Takedown Report

Women’s Wrestling News – # 34

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Player Spotlight: Abby Nette’s lone season at CU is one for the record books
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – The Mid-South Conference Wrestler of the Year and 2020 Patricia Miranda Medal Award winner wore Campbellsville University maroon and gray and her name is Abby Nette.  The senior from St. Rose, La. was in her first and only season as a Lady Tiger wrestler going unbeaten at 20-0 with WCWA and MSC Championships at 130 lbs., helping CU earn the team titles at each event. Not only was Nette undefeated, she was dominant in her 20 wins, earning 17 wins either by pin or tech fall. She mainly competed in the 130 weight class with only one win coming from the 136 lbs. weight class. Nette was the third Lady Tiger to win MSC Wrestler of the Year and the second to earn the Patricia Miranda Medal Award as Kayla Miracle previously accomplished both in 2017-18 …. story at https://campbellsvilletigers.com/news/2020/4/22/womens-wrestling-player-spotlight-abby-nettes-lone-season-at-cu-is-one-for-the-record-books.aspx?mc_cid=547ad9bd30&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

South Dakota H.S.A.A. approves adding girls’ wrestling
Next year will likely see the start of SDHSAA-sanctioned girls’ wrestling in South Dakota schools. The first reading approving the new sport was taken Tuesday by the South Dakota High School Activities Association’s board of directors. Meeting via teleconference, the board acted on the first reading of a variety of recommendations for changes to the SDHSAA Athletics Handbook that came out of the annual meeting of the state’s athletic directors. In the case of girls’ wrestling, the board agreed to follow a pattern established in Missouri that provides four weight classes for girls’ wrestling at the state tournament. The sport would be integrated into schools based on the interest shown in each school district. The vote by athletic directors was 91-10 in favor of adding girls’ wrestling. Last year, without a separate girls’ division, nearly 40 females competed in SDHSAA-sanctioned wrestling meets. About another 100 girls competed in club-only events. …. complete story at https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/sdhsaa-approves-adding-girls-wrestling/article_5911f2d0-8841-5b77-ab6b-9c9d99787133.html?mc_cid=17ded1ad3b&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

A SENIOR SEASON CUT SHORT: RACHEL’S WATTERS STORY
The 2019- 2020 season started out as a weird season for me, little did I know that it would end just as bizarre. In my 2018- 2019 season I only wrestled at the NAIA national championships for the Oklahoma City Stars. I had knee surgery in November of 2019 immediately following the U23 World Championships. The idea was that I would be able to compete in the majority of the post-season for OCU. Sadly, my surgery was much more intense than we thought. I had to have part of my kneecap removed and replaced with calcium. This pushed back my recovery and I ended up missing every tournament that year except for the NAIA National Championships. I fell short that tournament and I was hungry to return to Jamestown in 2020. I continued to compete on the senior level that spring, but to my dismay I wasn’t wrestling at the level I wanted to. After a rough couple of months, I decided to take the summer off from wrestling completely. I hadn’t done this since junior high, but my mind and my body needed it. When the 2019 season started, I was honestly a little scared. I was beginning my senior season with a brand-new coach and I hadn’t wrestled for months. I even remember calling miss y fiancé and asking him, “Do you think I remember how to wrestle? What if I forgot everything?”. He assured me with a chuckle that I would be fine. I was legitimately so scared to get back out on the mat. My senior season started out great. My knee was feeling much better and I was getting my weight management under control. I felt unstoppable. We went to the Missouri Valley Open tournament and I remember having the same fears I did at the start of the season. I just had to wrestle past them. …. story at https://www.wreaperwrestling.com/a-senior-season-cut-short-rachels-watters-story/?mc_cid=8ec233ede0&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Augustana, Aurora and MacMurray are the latest program changes in Illinois
Female wrestling in Illinois has made some loud noises across the wrestling community this year. And, in the last few weeks, the state just gained two more NCAA DIII women’s wrestling programs. Only a five hour drive apart, Aurora University and Augustana College announced the addition of women’s wrestling programs within a week of each other. The programs in Aurora and Rock Island provide more options for student-athletes across the nation. Aurora is among only a handful of collegiate women’s wrestling programs in close proximity to a large metropolitan area. It’s similar to North Central in distance to Downtown Chicago at approximately 45 minutes. Two other programs near metropolitan areas include Augsburg University in Minneapolis, and Life University that’s just a quick 30 minutes from Atlanta. Illinois powerhouse McKendree University won the first-ever NCAA member exclusive national championships this spring, the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships, and the first-year program at North Central had five All-Americans of their own. The state has four opportunities for girls to wrestle in college, but high school girls wrestling is not sanctioned in Illinois. …. story at https://www.transitionwrestling.com/augustana-aurora-and-macmurray-are-the-latest-program-changes-in-illinois/?mc_cid=0abef116e3&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Oklahoma S.S.A.A. Board approves to sanction Girls Wrestling in Oklahoma in 2020-21
BY GARY ABBOTT, USA WRESTLING | APRIL 21, 2020, 
The Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA), the state high school association in Oklahoma, voted to officially sanction Girls Wrestling in their state, starting in the 2020-21 school year. The OSSAA posted the following statement on its website today, confirming this decision. “The OSSAA Board of Directors voted at their April 20, 2020 Board Meeting to sanction Girls Wrestling beginning with the 2020-21 school year.” According to an article in the Daily Oklahoman, the vote of the board of directors was unanimous. Oklahoma becomes the 22nd state to officially sanction girls wrestling or approved the path for it to become an official sport. In 2020, Oklahoma hosted a successful exhibition girls event during the boys state high school championships. USA Wrestling has been an active leader in helping develop girls high school wrestling, led by the USA Wrestling Girls High School Development Committee, which is co-chaired by Joan Fulp and Andrea Yamamoto. …. story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2020/April/21/Oklahoma-adds-official-girls-state-championships?mc_cid=945de33a33&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Vladislav “Izzy” Izboinikov named 2019 USA Wrestling Women’s Coach of the Year
BY GARY ABBOTT, USA WRESTLING | APRIL 21, 2020, 
Vladislav “Izzy” Izboinikov of Colorado Springs, Colo. has been named 2019 Women’s Coach of the Year by USA Wrestling. It is the second time in his career having won this award, along with receiving the award in 2012. Izboinikov has been an active women’s wrestling coach in the USA for close to two decades, both as a top volunteer coach as well as a stint on USA Wrestling’s national staff as an Assistant National Coach. Most recently, Izboinikov was a member of the women’s coaching staff at the 2019 Senior World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. The USA placed third in the team standings, led by three individual champions: Jacarra Winchester, Tamyra Mensah-Stock and Adeline Gray. s also a coach for the USA at the 2020 Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier in Ottawa, Canada, where the USA qualified all four of its remaining weight classes for the 2020 Olympic Games. As a volunteer coach, Izboinikov regularly helps coach the resident athletes at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. He also regularly attends Women’s National Team training camps, both domestic and overseas. He is a women’s coach with the Titan Mercury WC, one of the world’s most successful wrestling clubs. He serves as a personal and club coach for a number of top Senior and age-group women wrestlers. …. story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2020/April/21/Izzy-named-2019-Womens-Coach-of-the-Year?mc_cid=945de33a33&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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