Yahya Thomas
NCAA championship record, 2021–2023. Regular-season results are not included.
Yahya Thomas wrestled for Northwestern (IL) at three NCAA championships, 2021–2023, and went 11–5. Thomas placed third at 149 lb in 2021.
NCAA career
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Northwestern (IL) | 149 | 7 | Lost consolation round 4 | 2–2 | 4 bouts |
| 2022 | Northwestern (IL) | 149 | 19 | Lost consolation round 4 | 3–2 | 5 bouts |
| 2021 | Northwestern (IL) | 149 | 25 | 3rd | 6–1 | 7 bouts |
Every NCAA bout · 16
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 · 149 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Nate Higley · George Mason (VA) | 7 | 26 | MD 12–3 |
| Round of 16 | W | Michael Blockhus · Minnesota | 7 | 10 | Dec 3–1 |
| Quarterfinal | L | Sammy Sasso · Ohio State | 7 | 2 | Dec 1–2 |
| Consolation round 4 | L | Caleb Henson · Virginia Tech | 7 | 4 | Dec 2–7 |
| 2022 · 149 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | L | Josh Finesilver · Duke (NC) | 19 | 14 | Dec 10–13 |
| Consolation round 1 | W | Marshall Keller · Princeton (NJ) | 19 | 30 | Fall 4:24 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Beau Bartlett · Penn State | 19 | 13 | Dec 5–3 |
| Consolation round 3 | W | Cory Crooks · Oregon State | 19 | 27 | Dec 4–1 |
| Consolation round 4 | L | Tariq Wilson · North Carolina State | 19 | 2 | Dec 5–9 |
| 2021 · 149 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Jaden Abas · Stanford (CA) | 25 | 8 | Dec 6–2 |
| Round of 16 | W | Legend Lamer · California-Poly | 25 | 9 | Dec 10–4 |
| Quarterfinal | L | Sammy Sasso · Ohio State | 25 | 1 | Dec 3–8 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Mitch Moore · Oklahoma | 25 | 13 | Dec 3–1 |
| Consolation round 5 | W | Jaden Abas · Stanford (CA) | 25 | 8 | Dec 7–1 |
| Consolation semifinal | W | Harold 'Brock' Mauller IV · Missouri | 25 | 3 | Dec 7–4 |
| 3rd-place bout | W | Boo Lewallen · Oklahoma State | 25 | 4 | Dec 5–3 |
Scoring · 2021 to 2023
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 | ||||||
| 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nate Higley · George Mason (VA) | Round of 32 | W Major decision | 12–3 | 7:00 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | Sheet |
| Michael Blockhus · Minnesota | Round of 16 | W Decision | 3–1 | 8:07 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Sheet |
| Sammy Sasso · Ohio State | Quarterfinal | L Decision | 1–2 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Sheet |
| Caleb Henson · Virginia Tech | Consolation round 4 | L Decision | 2–7 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | Sheet |
| 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Josh Finesilver · Duke (NC) | Round of 32 | L Decision | 10–13 | 7:00 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | Sheet |
| Marshall Keller · Princeton (NJ) | Consolation round 1 | W Fall | – | 4:24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | Sheet |
| Beau Bartlett · Penn State | Consolation round 2 | W Decision | 5–3 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | Sheet |
| Cory Crooks · Oregon State | Consolation round 3 | W Decision | 4–1 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | Sheet |
| Tariq Wilson · North Carolina State | Consolation round 4 | L Decision | 5–9 | 7:00 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | Sheet |
| 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jaden Abas · Stanford (CA) | Round of 32 | W Decision | 6–2 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | Sheet |
| Legend Lamer · California-Poly | Round of 16 | W Decision | 10–4 | 7:00 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | Sheet |
| Sammy Sasso · Ohio State | Quarterfinal | L Decision | 3–8 | 7:00 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | Sheet |
| Mitch Moore · Oklahoma | Consolation round 4 | W Decision | 3–1 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Sheet |
| Jaden Abas · Stanford (CA) | Consolation round 5 | W Decision | 7–1 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | Sheet |
| Harold 'Brock' Mauller IV · Missouri | Consolation semifinal | W Decision | 7–4 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | Sheet |
| Boo Lewallen · Oklahoma State | 3rd-place bout | W Decision | 5–3 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 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: “Yahya Thomas”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_tumvooitflfgfwj6/yahya-thomas