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LATINO WRESTLING EXPERIENCE NATIONAL WRESTLING HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM | 13 The Cuestas brothers, from Merced, Calif., High School, generated a superb wrestling legacy during their time on the mat for the Bears and, ultimately, with the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners. Adam won scholastic state championships as well as freestyle titles in 1977 and 1978 and was also a junior national champ in 1978. At the collegiate level, he commenced his career at Oregon, but after transferring to Bakersfield earned three-NCAA Division II (1981, 1982 and 1983) and one Division I championship (1983) at 118 pounds. His finest season was 1982, with an overall record of 46-3. His total collegiate career mark is 127-19; a winning percentage of .870. At the international level, he won the World Cup in freestyle in both 1982 and 1983 and finished sixth at the Goodwill Games and Pan American Games in 1986 and 1988, respectively. After his wrestling career, Adam served as head coach at Overfelt High School in San Jose. Dan Cuestas had similar success at 126 lbs. winning state titles for the Bears in 1976 and 1977 and a state freestyle championship in 1977. Although he did not qualify for NCAA as often as Adam (in part, because he transferred to Bakersfield from Cal Poly-SLO), he was more dominant at this level, winning two NCAA Division I titles (1981 and 1982), and two Division II crowns the same years. He was the Outstanding Wrestler at the Division II tournament in 1981. His 11 victories in the NCAAs place him fifth on the CSUB record book. His finest year on the mat was 1982, were he racked up an overwhelming mark of 32-1-1. His overall career tally is 71-3-1, for a winning percentage of .960. 1983 118lbs California State University-Bakersfield 1981-1982 126lbs California State University-Bakersfield DAN CUESTAS ADAM CUESTAS DAN CUESTAS ADAM CUESTAS