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May
13, 2008: Wrestling USA
Magazine
Jason Chamberlain Wins 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 and 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
Wrestling-Utah as a 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 GPA 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 and Museum. Chamberlain will attend Honors
Weekend on May 30-31 to personally accept the award. He is
only the second Utahn to be selected for this national
honor. Following is a list of previous award winners:
Dave Schultz High School Excellence National Winners
- 1996 David Kjeldgaard, Lewis Central High School,
Council Bluffs, Iowa
- 1997 Jeff Knupp, Walsh Jesuit High School, Akron,
Ohio
- 1998 Garrett Lowney, Freedom High School, Appelton,
Wisconsin and Justin Ruiz, Taylorsville High School,
Slat Lake City, Utah
- 1999 Zach Roberson, Blue Valley North West High
School, Overland Park, Kansas
- 2000 Ben Connell, Lugoff-Elgin High School, Lugoff,
South Carolina
- 2001 Steven Mocco, Blair Academy, Blairstown, New
Jersey
- 2002 Teyon Ware, Edmond North High School, Edmond,
Oklahoma
- 2003 C. P. Schlatter, St. Paul Graham High School,
Urbana, Ohio
- 2004 Coleman Scott, Waynesburg High School,
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
- 2005 Troy Nickerson, Chenango Forks High School,
Chenango Forks, New York
- 2006 David Craig, Brandon High School, Brandon,
Florida
- 2007 Zachary Sanders, Wabasha-Kellog High School,
Wabasha, Minnesota
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