The Service and Collegiate awards recognizes coaches who achieve milestone wins starting at 100 wins, 25-years of service, collegiate coaches of the year, outstanding wrestler awards, and individuals who give back to the sport of wrestling with the NWCA Meritorious and Dan Gable awards.
Recipients received their awards at the 2018 NWCA Convention in Daytona Beach, Florida, August 3-5, 2018. The NWCA Executive Director, Mike Moyer, was on hand to present the awards.
First
Last
School
Award
Year
Matt
Halverson
Wisconsin Parkside
DII Gorrian Award
2018
Marty
Nichols
Ithaca
Division III Head Coach of the Year
2018
Jon
Renfro
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
NJCAA SCHOLARSHIP COACH OF THE YEAR
2018
Heath
Grimm
Upper Iowa
DII Coach of the Year
2018
Marty
Nichols
Ithaca
NWCA-Theraworx Division III Head Coach of the Year
2018
Paul
Schmidt
Nassau (NY)
NJCAA NON-SCHOLARSHIP COACH OF THE YEAR
2018
James
Kisgen
McKendree
NWCA-Theraworx Division II Head Coach of the Year
2018
Evan
Hansen
Grand View
NAIA Outstanding Wrestler
2018
Dean
Broghammer
Grand View
NAIA Gorrian Award
2018
Chris
Fleeger
University of the Cumberlands
NAIA Coach of the Year
2018