DJ Washington Becomes Program’s First All-American Since 2017

Friday, March 21

Philadelphia, Pa.

12 PM & 8 PM

Indiana University

NCAA Championships

DJ Washington Becomes Program’s First All-American Since 2017

3/21/2025 11:38:00 PM | Wrestling

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. –––– The 2025 NCAA Championships continued to be a great one for the Indiana program on day two at the Wells Fargo Center.

The Friday action included all six Hoosiers competing, three reaching the Blood Round and one earning All-American status.

Graduate student and No. 22 seed DJ Washington (184) continued his fight all the way through the wrestlebacks, winning four in a row on the backside of the bracket after dropping his opening match on Thursday to claim his spot on the podium.

He defeated No. 10 Edmond Ruth (Illinois) in the Blood Round in an 8-4 decision to break through and be an All-American for the first time in his career. Washington scored on two takedowns and didn't allow one in the win.

It was a rematch from the regular season, when Ruth won in a 4-2 decision in Indianapolis at the Big Ten Takedown (Dec. 6).

Washington is the program's first All-American since 2017 when Nate Jackson took 8^th place at 184 lbs.

He will compete in the seventh-place match tomorrow against No. 12 Silas Allred (Nebraska) in Session V, starting at 11 a.m.

No. 21 Angelo Rini (133) and No. 24 Gabe Sollars (197) each reached the quarterfinals after two wins on day one of the championships. Both lost in their quarterfinal match by decision which dropped them to the Blood Round in the consolations.

Rini lost to No. 4 Zeth Romney (Cal Poly), 8-2, and Sollars lost to No. 1 Jacob Cardenas (Michigan) in a 10-5 decision.

With those losses, Rini and Sollars competed in the Blood Round. Rini lost to No. 17 Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska) in an 8-0 major decision and Sollars lost to No. 20 Camden McDanel (Nebraska) in a 7-3 decision.

Rini, Sollars and Washington marked the program's first wrestlers to reach the Blood Round since Graham Rooks did so in 2023 at 149 lbs.

No. 18 Jacob Moran (125) and No. 21 Jacob Bullock (285) each won their first match of the day before losing in close fashion in the third round of consolations.

FULL RESULTS

125 – No. 18 Jacob Moran:
-Round 1: No. 18 Jacob Moran (IU) def. No. 15 Maximo Renteria (Oregon State): Dec. 7-6
-Round of 16: No. 2 Matt Ramos (Purdue) def. No. 18 Jacob Moran (IU): MD, 8-0
-Cons. R2: No. 18 Jacob Moran (IU) def. No. 17 Max Gallagher (Penn): Dec. 10-4
-Cons. R3: No. 10 Stevo Poulin (N. Colorado) def. No. 18 Jacob Moran (IU): Dec. 1-0

133 – No. 21 Angelo Rini:
-Round 1: No. 21 Angelo Rini (IU) def. No. 12 Ethan Oakley (North Carolina): Dec. 7-1
-Round of 16: No. 21 Angelo Rini (IU) def. No. 5 Dominick Serrano (N. Colorado): MD, 15-7
-Quarterfinal: No. 4 Zeth Romney (Cal Poly) def. No. 21 Angelo Rini (IU): Dec. 8-2
-Round of 12: No. 17 Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska) def. No. 21 Angelo Rini (IU): MD, 8-0

165 – No. 27 Tyler Lillard:
-Round 1: No. 6 Beau Mantanona (Michigan) def. No. 27 Tyler Lillard (IU): Dec. 7-3
-Cons. R1: No. 27 Tyler Lillard (IU) def. No. 22 Enrique Mungia (Rider): Fall (3:45)
-Cons. R2: No. 5 Julian Ramirez (Cornell) def. No. 27 Tyler Lillard (IU): Dec. 6-1

184 – No. 22 DJ Washington:
-Round 1: No. 11 Gabe Arnold (Iowa) def. No. 22 DJ Washington (IU): Dec. 4-1
-Cons. R1: No. 22 DJ Washington (IU) def. No. 27 Ross McFarland (Hofstra): Dec. 10-8
-Cons. R2: No. 22 DJ Washington (IU) def. No. 5 Bennett Berge (South Dakota St.): MD, 12-0
-Cons. R3: No. 22 DJ Washington (IU) def. No. 19 Eddie Neitenbach (Wyoming): TF, 19-4 (2:41)
-Round of 12: No. 22 DJ Washington (IU) def. No. 10 Edmond Ruth (Illinois): Dec. 8-4
-Cons. R5: No. 6 Chris Foca (Cornell) def. No. 22 DJ Washington (IU): TF, 20-4 (4:32)

197 – No. 24 Gabe Sollars:
-Round 1: No. 24 Gabe Sollars (IU) def. No. 9 Zac Braunagel (Illinois): Dec. 6-5
-Round of 16: No. 24 Gabe Sollars (IU) def. No. 25 Patrick Brophy (Citadel): MD, 14-4
-Quarterfinal: No. 1 Jacob Cardenas (Michigan) def. No. 24 Gabe Sollars (IU): Dec. 10-5
-Round of 12: No. 20 Camden McDanel (Nebraska) def. No. 24 Gabe Sollars (IU): Dec. 7-3

285 – No. 21 Jacob Bullock:
-Round 1: No. 12 Nick Feldman (Ohio State) def. No. 21 Jacob Bullock (IU): Dec. 4-2
-Cons. R1: No. 21 Jacob Bullock (IU) def. No. 28 Daniel Herrera (Iowa State): Dec. 7-1
-Cons. R2: No. 21 Jacob Bullock (IU) def. No. 22 Brady Colbert (Army): Dec. 8-1
-Cons. R3: No. 14 Gavin Hoffman (Lock Haven) def. No. 21 Jacob Bullock (IU): Dec. 4-1

TEAM STANDINGS UPDATE (THROUGH DAY TWO)