NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1988 NCAA Championships

142 lb

Champion Pat Santoro, Pittsburgh (PA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd, 5th, and 7th place bouts

  1. 1Pat SantoroPITT
  2. 2Sean O'DayEDIN
  3. 3Karl MonacoMONC
  4. 4Thom OrtizASU
  5. 5Larry GotcherMICH
  6. 6Laurence JacksonOKST
  7. 7Kirk AzingerILL
  8. 8Dave ZahoranskyCSU

Connected 1988 142-pound bracket

Tap a name to follow that wrestler

Key
  • Tap a name to follow that wrestler; tap it again to open their profile.
  • "Cons →" is where the loser continues in the consolation bracket; tap it to go there.
  • "↩" is where a wrestler arrived from the championship bracket.
  • The score opens the bout.
Jump to finalJump to placements

Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 4 bouts

28 byes into the round of 32

  1. Burke Stone, Weber State (UT) over Duane Maue, Colorado Mines — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  2. Danny Hayes, Missouri over Pat Waters, Cornell (NY) — Dec 10–9 · View bout
  3. Joe Ghezzi, Iowa State over Trevor Lewis, Princeton (NJ) — MD 11–3 · View bout
  4. Mark McLaughlin (11), William & Mary (VA) over Stacy Richmond, Michigan State — Fall 0:56 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Dave Zahoransky (8), Cleveland State (OH) over Jim Sconce, Oklahoma — MD 15–2 · View bout
  2. Joe Cesari Jr. (10), North Carolina State over Danny Hayes, Missouri — Fall 2:01 · View bout
  3. Joe Lilovich, Purdue (IN) over Jay Smaaladen, Virginia Military — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  4. Karl Monaco (4), Montclair State (NJ) over Burke Stone, Weber State (UT) — MD 14–3 · View bout
  5. Kenny Ramsey Jr., Ohio State over Joe Ghezzi, Iowa State — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  6. Kirk Azinger (6), Illinois over Mark Boston, Ohio — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  7. Kurt Shedenhelm (2), Northern Iowa over Albert Woody, Morgan State (MD) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  8. Larry Gotcher, Michigan over Jon Evans, Brigham Young (UT) — MD 16–3 · View bout
  9. Laurence Jackson (7), Oklahoma State over Chad Taylor, Wyoming — Fall 4:11 · View bout
  10. Mark McLaughlin (11), William & Mary (VA) over Ron Wisniewski, Notre Dame (IN) — MD 18–7 · View bout
  11. Pat Santoro (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Randy Schimmel, Boise State (ID) — TF 19–3 · View bout
  12. Rob Meloy, Penn State over Jeff Scotton, Bucknell (PA) — MD 15–3 · View bout
  13. Ron Thatcher, California-Bakersfield over Lenny Bernstein (9), North Carolina — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  14. Scott Collins (12), West Virginia over Mark Billups, Old Dominion (VA) — Fall 4:57 · View bout
  15. Sean O'Day (3), Edinboro (PA) over Terry Barry, East Stroudsburg (PA) — TF 19–4 · View bout
  16. Thom Ortiz (5), Arizona State over Ryan Johnson, Central Connecticut — TF 23–7 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Dave Zahoransky (8), Cleveland State (OH) over Ron Thatcher, California-Bakersfield — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  2. Karl Monaco (4), Montclair State (NJ) over Joe Lilovich, Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. Kirk Azinger (6), Illinois over Mark McLaughlin (11), William & Mary (VA) — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  4. Larry Gotcher, Michigan over Kurt Shedenhelm (2), Northern Iowa — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  5. Laurence Jackson (7), Oklahoma State over Joe Cesari Jr. (10), North Carolina State — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  6. Pat Santoro (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Kenny Ramsey Jr., Ohio State — Fall 2:10 · View bout
  7. Sean O'Day (3), Edinboro (PA) over Rob Meloy, Penn State — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  8. Thom Ortiz (5), Arizona State over Scott Collins (12), West Virginia — Dec 12–6 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Karl Monaco (4), Montclair State (NJ) over Thom Ortiz (5), Arizona State — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Larry Gotcher, Michigan over Laurence Jackson (7), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  3. Pat Santoro (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Dave Zahoransky (8), Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 13–7 · View bout
  4. Sean O'Day (3), Edinboro (PA) over Kirk Azinger (6), Illinois — MD 18–10 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Pat Santoro (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Karl Monaco (4), Montclair State (NJ) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Sean O'Day (3), Edinboro (PA) over Larry Gotcher, Michigan — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Pat Santoro (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Sean O'Day (3), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 16–11 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Jim Sconce, Oklahoma over Ron Thatcher, California-Bakersfield — Fall 0:44 · View bout
  2. Joe Cesari Jr. (10), North Carolina State over Chad Taylor, Wyoming — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  3. Joe Lilovich, Purdue (IN) over Burke Stone, Weber State (UT) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  4. Jon Evans, Brigham Young (UT) over Kurt Shedenhelm (2), Northern Iowa — Dec 18–17 · View bout
  5. Kenny Ramsey Jr., Ohio State over Randy Schimmel, Boise State (ID) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  6. Mark McLaughlin (11), William & Mary (VA) over Mark Boston, Ohio — Dec 15–10 · View bout
  7. Scott Collins (12), West Virginia over Ryan Johnson, Central Connecticut — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  8. Terry Barry, East Stroudsburg (PA) over Rob Meloy, Penn State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Joe Cesari Jr. (10), North Carolina State over Jon Evans, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  2. Kenny Ramsey Jr., Ohio State over Jim Sconce, Oklahoma — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  3. Mark McLaughlin (11), William & Mary (VA) over Terry Barry, East Stroudsburg (PA) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  4. Scott Collins (12), West Virginia over Joe Lilovich, Purdue (IN) — Dec 9–5 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Dave Zahoransky (8), Cleveland State (OH) over Joe Cesari Jr. (10), North Carolina State — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  2. Kirk Azinger (6), Illinois over Scott Collins (12), West Virginia — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  3. Laurence Jackson (7), Oklahoma State over Kenny Ramsey Jr., Ohio State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Thom Ortiz (5), Arizona State over Mark McLaughlin (11), William & Mary (VA) — MD 9–1 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Laurence Jackson (7), Oklahoma State over Kirk Azinger (6), Illinois — MD 17–6 · View bout
  2. Thom Ortiz (5), Arizona State over Dave Zahoransky (8), Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 7–5 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Karl Monaco (4), Montclair State (NJ) over Laurence Jackson (7), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Thom Ortiz (5), Arizona State over Larry Gotcher, Michigan — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Karl Monaco (4), Montclair State (NJ) over Thom Ortiz (5), Arizona State — Dec 5–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Larry Gotcher, Michigan over Laurence Jackson (7), Oklahoma State — MD 15–5 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Kirk Azinger (6), Illinois over Dave Zahoransky (8), Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 11–4 · View bout