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Drury named Dave Schultz Excellence Award West Regional Winner
5/21/2020 12:00:00 PM | Wrestling
STILLWATER, Okla. - The National Wrestling Hall of Fame announced the regional winners of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award on Thursday.
A week after being named the DSHSEAÂ recipient for the state of Washington, Fresno State Wrestling signee Haiden Drury has been named the West Regional award winner.
Drury is a four-time finalist and three-time Washington state champion coming off winning the Class 2A crown at 132 pounds in February. Drury recorded a career record of 168-8, breaking the Toppenish High School record of 155 wins set by three-time state champion Andres Aguilera.
Drury won the USA Wrestling Greco-Roman Junior Nationals in 2019 after capturing the USA Wrestling Greco-Roman Cadet Nationals title in 2018. He won the silver medal at the Junior Pan American Championships in 2019 and also won a bronze at the Austrian Open.
Drury also qualified for state in cross country all four years and is a member of the National Honor Society with a 3.77 GPA while also being a member of MEChA, a Mexican American student group. Drury volunteers with a local wrestling club mentoring and coaching youth and is also a youth wrestling official.
The Dave Schultz High School Excellence 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.
The award recognizes and celebrates the nation's most outstanding high school senior male wrestlers for their excellence in wrestling, scholastic achievement, citizenship, and community service.
Winners are evaluated and selected on the basis of three criteria: success and standout performances and sportsmanship in wrestling; review of GPA and class rank, academic honors and distinctions; and participation in activities that demonstrate commitment to character and community.
The Hall of Fame accepts nominations for its high school excellence awards from state chapters and coaches. The nominations are reviewed by a committee, which selects state and regional winners. The committee then determines the national winners from the regional winners.
The national winner of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award will be announced on May 28. Fresno State assistant coach Jason Chamberlain was the 2008 national award winner of the DSHSEA as a senior in high school in Springville, Utah.
2020 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award Regional Winners
Region – Name, High School, Hometown, College Attending
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A week after being named the DSHSEAÂ recipient for the state of Washington, Fresno State Wrestling signee Haiden Drury has been named the West Regional award winner.
Drury is a four-time finalist and three-time Washington state champion coming off winning the Class 2A crown at 132 pounds in February. Drury recorded a career record of 168-8, breaking the Toppenish High School record of 155 wins set by three-time state champion Andres Aguilera.
Drury won the USA Wrestling Greco-Roman Junior Nationals in 2019 after capturing the USA Wrestling Greco-Roman Cadet Nationals title in 2018. He won the silver medal at the Junior Pan American Championships in 2019 and also won a bronze at the Austrian Open.
Drury also qualified for state in cross country all four years and is a member of the National Honor Society with a 3.77 GPA while also being a member of MEChA, a Mexican American student group. Drury volunteers with a local wrestling club mentoring and coaching youth and is also a youth wrestling official.
The Dave Schultz High School Excellence 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.
The award recognizes and celebrates the nation's most outstanding high school senior male wrestlers for their excellence in wrestling, scholastic achievement, citizenship, and community service.
Winners are evaluated and selected on the basis of three criteria: success and standout performances and sportsmanship in wrestling; review of GPA and class rank, academic honors and distinctions; and participation in activities that demonstrate commitment to character and community.
The Hall of Fame accepts nominations for its high school excellence awards from state chapters and coaches. The nominations are reviewed by a committee, which selects state and regional winners. The committee then determines the national winners from the regional winners.
The national winner of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award will be announced on May 28. Fresno State assistant coach Jason Chamberlain was the 2008 national award winner of the DSHSEA as a senior in high school in Springville, Utah.
2020 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award Regional Winners
Region – Name, High School, Hometown, College Attending
- West – Haiden Drury, Toppenish High School, Toppenish, Wash., Fresno State (comprised of AK, AZ, CA, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY)
- Midwest – Patrick Kennedy, Kasson-Mantorville High School, West Concord, Minn., Iowa (IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI)
- Central – Rocky Elam, Staley High School, Kansas City, Mo., Missouri (AR, CO, KS, MO, NM, OK, TX)
- Southeast – Braxton Amos, Parkersburg South High School, Mineral Wells, W.Va., Wisconsin (AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Northeast – Anthony Clark, Delbarton High School, East Hanover, N.J., Princeton (CT, DE, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT)
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