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
Cael
Sanderson
Penn State
Division I Head Coach of the Year
2018
Nick
Becker
Wisconsin Parkside
Division II Outstanding Wrestler
2018
Paul
Schmidt
Nassau
NJCAA Coach of the Year
2018
Matt
Halverson
Wisconsin – Parkside
Division II Gorrian Award
2018
Nick
Becker
Wisconsin Parkside
DII Outstanding Wrestler
2018
Zain
Retherford
Penn State
Division I Outstanding Wrestler
2018
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