2016-17 Wrestling Roster
Chakonis, Zack
Zack Chakonis
- Weight:
- 285
- Class:
- Redshirt First-Year
- Hometown:
- Washington Township, N.J.
- High School:
- Don Bosco
Bio
2017-18 Match-by-Match Results
2016-17 Match-by-Match Results
2015-16 Match-by-Match Results
2018-19: Redshirt junior ... In the starting lineup at 197 lbs. ... Represented Northwestern at the Big Ten Championships, appearing in three matches (3/9) ... Picked up a win over Niko Cappello of Maryland via 9-5 decision (3/9) ... Won by fall in the final match of the regular season, a win over SIUE (2/23) ... Pinned Andre Lee in the dual win over No. 24 Illinois in the conference finale (2/15) ... Defeated Beau Breske in the crucial penultimate bout in the Wildcats' upset win over #11 Wisconsin (1/18) ... Recorded wins at both the Midlands Championships and the CKLV Invitational ... Nationally ranked by FloWrestling at the start of the season ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2017-18: Redshirt sophomore ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Wrestled at 197 lbs. ... Placed in his first career appearance at the Big Ten Championships (3/3-3/4) ... Dominated Nick May of Michigan State with a 13-2 major decision to book his spot in the seventh place match ... Pinned his opponent in the final dual match of the regular season at SIUE (2/18) ... Picked up another conference win in the 'Cats' victory over Indiana (2/11) ... Recorded a pin of Christian Brunner against No. 22 Purdue (2/9) ... Shut out Willie Scott of Rutgers in an 8-0 decision (2/2) ... Took down Nebraska's Eric Schultz in the first bout of the match to give NU a 3-0 lead over #18 Nebraska (1/19) ... Recorded a 16-0 tech fall against Maryland's Niko Capello in 4:31 to start Big Ten competition (12/2) ... Started 2-0 in the dual season with wins against Garder-Webb and Old Dominion (11/12) ... Beat Noah Bushman of Old Dominion to give Northwestern a chance to win the match in the final bout ... Won four matches in the Michigan State Open (11/5), including one by major decision and another by fall ... Finished in sixth place in his weight class.
2016-17: Redshirt freshman ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Had five wins to his name, including three at the Eastern Michigan Open (11/5) ... Also competed at the Keystone Classic, where he made three starts (11/20) ... Competed both at the varsity level and unattached for Northwestern.
2015-16: True freshman ... Racked up eight wins in his redshirt season to lead all unattached Northwestern wrestlers ... Won three matches by fall ... Finished third at the UNI Open (12/12) ... Competed unattached at 285 lbs. during his redshirt season.
High School: All-USA Wrestling First Team ... Winningest wrestler in Don Bosco School History ... Amassed a 146-10 record, including 32-0 in his senior year, at the prestigious wrestling school ... 2015 New Jersey State Champion at 285 lbs. ... Appeared in the state championship match in 2013, 2014 and 2015 ... Four-time state place winner ... Two-time Beast of the East finalist ... 2015 All-State ... Ended his senior year ranked No. 1 in the country by FloWrestling ... Four-time county, district and regional champion ... 2015 New Jersey Wrestler of the Year ... 2015 All-Metro Team ... Competed in the 41st Dapper Dan Classic in 2015 ... Captain of football and wrestling teams in high school ... Honor Roll student.
Personal: Son of John and Lisa Chakonis ... Northwestern teammate Johnny Sebastian attended Chakonis’ rival high school, Bergen Catholic ... Chose Northwestern over Maryland, Virginia, Duke, Arizona State and Nebraska ... Major is Learning and Organizational Change.
2016-17 Match-by-Match Results
2015-16 Match-by-Match Results
2018-19: Redshirt junior ... In the starting lineup at 197 lbs. ... Represented Northwestern at the Big Ten Championships, appearing in three matches (3/9) ... Picked up a win over Niko Cappello of Maryland via 9-5 decision (3/9) ... Won by fall in the final match of the regular season, a win over SIUE (2/23) ... Pinned Andre Lee in the dual win over No. 24 Illinois in the conference finale (2/15) ... Defeated Beau Breske in the crucial penultimate bout in the Wildcats' upset win over #11 Wisconsin (1/18) ... Recorded wins at both the Midlands Championships and the CKLV Invitational ... Nationally ranked by FloWrestling at the start of the season ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2017-18: Redshirt sophomore ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Wrestled at 197 lbs. ... Placed in his first career appearance at the Big Ten Championships (3/3-3/4) ... Dominated Nick May of Michigan State with a 13-2 major decision to book his spot in the seventh place match ... Pinned his opponent in the final dual match of the regular season at SIUE (2/18) ... Picked up another conference win in the 'Cats' victory over Indiana (2/11) ... Recorded a pin of Christian Brunner against No. 22 Purdue (2/9) ... Shut out Willie Scott of Rutgers in an 8-0 decision (2/2) ... Took down Nebraska's Eric Schultz in the first bout of the match to give NU a 3-0 lead over #18 Nebraska (1/19) ... Recorded a 16-0 tech fall against Maryland's Niko Capello in 4:31 to start Big Ten competition (12/2) ... Started 2-0 in the dual season with wins against Garder-Webb and Old Dominion (11/12) ... Beat Noah Bushman of Old Dominion to give Northwestern a chance to win the match in the final bout ... Won four matches in the Michigan State Open (11/5), including one by major decision and another by fall ... Finished in sixth place in his weight class.
2016-17: Redshirt freshman ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Had five wins to his name, including three at the Eastern Michigan Open (11/5) ... Also competed at the Keystone Classic, where he made three starts (11/20) ... Competed both at the varsity level and unattached for Northwestern.
2015-16: True freshman ... Racked up eight wins in his redshirt season to lead all unattached Northwestern wrestlers ... Won three matches by fall ... Finished third at the UNI Open (12/12) ... Competed unattached at 285 lbs. during his redshirt season.
High School: All-USA Wrestling First Team ... Winningest wrestler in Don Bosco School History ... Amassed a 146-10 record, including 32-0 in his senior year, at the prestigious wrestling school ... 2015 New Jersey State Champion at 285 lbs. ... Appeared in the state championship match in 2013, 2014 and 2015 ... Four-time state place winner ... Two-time Beast of the East finalist ... 2015 All-State ... Ended his senior year ranked No. 1 in the country by FloWrestling ... Four-time county, district and regional champion ... 2015 New Jersey Wrestler of the Year ... 2015 All-Metro Team ... Competed in the 41st Dapper Dan Classic in 2015 ... Captain of football and wrestling teams in high school ... Honor Roll student.
Personal: Son of John and Lisa Chakonis ... Northwestern teammate Johnny Sebastian attended Chakonis’ rival high school, Bergen Catholic ... Chose Northwestern over Maryland, Virginia, Duke, Arizona State and Nebraska ... Major is Learning and Organizational Change.
| 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 |
| 2015-16* | 8-7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3-0 | -- | -- |
| 2016-17 | 5-6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1-0 | -- | 1-1 |
| 2017-18 | 15-14 | 8-5 | 5-2 | 33-19 | 8th | -- | 4-1 | 1-0 | 4-1 |
| 2018-19 | 6-18 | 3-12 | 2-7 | 15-41 | -- | -- | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 |
| Career | 26-38 | 11-17 | 7-9 | 48-60 | 8th | -- | 7-3 | 1-2 | 5-3 |
* Wrestling 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
