4th Sunderland (1986 Cadet 138.5 freetstyle champ/1988 143lbs Junior National freestyle champ)
1986-87 WRESTLING USA MAGAZINE 'S HIGH SCHOOL All-AMERICA TEAM
DREAM TEAM
Ken Ramsey Bishop Ready HS, Columbus, OH
OTHER ALL-AMERICAN SELECTIONS
T.J. Campbell Flathead HS, Kalispell, MT
1987-88 WRESTLING USA MAGAZINE'S HIGH SCHOOL All-AMERICA TEAM
DREAM TEAM
Troy Sunderland Mount Union Area HS, Mount Union, PA
1988-89 WRESTLING USA MAGAZINE 'S HIGH SCHOOL All-AMERICA TEAM
DREAM TEAM
Joey Gilbert Andrew HS, Tinley Park, IL
Pat Smith Del City HS, Del City, OK
ACADEMIC TEAM
Jamie Boyd Mt Pleasant HS, Mt Pleasant, MI
OTHER ALL-AMERICAN SELECTIONS
Willy Short Simley HS, Inver Grove Hts, MN
Jamie St. John Port Jefferson HS, Port Jefferson, NY
1989-90 WRESTLING USA MAGAZINE 'S HIGH SCHOOL All-AMERICA TEAM
HONORABLE MENTION
Tim Winterstein, Marist School, Atlanta, Georgia
So just what does this all mean????? well lets just look at how tough a tournament it really was and what these projected high school wrestlers did with their college careers.
Overall 10 all-Americans out of top 18
The 10 all-americans have a combined total of 21x becoming top eight in the country
So do you think you might want to wrestle Freestyle and Greco??????????
Steve L. Hamilton III 4-time NCAA Division I all-American
1989 7th 158lbs Iowa State
1990 3rd " "
1991 2nd " "
1992 3rd " "
Troy Sunderland 3-time NCAA Division I all-American
1991 4th 142lbs Penn State
1992 2nd 150lbs " "
1993 2nd 150lbs " "
Peter Horst 1991 NCAA Division I all-American
1991 6th 134lbs Old Dominion Univ
Ken Ramsey 2-time NCAA Division I all-American
1991 5th 150lbs Ohio State Univ
1992 3rd " " " "
Willy Short 1993 NCAA Division I all-American
1993 3rd 150lbs Univ of Minnesota
Joey Gilbert 2-time NCAA Division I all-American
1991 3rd 134lbs Univ of Michigan
1992 6th 134lbs " " "
Torrae L. Jackson III 2-time NCAA Division I all-American
1992 6th 150lbs Iowa State Univ
1993 5th " " " "
Pat Smith 4-time NCAA Division I champion
1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 158lbs Oklahoma State Univ
Mike L Moreno III 1992 NCAA Division I all-American
1992 7th 134lbs Iowa State Univ
Rich Straub 1992 NCAA Division III all-American
1992 5th 134lbs Wisconson Whitewater
| I wrestled this weight class 143lbs in 1987 as a sophmore and won my first 3 matches before losing to Winterstein who became a 2x State Champ Marist, AAU National champ and wrestled for UVA. I then lost to 5th place finisher Horst who wrestled for ODU.
In case you are wondering I also wrestled my senior year 1989 at 143lbs. I won my first 4 matches before falling in my next 2. With a bye I was one round away from earning All-American status (close but no cigar) That year, Alan Fried 143lbs became a 4x Junior National Champ and OW. Fried was just pure Dynomyte!!!!! |
