Arkansas Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame

We had a lovely evening honoring Robin Fletcher and Travis Alexander with the Lifetime Service to Wrestling Award. They have both contributed over 20 years to establishing and building wrestling in Arkansas. We are so thankful for their dedication and hardwork for so many years.
A huge thank you to Twin City Limosine, Scoops Ice Cream, and the Hatcher Agency for their sponsorship in tonight’s affairs.

Arkansas’s State Winner for the Dave Schultz Award is Lakoda Caldwell! Congratulations!

We’ve announced the state winners of our Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award.

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The award was established in 1996 to honor Olympic and World champion Dave Schultz, whose career was cut short when he was murdered in January 1996. He was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member in 1997 and as a member of the United World Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2016.



You can be whatever you desire in this sport because wrestling truly is for everyone!

Arkansas’s State Winner for the Tricia Saunders Award is Skylur Lewis! Congratulations!

We’ve announced the state winners of our Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award.

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First presented in 2014, the award is named for Tricia Saunders, a four-time World Champion and women’s wrestling pioneer.

Tricia was the first woman to be inducted as a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2006 and was inducted into the United World Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2011.



You can be whatever you desire in this sport because wrestling truly is for everyone!

Mussatto: John Smith, steward of Oklahoma State wrestling, steps away 'complete' After his wrestling career, John Smith coached the Cowboys for 33 years until it was announced last week that he was stepping down.

🚨👇🏼🙌🏻 ATTENTION WRESTLERS, COACHES AND FANS…. WE NEED YOU!

The sport of wrestling is exploding in Arkansas and the demand for officials is on the rise!

Did you know that you could learn to officiate in the state of Arkansas and in a short time find yourself traveling the country…even the World!!

We are looking for people interested in learning the rewarding job of officiating… yes you make money, yes you make friends and yes you get to give back to the sport…… win, win, win!!!

Just like the competition side of wrestling, officiating is for everyone; you only need the desire to learn and the guts to step on the mat!

Join us for our first officials introduction of the summer for FS/GR on a Zoom call tomorrow, 3/13 at 7:30pm and start your rewarding journey! Link below… Don’t know FS/GR mechanics? That’s ok we are all learning together, and together we will make our State better!

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82167337882?pwd=gXHb68VE1lKnHOAYXWBFEpoEWCD9d6.1

Congratulations to the Blue Team Boys 34-30 and Coach John Petree and to the Pink Team Girls 53-18 and Coach Dusty Clark. Also a big thank you to Blue Team Girls and their Coach Aaron Butler and Pink Team Boys and their Coach H E Burchard. We also need to thank Coach Vinny Barber and the University of the Ozarks for Hosting this year’s Meet of Champions. Thank you to Vivi Edwards for being our official, Daniel Byrd for being our on-site trainer, Paul Boyd for covering our media, Robert Moore for announcing, and to our Hall of Fame Board Members for putting together this year’s event.

💪 We’re ready!!!🤼‍♂️
Mabee Gymnasium 703 N College Ave, Clarksville

Rosters are up. See you Saturday!

Final selections will be made Sunday and invitations will be sent out Monday. Make sure your school has paid its dues!

Now that the 2024 State High School Championships have come to a conclusion, it’s time to turn our attention to the Meet of Champions on March 9th at the University of the Ozarks!

This is how you qualify for the National Team! We offer dual teams that travel to places like Tulsa, Pennsylvania, Indiana and individual tournaments like Fargo Nationals. We want you to be apart of our teams! Come qualify April 13, 2024 at Har-Ber high School, 8u through graduating high school seniors.

Our own Kristi Herndon Mann is featured this month in AY About You Magazine. She’s such an amazing advocate for Arkansas Wrestling!

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We received several nominees for the Dave Schultz and Tricia Saunders awards. The board voted Presley Givens and Justin Crutchmer to move forward as our state nominees for each award. Their names have been submitted to the National Hall of Fame board in Oklahoma along with each other state’s nominees. We wish them the best of luck in the regional and national selections.

The inductee for this year, for Lifetime Service to Wrestling, is Ed Viera. The Dave Shultz nominees this year were John Marpa, Will Williams, Grant Lawson, Ethyn Gibson, Grant Lawson, and Justin Crutchmer. The Tricia Saunders nominees were Vivi Edwards, Roselyn Amaya, and Presley Givens.

Photos of this year’s red and blue men’s and women’s teams. Coaches of the year: Aaron Wise, Dusty Clark, Anthony Moats, and John Petree.