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. The-Schalles-Award

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

Schalles Award

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