125 pounds: Nick Suriano became the first NCAA All-American crowned in the 2022 tournament after pinning 2021 All-American Sam Latona in the quarterfinals. This year marks his third All-American honor, and he added a second national title to his resume with a win in the finals over Pat Glory of Princeton. Glory earned his second All-American honor after advancing to the semifinals, and his second-place finish is the highest of his career. Glory's EIWA foe, Vito Arujau, finished third after dropping to Glory in the semifinals and beating Northwestern's Michael DeAugustino in the bronze-medal match. The Ivys are back, and Princeton and Cornell brought the heat at 125 pounds.
Just ahead of Matthews on the podium was Rutgers' five-time All-American and four-time placewinner Sebastian Rivera, a graduate student who beat Andrew Alirez in the Blood Round to stay alive. He would ultimately also beat Willits in the bronze medal match, putting Willits in fourth as the Beaver earned his first All-American honor. Willits rebounded from his quarterfinal loss to earn All-American honors after topping topping Chad "Mr. March" Red and keeping the Husker off the podium.
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285 pounds: The heavyweight class is led by Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson, a senior Minnesota Gopher who earned All-American honors again when he beat Northwestern's Lucas Davison in the quarterfinals. Davison actually took Steveson down in the match, the first time the Gopher had been taken down all year, but Steveson did Steveson things and beat Davison 10-5 for the win. The Wildcat, however, fought back in the Blood Round to place at the national tournament for the first time in his career. He beat Oregon State's Gary Traub for the honor and would go on to take sixth. Steveson would go on to win the weight after topping Arizona State's Cohlton Schultz, a young Sun Devil who won a wild semifinal against Wood to secure a spot in the 2022 NCAA finals and ultimately finish second.
He later died of the injuries that he sustained in action. Subsequently, he was awarded the honor posthumously with the presentation of the medal being made to his daughter. His body was interred at Woodland Cemetery in Des Moines, Iowa. 2ff7e9595c
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