Jesse Mendez
NCAA championship record, 2023–2026. Regular-season results are not included.
Jesse Mendez wrestled for Ohio State at four NCAA championships, 2023–2026, and went 19–4. Mendez won two titles at 141 lb in 2024 and 2025 and placed sixth at 133 lb in 2023 and second at 141 lb in 2026.
NCAA career
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ohio State | 141 | 1 | 2nd | 4–1 | 5 bouts |
| 2025 | Ohio State | 141 | 3 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 2024 | Ohio State | 141 | 1 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 2023 | Ohio State | 133 | 13 | 6th | 5–3 | 8 bouts |
Every NCAA bout · 23
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 141 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Aldo Hernandez · Appalachian State (NC) | 1 | 33 | Fall 2:14 |
| Round of 16 | W | Caedyn Ricciardi · Navy (MD) | 1 | 17 | TF 22–6 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Vance Vombaur · Minnesota | 1 | 8 | MD 16–4 |
| Semifinal | W | Luke Stanich · Lehigh (PA) | 1 | 5 | Dec 4–1 |
| Final | L | Sergio Vega · Oklahoma State | 1 | 2 | Dec 1–4 |
| 2025 · 141 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Briar Priest · Pittsburgh (PA) | 3 | 30 | TF 21–5 |
| Round of 16 | W | Sergio Lemley · Michigan | 3 | 14 | MD 11–2 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Vance Vombaur · Minnesota | 3 | 6 | MD 17–5 |
| Semifinal | W | Beau Bartlett · Penn State | 3 | 2 | Dec 2–1 |
| Final | W | Brock Hardy · Nebraska | 3 | 1 | Dec 12–9 |
| 2024 · 141 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Todd Carter · Gardner-Webb (NC) | 1 | 32 | TF 19–4 |
| Round of 16 | W | Isaiah Powe · Tennessee-Chattanooga | 1 | 17 | Fall 4:37 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Brock Hardy · Nebraska | 1 | 9 | Dec 6–2 |
| Semifinal | W | Anthony Echemendia · Iowa State | 1 | 5 | Dec 6–4 |
| Final | W | Beau Bartlett · Penn State | 1 | 2 | Dec 4–1 |
| 2023 · 133 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Brendan Ferretti · Navy (MD) | 13 | 20 | MD 12–4 |
| Round of 16 | L | Michael McGee · Arizona State | 13 | 4 | Dec 2–6 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Domenic Zaccone · Campbell (NC) | 13 | 19 | Fall 4:39 |
| Consolation round 3 | W | Dylan Ragusin · Michigan | 13 | 11 | Dec 1–1 (tiebreaker) |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Lucas Byrd · Illinois | 13 | 10 | Dec 3–3 (tiebreaker) |
| Consolation round 5 | W | Sam Latona · Virginia Tech | 13 | 6 | Dec 1–1 (tiebreaker) |
| Consolation semifinal | L | Michael McGee · Arizona State | 13 | 4 | Dec 2–3 |
| 5th-place bout | L | Aaron Nagao · Minnesota | 13 | 8 | Dec 0–4 |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Aldo Hernandez · Appalachian State (NC) | Round of 32 | W Fall | – | 2:14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | Sheet |
| Caedyn Ricciardi · Navy (MD) | Round of 16 | W Technical fall | 22–6 | 4:43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | Sheet |
| Vance Vombaur · Minnesota | Quarterfinal | W Major decision | 16–4 | 7:00 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | Sheet |
| Luke Stanich · Lehigh (PA) | Semifinal | W Decision | 4–1 | 7:26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | Sheet |
| Sergio Vega · Oklahoma State | Final | L Decision | 1–4 | 8:38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Sheet |
| 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Briar Priest · Pittsburgh (PA) | Round of 32 | W Technical fall | 21–5 | 5:41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | Sheet |
| Sergio Lemley · Michigan | Round of 16 | W Major decision | 11–2 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | Sheet |
| Vance Vombaur · Minnesota | Quarterfinal | W Major decision | 17–5 | 7:00 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | Sheet |
| Beau Bartlett · Penn State | Semifinal | W Decision | 2–1 | 10:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Sheet |
| Brock Hardy · Nebraska | Final | W Decision | 12–9 | 7:00 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | Sheet |
| 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Todd Carter · Gardner-Webb (NC) | Round of 32 | W Technical fall | 19–4 | 5:31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | Sheet |
| Isaiah Powe · Tennessee-Chattanooga | Round of 16 | W Fall | – | 4:37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Sheet |
| Brock Hardy · Nebraska | Quarterfinal | W Decision | 6–2 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | Sheet |
| Anthony Echemendia · Iowa State | Semifinal | W Decision | 6–4 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | Sheet |
| Beau Bartlett · Penn State | Final | W Decision | 4–1 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | Sheet |
| 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brendan Ferretti · Navy (MD) | Round of 32 | W Major decision | 12–4 | 7:00 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | Sheet |
| Michael McGee · Arizona State | Round of 16 | L Decision | 2–6 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Sheet |
| Domenic Zaccone · Campbell (NC) | Consolation round 2 | W Fall | – | 4:39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Sheet |
| Dylan Ragusin · Michigan | Consolation round 3 | W Decision | 1–1 | 9:30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sheet |
| Lucas Byrd · Illinois | Consolation round 4 | W Decision | 3–3 | 10:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | Sheet |
| Sam Latona · Virginia Tech | Consolation round 5 | W Decision | 1–1 | 9:30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Sheet |
| Michael McGee · Arizona State | Consolation semifinal | L Decision | 2–3 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | Sheet |
| Aaron Nagao · Minnesota | 5th-place bout | L Decision | 0–4 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 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.
In the articles
Cite this page: “Jesse Mendez”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_d6l72dlcrmfdtsel/jesse-mendez