WRESTLING FAST FACTS
"I was in the 10th grade and out for the
basketball team. I got into an argument with
the coach, and he said if I thought
I was so tough I should go to the
wrestling room."
Wayne Baughman, three-time Olympian and former Head
Wrestling Coach at the United States Air Force Academy
WRESTLING FAST FACTS
OVERHEARD
TRIPLE
CROWN
WINNERS
TRIPLE
CROWN
WINNERS
USA
WRESTLING
2
0
1
3
2
0
1
3
The Cadet/Junior National
Championships is the
LARGEST
wrestling tournament in the
world (over 3600 entries).
Since 2002-03, the
number of high
school wrestlers
has grown by over
40,000
Record number of
boy's teams at
10,488
Since 1994 ,
the number of women
who wrestle in high
school has grown from
804 to 8727
In 2008/09, the Arkansas
High School Athletic
Association became the 49th
state to sanction a high school
state wrestling championship
49
th
Scholastic wrestling ranks
6th of all boys' sports in
terms of participation at the
high school level with over
nation-wide.
6
th
270,000
