2023-24 Wrestling Roster

Lucas Davison
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- Hwt
- Hometown:
- Chesterton, Ind.
- High School:
- Chesterton
Graduate Student (2023-24)
• Academic All-Big Ten; NWCA Scholar All-America Team
• NCAA All-American, heavyweight
• Claimed second place at the NCAA Championships (March 21-23) with a 4-1 record
• Reached the NCAA finals as the No. 10 seed, defeating Iowa State's #2 Yonger Bastida, 6-4, in the quarterfinals and Air Force's #3 Wyatt Hendrickson, 13-7, in the semifinals
• Took third place at the Big Ten Championships (March 9-10) with a 4-1 record; earned a 6-3 decision vs. Rutgers' #12 Yaraslau Slavikouski in the third-place match
• Posted a 22-5 record, including a 10-2 mark in dual meets
• Scored bonus points in 15 of 22 wins, earning four pins, four technical falls and seven major decisions
• Opened dual competition with five straight bonus wins, including a pin (3:32) over Maryland's Jordan Gabriel in the Big Ten opener (Jan. 12)
• Placed second at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 1-2) with a 4-1 record and three bonus wins; earned wins against Virginia Tech's #18 Hunter Catka, 11-2, and Campbell's #15 Taye Ghadiali, 6-2
• Posted a 19-2 technical fall against Columbia's Vincent Mueller in dual meet opener and Michigan debut
Prior to Michigan
• Graduated (twice) from Northwestern University (2022, '23)
• Two-time NCAA All-American (heavyweight); also earned NWCA Honorable Mention All-America honors at 197 pounds in 2020
• Placed fifth at the 2023 NCAA Championships with a 5-2 record and sixth in 2022 (4-3)
• Four-time NCAA qualifier at 197 pounds/heavyweight
• Posted a 91-32 record over four seasons, including a 53-15 two-year mark at heavyweight
• 2022 Midlands heavyweight champion; runner-up at the 2022 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational
• Captured junior freestyle world silver at 92kg/202 pounds in 2019 in Tallinn, Estonia
• Three-time NWCA Scholar All-American; four-time Academic All-Big Ten
Prep
• Graduated from Chesterton High School (2018)
• Captured an Indiana state title at 195 pounds as a senior (2018); two-time state finalist (2017, '18)
• Career prep record of 149-12 with 98 pins and 410 takedowns
• Helped lead Chesterton to a 2017 IHSAA State runner-up finish
• Claimed double gold at 195 pounds at the 2018 USAW Junior Nationals in Fargo
• Six-time Fargo All-American
• Two-time academic all-state; Principals Honor Roll
• Ranked as the No. 49 overall recruit by FloWrestling and No. 6-ranked 195-pound wrestler
Personal
• Enrolled in Rackham Graduate School, pursuing a graduate certificate in real estate development
• Earned a bachelor's degree in learning and organizational change (2022) and a master's degree in management studies (2023) from Northwestern University
• Born on July 5, 2000
• Son of Keith and Jennifer Davison
• Father wrestled at Wisconsin (1990-94), where he was a two-time NCAA All-American
• Has two brothers, Jack and Andrew; Andrew wrestled at Michigan (2018-21) and Northwestern (2022-23)
Year | Overall | Dual | Tourney | Falls | TF | MD | Big Ten | NCAA |
2018-19 (RS) | 12-4 | 0-0 | 12-4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- |
2019-20 | 17-8 | 11-2 | 6-6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5th | -- |
2020-21 | 9-5 | 3-1 | 6-4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5th | dnp |
2021-22 | 26-9 | 9-2 | 17-7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5th | 6th |
2022-23 | 27-6 | 9-1 | 18-5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5th | 5th |
2023-24 | 22-5 | 10-2 | 12-3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3rd | 2nd |
Totals | 113-37 | 42-8 | 71-29 | 14 | 11 | 20 |