Wrestling USA Magazine, Utah Editor's Preseason Picks

Outstanding Wrestler for All Divisions 2006–2007
 

Shay Warren
Weber High School, 125 lbs.
GPA: 4.0

School Classification: 5A (1,850 Enrolled)

Warren just gets better each year.  He won the 5A state title at 119 lbs. over David Crow of Clearfield.  As a sophomore, he won his state title with a fall over Jesse Betts of Northridge after dominating every opponent in the tournament.  And, of course, he was the state champion at 103 lbs. as a freshman.  So Warren is on a question to join that elite list of four-time state champions.  He has won 17 high-school tournaments, including being named the Outstanding Wrestler at the Evanston Invitational and the Warrior Duals.  He has an outstanding career record of 114-5, with three of those losses coming in his freshman year, and the other two coming at the All-Star Duals against Levi Mele (and we all know how tough Mele is).

2006 State Champion (119 lbs.), 2005 State Champion (112 lbs.), 2004 State Champion (103 lbs).  Interscholastic Career Record: 114-5 with 58 Pins.  2005–2006 Record: 41-1.  2004–2005 Record: 40-1.  2003–2004 Record: 33-3.  Freestyle Record: 58-8.  Greco-Roman Record: 43-6. 

Following is a summary of Shay's wrestling career so far:

• National Champion, Folkstyle

• Three-Time High School State Champion

• Six-Time USA Wrestling Utah Freestyle State Champion (1999–2004)

• Four-Time USA Wrestling Utah Greco-Roman State Champion (2000–2001, 2003–2004)

• Two-Time USA Wrestling Utah Greco-Roman State Silver Medalist (1999, 2002)

• 2006 National Champion, Brute-Adidas Nationals

• 2006 7th Place, USA Wrestling Junior National Championships, Greco-Roman

• 2006 Silver Medalist, USA Wrestling Junior Western Regional Championships, Freestyle

• 2006 Bronze Medalist, USA Wrestling Junior Western Regional Championships, Greco-Roman

• 2005 Silver Medalist, USA Wrestling Junior National Championships, Greco-Roman

• 2005 Champion, Tiger-Grizzly Invitational

• 2005 Champion, Warrior Duals

• 2004 Champion, USA Wrestling Western Regional Championships, Freestyle

• 2004 Silver Medalist, USA Wrestling Western Regional Championships, Greco-Roman

• 2004 Silver Medalist, Rocky Mountain National Championships

• 2004 Champion, Richardson Memorial

• 2004 Champion, Evanston Tournament

• 2003 Bronze Medalist, USA Wrestling Western Regional Championships, Freestyle

• 2003, 2002, 2000 Silver Medalist, Reno World Championships

• 2002 Bronze Medalist, Tulsa Nationals

• 2002 Silver Medalist, Mile High Tournament of Champions

• 2001 Champion, Rocky Mountain National Championships

• 2000 Silver Medalist, USA Wrestling Western Regional Championships, Freestyle

• 1998 Bronze Medalist, USA Wrestling Western Regional Championships, Freestyle

• Four-Time Junior High Folkstyle State Champion (1999–2003)

Wrestling USA Magazine Picks

• Nationally Ranked Utahn in National Senior Rankings (119 lbs.): No. 10

• Nationally Ranked Utahn in National All-Division Rankings (119 lbs.): No. 20

Shay is also an Eagle Scout, a member of the National Junior Honor Society, a captain of the Cross Country team (where he was a four-time letterman).