PAC 60th anniversary team (Wrestling)

The Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC), formally organized in 1955 by charter members Case Institute of Technology, Western Reserve University, John Carroll University, and Wayne State University, is celebrating its 60th anniversary throughout the 2014-15 academic year. The PAC will be recognizing 60 of its outstanding student-athletes that have competed as members of both present, and past, league-affiliated institutions in 19 championship sports with the creation of 60th anniversary celebratory teams.

Sixteen of the PAC’s past and present members are participating in the yearlong celebration project. All 10 of the PAC’s current members were automatically included, while past league members must have had at least a 10-year affiliation with the conference to participate.

Both past and present PAC members receive “automatic” selections on the 60th anniversary teams based on the institution’s membership time. Each school also has the opportunity to nominate a limited number of additional “at-large” student-athletes for consideration.

Sport-specific advisory committees, made up of five-six past and present PAC coaches and administrators, determine additional “at-large” student-athletes to be recognized in order to reach 60 student-athletes on each celebratory team.

Name	School	Years Competed	Hometown/High School
Pat Benic	Washington & Jefferson College	1966-70
Benic is one of W&J’s three-time Presidents’ Athletic Conference champions (1967-69). He owns the seventh-best win percentage in school history (41-10, .804) after wrestling at 142 pounds as a freshman and 137 the remainder of his career.
Tom Benic	Washington & Jefferson College	1963-67
Benic helped usher in an era of championship wrestling at Washington & Jefferson College. One of 10 wrestlers in school history to capture three Presidents’ Athletic Conference individual championships, Benic helped lead the Presidents to two of their five conference team championships. At the time of his graduation, he was just the second President to claim three league championships, earning titles as a sophomore, junior and senior. He only lost one conference match during his career, a 3-2 overtime loss in the 123-pound finals during his freshman year. Benic finished his career with 50 victories in 60 matches (50-9-1), which remains as the fourth-best career winning percentage (.848) in school history.  In 1965, Benic capped a 9-1-1 record with the conference title that helped the Presidents win the team championship at Eastern Michigan in Ypsilanti, Mich. One year later, the Presidents had four individual champions en route to the conference tournament title at Thiel. As a senior, Benic once again captured the 123-pound title, but the Presidents missed out on claiming a third league title by just one point. Benic was one of four PAC champions, including his younger brother Pat. Benic is one of just 25 wrestlers in W&J history to win at least 50 career matches and joined W&J Hall of Famer Pat McCormick as the only student-athletes from the 1960’s to win 50 matches.
Tom Bennett	John Carroll University	1984-87	Fort Wayne, Ind./Snider
Bennett was the first John Carroll wrestler to ever earn 100 career victories. He finished his career in 1987 with 111 victories and also holds the school record with 151 matches wrestled. Bennett was a three-time All-American in three different weight classes: sixth at 134 pounds in 1984, third at 142 pounds in 1985 and sixth at 150 pounds in 1987. During his senior season he won four regular-season tournaments and compiled a 31-7 record. He was also a two-time PAC champion and won at least 21 matches each year. Bennett was inducted into the John Carroll Hall of Fame in 1999.
John Bernard	Allegheny College	1958-62	McCandless, Pa.
Bernhard established himself as one of the top wrestlers in the Presidents Athletic Conference (PAC) during the 1960’s, claiming four conference championships: three at 157 lbs. and one at 147 lbs. At the time, he was just the second four-time champion in the PAC. He posted a career record of 29-10, losing just three matches over his junior and senior seasons. He served as team captain during his junior and senior years and was the William Johnson Wrestler of the Year in both 1962 and 1963. During his career, the team went 22-19 in dual matches, winning the PAC Championship in 1960. Following his college graduation, he went on to the Air Force, where he served as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, achieving the rank of captain.
Joe Bertolone	John Carroll University	1972-75	Cleveland, Ohio/Warrensville Heights
Bertolone was John Carroll’s first national champion, winning the heavyweight title in 1974. He followed that with his second national crown in 1975. He set a John Carroll single-season wins by fall record with 15 that season. Bertolone finished his career as one of John Carroll’s most successful heavyweights and graduated with an overall career record of 44-13-1. He captained John Carroll’s 1975 NCAA Division III championship team – to date the school’s lone national title. Bertolone was inducted into the John Carroll hall of fame in 1985.
Harry Black	Allegheny College	1963-67
Black, a 1989 inductee into the Allegheny Hall of Fame, was a two-sport standout for the Gators, earning a total of five letters between wrestling and football. On the mats, he finished his career with a 40-3 record, competing in every class between 177 pounds and heavyweight. Named the PAC’s Most Valuable Wrestler in 1966, he was a two-time conference champion at 191 pounds, capturing PAC gold in both 1966 and 1967. He was named Allegheny’s Wrestler of the Year in both 1965-66 and 1966-67 and was named the 1967 Allegheny College Athlete of the Year.
Dan Boger	Carnegie Mellon University	1975
In Carnegie Mellon’s final season of sponsoring wrestling, Boger, a freshman, posted a third-place finish at 118 pounds at the 1975 PAC Championships. The Tartans finished fifth (29 pts.) at that year’s conference championship event, the program’s best-ever league finish.
Anthony Bonaventura	Waynesburg University	2010-14	Commack, N.Y./ Hauppauge
Over four years at Waynesburg, Bonaventura forged a reputation as one of the hardest workers in the Yellow Jacket wrestling room. All that effort paid off during his junior season, when he not only won the starting job at 174 pounds, but went 28-14 overall, won a PAC title, was named the PAC’s Most Outstanding Wrestler and qualified for the NCAA Division III national championships by placing third at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Tournament. Bonaventura followed that up by going a team-best 39-5 as a senior and making a return trip to nationals. The Commack, N.Y. native made program history by making it to the 174-pound national championship match after upsetting the number two and number three seeded wrestlers in his bracket. Though he had to settle for silver, Bonaventura still became the highest-finishing Waynesburg wrestler ever at the NCAA Division III national championships. His second-place finish allowed Anthony to compete at the Greco-Roman World Team Trials. Bonaventura was also a standout in the classroom, where he was named a three-time National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Scholar All-American and a two-time member of the PAC Academic Honor Roll. Bonaventura is currently serving as a graduate assistant for the Yellow Jacket wrestling team.
Brad Bowman	John Carroll University,	1975-78	Warrensville Heights, Ohio/Warrensville Heights
Bowman was a three-time All-American at John Carroll. He was also a NCAA Division III national champion at 177 pounds in 1975, helping JCU claim the school’s lone national title in any sport. Some of Bowman’s other accolades include being a two-time Division III runner-up, a three-time National Catholic Invitational champion and a four-time PAC champion. Bowman finished with a career record of 80-15 and a career winning percentage of .842, which ranks fifth in school history. He was inducted into the John Carroll Hall of Fame in 1990.
Kevin Brandenburg	Hiram College	1975-79	Mentor, Ohio/Mentor
Brandenburg was a two-time NCAA Division III All-American in the 150 lb. weight class, winning the honors in 1977 and 1978. He also won a PAC title in the weight class for three consecutive seasons (1977-79) He received the Campbell Award in 1978 as Hiram’s Male Student-Athlete of the Year and was inducted into the William H. Hollinger Athletic Hall of Fame at Hiram in 1994. Brandenburg was also a three-time All-PAC selection in football and was the PAC Offensive Player of the Year in 1978.
Corey Brown	Thiel College	2008-12	Greenville, Pa./Reynolds
Brown ranks fifth all-time in program history with 109 wins. He was a four-time All-American for the Tomcats, finishing sixth once and eighth three times at the NCAA Division III Championships. A four-time PAC champion at 133 pounds, he was selected as the conference’s Most Outstanding Wrestler in 2009. Brown was also a three-time NWCA Scholar All-American (2010-12).
Kyle Brown	Thiel College	2004-07	Meadville, Pa./Meadville
Brown won 128 matches for the Tomcats, the third most in program history. A four-time PAC champion at heavyweight, he was a three-time Academic All-American (2004-07). He also earned All-America status in 2007 after finishing eighth at the NCAA Division III Championships.
Clark Brumbaugh	Case Western Reserve University	1978-82
Brumbaugh became the first wrestling All-American in Case Western Reserve history with an eighth-place finish at 150 pounds as a senior. The program’s all-time wins leader at the time of his graduation, Brumbaugh finished his career as a three-time national qualifier with a record of 64-23-1. As a sophomore during the 1979-80 campaign, Brumbaugh set a then school single-season record with 22 victories and was named the PAC’s Most Valuable Wrestler. A season later in 1981, he set the school record for fastest pin (10 seconds).
Sean Clark	Thiel College	1997-2001
Clark compiled a record of 66-18 in his four-year career. He was the first wrestler in Thiel history to become a three-time Scholar All-American. A three-time PAC champion, he was the conference’s Wrestler of the Year in 2001. In 2001, Clark was a Midwest Regional champion and earned All-America status with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Division III Championships.
Tom Corbo	John Carroll University	1971-74	South Euclid, Ohio/Brush
Corbo was John Carroll’s first-ever four time Presidents’ Athletic Conference champion, having won the 177-pound title from 1971-74. Corbo was an All-American in both 1971 and 1974, placing fourth under the old NCAA College Division format as a freshman and sixth in the Division III tournament as a senior. He also won the National Catholic Invitational crown in 1971, 1973 and 1974. Corbo’s career record was 79-16-1, including a 32-1-1 mark against PAC opposition. His 79 career victories rank fifth on the all-time John Carroll list. In 1984, Corbo was inducted into the John Carroll University Hall of Fame.
Alex Crown	Waynesburg University	2009-13	Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle
Crown graduated as Waynesburg’s all-time career wins leader with a 110-27 overall record over four stellar years as a starter with the Yellow Jackets. Crown also made school history by becoming its first four-time PAC champion. He was also named the league’s Outstanding Wrestler at the 2010 PAC Championships He won the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional title as a sophomore in 2011 and qualified for nationals, where he finished fourth at 125 pounds. That was the highest finish at the tournament to that point in time. Crown also stood out in the classroom, where he was a two-time member of the PAC Academic Honor Roll and a two-time NWCA Scholar All-American.
Nick D’Angelo	John Carroll University	1980-84	Eastlake, Ohio/Lake Catholic
D'Angelo was a three-time All-American and won a national championship in the 190-pound weight class in 1983. He was a three-time national qualifier who placed second in 1984 and third in 1982 at the NCAA Division III Championships. D'Angelo, a two-time PAC champion, graduated with a career record of 77-14-2. He also excelled in football for John Carroll, earning All-PAC Second Team honors in 1982. In 1983, he was named a First Team All-PAC selection. D’Angelo was also an Associated Press All-American linebacker in 1983.
Kevin DeJuliis	Washington & Jefferson College	1999-2003	Monongahela, Pa./Ringgold
DeJuliis has been Washington & Jefferson College’s career wrestling victories leader for the past 11 years, having produced 117 during his standout career. He also held the single-season record for victories (36) for a decade before Josh Etzel topped his total with 37 during the 2012-13 season. DeJuliis became the program’s all-time wins leader during his senior year at the Case Western Reserve Quadrangular. He defeated CWRU’s Mike Huang 5-0 to pass teammate Wesley Koteski ’02 for the school record. DeJuliis made two appearances in the NCAA Division III Championships. As a junior, he became the fifth wrestler in school history to earn All-America laurels after placing seventh in the 133-pound bracket at the 2002 national championship. DeJuliis earned his spot in the national championship field after winning the NCAA Midwest Regional. He pinned his final regional opponent, Manchester’s Nathan Hills, with 21 seconds remaining in the match. His title helped W&J place second among 12 teams at the NCAA Regional, the top team finish in school history at the tournament. He was selected as the Presidents' Athletic Conference Most Valuable Wrestler in 2003 after winning the 133-pound conference championship. DeJuliis is one of 13 wrestlers in program history to be selected the conference MVP.
Thomas Elcott	Allegheny College	1977-81
A three-time All-American in the 150 pound class, Elcott was the first wrestler in Allegheny history to win a NCAA championship when he went a perfect 5-0 at the 1980 national tournament to capture the title. It was his second of three All-America performances, as he finished fourth in the nation as a sophomore in 1978 and was a runner-up in 1981. By virtue of his All-America efforts at the Division III national championships, he also competed in the Division I national championship in both 1980 and 1981. The 1981 recipient of the William E. Johnson Outstanding Allegheny Wrestler Award, Elcott was a three-time PAC runner-up in the 150 pound class.
Josh Etzel	Washington & Jefferson College	2011-14	Elizabeth, Pa./Elizabeth Forward
Etzel was a three-time national qualifier who graduated with a 3.78 grade-point average as a biochemistry major. He was the sixth W&J student-athlete since 2007 to earn a postgraduate scholarship from the NCAA and just the 11th wrestler in College history to claim three Presidents' Athletic Conference championships. He posted a 29-5 record as a senior, which included a 25-match win streak and his third trip to the NCAA Division III Championships. At one point during his senior season, Etzel reached as high as number five in the 157-pound national rankings. As a junior, Etzel was a CoSIDA Capital One First Team Academic All-American as a member of the at-large team after earning All-America laurels following a sixth-place finish in the 157-pound bracket at the Division III Championships. With a 97-18 career record, Etzel is fourth in school history in career victories and fifth all-time in winning percentage (.843). He is also the first three-time selection in W&J history to earn a spot on the NWCA Scholar All-America squad. Etzel collected four PAC Wrestler of the Week awards during his three-and-a half years as a President after transferring from Division II Lake Erie College.
Gregg Ferrero	Washington & Jefferson College	1983-87
Ferrero was one of the most dominant wrestlers in the storied history of the sport at Washington & Jefferson College. Ferrero still owns the second-best winning percentage (.875) in W&J wrestling history with a 63-9 record. He is 13th on the College’s career wins list, and at the time of his graduation, he was third. The Elizabeth-Forward High School graduate qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships as a freshman. As a junior, he posted one of the best individual seasons in school history with an 18-2 record.  His only losses came at the hands of the national runner-up and the NCAA third-place finisher. Ferrero never lost more than three matches in any of his four seasons on campus. He was the team’s Most Valuable Wrestler as a junior and senior. Ferrero showed his versatility as he wrestled in a number of different weight classes, including 150, 158 and 167. Ferrero also excelled in the classroom as one of 11 W&J student-athletes in any sport to earn two GTE/College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America awards. In 1987, he was selected to the national first team. He also earned a NWCA Scholar America award in 1986, becoming the first W&J wrestler to accomplish the feat.
Walter Fyda	Case Institute of Technology	1966-70
Fyda was a two-time All-PAC performer for Case Institute of Technology. A team captain, Fyda went 16-0 as a heavyweight in 1970.
Nick Garber	Waynesburg University	2007-11	Waynesburg, Pa./Waynesburg Central
After a respectable freshman season in which he won his first PAC title and was named Outstanding Wrestler of the conference championship tournament, Garber flourished under the tutelage of head coach Ron Headlee, who was hired prior to Garber’s sophomore season. That season Garber won the first of his three NCAA Division III Midwest Regional titles and made his first of three trips to the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament. Trip number two yielded a seventh-place finish and All-American honors at 133 pounds for the Waynesburg native. By the time he had completed his tenure as a Yellow Jacket, Garber boasted an 85-18 overall record, including a 48-1 record in matches determined by pin.
Charles G. Guthrie	Wayne State University	1963-67
Guthrie was a three-year varsity letter winner at Wayne State. He wrestled to a PAC title at the 1963 championships at 123 pounds, helping the Tartars to a third-place team finish. He finished third in 1964, also at 123 pounds. He graduated from Wayne State in 1967 with a degree in physical education.
Stephen Hasbrouck	Case Institute of Technology	1958-62
Hasbrouck was a two-time PAC Champion at 145 pounds for Case Institute of Technology. A team captain as a senior, Hasbrouck finished his career with a record of 25-5.
Mark Hawald	John Carroll University	1972-76	Beachwood, Ohio/Beachwood
A two-year captain and four-year letter winner, Hawald was one of only two John Carroll wrestlers to ever achieve NCAA Division I All-American status. He was a two-time NCAA Division III national champion, as well as a three-time PAC champion. Hawald finished his career with 86 victories, which were the most victories by any wrestler at the time of his graduation. He was a three-time Division III All-American as well, playing a significant role in John Carroll’s 1975 NCAA Division III team championship –the school’s lone national title to date. He was inducted into the John Carroll University Hall of Fame in 1987.
Mike Houska	Hiram College	1978-82
Houska was a NCAA Division III All-American in the 167 lb. weight class in 1981 and won the individual PAC championship at 167 lbs. during his senior year in 1982. He achieved an undefeated 24-0 record in conference dual meet competition from 1978 to 1982. Houska was inducted into the William H. Hollinger Athletic Hall of Fame at Hiram in 2014.
Sal Jafarace	Thiel College	1988-92
Jafarace earned NCAA Division III All-America honors after placing sixth at the 1992 NCAA Championships at 118 pounds. A three-time NCAA qualifier, he finished with 113 career wins, the fourth-most in program history. Jafarace was inducted into Thiel’s Hall of Fame in 2005.
Steve Johnson	Carnegie Mellon University	1975
In Carnegie Mellon’s final season of sponsoring wrestling, Johnson, a freshman, wrestled to a fourth-place finish at 134 pounds at the 1975 PAC Championships. The Tartans finished fifth (29 pts.) at that year’s conference championship event, the program’s best-ever league finish.
Wes Koteski	Washington & Jefferson College	1998-2002
Koteski is third all-time at W&J with 108 victories (graduated as the program’s all-time leader) and compiled an overall record was 108-29. He is one of three wrestlers in W&J history to win four-straight PAC titles and one of only six wrestlers in school history to win 30 matches in a season. He finished his career fourth all-time at W&J with 34 falls and fifth in school history with 161 takedowns. Koteski, who led W&J to the 1999 PAC team championship, was a two-time national qualifier.
Dave Krivus	Washington & Jefferson College	1979-83
Krivus, considered one of W&J’s greatest wrestlers, ranks second in the W&J record books with 80 career wins. He was a four-year letter winner, three-time team MVP and two-time team captain, who began his stellar career in the 1979-80 season by being named to the All-PAC team. In his sophomore season, Krivus earned All-America status and became the first W&J wrestler to qualify for the Division I National Championships. As a junior and senior, Krivus was once again named an All-PAC performer and was also honored as an NCAA All-American.
Richard Ladson	Wayne State University	1955-59
Ladson was crowned the PAC champion at 147 pounds in 1959, becoming the Tartars first individual PAC wrestling champion in wrestling. He graduated from Wayne State in 1959 with a degree in engineering.  Ladson earned a total of seven varsity letters as a Tartar, including two each in cross country, swimming and wrestling, and one in track and field. He currently resides in Norristown, Pa.
Ken Levels	Hiram College	1971-75	Diamond, Ohio/Southeast
Levels was a three-time PAC champion in the heavyweight division, winning the honors in 1973, 1974 and 1975. He was the U.S. heavyweight champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1975 and went on to win the bronze medal at the World University Games. He was also member of the 1976 U.S. Olympic team. He received the Campbell Award in 1975 as Hiram’s Male Student-Athlete of the Year and was inducted into the William H. Hollinger Athletic Hall of Fame at Hiram in 1988. Levels was also a three-time All-PAC selection in football as a linebacker.
Mike Lewis	Thiel College	1989-93
Lewis amassed 147 career wins as a Tomcat, the most in program history. A two-time PAC champion at 141 pounds, he was a two-time NCAA Division III All-American in 1992 and 1993 after finishing seventh and third at the NCAA Championships, respectively. Lewis was a three-time NCAA qualifier and earned Academic All-America status in 1993. He was inducted into Thiel’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004.
Pat McCormick	Washington & Jefferson College	1958-62
McCormick began a tradition of excellence at Washington & Jefferson as a founding member of the first-ever wrestling team in 1959. McCormick lost just four matches in his career, finishing with a record of 58-4, which still stands as the best winning percentage in school history. His 58 career wins rank him 15th on the all-time win list at the College. He also became W&J’s first wrestler to win four consecutive conference championships. While wrestling at 130 pounds, McCormick led the Presidents to their first-ever conference wrestling championship in 1962.
Mike McKay	Bethany College	1970-74
A 1975 graduate, McKay claimed his first and only PAC championship at 190 pounds as a freshman, helping the Bison to 16 team points at the PAC Championships that season.
Angelo Morascyzk	Washington & Jefferson College	1973-77
Morascyzk was instrumental to the success of the wrestling program as a student-athlete and coach for nearly four decades. Morascyzk began his W&J career in 1973 and started every match for the Presidents during his four-year career. Morascyzk wrestled three years in the 134-pound weight class and spent his junior year at 126 pounds. He was a four-time national qualifier and his 62-14 career record remains as the fifth-best winning percentage in school history (.813). The 62 victories were a school record at the time of his graduation and currently rank 15th on the all-time list. As a freshman, Morascyzk earned the wrestling program’s first-ever team point at the 1974 NCAA Division III Championships, dropping a 3-2 decision in the All-America round. Morascyzk was a four-time All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference wrestler (two runner-ups, two third-place showings). He was undefeated as a senior heading into the conference championship match before dropping his first decision of the year.
Ed Morascyzk	Washington & Jefferson College	1971-75
Morascyzk graduated Cum Laude with a double major in economics and political science. At graduation, he received the Matthew Brown Ringland award in Economics. During his collegiate wrestling career, he accumulated a record of 40-15 while representing the College by wrestling in five different weight classes. He wrestled in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship finals in 1974, losing to the eventual Division III national champion. Morascyzk was a co-captain of the wrestling team during his senior year. The 1974-75 wrestling team continues to rank as the best in the history of the college. The team had a record of 18-2 and was ranked among the top 20 wrestling teams in Division III, the first Division III recognition for W&J wrestling. Following his junior and senior seasons, Morascyzk participated in the Division III National Championships. He continues to rank among the top 10 wrestlers in W&J history for pins in a career.
Jack Mullhall	John Carroll University	1973-1976	Cleveland, Ohio/St. Joseph
A two-time All-American at 118 pounds. Mulhall was the 1976 NCAA Division III national champion. He earned All-American status in 1975 as the national runner-up, then claimed the Division III crown at 118 pounds as a senior in 1976. He was also a two-time National Catholic Invitational champion. Mullhall claimed PAC titles in both 1975 and 1976 and finished his John Carroll career with 46 wins and just eight loses.
Corey Murphy	Thiel College	2003-07	Corry, Pa./Corry
Murphy won three PAC titles during his career. His first conference championship was in 2004 at 149 pounds. His other two titles came at 165 pounds in 2005 and 2007. A three-time NCAA Division III Championships qualifier, Murphy earned All-American status in 2005 with an eighth-place finish. Murphy is one of just five Thiel wrestlers to record 100 career wins.
Bob Muth	Allegheny College	1979-83	Guys Mills, Pa./Maplewood
A first-ballot inductee into the Allegheny Hall of Fame in 1993, Muth posted a career record of 106-14-6 in the heavyweight class. A four-time PAC heavyweight champion, Muth earned his first All-America honor following his junior year of 1982 when he went 30-3-2 and placed seventh at the NCAA championships. He followed that up with arguably the most impressive season in program history in 1982-83. After winning three invitational titles during the regular season, he was named the PAC’s Most Valuable Wrestler following the conference championship. He entered the NCAA Division III tourney undefeated on the year, and quickly dispatched his first three foes by a combined score of 25-8.  He then topped a 335-pound foe from Concordia University to win the national heavyweight championship, the second individual wrestling title in Allegheny program history.
James Pareso	Washington & Jefferson College	1962-66
Pareso earned four varsity letters with the Washington & Jefferson College wrestling program. He held a career record of 44-7-4 and is one of only 21 wrestlers in school history to win multiple conference championships. Pareso won PAC crowns in both 1964 and 1965. Following the 1965 season, Pareso was selected as the PAC Wrestler of the Year. He was the first W&J wrestler to earn the prestigious honor.  Since Pareso, only 11 other W&J wrestlers have been named the most valuable wrestler at the conference meet. Pareso also helped the Presidents win PAC team championships in 1965 and 1966, two of the five titles in school history. As a freshman, Pareso posted a 9-1-2 record at 137 pounds. He captured the 147-pound conference championship as a sophomore and finished the year with a 12-1-2 overall record. Pareso notched his second-straight PAC championship as a junior after collecting a 12-3 record.  He led W&J to its back-to-back league championships as a senior with an 11-2 overall record.
Paul Saternow	Thiel College	1967-71
Saternow won three-straight PAC titles and claimed the PAC’s Outstanding Wrestler Award in 1970. He was selected as one of the Outstanding College Athletes of America in 1971 and competed in the Eastern Olympic Trials in 1972, where he finished third. He was inducted into Thiel’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Mercer County Hall of Fame in 1996.
Joseph Schmidt	John Carroll University	1987-90	North Royalton, Ohio/North Royalton
Schmidt won more matches (122) than any wrestler in the history of the John Carroll program. A four-time NCAA Division III national qualifier and three-time All-American, Schmidt was twice a national runner-up and reached the national semifinals in each of his final three years. Entering the John Carroll Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, Schmidt has a seemingly endless list of honors. He won the Midwest regional title in 1988 and 1989, a PAC title in 1988 and an OAC title in 1990. Other career titles include National Catholic titles in 1988 and 1990 and the Southern California title in 1989. Schmidt's career record of 122-24-1 includes a mark of 37-3 as a senior.
Matt Smith	Washington & Jefferson College	2001-05	Monongahela, Pa./Ringgold
Smith was a four-time PAC individual champion and claimed PAC Wrestler of the Year honors at the 2005 league championships. One of only three W&J wrestlers to post 100 career victories, his 113 wins rank second on the Presidents’ all-time list while his 57 career wins by pinfall rank first.
Dana Spires	Thiel College	1984-88
A four-year letter winner and two-year captain, Spires won 86 matches, the seventh-most in school history. Spires was a four-time NCAA Division III national qualifier, finishing third at the Division III Championships in 1988 at 167 pounds, earning All-America status. An NWCA Scholar All-American in 1986, Spires was the PAC champion at 158 pounds in 1987. Spires was inducted into Thiel’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001.
Dan Stefancin	John Carroll University	1978-81	Cleveland, Ohio/St. Ignatius
Stefancin was the 1981 NCAA Division III national champion at 118 pounds. Also a two-time All-American, two-time PAC champion and two-time National Catholic Invitational champion, Stefancin’s 14 victories in an undefeated dual meet season was still a record at the time of his induction into the John Carroll Hall of Fame in 1991. He graduated with a career record of 87-22-1.
Daryl Stumph	Hiram College	1982-86	Parma, Ohio/ Valley Forge
Stumph was a three-time NCAA Division III All-American in the 150 lb. weight class, winning the honors in 1984, 1985 and 1986. He also won the individual PAC championship at 150 lbs. in each of those three years. In 1985 he achieved an outstanding overall record of 30-2 and placed third at NCAA Championships. He received the Campbell Award in 1985 as Hiram’s Male Student-Athlete of the Year and was inducted into the William H. Hollinger Athletic Hall of Fame at Hiram in 1998. Stumph was also an All-PAC performer for Hiram in cross country.
Mark Sullivan	John Carroll University	1987-90
Sullivan was a two-time NCAA Division III All-American and a national runner-up in the heavyweight ranks as a Blue Streak, doing so in 1984 and 1987. He also captured two PAC titles and concluded his two-year career with a mark of 47-8. Sullivan also played football for John Carroll in 1986, starting all nine games at nose guard and earning Associated Press Little All-America accolades. He was inducted into the John Carroll Hall of Fame in 2001.
Bill Taczak	Bethany College	1967-71
A four-year letter winner with the Bethany wrestling program, Taczak was named a captain during his senior season, where he won five-straight matches on his way to a 7-3 record. He also finished with a second-place mark in the 134 pound weight class in 1971 at the PAC Championships. During his tenure, Taczak was a member of two of the top three highest-scoring Bethany teams at the PAC Championships in program history (1967-68, 1968-69).
John Tomlinson	Thiel College	1965-69
Tomlinson was a four-time PAC champion at heavyweight from 1966-69. He was named the PAC Outstanding Wrestler as a senior and served as a team captain for three seasons. Tomlinson did not lose a PAC match during his career. Tomlinson also excelled in football and baseball at Thiel and went on to become a successful coach. He was inducted into Thiel’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1979.
Don Valesky	Thiel College	1980-84
Valesky was a two-time NCAA Division III All-American with the Tomcats (1983-84) after finishing seventh and sixth at the NCAA Championships, respectively. Valesky, a three-time NCAA qualifier, was inducted into Thiel’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1993.
Randy Viviani	John Carroll University	1979-82	Mentor, Ohio/Lake Catholic
Viviani won a NCAA Division III national championship at 142 pounds in 1982, John Carroll’s last national champion at that weight class until Mike Gillmor won it 10 years later. Viviani was 23-8-1 as a senior in 1982, the year he captured the national crown. He was a two-time All-American, three-time PAC champion and four-time letter winner. Viviani concluded his career with a mark of 69-35-2. He also captained the squad twice. He wrestled at Lake Catholic High School under John Carroll mentor and Hall of Fame member Kerry Volkmann.
Kerry Volkmann	John Carroll University	1968-71	Mentor, Ohio/Lake Catholic
A freshman sensation in for head coach Tony DeCarlo, Volkmann posted an 11-0 record in 1968 and to date is the only wrestler ever to finish a season without a loss. He owned a record of 33-4 in career dual meets, including a perfect 19-0 record in PAC duals meets. Volkmann won three PAC titles and finished his career with a record of 57-11. He would later come back and coach the John Carroll wrestling program, starting in 1987. He is wrapping up his 28th and final year at the helm as the program’s head coach, the only other coach besides DeCarlo in the 50 year existence of the program.
Samuel Walker	John Carroll University	1984-87
Walker was a three-time NCAA Division III national qualifier and two-time All-American at 177 pounds. He finished second in the nation in 1986 and fourth in the nation as a sophomore. A three-time PAC champion, he helped the Blue Streaks claim PAC team titles in each of his three years with the program. He was awarded Most Valuable Wrestler honors as a junior and senior, and was named the Coaches Award winner as a senior. His record of 80-15 ties him for fifth place in highest career winning percentage (.842). Walker led the team in winning percentage (.870) as a junior and senior, won six regular season tournament championships and was named Most Valuable Wrestler at the Collegiates Tournament his as a senior. Walker was inducted into the John Carroll Hall of Fame in 2000.
Jim Weir	John Carroll University	1974-78
Weir was a three-time NCAA Division III national champion, once at 158 pounds and twice at 167 pounds. He is also one of only two John Carroll wrestlers to ever achieve NCAA Division I All-American status, doing so twice. He was a three-time Presidents’ Athletic Conference champion and a four-time National Catholic Invitational champion. He holds the school record for highest career winning percentage (.904). Weir finished his career with a brilliant record of 98-10-1, and in his four years with the program, John Carroll won a national team title (1975) and was a national runner-up (1976).
Tony Weishner	Bethany College	1966-70
A 1970 graduate, Weishner's name is etched in the Bison record books as one of just two individual wrestling champions in Bethany history. He helped Bethany to what was their highest-ever point total at the PAC Championships in 1967-68 by taking home the individual title at 145 pounds. With the help of his individual title, the Bison totaled 32 team points. Weishner was a two-time letter winner for the Bison.
Shawn Whyte	Waynesburg University	1998-2001	Sycamore, Pa./West Greene
Whyte was one of the first great Yellow Jacket wrestlers to follow Waynesburg's initial PAC membership in 1990. A graduate of nearby West Greene High School, Whyte wrestled three years for the Jackets and compiled a 107-19 overall record. He also won three NCAA Division III Midwest Regional titles, which allowed him to compete at the NCAA Division III National Championships He claimed the first of his two back-to-back All-America honors when he finished eighth at 141 pounds in 2000. He followed that performance up by improving to seventh at 141 in 2001. Whyte was a multi-time PAC champion and PAC Most Outstanding Wrestler.
Rod Wilt	Thiel College	1982-86
Wilt racked up 75 career wins, the ninth most in program history. He was a two-time All-American (1985-86) after finishing second and third, respectively, at the NCAA Championships. Wilt was also an Academic All-American in 1986. A three-time NCAA qualifier, Wilt was inducted into Thiel’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.
Brett Wyss	Hiram College	1978-1982
Wyss was a two-time NCAA Division III All-American, winning the honors in the 142 lb. weight class in 1981 and in the 134 lb. weight class in 1982. He was also the PAC champion at 134 lbs. in 1982 and the league runner-up at 142 lbs. in 1980. Wyss was inducted into the William H. Hollinger Athletic Hall of Fame at Hiram in 2003.