Campbell to host Battle at Bragg on Veterans Day
Fighting Camels welcome Michigan & North Carolina to Pope Army Airfield for UFC Fight Pass event on November 11
BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell University Athletics is excited to join forces with the United States Army in presenting the first-ever Battle at Bragg, on Veterans Day, Friday, November 11, at the Pope Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, N.C.
The event will be streamed live, globally, via UFC Fight Pass, in association with Cage Fury Fighting Championships. The Fighting Camels will be joined on the mat for head to head duals by the University of Michigan (5:00 p.m.) and the University of North Carolina (7:30 p.m.).
“It’s exciting to stage a first-of-its-kind college wrestling event and to work with our heroes from the United States Army,” shares Acting Director of Athletics Hannah Bazemore. I want to thank the leadership of Fort Bragg, Garrison Commander Col. John Wilcox, Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey a. Loehr, and LTC Mark Newdigate and the North Carolina Recruiting Battalion for their engagement with Campbell University to get this event up and off the ground this November. It’s our hope to make this an annual happening as we look for new and exciting ways to get the word out about the Fighting Camels and college wrestling.” … rest of story at Gocamels.com/news/2022/10/29/campbell-to-host-battle-at-bragg-on-veterans-day
National Wrestling Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2023
The National Wrestling Hall of Fame has announced that the Class of 2023 is Distinguished Members Rich Bender, Jimmy Jackson, Patricia Miranda and Joe Williams, Meritorious Official honoree Ed Kelly, Order of Merit recipient Frank Popolizio, Medal of Courage recipient Richard Perry, and Outstanding American honoree Bob Bowlsby.
“This coming year’s class of inductees exemplify virtuous leadership as competitors and stewards while also being exceptional sources of inspiration for the sport of wrestling’s past, present and future generations,” said Lee Roy Smith, Executive Director of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. “We are proud to honor their accomplishments by enshrining them in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame during Honors Weekend this coming June.” The Hall of Fame Board of Governors approved the selections at their meeting in Kansas City on October 26.
The induction ceremony will be held at the 46th Honors Weekend on June 2-3, 2023 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. For more information on Honors Weekend, please telephone (405) 377-5243.
Bender, Miranda and Williams were chosen as Distinguished Members for the Modern Era while Jackson was selected by the Veterans Committee. The newest honorees will bring the number of Distinguished Members to 208, since the Hall of Fame began in 1976. … rest of story at NWHOF.org/news/national-wrestling-hall-of-fame-announces-class-of-2023
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