Chad Johnson Chad Johnson, 2012 |
General Information |
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Height |
6' 2" |
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Collegiate Career |
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Record |
105-13 |
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Weight class |
285 lbs. |
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National Titles |
2: 2011, 12 |
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High School Career |
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Record |
136-26 |
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Weight class |
215 lbs. |
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State Titles |
2 (Wisc. Div. III 2008, 09) |
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.
Augsburg Individual National Champions |
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| Men |
Marcy (1972) • Swenson (1979) • Whirley (1982) • Adams (1983) • Arvold (1983) • Gliva (1984) • Kennedy (1984) • Beatty (1988, 90) • Grauberger (1991) • Kroells (1992, 93) • Fornicoia (1993) • Hoialmen (1993) • Armbruster (1995) • Layte (1995) • D. Lewandowski (1996, 97) • Gerten (1997, 98) • Peterson (1998) • Marchette (1999) • Cagle (2000) • Slack (2000) • Clausen (2000) • Bauer (2000, 01) • Bertram (2001) • N. Lewandowski (2001) • Abbott (2002) • LeVesseur (2003, 04, 05, 07) • Shankey (2004, 05) • Matzek (2004, 05) • Moon (2004, 05) • Osborn (2007) • Anderson (2007) • Flodeen (2008) • Massey (2009) • Molitor (2011) • Johnson (2012, 13) • Fuenffinger (2014, 15) • Longendyke (2015) • Epps (2018, 19) • Jeske (2018, 19) • Flynn (2019) • Benick (2019) |
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Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, no NCAA National tournaments were held for the men's team in 2020 and 2021. In 2020, the National Wrestling Coaches Association named All-American teams and 8 Augsburg wrestlers were named to the first team. In 2021, the NWCA held a post-season tournament in which 5 Augsburg wrestlers placed. |
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