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East Stroudsburg adds women’s wrestling as intercollegiate sport

TDR Editor’s Notes;  This looks to be the 7th school to announce the start of a college level team for women which will bring the total past 50 schools and heading towards 60.  Also be aware of the following numbers:
– Since 1994, the number of women who wrestle in high school has grown from 804 to 16,562 (as of 2018)
– Since 2004, women’s wrestling is now a recognized Olympic sport.
– Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, Hawaii, and Washington sponsor a state high school championship.
– Women’s wrestling participation numbers are higher than the NCAA sponsored sports of crew, fencing, skiing, and rifle and NCAA emerging sports of rugby, sand volleyball, and equestrian.
– NWCA (National Wrestling Coaches Association) conducts a 16-team National Dual Meet Championship in conjunction with the NWCA Multi-Divisional National Duals.
– NWCA has been instrumental in getting women’s wrestling added as a new sport a number of schools

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EAST STROUDSBURG – East Stroudsburg University President Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D., announced Monday that the University will add women’s wrestling as an intercollegiate sport beginning in fall 2019.

Women’s wrestling will be ESU’s 21st varsity sport. While not recognized as an NCAA intercollegiate sport, it is governed by the Women’s College Wrestling Association (WCWA) and is in the process of pursuing emerging sport status from the NCAA.  “We are extremely excited to bring women’s wresting to ESU,” said President Welsh. “High school girls’ wrestling participation has grown for 27 straight years and continues to expand. Currently there are 48 college teams that sponsor a varsity women’s wrestling program, and most teams have about 30 members by the program’s third year. Women’s wrestling has been under consideration for some time and we’ve already developed our schedule for next fall. We are eager to recruit new student-athletes for this opportunity.” 
Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/20932

December 10, 2018 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized