As a freshman in college, Mike Sheets wrestled two weights above his natural weight class and earned All-America honors, starting a collegiate career that stands in the Oklahoma State University record books among the greatest ever.

He won two national titles for the Cowboys and was a four-time All-American competing at 167 pounds.

After finishing his undergraduate education, Sheets turned his attention to his lifelong goal of becoming a veterinarian, but he hadn’t quite gotten wrestling out of his system.

He was able to pause his veterinary studies long enough to wrestle in the 1988 Olympic Trials where he finished second and became an alternate.

After the Olympics, he returned to the OSU vet school and the rest is history.

Today, Dr. Sheets is highly regarded as one of the best veterinarians in eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas, using the work ethic he learned as a wrestler to care for animals of all sizes.