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Rosewood State Champion Christian Decatur named to Roy Heverly Award

The Roy Heverly Award, sponsored by The TakeDown Report, is given to the top underclassmen wrestler in eastern North Carolina. The 18th Annual Award will be presented later this spring to undefeated junior Christian Decatur who repeated as state champion and is a 3 time state finalist. The award is named in honor of the former 4 time state medalist, state champion and college All-American at UNC-Pembroke. The presentation will be at a later date to be announced.

April 6, 2019 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Troy Steiner named 2018 USA Wrestling Women’s Coach of the Year

By Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Troy Steiner (Fresno, Calif./Valley RTC) has been named 2018 Women’s Coach of the Year by USA Wrestling. It is the second time that Steiner has won this prestigious award, after winning the honor in 2007. Steiner received the award at the Kickoff Party, organized by Jordan and Lauren Burroughs, in Pittsburgh, Pa. on March 20. Steiner serves as the head men’s wrestling coach at Fresno State University, in his second season of competition there after Fresno State reinstated its program.

He is a coach with the Valley Regional Training Center, which trains athletes on the Senior and age-group levels. One of his Valley RTC athletes in men’s freestyle, Joe Colon, won a 2018 World bronze medal for the USA.
Steiner has been active as a coach in women’s wrestling for many years. In 2018, Steiner hosted the U.S. Women’s National Team in Fresno for one of its training camps prior to the World Championships. The U.S. Women’s World Team went on to place third at the 2018 World Championships, led by four medalists. Steiner was a World Team coach for the 2007 Women’s World Team which competed in Baku, Azerbaijan and featured three individual medalists. He was also a Women’s World Team coach in 2003 and 2015. He has coached a number of U.S. women’s teams in international events. He also coached the 2003 USA Junior World Team in men’s freestyle. Prior to taking the Fresno State head coaching job, Steiner coached 10 years as an assistant coach at Oregon State. He also had assistant coaching positions at Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Rest of the story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2019/April/03/Troy-Steiner-named-USA-Wrestling-Womens-Coach-of-the-Year?mc_cid=6cd9b9e806&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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MAC Announces Wrestling Postseason Awards

Cleveland, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced today three wrestling postseason awards for the 2019 season.  Buffalo’s John Stutzman was named MAC Coach of the Year, while Missouri’s Jaydin Eierman was selected as MAC Wrestler of the Year for the second consecutive year and teammate Brock Mauller was named MAC Freshman of the Year. All three awards were voted on by the conference’s head wrestling coaches following the conclusion of the 2019 NCAA Wrestling Tournament.

Buffalo head coach John Stutzman completed his sixth season in leading the Bulls wrestling program and finished with a 12-5 overall record, 5-2 in the MAC.  Stutzman enjoyed his finest year as he led the Bulls to 12 dual wins in 2018-19, tying the school record for most dual wins in a season since returning to the Division I ranks in 1998. Buffalo won a school-record five MAC duals and placed second at the MAC Championships, its highest ever finish. Two Bulls won individual titles at the 2019 MAC Championships, including Troy Keller (165) and Brett Perry (197). Buffalo had six national qualifiers this year, its most since 2011. Rest of the story at https://getsomemaction.com/news/2019/4/2/mac-announces-wrestling-postseason-awards.aspx?mc_cid=6cd9b9e806&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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Hokies sweep ACC wrestling season honors

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Virginia Tech swept the Atlantic Coast Conference’s season awards for the 2019 wrestling season, as national champion Mekhi Lewis earned ACC Wrestler of the Year honors, Mitch Moore was tabbed as the ACC Freshman of the Year and Tony Robie picked up ACC Coach of the Year accolades.
The annual awards are determined by a vote of the league’s head coaches. Lewis, a redshirt freshman from Bound Brook, N.J., became the first ACC student-athlete in a decade to be named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the NCAA Championships after his remarkable run to the 165-pound national title March 21-23 in Pittsburgh. Seeded No. 8 in his weight class, Lewis defeated top-seeded Alex Marinelli of Iowa and No. 4 seed Evan Wick of Wisconsin en route to the 165 final. Lewis then defeated No. 2 seed and two-time NCAA champion Vincenzo Joseph of Penn State by a 7-1 margin to win Virginia Tech’s first-ever NCAA wrestling title and the 19th by an ACC wrestler.

Lewis’ NCAA gold medal capped a season in which he posted a 28-2 overall record, an unbeaten record against ACC opposition and claimed the 165-pound title in the ACC Championship on March 9 at Blacksburg, Virginia. Moore finished his true freshman campaign at 18-9 overall and earned All-ACC honors with a silver medal showing in the 141-pound weight class at the ACC Championship. Rest of the story and details at https://hokiesports.com/news/2019/4/1/hokies-sweep-acc-wrestling-season-honors.aspx?mc_cid=da705de3b7&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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