Jason Nolf

Jason Michael Nolf (born January 10, 1996) is an American freestyle and former folkstyle wrestler. In freestyle, Nolf is the Pan American Champion at the 79-kilograms division. As a folkstyle wrestler, he is a three-time NCAA Division I Champion, four-time finalist and two-time Big Ten Champion.

Jason Nolf
Personal information
Full nameJason Michael Nolf
NationalityAmerican
Born (1996-01-10) January 10, 1996
Yatesboro, Pennsylvania, United States
ResidenceYatesboro, Pennsylvania, United States
Weight157 lb (71 kg)
74 kg (163 lb)
79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle and folkstyle
College teamNittany Lions
ClubNittany Lion WC
Coached byCael Sanderson
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  United States
Pan American Championships
2020 Ottawa79 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Penn State Nittany Lions
NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
2016 New York City157 lb
2017 St. Louis157 lb
2018 Cleveland157 lb
2019 Pittsburgh157 lb
Big Ten Championships
2016 Iowa City157 lb
2017 Bloomington157 lb
2019 Minneapolis157 lb

High school

Nolf attended Kittanning High School in where he was a three-sport athlete, lettering four times in wrestling, twice in cross country and once in track and field. He was also an Outstanding Student with a 4.5 GPA. As a wrestler, (apart from four-time letterman) he was a three-time PIAA champion and compiled a record of 176 wins and a lone loss (later avenging it) throughout his career. He was also a one-time captain of the varsity team.[1]

College

After graduating, Nolf was recruited by Pennsylvania State University to wrestle as a Nittany Lion.[2]

2014–15

Redshirt: and wrestled unattached in open tournaments, compiling a record of 15 wins and 1 defeat.[3]

2015–16

Freshman: Became the runner-up of the Big Ten Championships after losing to Isaiah Martinez in a tie-breaker loss. At the NCAA tournament, he dominantly made his way to the finals, where he ended up suffering a close 5–6 loss to Martinez again. He was named Freshman of the Year by Intermat and compiled a record of 33 wins and 2 losses, both coming from Martínez.[4]

2016–17

Sophomore: Became the Big Ten Conference Champion. At the NCAA Championships, he absolutely dominated with 2 technical falls, 1 fall and 2 majors to claim the title and help Penn State to win its sixth Team Championship.[5] After the tournament, he finished second at the NCAA Outstanding Wrestler after his teammate Zain Retherford won the award. He posted an undefeated record of 27 wins and no losses[6]

2017–18

Junior: Nolf reached the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Conference championships, however, he was forced to medical forfeit at the semis and finals.[7] At the NCAA championships, he downed five opponents (two wins by technical fall) to claim his second title in a row and help Penn State win its third Team Championship in a row. He finished the season with a record of 26 wins and 1 lone loss.[8]

2018–19

Senior: Became the Big Ten Conference Champion. At the NCAA Championships, he dominated his competition, defeating 5 opponents (2 wins coming by technical fall, 1 by fall and 1 by major) to claim his third consecutive title and once again help Penn State win his fourth consecutive title.[9]

Overall, Nolf is a three-time NCAA Champion, four-time finalist, four-time All-American and two-time Big Ten champion as a collegiate wrestler.[1][10]

Freestyle

Prior to competing as a senior, Nolf competed as a cadet and a junior, competing in prestigious tournaments such as the US Open and the United World Wrestling World Team Trials.

2017

After his sophomore season in college, Nolf competed at the US Open. He opened up with three technical falls before losing a tough 8–9 to two-time World Medalist James Green. He came back with a victory but came up short in the third-place match.[11]

After finishing fourth at the US Open, he qualified and competed at the US World Team Trials. He won his first match by technical fall but ended up losing to Jimmy Kennedy. He came back with a victory to earn a bronze medal at the tournament.[12]

2019

Coming fresh out of college, Nolf competed at the US Open. He teched four opponents prior to losing to James Green in a criteria decision. After the loss, he managed to come back and win his next two bouts to earn himself a bronze medal.[13]

Due to the medal he earned at the US Open, Nolf was able to compete at the World Team Trials Challenge and decided to move up to 74 kilograms.[14] He defeated his first three opponents and went on to face collegiate rival Isaiah Martinez in a best-of-three. He lost the first match but managed to come back with a victory, leading to a third bout in which he lost by technical fall.[15]

In his first senior international competition, Nolf competed at the Bill Farrell Memorial. He defeated four of his opponents (two of them by technical fall) to reach the finals in where he faced Isaiah Martinez. He lost the bout by technical fall to claim the silver medal of the tournament.

2020

In his first competition of the year, he competed at the prestigious Pan American Championships at the non-olympic 79 kilograms division. He defeated two opponents with a technical fall and a fall respectively to win the championship and qualify for the US Olympic Team Trials.[16]

Nolf was scheduled to compete at the US Olympic Team Trials on April at State College, Pennsylvania. However, the event was postponed for two0two1 along with the Olympics due to the coronavirus pandemic.[17]

Nolf competed against the accomplished Jordan Oliver on June 28 at Rumble on the Rooftop.[18] He won the match by points.[19]

Personal life

On June 30 of 2018 (at the age of 22), Nolf married Penn State women's soccer player Maddie Elliston.[1]

Awards and honors
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

Freestyle results
Senior Freestyle Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
2020 Rumble on the Rooftop at 79 kg
Win 23-7 Jordan Oliver 4-1 June 28, 2020 2020 Rumble on the Rooftop

Chicago, Illinois

2020 Pan American Championships at 79 kg
Win 22–7 Victor Eduardo Hernández Luna Fall March 9, 2020 2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships

Ottawa, Canada

Win 21–7 Guseyn Ruslanzada TF 10–0
2019 Bill Farrell Memorial at 74kg
Loss 20–7 Isaiah Martinez TF 0–12 November 16, 2019 2019 Bill Farrell Memorial International Open

New York, New York, United States

Win 20–6 Vincenzo Joseph 6–0
Win 19–6 Logan Massa 7–0
Win 18–6 Joey Lavallee TF 10–0
Win 17–6 Aly Ibrahim Abdelhamid Abdelhamid TF 11–0
2019 US World Team Trials Challenge at 74 kg
Loss 16–6 Isaiah Martinez TF 2–12 May 19, 2019 2019 US World Team Trials Challenge

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Win 16–5 Isaiah Martinez 7–5
Loss 15–5 Isaiah Martinez 4–9
Win 15–4 Logan Massa 7–2
Win 14–4 Anthony Valencia 7–0
Win 13–4 Brian Murphy TF 12–2
2019 US Open at 70 kg
Win 12–4 Alec Pantaleo 10–6 April 27, 2019 2019 U.S Open Wrestling Championships

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Win 11–4 Brandon Sorensen 3–0
Loss 10–4 James Green 6–6
Win 10–3 Nazar Kulchytskyy TF 13–2
Win 9–3 Kizhan Clarke TF 10–0
Win 8–3 Justin Davis TF 10–0
Win 7–3 Kevin Jack TF 12–2
2017 US World Team Trials at 70 kg
Win 6–3 Nazar Kulchytskyy 7–2 June 10, 2017 2017 US World Team Trials

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Loss 5–3 Jimmy Kennedy 6–8
Win 5–2 Alec Pantaleo TF 13–2
2017 US Open 4th at 70 kg
Loss 4–2 Steven Pami 6–12 April 29, 2017 2017 U.S Open Wrestling Championships

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Win 4–1 Jason Chamberlain 8–0
Loss 3–1 James Green 8–9
Win 3–0 Thomas Gantt TF 10–0
Win 2–0 Isaac Dukes TF 15–4
Win 1–0 Markus Scheidel TF 11–1

NCAA record
NCAA Championships Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event
2019 NCAA Championships at 157 lbs
Win 19–1 Tyler Berger MD 10–2 March 23, 2019 2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Win 18–1 Hayden Hidlay 3–2
Win 17–1 Christian Pagdilao TF 23–6
Win 16–1 John Van Brill TF 19–4
Win 15–1 Ben Anderson Fall
2018 NCAA Championships at 157 lbs
Win 14–1 Hayden Hidlay 6–2 March 17, 2018 2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Win 13–1 Micah Jordan TF 16–0
Win 12–1 Michael Kemerer 6–2
Win 11–1 Andrew Crone 6–1
Win 10–1 Colin Heffernan TF 22–7
2017 NCAA Championships at 157 lbs
Win 9–1 Joey Lavallee MD 14–6 March 18, 2017 2017 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Win 8–1 Tyler Berger MD 13–5
Win 7–1 Bryant Clagon Fall
Win 6–1 Victor Lopez TF 24–9
Win 5–1 Thomas Bullard TF 22–7
2016 NCAA Championships at 157 lbs
Loss 4–1 Isaiah Martinez 5–6 March 17, 2016 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship
Win 4–0 Chad Walsh TF 19–4
Win 3–0 Joe Smith MD 11–3
Win 2–0 May Bethea TF 25–10
Win 1–0 Kamael Shakur Fall

Stats
Season Year School Rank Weigh Class Record Win Bonus
2019 Senior Penn State University #1 (1st) 157 31–0 100.00% 83.87%
2018 Junior #1 (1st) 26–1 96.30% 77.78%
2017 Sophomore #1 (1st) 27–0 100.00% 92.59%
2016 Freshman #1 (2nd) 33–2 94.44% 88.89%
Career 117–3 97.69% 85.78%

References
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  2. "Penn State recruit Jason Nolf dominates, finishes high school career with third PIAA Championship gold medal". pennlive. March 8, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  3. Collegian, Sara Perlowitz | The Daily. "Greatness breeds greatness: How Cael Sanderson bred Jason Nolf and Bo Nickal into national champions". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  4. "Nolf named InterMat Freshman of the Year". InterMat. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  5. "2017 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships" (PDF).
  6. "Wrestler Awards handed out at NCAA championships | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  7. Collegian, Jake Aferiat | The Daily. "Penn State wrestling's Jason Nolf will medically forfeit rest of Big Ten tournament, report says". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  8. "Penn State edges Ohio St. for seventh team title in eight years | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
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  11. "FLOARENA". arena.flowrestling.org. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  12. "See the results for the 2017 Junior and Senior World Team Trials wrestling event on FloWrestling.org". www.flowrestling.org. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  13. "FLOARENA". arena.flowrestling.org. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  14. "Nolf bumps up to 74 kg, plus other interesting stories leading into Raleigh's World Team Trials". Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  15. "#FreestyleFriday: Relive Martinez and Nolf best-of-three series at World Team Trials". Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  16. Collegian, Jake Aferiat | The Daily. "Penn State wrestling legend Jason Nolf qualifies for 2020 Olympic Team Trials". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  17. "US Olympic Wrestling Trials At Bryce Jordan Center Postponed". Onward State. March 13, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  18. "Olympic hopefuls set to compete at Rumble on the Rooftop June 28". InterMat. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  19. Cain, Brandon M. (June 29, 2020). "Oklahoma State wrestling: Jordan Oliver gets upset by Jason Nolf at Rumble on the Rooftop". Cowboys Ride For Free. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
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