2026 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament Men’s Freestyle Qualifiers

Lots of winners of our Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award scheduled to compete in men's freestyle at the 2026 Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament on May 14-15 at Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center in Louisville, Kentucky, including national winners David Carr, Zain Retherford and Aeoden Sinclair.

The tournament will feature five weight classes with the winners qualifying for Final X on June 19 in Newark, New Jersey, where they will face the U.S. Open champion in a best-of-three series to determine the Senior World Team member.

2026 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament Women’s Freestyle Qualifiers

Lots of winners of our Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award scheduled to compete in women's freestyle at the 2026 Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament on May 14-15 at Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center in Louisville, Kentucky, including national winners Piper Fowler and Emily Shilson.

The tournament will feature seven weight classes (50 kg, 53 kg, 55 kg, 59 kg, 62 kg, 65 kg, 72 kg) with the winners qualifying for Final X on June 19 in Newark, New Jersey, where they will face the U.S. Open champion in a best-of-three series to determine the Senior World Team member.

Episode 3 of 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆 Now Available

Episode 3 of 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆 is now available featuring Jake Herbert, who was a two-time NCAA champion, four-time All-American, and a three-time Big Ten champion for Northwestern and a freestyle competitor in the 2012 London Olympics.

Host Shane Sparks asks Jake to share his favorite matches and also to let wrestling fans know what his plans are for life after wrestling.

Delaware’s Natalie Radecki Named Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award National Winner

The National Wrestling Hall of Fame on Tuesday announced that Natalie Radecki of Newark, Delaware is the 2026 national winner of the Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award (TSHSEA). 

The Hall of Fame’s High School Excellence Awards are proudly sponsored by the Hyman Family, whose generous support and passion for the sport help ensure the continued recognition and development of wrestling’s next generation. 

Young Wrestler Turns Hobby Into Career

Seeing Amateur Wrestling News for the first time, and then learning it was published just four blocks from his home, sparked an almost 40-year career for former wrestler and fan Ron Good, first as co-editor alongside AWN founder and Hall of Fame Distinguished Member Jess Hoke, and later as editor.

New Oklahoma State Wrestling Facility to Be Named for John Smith

Final Four Members of Senior Greco-Roman World Team Decided

The final four members of the 2026 U.S. Greco-Roman World Team have been determined and include Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award national winner Cohlton Schultz.

Winners of the Greco-Roman World Team Trials qualify to represent Team USA at the 2026 Senior World Championships in Manama, Bahrain, this October. The first six members of the World Team were determined on Friday.

Senior Men's Freestyle Champions Crowned at U.S. Open

The 10 winners of the Senior Men’s Freestyle U.S. Open were determined on Saturday and include Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award winners Marcus Blaze, Wyatt Hendrickson, Ridge Lovett and Chance Marsteller.

The 10 champions punched their ticket to Final X in June, where they’ll wrestle for a spot on Team USA.