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University of Illinois Athletics

All Americans

Information updated through 2019-20 season

First Place

Name Weight Year
Joe Sapora 115 1929
Joe Sapora 115 1930
George Minot 135 1929
Joe Puerta 123 1932
Ralph Silverstein 175 1935
John Ginay 165 1938
Allen Sapora 126 1938
Archie Deutschman 136 1939
David Shapiro 165 1946
Larry TenPas 157 1956
Bob Norman HWT 1957
Bob Norman HWT 1958
Jon Llewellyn HWT 1991
Steve Marianetti 150 1995
Ernest Benion 158 1995
Eric Siebert 150 1998
Carl Perry 141 2000
Adam Tirapelle 149 2001
John Lockhart HWT 2001
Matt Lackey 165 2003
Jesse Delgado 125 2013
Jesse Delgado 125 2014
Isaiah Martinez 157 2015
Isaiah Martinez 157 2016

Second Place

Name Weight Year
Ralph Webster HWT 1928
Louis Bauerle 135 1930
Lloyd Burdick HWT 1930
Joe Puerta 118 1933
R.L. Emmons 126 1933
Jack McIlvoy 145 1937
John Ginay 175 1937
Archie Deutschman 135 1938
John Sikich HWT 1939
Theodore Seabrooke 155 1942
Lou Kachiroubas 128 1947
Charles Gottfried 191 1948
William Mann 114.5 1948
Norton Compton 137 1953
Larry TenPas 167 1955
Ernest Benion 158 1996
Lindsey Durlacher 118 1997
Adam Tirapelle 149 2000
Pat Quirk 197 2001
Matt Lackey 165 2002
Alex Tirapelle 157 2003
Kyle Ott 125 2004
Kyle Ott 125 2005
Mike Poeta 157 2008, 2009
Isaiah Martinez 165 2017, 2018

Third Place

Name Weight Year
Albert Campbell 145 1928
Barney Cosneck HWT 1934
George Ledbetter 118 1935
Pete Pakutinsky 126 1935
Jack McIlvoy 145 1935
Paul Petry 128 1939
Theodore Seabrooke 155 1941
Lou Kachiroubas 123 1952
Gilbert Gaumer 165 1949
William Vohaska 175 1950
Richard Meeks 115 1952
Richard Meeks 115 1953
Richard Meeks 123 1955
Larry TenPas 157 1954
Werner Holzer 147 1957
William Gabberd 157 1958
Jon Llewellyn HWT 1989
Jon Llewellyn HWT 1990
Ernest Benion 158 1997
Adam Tirapelle 149 1999
Karl Roesler HWT 1999
Matt Lackey 165 2001
John Lockhart HWT 2002
Brian Glynn 184 2005
Pete Friedl 184 2006
Mike Poeta 157 2007
Emery Parker 184 2018

Fourth Place

Name Weight Year
Kenneth Marlin 155 1947
David Schapiro 165 1947
Charles Gottfried HWT 1947
Joe Garcia 136.5 1948
Gilbert Gaumer 174 1948
Arthur Archer HWT 1948
Norton Compton 137 1952
Dave Moore 115 1957
Clayton Beattie 157 1965
Steve Marianetti 142 1993
Lindsey Durlacher 118 1996
Alex Tirapelle 157 2004
Pete Friedl 174 2005
Jimmy Kennedy 133 2008
Jordan Blanton 174 2012
Jackson Morse 165 2015
Zane Richards 133 2016

Fifth Place

Name Weight Year
Kevin Puebla 126 1979
Steve Marianetti 142 1994
Eric Siebert 150 1997
Jimmy Kennedy 133 2009
Jordan Blanton 174 2010
John Dergo 184 2010
Jimmy Kennedy 141 2011
Conrad Polz 165 2013
Steven Rodrigues 165 2016
Emery Parker 184 2019

Sixth Place

Name Weight Year
William Roy 167 1963
Phil Callahan 134 1986
Jevon Herman 177 1998
Brian Glynn 184 2004
B.J. Futrell 133 2012
Zac Brunson 174 2017

Seventh Place

Name Weight Year
Kirk Azinger 142 1988
Carl Perry 126 1998
Karl Roesler HWT 1998
John Lockhart HWT 2000
Pete Friedl 174 2004
Mark Jayne 133 2004
Mark Jayne 133 2005
Cassio Pero 141 2005
John Wise HWT 2009
Jesse Delgado 125 2012
Jordan Blanton 174 2013
Zane Richards 133 2017

Eighth Place

Name Weight Year
Pat Quirk 197 2000
Griff Powell 157 2002
B.J. Futrell 133 2011
Conrad Polz 165 2012

2020 NWCA All-Americans*

Name Weight Team
Travis Piotrowski 133 First Team
Danny Braunagel 165 Honorable Mention
Zac Braunagel 184 Honorable Mention


* 2020 All-Americans selected by National Wrestling Coaches Association as a result of the cancelation of NCAA Championships due to the COVID-19 pandemic.