Awards & Results
2023 Tom Clark Memorial Official of the Year Award-JD Minch
Tom Clark Memorial award was presented at this years 2023 USAW Central Regionals hosted in Ft Wayne, Indiana. Congratulations to JD Minch this years winner of this honorable award. Pictured Left to Right: Payton Halbig - Coordinator, JD Minch - Award Winner, Nick Mancini - Clinician, Cameron Deip - Head Official
Heather Crull Central Regional 2023 Outstanding Wrestler
Matthew Staples 2023 Central Regional Outstanding Wrestler
The 2023 John Hurrle Memorial Award will be announced at the 41st Anniversary of the IHSWCA Hall of Fame Banquet in Carmel at the Event Centre.
Congratulations to Mike McCarthy!
Past John Hurrle Award Winners
Past recipients include: Cheryl Merchant (2022) The Miller Family (2021), Beth Lybarger (2019), Lou Silverman (2018), Pat Culp (2017) Renee Schoettle (2016), Dave Errett (2015), Louis & Sharon Rosbottom (2014) Danny Struck (2013) Jan & Sue Hesser (2012), Chris Lynch (2011), Jim Tonte (2010), Bob Kopnisky (2009), Paul Green (2008), Tom Dolly (2007), JD Minch (2006), Royce Deckard (2005), T. Howard Jones Jr. & Robert Hasseman (2004), Dick Neal (2003), Rex Peckinpaugh (2002), Alan Goddard (2001), Francis Knue (2000), Mary Friedt (1999), John Schattner (1998), Mike & Sharon Dowden (1997), Rollie Hoover (1996), Bud Palmer (1995), Charles McNamara (1994), Larry Bergstrom (1993) and Phil Strader (1992).
2023 John Hurrle Memorial Award-Mike McCarthy
Mike has been a valued coach, official, director and volunteer in Indiana for several decades. Some of the many areas he has been involved in:
Mike is always present loading trucks for countless events from 2003 to present. Mike is most present with kids officiating on the mat as both a USAW
- CYO Assistant 88-90
- ISWA club coach 91-10,
- Assistant high school coach 05-10,
- ISWA team leader 06-11,
- ISWA Transportation Dir 11-13,
- IHSAA state finals media staff 91-19,
- ISWA event setup crew 03-22
- Mat official & IHSAA referee 2001 to present
Mike is married to Michelle McCarthy with 3 children: Rachel, Mike IV & Jake. Mike embraces the John Hurrle Memorial legacy of “Do it for the kids!”
John Hurrle Award Information
John Hurrle, one of the original founders and lifetime member of the Indiana State Wrestling Association, coached for many years at Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis, IN. John was devoted to wrestling and to the kids in the state and served on the Board of Directors from 1978 until his death in 1991. The ISWA is dedicated to the example that John set for our organization. John’s motto was “DO IT FOR THE KIDS!” It is a motto the ISWA has adopted as their own. The John Hurrle Award is presented annually by the Indiana State Wrestling Association to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the sport of Amateur Wrestling in the State of Indiana. The winner is chosen from nominations submitted by ISWA member clubs and directors and is presented to the recipient at the Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Association Banquet held each year in February.
2022 Club of the Year-Delta Wrestling Club
Brandon Whaley Young Official of the Year-Blaze Garcia
2022 Freestyle/Greco Official of the Year Eric Lapshire
2022 Annual Meeting Award Ceremony Images & Images of New Triple and Double Crown Ceremony
2022 Coach of the Year-Bill Hawkins
2022 Volunteer of the Year-Cheryl Merchant
2022 Coach of the Year-Paul Redemacher
2022 Pairing Official of the Year-Kara Polen
2023 Results
TEAM LEADER REPORTS
2022 Triple & Double Crown Winners
2022 Results
2022 Triple Crown Award Winners
CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEARS TRIPLE/DOUBLE CROWN WINNERS
2022 ISWA TRIPLE AND DOUBLE CROWN WINNERS
2022 Men's Triple Crown Winners #1-35 Won 1st place in ISWA's Folkstyle, Freestyle & Greco State Final Tournaments.
2022 Women's Double Crown Winners 36-55 Won 1st Place in ISWA's Folkstyle & Freestyle State Final Tournaments.
| 2022 Trpl | Wgt/Div | First Name | Last Name | Club/Academy |
| 1 | 8U 43# | Emery | Sanders | Rhyno Academy of Wrestling |
| 2 | 8U 62# | Mason | Pasternak | Bulldog Premier |
| 3 | 8U 70# | Micah | Stith | Midwest Extreme Wrestling |
| 4 | 10U 49# | Emmett | McCammon | Maurer Coughlin WA |
| 5 | 10U 53# | Cecil | Nelson | Contenders WA |
| 6 | 10U 59# | D Angelo | Chavez | Midwest Regional Training Ctr |
| 7 | 10U 63# | Lennon | Jaggers | Delta WC Inc |
| 8 | 10U 67# | Carter | Marsh | Delta WC Inc |
| 9 | 10U 77# | Rocco | Cartalino | Midwest Regional Training Ctr |
| 10 | 10U 84# | Jonathon | Nordyke | Region WA |
| 11 | 10U 105# | Braylon | Hayes | Team Jeff |
| 12 | 10U 120# | Coltyn | Aquino | Delta WC Inc |
| 13 | 12U 58# | Colton | Wiseman | Contenders WA |
| 14 | 12U 67# | Haedyn | Cochran | Contenders WA |
| 15 | 12U 70# | Spencer | McCammon | Maurer Coughlin WA |
| 16 | 12U 74# | Jeremy Aiden | Carver | Delta WC Inc |
| 17 | 12U 82# | Xavier | Flores | Center Grove WC |
| 18 | 12U 92# | Lincoln | Hinchman | Contenders WA |
| 19 | 12U 108# | Tatum | Jones | Falcon WC |
| 20 | 12U 135# | Jackson | Smith | Patriots WC |
| 21 | 12U 200# | Shawn | Jackson | Elite Athletic Club |
| 22 | 14U 77# | Traevon | Ducking | Contenders WA |
| 23 | 14U 87# | Case | Bell | Contenders WA |
| 24 | 14U 97# | Caleb | Schaefer | Mater Dei WC |
| 25 | 14U 110# | Braylon | Reynolds | Red Cobra |
| 26 | 14U 125# | Tommy | Gibbs | Contenders WA |
| 27 | 14U 136# | Lucas | Boe | Red Cobra |
| 28 | 16U 88# | Peyton | Schoettle | Contenders WA |
| 29 | 16U 100# | Revin | Dickman | Contenders WA |
| 30 | 16U 106# | Ty | Henderson | Maurer Coughlin WA |
| 31 | 16U 126# | Evan | Stanley | Region WA |
| 32 | 16U/Jr #182 | De'Alcapon | Veazy | IN Legends of Gold |
| 33 | 16U 195# | Shawn | Glass | Red Cobra |
| 34 | 16U 285# | Benjamin | Land | Team Jeff |
| 35 | Senior 211.5# | Mark | Maldanado | Highland WC |
| 36 | Veteran 213.75# | Michael | Burke | Yorktown WC |
| 2022 Dbl | ||||
| 37 | 6U 40# | Ataliah | McCue | Beaste Mode WC |
| 38 | 8U 45# | Kennedy | Wheeler | Contenders WA |
| 39 | 8U 60# | Tatiana | Hicks | Jennings County WC |
| 40 | 10U 60# | Grace | Nedelsky | Contenders WA |
| 41 | 10U 70# | Achaiah | McCue | Beast Mode |
| 42 | 10U 90-100# | Isabella | Smith | Patriots WC |
| 43 | 12U 70-75# | Ella | Neibert | Indian Creek WC |
| 44 | 12U 80# | Corabella | Wesley | Hobart WC |
| 45 | 12U 85# | Gloria | Cloud | Columbus North WC |
| 46 | 12U 120# | Hope | Sentency | Contenders WA |
| 47 | 14U 119# | Ava | Strayer | Bulldog Premier |
| 48 | 14U 127-136# | Emma | Jones | Cowen WC |
| 49 | 14U 145# | Pasilee | Chambers | Spartans WC |
| 50 | 16U 100-106# | Elizabeth | Dowty | Indian Creek WC |
| 51 | 16U 117# | Kyla | Johnson | Contenders WA |
| 52 | 16U 122# | Ella | Gahl | Spartans WC |
| 53 | 16U 127# | Aleksandra | Bastaic | Highland WC |
| 54 | Jr 100-106# | Makenzie | Smith | Patriots WC |
| 55 | Jr 132# | Kyra | Tomlinson | Noblesville WC |
| 56 | Jr 164# | Kiersten | O'Neill | Warren Wrestling Academy |
| 57 | Jr 200# | Varzidy | Bachelor | Northview WC |
2022 Double Crown Award Winners
94: Wyatt Ulrey, Tyler Tun, Nate Rioux Freestyle 2nd Place, Greco 7th Place
100: Revin Dickman Freestyle 8th Place, Greco 6th Place
106: Ty Henderson, Brennan Leonard, Gavin As, Aiden Smalley
113: Jake Hockaday, Isaiah Schaefer, Gavin Jendreas, Aiden Dallinger, Jalen May
120: Dominic Brown, Isaac Ash, Sonny Sessa
126: Easton Doster, Liam Bumgardener, Jairo Acuna, Nicholas Anderson, Kaptur Nacwaski
132: Landon Hawkins, Parker Reynolds, Cameron Volz
138: Jeffery Huyveart, Asher Ratliff, Silas Foster, Wyatt Kresja, Branson Weaver
145: Cameron Clark, Ben Pennington, Jackson Todd, Alex Smith GRECO 6th Place
152: Anthony Rinehart, Mitchell Betz, Oliver Hallett
160: Miguel Rojas, Brenton Russell GRECO 7th Place
170: James LeCrec , Dylan Pierce
182: De’Alcapone Veazy Freestyle 2nd Place, Greco 3rd Place
220: Cole Chicoine , Brandon Johnson , Devin Kendrix , Preston Howard
16U GRECO RESULTS: Congratulations to Team Indiana’s 5 Greco All Americans!
Nathan Rioux 7th place at 94lbs
Revin Dickman 6th place at 100lbs
Alexander Smith 6th at 145lbs
Brenton Russell 7th place at 160lbs
De’Alcapon Veazy 3rd place at 182lbs
JUNIOR GRECO RESULTS: Team Indiana has ended the day with 3 All American placers. Congratulations to:
Logan Bickel 7th place (113)
Hunter May 6th place (152)
Codei Khawaja 3rd place (170)
Junior Womens Team Indiana finishes in Fargo with 5 All-Americans. They are:
Rianne Murphy 100lbs. 4th place
Makenize Smith 100lbs. 7th place
Torie Buchanan 117lbs. 4th. place
Anna Krejsa 122lbs. 7th place
Riley Dempewolf 200lbs. 3rd place
Fantastic job ladies!
Men's 16U Fargo Results
Men's 16U Fargo Report
Team Leader: Issac Ray (16U)
Coaches: Thomas Pompei, Chris Fleeger, Wade McClurg, Tom Hall, Paul Petrov, Maurice Swain, Josh Curry, Chad Red, Brady Eppert, Fletcher Miller, Blake Mauer, Matt Coughlin, Nick Hull, Dan Mikesell, Sean Schmaltz, Greg Schaefer, Issac Ray, Quinn Harris
Results: Team Indiana took 45 16U athletes to Fargo North Dakota for a week of wrestling at the nations biggest national tournament. In the freestyle portion of the competition we had 5 athletes who competed in the round of 12 otherwise known as the blood round, and we had 2 athletes who were victorious in their semifinal bouts and found themselves wrestling on the elevates stage for a national title. Team Indiana finished with 3 All-Americans in Freestlye with Nate Rioux (2nd @ 94lbs.), Revin Dickman (8th @ 100lbs.), and De’Alcapon Veazy (2nd @ 182lbs.). In the Greco portion of the tournament we added 2 new All-Americans and had 3 athletes earn double All-American Status! Greco All-Americans were; Nate Rioux (7th @ 94lbs.), Revin Dickman (6th @ 100lbs.), Alex Smith (6th @ 145lbs.), Brenton Russell (7th @ 160lbs.), and De’Alcapon Veazy (3rd @ 182lbs.).
Team Results: 3 Freestyle All-Americans 11th as a team, 5 Greco All-Americans 16th as a team.
Men's Fargo Jr Results
Men’s Junior Fargo Report
Team Leader: Isaac Ray (Junior)
Coaches: Blake Maurer, Matt Coughlin, Brady Eppert, Thomas Pompei, Fletcher Miller, Chad Red, Nick Hull, Sean Schmaltz, Greg Schaefer, Josh Curry, Maurice Swain, Wade McClurg, Dan Mikesell, Chris Fleeger, Tom Hall, and Paul Petrov
Special Thanks to Jonah Odum for organizing the gear orders and Lauren Rioux for organizing transportation to and from the tournament.
Team Results: 16U Freestyle: 3 All-Americans: Nate Rioux (2nd 94lbs.), Revin Dickman (8th 100lbs), De’Alcapon Veazy (2nd 182lbs.) 16U Greco: 5 All-Americans: Nate Rioux (7th 94lbs.), Revin Dickman (6th 100lbs.), Alex Smith (6th 145lbs.), Brenton Russell (7th 160lbs.), De’Alcapone Veazy (3rd 182lbs.) Junior Freestyle: 1 All-American: J Conway (6th 160lbs.) Junior Greco: 3 All-Americans: Logan Bickel (7th 113lbs.), Hunter May (6th 152lbs.), Codei Khawaja (3rd 170lbs.)
Team Results: 3 Freestyle All-Americans 11th as a team, 5 Greco All-Americans 16th as a team.
Fargo Womens Results
Women's Fargo Report
Team Leader: Jason DeLois
Coaches: Coach: Paul Rademacher, Pat Dowty, Jeremy Goodlett, Jason DeLois, Samantha Snow, Sarah Tellechea, Alara Boyd
In 2022 the ISWA took a whopping 30 women to Fargo and came home with 9 All-Americans. That's nearly a 30% growth in one year with last year's number being at 19. The 2022 team also beat the record for most All-Americans with 9 and the previous year record was 8. Here's the Tale of the Tape.
16U/Cadet
94 Kendall Moe 6th, 100 Rianne Murphy 1st, Amelia Murphy DNP, Elizabeth Dowty DNP, 106 Heather Crull 2nd, 112 Joy Cantu DNP, 122 Ella Gahl 8th, 127 Hannah Seitzinger DNP, 138 Josie Hause DNP, 144 Elly Janovsky DNP, 180 Avalyn Mosconi DNP
Junior
100 Rianne Murphy 4th, Genesis Ramirez DNP, 106 AnnaMae Mosconi DNP, Makenzie Smith 7th, 112 Emily Anderson DNP, 117 Tori Buchanan 4th, Aubrey Burns DNP, 122 Catie Campbell DNP, Anna Krejsa 7th, Rose Kaplan DNP, Phoebe Dowty DNP, Sydney DeLois DNP, 127 Cailin Campbell DNP, Hannah Seitzinger DNP, Kyra Tomlinson DNP, 138 Josie Hause DNP, 144 Elly Janovsky DNP, 152 Kaylie Petersen DNP, 180 MacKenzie Konanz DNP, AvaLyn Mosconi DNP, Sierra Zamorano DNP, 200 Riley Dempewolf 3rd, Leila Thomas DNP, 225 Haley Thomas DNP
Rianne Murphy was the only one to double All-American this year and also came home as the 16U 100lb. Champ.
-Back Row: (L-R) Coach Paul Rademacher, Kendal Moe, Coach Pat Dowty, Riley Dempewolf, Coach Jeremy Goodlett, MacKenzie Konanz, Kaylie Petersen, Hannah Seitzinger, Haley Thompson, AvaLyn Mosconi, Josie Hause, Siera Zamarono, Coach Jason DeLois, Coach Samantha Snow, Coach Sarah Tellechea, Coach Alara Boyd
-Middle Row: Phoebe Dowty, Torie Buchanan, Anna Krejsa, Leila Thomas, Emily Anderson, Elly Janovsky, Kyra Tomlinson, AnnaMae Mosconi, Amelia Murphy, Ella Gahl
-Front Row: Elizabeth(Libby) Dowty, Rianne Murphy, Joy Cantu, Aubrey Burns, Sydney DeLois, Catharine (Catie) Campbell, Cailin Campbell, Makenize Smith, Heather Crull, Genesis Ramirez
2023 Elem State Dual Team Results
Large Div.
Dragon Wrestling Club 1st
Crown Point Wrestling 2nd
Noblesville Wrestling Club 3rd
Small Div.
Leo Wrestling Club 1st
Delta Wrestling Club 2nd
Garrett Wrestling Club 3rd
2023 Neil Sego Winner-Lennon Jaggers of Delta
