Vinny Zerban
NCAA championship record, 2023–2026. Regular-season results are not included.
Vinny Zerban wrestled for Iowa State and Northern Colorado at four NCAA championships, 2023–2026, and went 10–9. Zerban placed sixth at 157 lb in 2025.
NCAA career
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Iowa State | 157 | 12 | Lost consolation round 2 | 1–2 | 3 bouts |
| 2025 | Northern Colorado | 157 | 7 | 6th | 4–3 | 7 bouts |
| 2024 | Northern Colorado | 157 | 18 | Lost consolation round 2 | 1–2 | 3 bouts |
| 2023 | Northern Colorado | 157 | 32 | Lost consolation round 4 | 4–2 | 6 bouts |
Every NCAA bout · 19
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 157 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | L | Charlie Millard · Minnesota | 12 | 21 | Dec 6–12 |
| Consolation round 1 | W | Gavin Drexler · North Dakota State | 12 | 28 | MD 11–0 |
| Consolation round 2 | L | Jude Swisher · Pennsylvania | 12 | 6 | Dec 3–6 |
| 2025 · 157 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Blake Saito · Brown (RI) | 7 | 26 | Fall 6:49 |
| Round of 16 | W | Chase Saldate · Michigan | 7 | 23 | Dec 5–1 |
| Quarterfinal | L | Meyer Shapiro · Cornell (NY) | 7 | 2 | Dec 4–9 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Brandon Cannon · Ohio State | 7 | 5 | Dec 11–6 |
| Consolation round 5 | W | Matty Bianchi · Arkansas-Little Rock | 7 | 11 | Dec 4–1 |
| Consolation semifinal | L | Trevor Chumbley · Northwestern (IL) | 7 | 20 | Dec 3–5 |
| 5th-place bout | L | Meyer Shapiro · Cornell (NY) | 7 | 2 | MD 0–11 |
| 2024 · 157 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | L | Cael Swensen · South Dakota State | 18 | 15 | Dec 1–4 |
| Consolation round 1 | W | Matty Bianchi · Arkansas-Little Rock | 18 | 31 | Dec 6–2 |
| Consolation round 2 | L | Teague Travis · Oklahoma State | 18 | 16 | Dec 0–5 |
| 2023 · 157 lb | |||||
| Opening round | W | Nathan Lukez · Army (NY) | 32 | 33 | Dec 6–5 |
| Round of 32 | L | Austin O'Connor · North Carolina | 32 | 1 | Dec 1–6 |
| Consolation round 1 | W | Anthony Artalona · Pennsylvania | 32 | 16 | Dec 3–1 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Jacob Wright · Wyoming | 32 | 15 | Dec 3–2 |
| Consolation round 3 | W | Jason Kraisser · Iowa State | 32 | 25 | MD 10–1 |
| Consolation round 4 | L | Jared Franek · North Dakota State | 32 | 4 | Dec 3–7 |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Millard · Minnesota | Round of 32 | L Decision | 6–12 | 7:00 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | Sheet |
| Gavin Drexler · North Dakota State | Consolation round 1 | W Major decision | 11–0 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | Sheet |
| Jude Swisher · Pennsylvania | Consolation round 2 | L Decision | 3–6 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | Sheet |
| 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Blake Saito · Brown (RI) | Round of 32 | W Fall | – | 6:49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | Sheet |
| Chase Saldate · Michigan | Round of 16 | W Decision | 5–1 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | Sheet |
| Meyer Shapiro · Cornell (NY) | Quarterfinal | L Decision | 4–9 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | Sheet |
| Brandon Cannon · Ohio State | Consolation round 4 | W Decision | 11–6 | 7:00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | Sheet |
| Matty Bianchi · Arkansas-Little Rock | Consolation round 5 | W Decision | 4–1 | 8:11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | Sheet |
| Trevor Chumbley · Northwestern (IL) | Consolation semifinal | L Decision | 3–5 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Sheet |
| Meyer Shapiro · Cornell (NY) | 5th-place bout | L Major decision | 0–11 | 7:00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | Sheet |
| 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cael Swensen · South Dakota State | Round of 32 | L Decision | 1–4 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Sheet |
| Matty Bianchi · Arkansas-Little Rock | Consolation round 1 | W Decision | 6–2 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | Sheet |
| Teague Travis · Oklahoma State | Consolation round 2 | L Decision | 0–5 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Sheet |
| 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nathan Lukez · Army (NY) | Opening round | W Decision | 6–5 | 7:00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | Sheet |
| Austin O'Connor · North Carolina | Round of 32 | L Decision | 1–6 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Sheet |
| Anthony Artalona · Pennsylvania | Consolation round 1 | W Decision | 3–1 | 7:26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Sheet |
| Jacob Wright · Wyoming | Consolation round 2 | W Decision | 3–2 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | Sheet |
| Jason Kraisser · Iowa State | Consolation round 3 | W Major decision | 10–1 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | Sheet |
| Jared Franek · North Dakota State | Consolation round 4 | L Decision | 3–7 | 7:00 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 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: “Vinny Zerban”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_qq5fiwa2sk7qnx2y/vinny-zerban