Hunter Catka
NCAA championship record, 2021–2026. Regular-season results are not included.
Hunter Catka wrestled for Virginia Tech and Rutgers (NJ) at four NCAA championships, 2021–2026, and went 6–8. Catka lost in consolation round 2 in 2021, in consolation round 1 in 2023, and in consolation round 4 in 2024 and 2026.
NCAA career
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rutgers (NJ) | 285 | 27 | Lost consolation round 4 | 2–2 | 4 bouts |
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | 285 | 26 | Lost consolation round 4 | 3–2 | 5 bouts |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 285 | 22 | Lost consolation round 1 | 0–2 | 2 bouts |
| 2021 | Virginia Tech | 285 | 18 | Lost consolation round 2 | 1–2 | 3 bouts |
Every NCAA bout · 14
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 285 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Nathan Taylor · Lehigh (PA) | 27 | 6 | Dec 6–3 |
| Round of 16 | W | Devon Dawson · Northern Illinois | 27 | 11 | Dec 2–1 |
| Quarterfinal | L | Taye Ghadiali · Michigan | 27 | 3 | MD 0–8 |
| Consolation round 4 | L | Christian Carroll · Wyoming | 27 | 18 | Dec 5–8 |
| 2024 · 285 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | L | Taye Ghadiali · Campbell (NC) | 26 | 7 | Dec 2–8 |
| Consolation round 1 | W | Lucas Stoddard · Army (NY) | 26 | 23 | MD 11–0 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Bradley Hill · Iowa | 26 | 25 | MD 11–2 |
| Consolation round 3 | W | Grady Griess · Navy (MD) | 26 | 17 | Dec 6–2 |
| Consolation round 4 | L | Zach Elam · Missouri | 26 | 6 | Dec 0–1 |
| 2023 · 285 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | L | Trent Hillger · Wisconsin | 22 | 11 | Dec 0–2 |
| Consolation round 1 | L | Ben Goldin · Pennsylvania | 22 | 27 | Dec 2–5 |
| 2021 · 285 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | L | Carter Isley · Northern Iowa | 18 | 15 | Dec 1–3 |
| Consolation round 1 | W | Andrew Gunning · North Carolina | 18 | 31 | Dec 3–1 |
| Consolation round 2 | L | Wyatt Hendrickson · Air Force (CO) | 18 | 17 | MD 6–14 |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nathan Taylor · Lehigh (PA) | Round of 32 | W Decision | 6–3 | 8:35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | Sheet |
| Devon Dawson · Northern Illinois | Round of 16 | W Decision | 2–1 | 9:30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Sheet |
| Taye Ghadiali · Michigan | Quarterfinal | L Major decision | 0–8 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | Sheet |
| Christian Carroll · Wyoming | Consolation round 4 | L Decision | 5–8 | 7:39 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | Sheet |
| 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taye Ghadiali · Campbell (NC) | Round of 32 | L Decision | 2–8 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | Sheet |
| Lucas Stoddard · Army (NY) | Consolation round 1 | W Major decision | 11–0 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | Sheet |
| Bradley Hill · Iowa | Consolation round 2 | W Major decision | 11–2 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | Sheet |
| Grady Griess · Navy (MD) | Consolation round 3 | W Decision | 6–2 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | Sheet |
| Zach Elam · Missouri | Consolation round 4 | L Decision | 0–1 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Sheet |
| 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Trent Hillger · Wisconsin | Round of 32 | L Decision | 0–2 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Sheet |
| Ben Goldin · Pennsylvania | Consolation round 1 | L Decision | 2–5 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | Sheet |
| 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Carter Isley · Northern Iowa | Round of 32 | L Decision | 1–3 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Sheet |
| Andrew Gunning · North Carolina | Consolation round 1 | W Decision | 3–1 | 7:29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Sheet |
| Wyatt Hendrickson · Air Force (CO) | Consolation round 2 | L Major decision | 6–14 | 7:00 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 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: “Hunter Catka”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_iiw4ndcaarfuwpvs/hunter-catka