Dec. 20, 2002
2002 Reno Tournament of Champions
Number listed before wrestler is tournament seed
125 - Jeremy Mendoza (1-2, DNP)
Champ 1st - pinned Kenny Chu (Princeton), 2:23
Champ 2nd - lost decision to #4 Vic Moreno (Cal Poly), 7-5
Conso 2nd - lost decision to Virgil Moorehead (UC Davis), 7-6
125 - Adam Chavira (1-2, DNP)
Champ 1st - lost decision to Casey Kotter (Portland St.), 8-1
Conso 1st - won decision over Jordan Keckler (Fresno St.), 4-2
Conso 2nd - lost major decision to #8 Jared Opfer (Kent St.), 13-0
133 - #6 Mike Simpson (2-2, DNP)
Champ 1st - won decision over Jesse Brock (Boise St.), 6-2
Champ 2nd - won decision over Drew Opfer (Kent St.), 5-2
Quarters - lost decision to #5 Shawn Bunch (Edinboro), 5-2
Conso 4th - lost decision to Jason Harless (Oregon), 6-4
141 - #4 Dana Holland (5-0, 2002 Champion)
Champ 1st - pinned Freeborn Moondelo (S. Ore.), 4:51
Champ 2nd - pinned Chris Brines (UC Davis), 6:19
Quarters - won major decision over #8 Juan Mora (Fullerton), 11-3
Semis - pinned #4 Frank Edgar (Clarion), 6:51
Final - won decision over #3 Casey Hunt (Oregon), 6-1
141 - Evan Larkin (1-1, DNP)
Champ 1st - won tech fall over Stuart Eggerton (Portland St.), 18-2 (4:35)
Champ 2nd - pinned by Brian Baglio (N. Carolina), 0:48
Conso 2nd - injury defaulted
149 - #1 Eric Larkin (0-0, DNC)
defaulted out of tournament prior to start of competition
149 - #6 Patrick Williams (3-2. DNP)
Champ 1st - lost decision to Jason Blake (Kent St.), 7-1
Conso 1st - pinned Glen Shaw (Lassen), 4:22
Conso 2nd - won decision over Jim Perry (Clarion), 7-3
Conso 3rd - won decision over Nick Davis (UC Davis), 9-4
Conso 4th - lost major decision to Joe Garcia (Fullerton), 12-4
165 - #4 Nick Frost (4-1, 2002 Runner-up)
Champ 1st - won tech fall over Christian Arellano (Bakersfield), 18-3 (4:06)
Champ 2nd - won major decision over Brett Munson (Oklahoma St.), 14-4
Quarters - won decision over #5 Mike Mitchell (Duke), 8-2
Semis - won decision over #1 Matt King (Edinboro), 8-3
Final - lost decision to #2 Nick Nemeth (Kent St.), 7-0
174 - #12 Curtis Owen (1-0, DNP)
Champ 1st - won major decision over Patrick Owens (Boise St.), 10-1
Champ 2nd - lost by injury default
Conso 2nd - lost by injury default
184 - Mazi Burke (1-2, DNP)
Champ 1st - won decision over Mike Croyle (Pittsburgh), 5-3
Champ 2nd - lost decision to Nathaniel Augsutson (Embry), 15-10
Conso 2nd - lost major decision to Alex Camargo (Kent St.), 11-2
184 - Ron Renzi (3-2, DNP)
Champ 1st - Bye
Champ 2nd - lost decision to Alex Clemson (Edinboro), 9-3
Conso 2nd - won by major decision over Matt Atkinson (N. Carolina), 13-1
Conso 3rd - won decision over Mike Croyle (Pittsburgh), 3-1
Conso 4th - pinned Alex Clemson (Edinboro), 0:36
Conso Quarters - pinned by #2 Ryan Halsey (Cal Poly), no time available
197 - #8 Ryan Bader (6-1, Third Place)
Champ 1st - won major decision over Matt Fisher (Princeton), 8-0
Champ 2nd - won major decision over Steve Berringer (Cent. Missouri), 16-4
Quarters - lost major decision to #1 Muhammed Lawal (Oklahoma St.), 22-9
Conso 4th - won decision over Casy Phelps (Boise St.), 6-4
Conso Quarters - pinned #4 Marcio Bothelo (Fresno St.), 2:49
Conso Semis - pinned #5 David Schenk (Cal Poly), 2:25
Third/Fourth - won decision over David Dashiell (N. Carolina), 7-1
285 - #5 Kellan Fluckiger (4-0, 2002 Champion)
Champ 1st - Bye
Champ 2nd - pinned Matt Hawrilenko (Princeton), 2:20
Quarters - won decision over #8 Willie Gruenwald (Oklahoma St.), 4-0
Semis - won decision over #5 Tomas Rodriguez (Kent St.), 5-0
Final - won decision over #3 Boe Rushton (Boise St.), 3-2 tb
Final Team Standings
1. Oklahoma State - 139.0
2. Edinboro - 89.5
3. Arizona State - 87.5
4. Boise State - 82.0
5. Kent State - 76.0