Arkansas Activities Association sanctions girls’ high school wrestling
Add Arkansas to the list of states which has said “yes” to separate wrestling competition for girls. The Arkansas Activities Association voted unanimously this week to officially sanction girls’ high school wrestling. The decision was announced by Arkansas Wrestling Association President and Arkansas Wrestling Academy founder Greg Hatcher on Wednesday.
According to Hatcher, the girl’s state wrestling tournament will be held the Thursday before the annual boy’s state wrestling tournament in February at the Jack Stephens Center in Little Rock starting in 2020. With this week’s announcement, Arkansas becomes the third state to have sanctioned girls’ wrestling in 2019, joining Colorado, Kansas and Maryland which announced similar news earlier this year. Now there will be a total of seventeen states which have sanctioned a separate state championship for female wrestlers. Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/22006
Jim Miller hired as director of Dan Gable Museum
WATERLOO, Iowa — The National Wrestling Hall of Fame announced on Thursday that it has hired Jim Miller as the director of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. Miller will be responsible for the museum’s daily operations, including the preservation of artifacts, programming, planning, communications and fundraising, while also overseeing the Dan Gable Learning Center, a wrestling training facility inside the museum. He replaces Kyle Klingman, who resigned in April to accept a position with Trackwrestling. “We are elated to have someone with Jim Miller’s background leading the Dan Gable Museum for the National Wrestling Hall of Fame,” said Lee Roy Smith, Executive Director, National Wrestling Hall of Fame. “He has a keen knowledge of the sport’s heritage while also contributing significantly to its history as a competitor, coach and motivational speaker. I am confident that he will advance our mission and the impact that the museum and its programs and services will have upon wrestling in Iowa and across the nation.”
“I am looking forward to getting started as the Director of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum,” said Miller, who will begin his duties on July 1. “I see this next step in my life journey as an awesome and unique opportunity to get back involved with a sport that I love while working with Dan Gable and many others to advance wrestling right here in the Cedar Valley and in my hometown of Waterloo, Iowa.” “The National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum is newly renovated and having Jim Miller as its new director adds even more excitement to its overall potential,” said Dan Gable, the museum’s namesake and a Distinguished Member inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1980. “I am looking forward to working with a wrestling great and many others to enhance the great sport of wrestling.” “We could not be more excited about Jim Miller coming on board to lead the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum,” said Tom Slowey, Chairman of the Board of Governors, National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/22001
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