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Chad Johnson

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Chad Johnson

Chad Johnson, 2012
General Information
Height 6' 2"
Collegiate Career
Record 105-13
Weight class 285 lbs.
National Titles 2: 2011, 12
High School Career
Record 136-26
Weight class 215 lbs.
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.

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.[1]

College Career

2010-11 Season

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.[2]

Referenes

  1. ^ "Chad Johnson". 2009-10 Wrestling Roster. Augsburg College Athletics. http://athletics.augsburg.edu/roster.aspx?rp_id=9020&path=wrestling. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  2. ^ "Auggies win regional for 9th straight year" (in English). Sheboygan, Wis.: Augsburg College Athletics. Feb. 26, 2011. http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2011/2/26/wres022611.aspx?path=wrestling. Retrieved 2013-03-24.


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Augsburg Individual National Champions
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)
Women
Shilson (2020, 21)
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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