LEGACY OF ST. EDWARD WRESTLING ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Since 1959, St. Edward wrestlers have been very successful at the state tournament with 427 qualifiers over the past 59 years, of these, 316 have placed. 108 have won state titles; including four four-time state champs – Ryan Lang, Lance Palmer , Collin Palmer and Dean Heil. Eight have been three-time state champions – Alan Fried, Eddie Jayne, Mason Lenhard, Mark Jayne, Matt Koz, Sean Nemec, Jamie Clark, and Domenic Abounader. There have been thirteen two-time state champions – Phil Welch, Jim Heffernan, Greg Elinsky, Jeff Strauss, Sam Neider, Yoshi Nakamura, Mike Kulczycki, Andy Hrovat, Mark Moos, Brian Roddy, Gus Sako, Mark Martin, and Bryce Andonian. St. Edward has the state record for the most individual state champions (108), most team championships (tournament format) (32), most state placers (316), most qualifiers (14) (twice, 2007 & 2012) at one state tournament. St. Edward has the Division I record for most team points (229) and placers (13, 2007) at the state tournament. St. Edward has also the 2013, 2016 & 2017 Ohio Dual Meet State Championship. 72 St. Edward Wrestlers have finished second, 55 have placed third, 28 have placed fourth, 29 have finished fifth, 22 have finished sixth, 2 have finished seventh, and 3 have finished eighth at the state tournament.

44 Sectional Championships (43 consecutive)

1967-1976-1977-1978-1979-1980-1981-1982-1983-1984-1985-1986-1987-1988-1989-1990-1991-1992-1993-1994-1995-1996-1997-1998-1999-2000-2001-2002-2003-2004-2005-2006-2007-2008-2009-2010-2011-2012-2013-2014-2015-2016-2017-2018

38 District Championships

1977-1978-1979-1980-1981-1982-1983-1984-1985-1986-1987-1988-1989-1990-1991-1992-1993-1997-1998-1999-2000-2001-2002-2003-2004-2005-2006-2007-2008-2009-2010-2011-2012-2013-2015-2016-2017-2018

32 Ohio State Championships (tournament format)

1978-1979-1980-1981-1982-1983-1984-1985-1986-1987-1989-1992-1997-1998-1999-2000-2001-2002-2003-2004-2005-2006-2007-2008-2009-2011-2012-2013-2015-2016-2017-2018

3 Ohio State Dual Meet Championships

2013-2016-2017

11 National Championships

1982-1983-1984-1985-1986-1987-1989-1992-1998-2000-2007

St. Edward Honor Roll of NCAA Champions

• Jim Heffernan (Iowa) – Division I 1986
• Greg Wright (Edinboro) – Division II 1986
• Alan Fried (Oklahoma State) – Division I 1994
• Ryan Bertin (Michigan) - Division I 2003, 2005

St. Edward Honor Roll of NAIA Champions

• Duke McKean (Olivet Nazarene) 1992, 1993