2022-23 Wrestling Roster
Davison, Lucas
Lucas Davison
- Weight:
- 285
- Letters:
- 4
- Hometown:
- Chesterton, Ind.
- High School:
- Chesterton High School
Bio
2022-23: Redshirt senior ... Competed at 285 lbs ... Finished 27-6 overall ... Took home All-American honors for a second straight season following a fifth-place showing at the NCAA Championships (3/16-18), where he went 5-2 ... Finished fifth at the Big Ten Championships (3/4-5) ... Opened year with a 6-0 blanking of Gabe Christenson in dual meet win at Virginia (11/20) ... Defeated a pair of top-25 ranked foes on his way to a runner-up finish at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (12/2-3) ... Did not allow a point en route to topping the podium at the Midlands Championships (12/28-29) ... Registered a 4-1 decision over Garrett Joles of Minnesota (1/7) in Big Ten dual meet opener ... Needed just 43 seconds to dispatch Cale Davidson of Nebraska (1/15) by fall ... Defeated Matt Wroblewski (Illinois) by a 6-2 final (1/20) ... Took down No. 10 Trent Hillger, 4-1, to clinch dual meet victory against Wisconsin (1/27) ... Pinned Rutgers' Kyle Epperly in 3:44 (1/29) ... Notched another win by fall in the 'Cats home finale against Ohio State (2/5), defeating No. 15 Tate Orndorff (6:02) ... Used a thrilling 4-2 win over Harvard's Yaraslau Slavikouski (3/17) to secure All-American honors at the NCAA Championships.
2021-22: Redshirt junior ... First season competing at 285 lbs ... Earned All-American honors after finishing sixth at NCAA Championships with a 4-3 record ... No. 9 seed at NCAA Championships ... Finished fifth at the Big Ten Championships ... Posted a 6-2 record in Big Ten duals and 9-2 record in regular season duals ... Went 4-0 at the Michigan State Open ... Finished in fifth place at the CKLV Invitational, including a pin of #28 AJ Nevills of South Dakota State (12/3) ... Won by 14-0 major decision over Colton McKiernan of SIUE (12/29) ... Won a 9-4 decision over Quinn Miller of Virginia (12/29) ... Secured a top-five win with a 4-3 decision over Wisconsin's No. 5 Trent Hillger (1/7) ... Won six in a row to end the regular season, including tech fall wins in three of his last four matchups ... Prevailed in an 8-3 decision over #11 Christian Lance (Nebraska) (1/23) ... Took down #28 Luke Luffman of Illinois by 3-2 decision (1/29) ... Won by 22-7 tech fall in 7:00 against Maryland (2/6) ... Earned 19-4 tech fall win in 7:00 against Michigan St. (2/11) ... Earned 15-0 tech fall win in 5:11 against Purdue (2/19).
2019-20: Redshirt first-year ... Competed at 197 lbs ... Recorded his first win of the season in a 5-3 decision over Virginia Tech's Stanley Smeltzer (11/10) ... Picked up a commanding 9-1 victory by major decision over Cordell Easton of North Dakota State University at North Dakota State (11/24) ... Recorded a 4-2 win by decision over #2 Christian Brunner of Purdue his Big Ten debut (1/10) ... Recorded a 7-5 win by decision over All-American Shakur Rasheed of Penn State (1/12) ... Secured team dual victory over Indiana with a 7-2 decision over Nick Willham, adding to his 6-0 dual season record (1/18) ... Recorded a decision win against #31 Jackson Striggow from Michigan making him 7-0 in dual meets this season (1/24) ... Defeated Matt Wroblewski of Illinois in a 5-0 win by decision, improving to a perfect 8-0 in duals this season (2/2) ... Dominated in a 12-2 major decision over Nick May of Michigan State, notching his ninth consecutive win in duals this season (2/7).
2018-19: First year ... Competed unattached at 197 lbs ... Won all three of his matches to take first place at the Last Chance Open (2/17) ... Won five of his six matches at the Midlands Championships to take third place (12/29-30) ... Defeated #6 Rocco Caywood of Army in the third-place match ... Won three of four matches at the Lindenwood Open, with his only loss coming by decision to #5 William Miklus (11/17)...Won UWW Junior Nationals as well as UWW Junior World Team Trials and earned a silver medal at World Championships.
High School: Four-time letter-winner for Chesterton … Finished high school career ranked sixth in the nation at 19 lbs. and 49th in the Class of 2018 by FloWrestling ... Team captain senior year … IHSAA State Champion Senior Year ... Second in the state as a junior ... Finished with a 149-12 record with 98 pins and 410 takedowns … Helped lead Chesterton to a 2016-17 IHSAA State Runner-Up … Placed third at 2018 UWW Junior Freestyle World Team Trials Challenge ... Placed seventh at 2018 UWW Junior Freestyle Nationals ... Cadet Fargo Double All-American … Six-time Fargo All-American ... Super-32 Finalist in 2017 … Two-time All-DAC … Two-time Academic All-State … Member of Chesterton Wrestling Club … Student Government class treasurer … Principals Honor Roll … Academic All-State … Scholar Athlete.
Personal: Son of Keith and Jennifer … Full name is Lucas John Davison … Father was a two-time All-American and Big Ten Champion at 190 lbs. for Wisconsin … Brother, Andrew, wrestles for Michigan … Wrestled with Wildcat Jack Tolin in high school … Enjoys mountain biking … Intends to major in biology.
*Includes matches while competing unattached
2021-22: Redshirt junior ... First season competing at 285 lbs ... Earned All-American honors after finishing sixth at NCAA Championships with a 4-3 record ... No. 9 seed at NCAA Championships ... Finished fifth at the Big Ten Championships ... Posted a 6-2 record in Big Ten duals and 9-2 record in regular season duals ... Went 4-0 at the Michigan State Open ... Finished in fifth place at the CKLV Invitational, including a pin of #28 AJ Nevills of South Dakota State (12/3) ... Won by 14-0 major decision over Colton McKiernan of SIUE (12/29) ... Won a 9-4 decision over Quinn Miller of Virginia (12/29) ... Secured a top-five win with a 4-3 decision over Wisconsin's No. 5 Trent Hillger (1/7) ... Won six in a row to end the regular season, including tech fall wins in three of his last four matchups ... Prevailed in an 8-3 decision over #11 Christian Lance (Nebraska) (1/23) ... Took down #28 Luke Luffman of Illinois by 3-2 decision (1/29) ... Won by 22-7 tech fall in 7:00 against Maryland (2/6) ... Earned 19-4 tech fall win in 7:00 against Michigan St. (2/11) ... Earned 15-0 tech fall win in 5:11 against Purdue (2/19).
2019-20: Redshirt first-year ... Competed at 197 lbs ... Recorded his first win of the season in a 5-3 decision over Virginia Tech's Stanley Smeltzer (11/10) ... Picked up a commanding 9-1 victory by major decision over Cordell Easton of North Dakota State University at North Dakota State (11/24) ... Recorded a 4-2 win by decision over #2 Christian Brunner of Purdue his Big Ten debut (1/10) ... Recorded a 7-5 win by decision over All-American Shakur Rasheed of Penn State (1/12) ... Secured team dual victory over Indiana with a 7-2 decision over Nick Willham, adding to his 6-0 dual season record (1/18) ... Recorded a decision win against #31 Jackson Striggow from Michigan making him 7-0 in dual meets this season (1/24) ... Defeated Matt Wroblewski of Illinois in a 5-0 win by decision, improving to a perfect 8-0 in duals this season (2/2) ... Dominated in a 12-2 major decision over Nick May of Michigan State, notching his ninth consecutive win in duals this season (2/7).
2018-19: First year ... Competed unattached at 197 lbs ... Won all three of his matches to take first place at the Last Chance Open (2/17) ... Won five of his six matches at the Midlands Championships to take third place (12/29-30) ... Defeated #6 Rocco Caywood of Army in the third-place match ... Won three of four matches at the Lindenwood Open, with his only loss coming by decision to #5 William Miklus (11/17)...Won UWW Junior Nationals as well as UWW Junior World Team Trials and earned a silver medal at World Championships.
High School: Four-time letter-winner for Chesterton … Finished high school career ranked sixth in the nation at 19 lbs. and 49th in the Class of 2018 by FloWrestling ... Team captain senior year … IHSAA State Champion Senior Year ... Second in the state as a junior ... Finished with a 149-12 record with 98 pins and 410 takedowns … Helped lead Chesterton to a 2016-17 IHSAA State Runner-Up … Placed third at 2018 UWW Junior Freestyle World Team Trials Challenge ... Placed seventh at 2018 UWW Junior Freestyle Nationals ... Cadet Fargo Double All-American … Six-time Fargo All-American ... Super-32 Finalist in 2017 … Two-time All-DAC … Two-time Academic All-State … Member of Chesterton Wrestling Club … Student Government class treasurer … Principals Honor Roll … Academic All-State … Scholar Athlete.
Personal: Son of Keith and Jennifer … Full name is Lucas John Davison … Father was a two-time All-American and Big Ten Champion at 190 lbs. for Wisconsin … Brother, Andrew, wrestles for Michigan … Wrestled with Wildcat Jack Tolin in high school … Enjoys mountain biking … Intends to major in biology.
| Season | Overall W-L | Dual Meet W-L | Big Ten W-L |
Dual Points For-Against | Big Ten Champs. W-L | NCAA Champs |
Pins For-Against | Tech Falls For-Against | Major Dec. For-Against |
| 2018-19* | 9-4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| 2019-20 | 17-8 | 11-2 | 7-2 | 41-9 | 3-2 | Qualified | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2020-21 | 7-3 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 11-3 | 4-2 | Qualified | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 |
| 2021-22 | 26-9 | 9-2 | 6-2 | 34-7 | 4-2 | 6th | 2-0 | 5-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022-23 | 27-6 | 9-1 | 7-1 | 37-3 | 4-2 | 5th | 6-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 |
| Career | 86-30 | 32-6 | 23-6 | 123-22 | 15-8 | -- | 10-2 | 7-0 | 13-3 |
*Includes matches while competing unattached
Wrestling - 'Cats Take Down Wisconsin, 27-11, on Senior Night (2/14/25)
Saturday, February 15
Wrestling - Seven 'Cats Claim Victory in 27-12 Win Over Michigan State (2/8/25)
Saturday, February 08
Wrestling - 'Cats Tame Mustangs, Take Down Cal Poly 29-14 (12/19/24)
Friday, December 20
Michael DeAugustino and Yahya Thomas Join 'Big Ten Wrestling & Beyond' (2/20/23)
Tuesday, February 21
