SC Wrestling Weekly Stories and Photos - Wednesday - January 11, 2006


Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
Annual Winners from South Carolina


South Carolina Dave Schultz High School Award winners as awarded by
The National Wrestling Hall of Fame:
2005 David Catoe, Lugoff-Elgin
2004 Ian Barker, Summerville
2003 T. J. Selke, Dutch Fork High School
2002 Andy King, Fort Mill High School
2001 Ryan McClester, Lugoff-Elgin High School
2000 Ben Connell, Lugoff-Elgin High School
1999 Chris Collins, Rock Hill High School
1998 Travis Drake, Cheraw High School
1996 Adam Lewis, Duncan West Oak High School
1996 Jason Radecke, Socastee High School


Ben Connell is the only S.C. wrestler to achieve the status of being the National Award winner ---

National Dave Schultz High School Award winners as awarded by
The National Wrestling Hall of Fame:
2005 - Troy Nickerson, Chenago Forks High School in New York (Northeast)
2004 - Coleman Scott, Waynesburg Central High School in Pennsylvania (Northeast)
2003 - C.P. Schlatter, St. Paris Graham High School in Ohio (Northern Plains)
2002 - Teyon Ware, Edmond North High School in Oklahoma (Southern Plains)
2001 - Steve Mocco, Blair Academy in New Jersey (Northeast)
2000 - Ben Connell, Lugoff-Elgin High School in South Carolina (Southeast)
1999 - Zach Roberson, Blue Valley Northwest High School in Kansas (Southern Plains)
1998 - Justin Ruiz, Taylorsville High School in Utah (West)
1997 - Jeff Knupp, Walsh Jesuit High School in Ohio (Northeast)
1996 - David Kjeldgaard, Lewis Central High School in Iowa (Northern Plains)


Compiled by Mark Buford
State Editor for Wrestling USA Magazine