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May
1, 2008: The Wrestling Mall, High School News
Utah’s Jason Chamberlain Wins the
2008 Dave Schultz High School Excellence National Award
STILLWATER, Okla. — Jason Chamberlain, a
high school senior from Springville High School in
Springville, Utah has been selected as the national winner
of the 2008 Dave Schultz High School Excellence National
Award presented by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame &
Museum.
The High School Excellence Award is named
in honor of Olympic and World Champion Dave Schultz. Each
award recipient is evaluated on excellence in wrestling,
scholastic achievement, character, citizenship, and
community service.
Chamberlain was selected from the 49 state
winners and five regional winners that were announced
earlier this week.
“I was shocked when they told me I had
been selected for this award,” Chamberlain said. “There
are so many good wrestlers, to be selected is such an
honor.”
His career record of 191-2 includes 98
pins and four state championships. He was a captain on his
high school wrestling team and was honored by USA Utah as
the “Wrestler of the Year” in 2007. He was a USA Wrestling
Junior National Freestyle champion and Greco-Roman
runner-up in 2007. In both 2006 and 2007, he was the
National High School Coaches Association wrestling
national champion. He has been the recipient of the
Academic All-Region award from the Utah High School
Activities Association the past four years.
He has served as a Teachers Aid in Sports
Medicine classes and as a volunteer youth leader at his
local church. He has spent numerous volunteer hours
coaching and officiating youth wrestling activities, and
was a camp counselor for the Rulon Gardner summer camp. He
carries a 3.75 G.P.A. and will be attending Boise State
University next fall as a student-wrestler. He is
projected to wrestle at 141 pounds in college.
“The selection committee felt that Jason
combined an impressive balance of excellence in his
academic and wrestling credentials while being an active
participant in school activities and giving back to his
community in the form of community service,” said Lee Roy
Smith, Executive Director of the National Wrestling Hall
of Fame & Museum.
Chamberlain will attend Honors Weekend on
May 30-31 to personally accept the award. Following is a
list of previous award winners:
Dave Schultz High School Excellence
National Winners
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1996 David Kjeldgaard, Lewis Central High
School, Council Bluffs, Iowa
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1997 Jeff Knupp, Walsh Jesuit High School,
Akron, Ohio
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1998 Garrett Lowney, Freedom High School,
Appelton, Wisconsin and Justin Ruiz, Taylorsville High
School, Slat Lake City, Utah
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1999 Zach Roberson, Blue Valley North West
High School, Overland Park, Kansas
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2000 Ben Connell, Lugoff-Elgin High
School, Lugoff, South Carolina
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2001 Steven Mocco, Blair Academy,
Blairstown, New Jersey
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2002 Teyon Ware, Edmond North High School,
Edmond, Oklahoma
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2003 C. P. Schlatter, St. Paul Graham High
School, Urbana, Ohio
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2004 Coleman Scott, Waynesburg High
School, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
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2005 Troy Nickerson, Chenango Forks High
School, Chenango Forks, New York
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2006 David Craig, Brandon High School,
Brandon, Florida
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2007 Zachary Sanders, Wabasha-Kellog High
School, Wabasha, Minnesota
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