Joey Novak
NCAA championship record, 2024–2026. Regular-season results are not included.
Joey Novak wrestled for Wyoming at three NCAA championships, 2024–2026, and went 12–6. Novak placed fifth at 197 lb in 2025 and fourth at 197 lb in 2026.
NCAA career
Every NCAA bout · 18
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 197 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Kael Wisler · Michigan State | 5 | 28 | Fall 4:43 |
| Round of 16 | W | Rune Lawrence · West Virginia | 5 | 21 | Fall 4:56 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Colton Hawks · Arizona State | 5 | 29 | MD 17–5 |
| Semifinal | L | Josh Barr · Penn State | 5 | 1 | MD 3–14 |
| Consolation semifinal | W | Camden McDanel · Nebraska | 5 | 11 | Dec 7–3 |
| 3rd-place bout | L | Stephen Little · Arkansas-Little Rock | 5 | 3 | Dec 4–7 |
| 2025 · 197 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Dillon Bechtold · Bucknell (PA) | 15 | 18 | Dec 8–1 |
| Round of 16 | L | Stephen Buchanan · Iowa | 15 | 2 | TF 1–16 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Nick Stemmet · Stanford (CA) | 15 | 17 | Fall 4:23 |
| Consolation round 3 | W | Zac Braunagel · Illinois | 15 | 9 | Fall 5:31 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Michael Beard · Lehigh (PA) | 15 | 5 | MD 13–4 |
| Consolation round 5 | W | Camden McDanel · Nebraska | 15 | 20 | Dec 4–2 |
| Consolation semifinal | L | AJ Ferrari Jr. · California-Bakersfield | 15 | 3 | Dec 3–5 |
| 5th-place bout | W | Stephen Little · Arkansas-Little Rock | 15 | 12 | MD 8–0 |
| 2024 · 197 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Luke Stout · Princeton (NJ) | 17 | 16 | Dec 9–6 |
| Round of 16 | L | Aaron Brooks · Penn State | 17 | 1 | Fall 2:21 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Max Shaw · North Carolina | 17 | 15 | Dec 9–5 |
| Consolation round 3 | L | Stephen Little · Arkansas-Little Rock | 17 | 9 | MD 5–13 |
Scoring · 2024 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kael Wisler · Michigan State | Round of 32 | W Fall | – | 4:43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | Sheet |
| Rune Lawrence · West Virginia | Round of 16 | W Fall | – | 4:56 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Sheet |
| Colton Hawks · Arizona State | Quarterfinal | W Major decision | 17–5 | 7:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | Sheet |
| Josh Barr · Penn State | Semifinal | L Major decision | 3–14 | 7:00 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | Sheet |
| Camden McDanel · Nebraska | Consolation semifinal | W Decision | 7–3 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | Sheet |
| Stephen Little · Arkansas-Little Rock | 3rd-place bout | L Decision | 4–7 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | Sheet |
| 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dillon Bechtold · Bucknell (PA) | Round of 32 | W Decision | 8–1 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | Sheet |
| Stephen Buchanan · Iowa | Round of 16 | L Technical fall | 1–16 | 6:57 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | Sheet |
| Nick Stemmet · Stanford (CA) | Consolation round 2 | W Fall | – | 4:23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | Sheet |
| Zac Braunagel · Illinois | Consolation round 3 | W Fall | – | 5:31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Sheet |
| Michael Beard · Lehigh (PA) | Consolation round 4 | W Major decision | 13–4 | 7:00 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | Sheet |
| Camden McDanel · Nebraska | Consolation round 5 | W Decision | 4–2 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | Sheet |
| AJ Ferrari Jr. · California-Bakersfield | Consolation semifinal | L Decision | 3–5 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Sheet |
| Stephen Little · Arkansas-Little Rock | 5th-place bout | W Major decision | 8–0 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | Sheet |
| 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Luke Stout · Princeton (NJ) | Round of 32 | W Decision | 9–6 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | Sheet |
| Aaron Brooks · Penn State | Round of 16 | L Fall | – | 2:21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Sheet |
| Max Shaw · North Carolina | Consolation round 2 | W Decision | 9–5 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | Sheet |
| Stephen Little · Arkansas-Little Rock | Consolation round 3 | L Major decision | 5–13 | 7:00 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 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: “Joey Novak”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_hkr5oocfq5zo2pfb/joey-novak