Schalles Award
The Schalles Award, presented annually by Cliff Keen Athletics and WIN to the nation’s best high school pinner, is named after Wade Schalles, who set the college pin record at Clarion (Pa.) State where he also won two NCAA championships (1972-73). During his career, Schalles defeated 153 of 159 opponents and pinned 109.
Wade Schalles
Wade Schalles was named a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1991.
The 2024 Schalles Award winner was Scott Joll of UNC Pembroke. Click on his name to read a feature that appeared in WIN Magazine.
All-Time Schalles Award Winners
| Year | Name | School |
| 2024 | Scott Joll | UNC-Pembroke |
| 2023 | Wyatt Hendrickson | Air Force |
| 2022 | Wyatt Hendrickson | Air Force |
| 2021 | Jaydin Eierman | Iowa |
| 2020 | Ben Darmstadt | Cornell |
| 2019 | Bo Nickal | Penn State |
| 2018 | Bo Nickal | Penn State |
| 2017 | Zain Retherford | Penn State |
| 2016 | Zain Retherford | Penn State |
| 2015 | Taylor Walsh | Indiana |
| 2014 | Taylor Walsh | Indiana |
| 2013 | Kyle Dake | Cornell |
| 2012 | Jordan Oliver | Oklahoma State |
| 2011 | Andrew Alton | Penn State |
| 2010 | Jayson Ness | Minnesota |
| 2009 | Josh Patterson | Binghamton |
| 2008 | Darrion Caldwell | NC State |
| 2007 | Ben Askren | Missouri |
| 2006 | Ben Askren | Missouri |
| 2005 | Marcus LeVesseur | Augsburg |
| 2004 | Scott Moore | Virginia |
| 2003 | Scott Moore | Penn State |
| 2002 | Cael Sanderson | Iowa State |
| 2001 | Matt Petsinger | MSU-Mankato |
| & Jared Frayer | Oklahoma | |
| 2000 | Keith Blaske | Ft. Hays State |
| 1999 | Stephen Neal | CSU Bakersfield |
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