen Buchanan · Wyoming | 15 | 8 | Dec 10–8 |
Scoring · 2021 to 2025
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 | ||||||
| 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Payton Thomas · Navy (MD) | Round of 32 | W Technical fall | 19–4 | 3:43 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | Sheet |
| Stephen Little · Arkansas-Little Rock | Round of 16 | W Decision | 4–1 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | Sheet |
| Josh Barr · Penn State | Quarterfinal | L Major decision | 3–14 | 7:00 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | Sheet |
| Joey Novak · Wyoming | Consolation round 4 | L Major decision | 4–13 | 7:00 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | Sheet |
| 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Justin Rademacher · Oregon State | Round of 32 | W Technical fall | 26–10 | 4:03 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 10 | Sheet |
| Evan Bockman · Utah Valley | Round of 16 | W Major decision | 12–3 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | Sheet |
| Rocky Elam · Missouri | Quarterfinal | L Decision | 2–8 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | Sheet |
| Andy Smith · Virginia Tech | Consolation round 4 | W Major decision | 8–0 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | Sheet |
| Stephen Buchanan · Oklahoma | Consolation round 5 | L Major decision | 1–12 | 7:00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | Sheet |
| Stephen Little · Arkansas-Little Rock | 7th-place bout | L Decision | 3–10 | 7:00 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | Sheet |
| 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jacob Koser · Navy (MD) | Round of 32 | W Major decision | 11–1 | 7:00 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | Sheet |
| Zac Braunagel · Illinois | Round of 16 | L Decision | 6–7 | 7:00 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | Sheet |
| Nick Stemmet · Stanford (CA) | Consolation round 2 | W Major decision | 17–7 | 7:00 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | Sheet |
| Yonger Bastida · Iowa State | Consolation round 3 | W Decision | 2–1 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Sheet |
| Bernie Truax · California-Poly | Consolation round 4 | L Decision | 2–4 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Sheet |
| 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jacob Koser · Navy (MD) | Round of 32 | W Major decision | 14–4 | 7:00 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | Sheet |
| Owen Pentz · North Dakota State | Round of 16 | W Major decision | 17–8 | 7:00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | Sheet |
| Jake Woodley · Oklahoma | Quarterfinal | L Decision | 3–8 | 7:00 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | Sheet |
| Tanner Sloan · South Dakota State | Consolation round 4 | W Major decision | 9–1 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | Sheet |
| Rocky Elam · Missouri | Consolation round 5 | L Decision | 0–5 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Sheet |
| Stephen Buchanan · Wyoming | 7th-place bout | W Decision | 10–8 | 7:22 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 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: “Michael Beard”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_bg3tgmrblqs72cut/michael-beard