2018-19 Wrestling Roster
Johnny Sebastian
- Weight:
- 174
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Ramsey, N.J.
- High School:
- Bergen Catholic
2016-17 Match-by-Match Results
2014-15 Match-by-Match Results
2018-19: Redshirt senior ... Wrestling at 174 lbs. ... Defeated Carver James in the conference finale victory over #24 Illinois (2/15) ... Won by major decision against Patrick Spray in the 'Cats upset win over #11 Wisconsin (1/18) ... Picked up a pair of victories at the Midlands Championships (12/29) ... Recorded victories in each of the first two duals of the season ... Ranked #14 in the country to start the campaign.
2017-18: Redshirt junior ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Wrestled at 174 lbs. ... Went 2-2 at the NCAA Championships (3/15-17), including a 11-2 major decision over #13 C.J. Brucki (Central Michigan) ... Placed fourth in a stacked 174-lb. weight class at the Big Ten Championships (3/3-3/4) ... Took down #12 Dylan Lydy of Purdue to reach the tournament semifinals (3/4) ... Won by major decision in the final dual match of the season to finish with 23 wins (2/18) ... Posted a 9-4 decision win against Kaleb Young of Iowa (2/4) ... Topped high school teammate Joe Grello in a 5-2 decision vs. Rutgers (2/2) ... Defeated Christopher Pfarr in the 'Cats win over #14 Minnesota ... Picked up a win by major decision at 174 against #18 Nebraska (1/19) ... Topped Wisconsin's Ryan Christensen for the third time in the season in NU's upset win over the #16 Badgers (1/12) ... Won by major decision in the conference matchup at Illinois (1/7) ... Took seventh place at the Midlands Championships (12/29-30) after posting four major decision wins ... Pinned Maryland's Josh Ugalde in 3:57 in the Big Ten dual opener (12/2) ... Won fourth place at the Keystone Classic (11/19) ... Finished fifth at the Michigan State Open (11/5) ... Recorded four wins in the tournament, including two by fall and one by major decision ... Beat No. 15 Ryan Christensen of Wisconsin in the fifth place bout.
2016-17: Redshirt sophomore ... Placed seventh at the Big Ten Championships, winning three of his five matches ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships at 165 lbs ... Finished at 19-8 in his first season of competition … Tied for third most wins on the team … Scored 42 team points in duals, good for second best on the team … Ten dual wins trailed only Jacob Berkowitz’s twelve … Tied for the team lead with four wins by fal l… Leads the team outright in wins by major decision … Won his first career Big Ten match with a 13-4 major decision (1/8) ... Won the first seven matches of his career... Went 9-1 at 174 lbs before moving to 165 … Nine wins have come via bonus points... Won by second period fall in his first career match (11/6) ... NWCA All-Academic Team.
2015-16: Redshirt freshman ... Missed the entirety of the season after having surgery in November.
2014-15: Freshman ... Redshirt season … Put together a 23-3 record while wrestling unattached for Northwestern … Competed at the 2014 Midlands where he earned a fifth place finish (12/30) … Started the Midlands with three straight wins, including one by fall and one by major decision … Made it to the championship match at the Michigan State Open in his first collegiate tournament (11/2) … Began the tournament with three straight bonus point wins, including a fall of Tiffin's Chris Baker in 2:33 and two major decisions over D-1 opponents from Michigan and Columbia (11/2).
High School: Ranked No. 1 wrestler in the nation at 182 lbs. by Amateur Wrestling News ... Three-time state champion from New Jersey ... Won his third New Jersey state championship after recording a takedown in overtime to earn a 6-4 victory in the 182 lbs. final ... Finished his Crusaders career with a record of 143-18 ... Ranked No. 14 overall in the senior class by InterMat Wrestle ... Won the FloWrestling battle of Who Is #1 over the #2 ranked wrestler in the nation ... Entered his senior season with an overall record of 110-16, which includes an 81-3 mark over the last two state championship campaigns ... Finished fifth at 152 lbs. as a freshman before winning titles at 160 lbs. and 182 lbs. in his sophomore and junior seasons.
Personal: Chose Northwestern over University of Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Princeton, and Michigan ... Major is Learning and Organizational Change, masters in management studies
| Season | Overall W-L | Dual Meet W-L | Big Ten W-L | Dual Points For-Against | Big Ten Champs. | NCAA Champs |
Pins For-Against | Tech Falls For-Against | Major Dec. For-Against |
| 2014-15* | 23-3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2-1 | -- | 3-1 |
| 2016-17 | 19-8 | 10-3 | 4-3 | 42-12 | 7th | -- | 4-1 | 1-1 | 7-2 |
| 2017-18 | 28-12 | 11-2 | 7-1 | 40-6 | 4th | -- | 5-0 | 1-1 | 10-2 |
| 2018-19 | 6-7 | 4-5 | 2-5 | 13-17 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1-2 |
| Career | 53-27 | 25-10 | 13-9 | 95-35 | 4th | -- | 9-1 | 2-2 | 18-6 |
*Includes matches while competing unattached
