Chad Johnson

Chad Johnson is a 285-pound wrestler for Augsburg College. He is a 2-time national titlist and a three-time All-American, finishing seventh at 2011 and first the following two years. Johnson finished his junior season at 37-1 and is now 105-13 in his career at Augsburg.

Johnson made his Augsburg debut at the 2010 Auggie Brute Adidas Open on November 20, 2010, finishing co-fifth in the 285 pound silver division. Johnson made his varsity dual debut on January 8, 2011, falling to Wisconsin-Stevens Point's Matt Cuarda 6-4 in sudden victory. Johnson picked up his varsity dual first win 10 days later when he blanked Waldorf's Jacob Combs 6-0.

On March 10, 2012, Johnson won his first National Title 6-1, over Corey Anderson of Wisconsin-Whitewater. On March 16, 2013 he defeated Joseph Zitone of Centenary (N.J.) 5-1 for his second title.

High school career
Johnson is a two-time Wisconsin Division III state high school champion and three-time placewinner. He finished first in 2009 and 2010, while placing sixth in 2008. He went 87-1 his final two seasons while being named the La Crosse Tribune Wrestler of the Year in 2009. His final high school record was 136-26.

Regional
Johnson finished true second at the 2011 NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional. He opened the tournament with a 3:39 pin of Jason Geick (Wheaton) and a 9-0 blanking of John Linn (St John's) before falling in the semifinals to Mark Corsello (Elmhurst). He rebounded with three straight wins to claim his trip to nationals: 5-0 over Timothy Day (Augustana), 3-1 over Ryan Hatten (Chicago) in the Third Place match and then a 5-2 win over Tom Bouressa (Concordia-Moorhead) in the true second match.

Nationals
Johnson finished seventh at his first national tournament. As the eighth seed, Johnson opened up the tournament with an 8-3 win over James Zarate (Whitewater) before falling to top-seeded John Helgerson (Wartburg) 5-1. He then used a 12-3 major decision over Jeremy Klein (Loras) to reach All-American status. Derick Hesson (Mount Union) then defeated Johnson 5-3 to send him to the Seventh Place match where he defeated Judson Connell (Merchant Marine) 7-3. Johnson finished his first Augsburg season with a 32-11 record.