2016-17 Wrestling Roster
Jackson, Nate
Nate Jackson
- Weight:
- 174
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Crete, Ill.
- High School:
- Marian Catholic
Bio
2016-17 (Redshirt Senior – 184 lbs.)
Team Captain
NCAA ALL-AMERICAN (8th – 184 lbs.) … the sixth Indiana wrestler to earn All-American honors in two weight classes, the first since Sam Komar (1976 – 134 lbs., 1977 – 142 lbs.) … the first two-time All-American since Angel Escobedo (2007-10) … Navy Classic Champion at 184 lbs. … fourth-place finish at the 54th Ken Kraft Midlands Championships … sixth-place finish at the Big Ten Wrestling Championships in IU’s Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall to earn his third NCAA qualification … Joe Dubuque Most Outstanding Wrestler Award winner … Indiana University’s Hoosier Award winner … completed Indiana’s first unbeaten dual meet record (19-0) since Matt Powless (2011), earning 82 dual points (4.3/match) for the Hoosiers … posted an overall record of 35-6 with 11 major decisions, four technical falls, and six falls … won the Navy Classic (11/19) with four bonus point wins, ending on a 12-4 major decision over #16 Steven Schneider (Binghamton) … opened the Big Ten dual season with a major decision against Hunter Ritter (Wisconsin, 12/9) … topped #23 Nick Corba (Cleveland State, 12/11) for his second ranked win … tore through the Midlands (12/29-30) field and continued his unbeaten start to the year, scoring a major decision over #16 Mitch Sliga (Northwestern) to reach the quarterfinals … upset #5 Sammy Brooks with a 3-1 decision in the Midlands semifinals … saw his 19-match win streak snapped in a tight decision to #2 T.J. Dudley (Nebraska) in the Midlands semifinals … earned fourth-place with a sudden victory win over Pete Renda (N.C. State) in the consolation semifinals … won his rematch with #18 Mitch Sliga at Northwestern (1/27) … edged #12 Nick Gravina (Rutgers, 2/5) with a 5-4 decision … topped #12 Emery Parker (Illinois, 2/12), scoring his 100th career win in the final regular season match … knocked off #11 Emery Parker (Illinois) at the Big Ten Championships (3/4-5) to clinch his third NCAA Championships appearance … entering as the ninth seed, opened his NCAA Championships (3/16-18) with a major decision over Alex DeCiantis (Drexel) … bowed out of championship contention with a loss in sudden victory to #8 Jack Dechow (Old Dominion) … pinned Nick Corba (Cleveland State) in their wrestle-back rematch before defeating #16 Jordan Ellingwood (Central Michigan) to enter the blood round … beat #11 Emery Parker to clinch his second All-American honor … lost to #12 Drew Foster (Northern Iowa) to claim eighth-place in arguably the most talent-laden weight class at the 2017 NCAA Championships … at season’s end, accepted a position as a volunteer assistant coach with Princeton University, joining former Hoosier and Tiger assistant coach Joe Dubuque.
Summer 2016 (Freestyle)
Earned a seventh-place finish in the 86kg bracket at the 2016 ASICS University Nationals, held at the University of Akron … posted a 5-2 record with three technical falls … opened the weekend with technical falls over Jerald Spohn (Kent State) and Jack Rozema (Ohio State) … in the quarterfinal round, lost a decision to Jack Dechow (Old Dominion) … rebounded with two wins, including a 10-7 decision over Cash Wilcke (Iowa) in the seventh-place match.
2015-16 (Redshirt Junior - 174 lbs.)
NCAA ALL-AMERICAN (5th - 174 lbs.) ... named to the All-Junior Class team by The Open Mat ... podium finisher and NCAA qualifier at the Big Ten Championships (4th - 174 lbs.) ... Big Ten Wrestler of the Week (1/12) ... won tournament titles at the Keystone Classic and LHU Classic ... finished runner-up at the Reno Tournament of Champions and the Eastern Michigan Open ... named Indiana's Joe Dubuque Most Oustanding Wrestler ... Indiana University's Hoosier Award winner ... posted a 35-9 overall record with 13 major decisions, 6 technical falls, and 4 pins ... earned a major decision and a pin on his way to a second-place finish at the EMU Open (11/7) ... defended his 2014 Keystone Classic Championship with an unblemished 4-0 run including two tech falls (11/22) ... won a 9-3 decision over #20 Nick Wanzek in a dual win over Minnesota (12/11) ... at the Reno Tournament of Champions, battled to a second-place finish that included wins over Stanford’s Keaton Subjeck and #9 Mike Ottinger of Central Michigan (12/20) ... won his second tournament championship of the season at the LHU Classic (12/29) ... handed #1 Bo Nickal his first loss of the season with a 7-6 decision win against Penn State (1/10) ... named the Big Ten Wrestler of the Week (1/12) ... won by major decision over #18 Nick Kee against Appalachian State (2/21) ... wrestled for a fourth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships, going 4-2 with two bonus point wins ... earned his second NCAA berth, and first with a seed at No. 12 … opened his NCAA run with a 15-3 major decision over Clarion’s Michael Pavasko (3/17) … continued to the NCAA quarterfinals with a second-round upset, a 10-1 major decision, over No. 5 Zach Brunson of Illinois (3/17) … won a major decision over Navy’s Jadaen Bernstein, 14-4, to enter the NCAA semifinal round (3/18) … refused to allow a takedown in the first three rounds of the tournament … fell one point shy of a NCAA finals berth in a 4-3 decision versus No. 1 Bo Nickal of Penn State (3/18) … earned a fifth-place finish and All-American status for the first time in his career with a 5-2 decision over Iowa State’s Lelund Weatherspoon (3/19) … named to The Open Mat’s All-Class team as the top junior at 174 lbs.
2014-15 (Redshirt Sophomore - 174 lbs.)
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIER ... earned the bid with a ninth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships ... Champion of the Keystone Classic ... placed runner-up at the Harold Nichols Open ... took eighth-place at the Midlands Championships ... had his breakout season with the Hoosiers, going 30-13 overall with a 10-3 dual record at 174 pounds...finished with a 5-3 Big Ten dual record, and a +60 point differential on the season ... totaled nine major decisions, one pin, and one tech fall ... compiled a 4-1 record and earned a second-place finish at the Harold Nichols Open (11/8) ... named the Keystone Classic Champion, going 41-19 over the first three rounds and finishing with a win over #11 Keaton Subjeck of Stanford (11/23) ... finished with a 3-2 record at the CKLV Invite (12/5) ... won a tight 4-3 decision over Jake Residori of SIUE (12/13) ... contributed to a dual win against Manchester with his 12-4 win over Dylan Lauffer (12/13) ... won a 16-7 major decision against Gabe Stark at Cleveland State (12/20) ... earned an eighth-place finish at the Midlands Championships (12/30) ... defeated Dominic Prezzia in a 12-3 major decision at the Ohio State dual (1/23) ... won an 8-3 decision against Jake Salazar of Michigan (1/25) ... won 6-1 vs. Brandon Wilbourn at the Nebraska dual (2/1) ... defeated Nick Procter in an 18-3 tech fall in the Michigan State dual (2/13) ... won a 15-4 major decision against Gardner-Webb’s Brett Stein (2/15) ... won a close 10-7 bout against Jake Residori of SIUE (2/15) ... defeated seventh-seed Chad Welch (Purdue), 5-3, in opening round of Big Ten Wrestling Championships ... conceded a 15-7 major decision to second-seed Matt Brown in second round, eventually earning a ninth-place Big Ten finish (3/8) ... joined senior Taylor Walsh as Indiana’s wrestlers selected for the 2014-15 NCAA Wrestling Championships in St. Louis, Mo. ... won 11-4 over Ethan Smith (Utah Valley) in opening round, but conceded a 4-1 decision to third-seed Michael Evans...won consolation match, 5-3, over John Staudenmayer (UNC)...finished with a 3-2 record at the NCAA Championships ... received the Hoosiers’ Brian Dolph Award for the most improved wrestler.
2013-14 (Redshirt Freshman - 165 lbs.)
Garnered bonus points in five of seven wins thus far ... earned three victories in the Hoosier Duals ... made Hoosier debut at the Keystone Classic, earning bonus points twice while splitting four matches.
Team Captain
NCAA ALL-AMERICAN (8th – 184 lbs.) … the sixth Indiana wrestler to earn All-American honors in two weight classes, the first since Sam Komar (1976 – 134 lbs., 1977 – 142 lbs.) … the first two-time All-American since Angel Escobedo (2007-10) … Navy Classic Champion at 184 lbs. … fourth-place finish at the 54th Ken Kraft Midlands Championships … sixth-place finish at the Big Ten Wrestling Championships in IU’s Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall to earn his third NCAA qualification … Joe Dubuque Most Outstanding Wrestler Award winner … Indiana University’s Hoosier Award winner … completed Indiana’s first unbeaten dual meet record (19-0) since Matt Powless (2011), earning 82 dual points (4.3/match) for the Hoosiers … posted an overall record of 35-6 with 11 major decisions, four technical falls, and six falls … won the Navy Classic (11/19) with four bonus point wins, ending on a 12-4 major decision over #16 Steven Schneider (Binghamton) … opened the Big Ten dual season with a major decision against Hunter Ritter (Wisconsin, 12/9) … topped #23 Nick Corba (Cleveland State, 12/11) for his second ranked win … tore through the Midlands (12/29-30) field and continued his unbeaten start to the year, scoring a major decision over #16 Mitch Sliga (Northwestern) to reach the quarterfinals … upset #5 Sammy Brooks with a 3-1 decision in the Midlands semifinals … saw his 19-match win streak snapped in a tight decision to #2 T.J. Dudley (Nebraska) in the Midlands semifinals … earned fourth-place with a sudden victory win over Pete Renda (N.C. State) in the consolation semifinals … won his rematch with #18 Mitch Sliga at Northwestern (1/27) … edged #12 Nick Gravina (Rutgers, 2/5) with a 5-4 decision … topped #12 Emery Parker (Illinois, 2/12), scoring his 100th career win in the final regular season match … knocked off #11 Emery Parker (Illinois) at the Big Ten Championships (3/4-5) to clinch his third NCAA Championships appearance … entering as the ninth seed, opened his NCAA Championships (3/16-18) with a major decision over Alex DeCiantis (Drexel) … bowed out of championship contention with a loss in sudden victory to #8 Jack Dechow (Old Dominion) … pinned Nick Corba (Cleveland State) in their wrestle-back rematch before defeating #16 Jordan Ellingwood (Central Michigan) to enter the blood round … beat #11 Emery Parker to clinch his second All-American honor … lost to #12 Drew Foster (Northern Iowa) to claim eighth-place in arguably the most talent-laden weight class at the 2017 NCAA Championships … at season’s end, accepted a position as a volunteer assistant coach with Princeton University, joining former Hoosier and Tiger assistant coach Joe Dubuque.
Summer 2016 (Freestyle)
Earned a seventh-place finish in the 86kg bracket at the 2016 ASICS University Nationals, held at the University of Akron … posted a 5-2 record with three technical falls … opened the weekend with technical falls over Jerald Spohn (Kent State) and Jack Rozema (Ohio State) … in the quarterfinal round, lost a decision to Jack Dechow (Old Dominion) … rebounded with two wins, including a 10-7 decision over Cash Wilcke (Iowa) in the seventh-place match.
2015-16 (Redshirt Junior - 174 lbs.)
NCAA ALL-AMERICAN (5th - 174 lbs.) ... named to the All-Junior Class team by The Open Mat ... podium finisher and NCAA qualifier at the Big Ten Championships (4th - 174 lbs.) ... Big Ten Wrestler of the Week (1/12) ... won tournament titles at the Keystone Classic and LHU Classic ... finished runner-up at the Reno Tournament of Champions and the Eastern Michigan Open ... named Indiana's Joe Dubuque Most Oustanding Wrestler ... Indiana University's Hoosier Award winner ... posted a 35-9 overall record with 13 major decisions, 6 technical falls, and 4 pins ... earned a major decision and a pin on his way to a second-place finish at the EMU Open (11/7) ... defended his 2014 Keystone Classic Championship with an unblemished 4-0 run including two tech falls (11/22) ... won a 9-3 decision over #20 Nick Wanzek in a dual win over Minnesota (12/11) ... at the Reno Tournament of Champions, battled to a second-place finish that included wins over Stanford’s Keaton Subjeck and #9 Mike Ottinger of Central Michigan (12/20) ... won his second tournament championship of the season at the LHU Classic (12/29) ... handed #1 Bo Nickal his first loss of the season with a 7-6 decision win against Penn State (1/10) ... named the Big Ten Wrestler of the Week (1/12) ... won by major decision over #18 Nick Kee against Appalachian State (2/21) ... wrestled for a fourth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships, going 4-2 with two bonus point wins ... earned his second NCAA berth, and first with a seed at No. 12 … opened his NCAA run with a 15-3 major decision over Clarion’s Michael Pavasko (3/17) … continued to the NCAA quarterfinals with a second-round upset, a 10-1 major decision, over No. 5 Zach Brunson of Illinois (3/17) … won a major decision over Navy’s Jadaen Bernstein, 14-4, to enter the NCAA semifinal round (3/18) … refused to allow a takedown in the first three rounds of the tournament … fell one point shy of a NCAA finals berth in a 4-3 decision versus No. 1 Bo Nickal of Penn State (3/18) … earned a fifth-place finish and All-American status for the first time in his career with a 5-2 decision over Iowa State’s Lelund Weatherspoon (3/19) … named to The Open Mat’s All-Class team as the top junior at 174 lbs.
2014-15 (Redshirt Sophomore - 174 lbs.)
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIER ... earned the bid with a ninth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships ... Champion of the Keystone Classic ... placed runner-up at the Harold Nichols Open ... took eighth-place at the Midlands Championships ... had his breakout season with the Hoosiers, going 30-13 overall with a 10-3 dual record at 174 pounds...finished with a 5-3 Big Ten dual record, and a +60 point differential on the season ... totaled nine major decisions, one pin, and one tech fall ... compiled a 4-1 record and earned a second-place finish at the Harold Nichols Open (11/8) ... named the Keystone Classic Champion, going 41-19 over the first three rounds and finishing with a win over #11 Keaton Subjeck of Stanford (11/23) ... finished with a 3-2 record at the CKLV Invite (12/5) ... won a tight 4-3 decision over Jake Residori of SIUE (12/13) ... contributed to a dual win against Manchester with his 12-4 win over Dylan Lauffer (12/13) ... won a 16-7 major decision against Gabe Stark at Cleveland State (12/20) ... earned an eighth-place finish at the Midlands Championships (12/30) ... defeated Dominic Prezzia in a 12-3 major decision at the Ohio State dual (1/23) ... won an 8-3 decision against Jake Salazar of Michigan (1/25) ... won 6-1 vs. Brandon Wilbourn at the Nebraska dual (2/1) ... defeated Nick Procter in an 18-3 tech fall in the Michigan State dual (2/13) ... won a 15-4 major decision against Gardner-Webb’s Brett Stein (2/15) ... won a close 10-7 bout against Jake Residori of SIUE (2/15) ... defeated seventh-seed Chad Welch (Purdue), 5-3, in opening round of Big Ten Wrestling Championships ... conceded a 15-7 major decision to second-seed Matt Brown in second round, eventually earning a ninth-place Big Ten finish (3/8) ... joined senior Taylor Walsh as Indiana’s wrestlers selected for the 2014-15 NCAA Wrestling Championships in St. Louis, Mo. ... won 11-4 over Ethan Smith (Utah Valley) in opening round, but conceded a 4-1 decision to third-seed Michael Evans...won consolation match, 5-3, over John Staudenmayer (UNC)...finished with a 3-2 record at the NCAA Championships ... received the Hoosiers’ Brian Dolph Award for the most improved wrestler.
2013-14 (Redshirt Freshman - 165 lbs.)
Garnered bonus points in five of seven wins thus far ... earned three victories in the Hoosier Duals ... made Hoosier debut at the Keystone Classic, earning bonus points twice while splitting four matches.
2012-13 (Redshirt)
Won the Dubuque Open, going 3-0 in his only competition.
Prep/Personal: Illinois State Champion (170 lbs.) as a senior ... named the Northwester Indiana Times 2012 Male Athlete of the Year ... placed fifth at 152 pounds as a junior and qualified for the Illinois state championships during first two high school seasons ... accumulated an overall record of 148-16 ... owns the most takedowns and most total points in Illinois state championships history ... the son of Sheena and Nathan Jackson, Sr. ... born on August 25, 1994 ... has two sisters, Kiayla and Jaelyn; and two brothers, Zion and Khari ... majoring in Liberal Studies.
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