Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
The Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award, presented annually to a female high school senior, is based equally on outstanding wrestling success, scholastic achievement and citizenship or community service. The national winner is selected from state and regional winners.
First presented in 2014, the award is named for Tricia Saunders, a four-time World Champion and women’s wrestling pioneer. Saunders was the first woman to be inducted as a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2006 and was inducted into the United World Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2011.
Piper Fowler
Year: 2025
Award: Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
Location: National, Southeast, Tennessee
Nebi Tsarni
Year: 2024
Award: Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
Location: National, Northeast, Maryland
Kira Pipkins
Year: 2023
Award: Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
Location: National, Northeast, New Jersey
Sofia Macaluso
Year: 2022
Award: Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
Location: National, Northeast, New York
Olivia Brown
Year: 2021
Award: Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
Location: National, Central, Oklahoma
Nanea Estrella
Year: 2020
Award: Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
Location: National, West, Hawaii
Emily Shilson
Year: 2019
Award: Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
Location: National, Midwest, Minnesota
Alleida Martinez
Year: 2018
Award: Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
Location: National, West, California
Cierra Foster
Year: 2017
Award: Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
Location: National, West, Idaho
Katie Brock
Year: 2016
Award: Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
Location: Tennessee
Marizza Birrueta
Year: 2015
Award: Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
Location: Washington
Marina Doi
Year: 2014
Award: Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
Location: California
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