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Online Ballot for 2016 WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy, presented by ASICS

Fan voting for the 2016 Hodge Trophy has concluded. Thank you for participating in this year’s vote. Please check back in the coming days to see who takes home the 2016...
Online Ballot for 2015 WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy, presented by ASICS

Voting Has Closed Alex Dieringer, 165 pounds, Oklahoma State 6871 17% Nick Gwiazdowski, Heavyweight, NC State 3477 8% Isaiah Martinez, 157 pounds, Illinois 7807 19% Logan Stieber, 141 pounds, Ohio State...
2014 Pre-Season Hodge Trophy Fan Vote

Pre-Season Fan Vote The following is a list of Division I wrestlers, who have won NCAA championships in the past and are considered preseason candidates to win the WIN Magazine/Culture...
Getting Back On Top

Coon’s roller-coaster season has the Michigan star on the upswing again! A day after Adam Coon won both the freestyle and Greco-Roman championships in the Junior World Team Trials, May 30,...
O’Donnell’s Bold Move: January 1 Season Start

The Inside Trip, by Bryan Van Kley I applaud Dickinson State coach Thadd O’Donnell for being a trailblazer in regards to a controversial issue in college wrestling: its schedule. The 19-year...
More than Magic by David Taylor

Setting goals early continues to drive me forward! I started my wrestling career at age five in the Red Devil Wrestling Club in Evanston, Wyom. After a few years of wrestling,...
12 keys to becoming a great coach at any level, by Ken Chertow

The 2014 NCAA Championships were very exciting and it was great to see the extensive TV coverage. Let’s all keep working hard together to grow and promote our sport. I encourage...
The Inside Trip by Bryan Van Kley: Wrestling stars like Taylor want it the most

The most enjoyable interview and story I write ever year is the Dan Hodge Trophy award story each March after the NCAAs. Hodge winners are a breed of their own in...
Coach’s Perspective by Steve Fraser: Look at Freestyle & Greco as equal chances

Do you know what it feels like to win an Olympic gold medal? Do you want to leave your footprint on the face of wrestling in the USA? Consider this —...
Team USA Training Tips: Turk Finishes

TEAM USA TRAINING TIPS: Turk finishes 1. Red is going to finish the front headlock with a leg-turk finish. 2. The steps on getting from a front headlock to the position...