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Five wrestlers among Eagles’ Hall of Fame inductees this fall
CHADRON, Neb. — Wrestlers will be leading the way during Chadron State College’s Athletic Hall of Fame inductions this fall.  Five of the nine former Eagles are going into the Hall of Fame as wrestlers.  They’ll be joined by two football all-stars and two standouts on women’s track and field teams. 
The inductions will take place the evening of Saturday, October 5, following the Eagles’ home football game vs. Adams State. 
All five of the wrestlers became All-Americans by placing at NCAA National Tournaments at least once. Current Chadron State Head Wrestling Coach Brett Hunter was a national champion in both 2007 and 2009.  A native of Rushville, where he won two state titles, Hunter had a 133-32 collegiate record after winning at least 30 matches each year at CSC.  
Another of the wrestling honorees, Josh Majerus, also had a distinguished career.  He remains Chadron State’s only three-time All-American during the NCAA-era, after placing second, first and fourth at national tournaments his final three seasons. 
A graduate of Boone Central High School at Albion, Neb., where he is now the head wrestling coach, Majerus had a 117-42 career record at CSC, second only to Hunter in victories.  Both Hunter and Majerus were inducted into the National Wrestling Coaches Association’s Division II Hall of Fame in 2020. The other wrestlers going into the CSC Hall of Fame are Mark Pfeifer of Garden Valley, Calif., Devlon Webb of Omaha and Matt Weingart of Alliance. All five were coached by Dr. Scott Ritzen.
Pfeifer wrestled two years at Sacramento Community College before transferring to Chadron State.  He qualified for the NCAA II National Tournament both years he was at CSC, where he had a 63-21 record and placed fifth at 149 pounds as a senior in 2006-07. Webb came to Chadron State after going 36-0 while winning the Class B 112-pound state championship as a senior for the Boys Town Cowboys in 2004.  A 125-pounder in college, Webb never had to cut weight while becoming one of just 10 Eagles to qualify for nationals all four years (Hunter is another.} 
Webb won at least 20 matches his final three seasons and placed fifth at nationals as a junior in 2007-08 to gain his All-American status.  He finished with an 87-65 career record. He sells life and health insurance in the Houston area.
Things never came easily for Weingart, but he persisted.  As a CSC senior in 2007-08, he lost his opening match at the national tournament to J.D. Naig of Nebraska-Omaha, who went … more at … https://chadroneagles.com/news/2024/7/3/general-five-wrestlers-among-eagles-hall-of-fame-inductees-this-fall.aspx

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Women’s Wrestling wins RMAC Brechler Award
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Chadron State College women’s wrestling team earned the top team grade point average, among the five Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference women’s wrestling members in 2023-24, earning the inaugural RMAC Brechler Award for the sport. The full list of winners in each sport was released Monday.
CSC women’s wrestling finished the year with a 3.200 GPA in Head Coach Taylor Summer’s first season at the helm. In addition to the team’s academic success, sophomore Shania Wear received the RMAC Summit Award for having the top individual GPA of all athletes who competed at the conference championships.
Grades were used from the 2023-24 academic year. All student-athletes that were on the institution’s NCAA eligibility list were included in the teams’ GPA calculation. The team GPA is calculated by dividing the total quality points for each semester by the total number of credits for each semester. 
The award is named after Paul W. Brechler, a former RMAC Commissioner (1976-1990), who along with wife Wanda, were the first inductees into the RMAC Hall of Fame. Brechler is also the former athletic director of the University of Iowa and served as Commissioner of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The team will be presented with a plaque … more at … https://chadroneagles.com/news/2024/7/1/womens-wrestling-womens-wrestling-wins-rmac-brechler-award.aspx

July 22, 2024 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized