The Academy of USAWKS Wrestling* will be accepting nominations for the first annual USAWKS Wrestling Awards. The Awards presentation will coincide with the 2007 Academy Awards on February 25, at 7: OO PM Central. The Awards will be affectionately known as The Pete's in honor of Kansas first Olympic Gold Medallist at any sport, Peter Mehringer, the 1932 Olympic Gold Medal Winner in Freestyle wrestling at the weight of 192 pounds.

Individuals within the Kansas wrestling community and with interest in the Kansas wrestling community who use the usawks.com message boards are invited to nominate individuals for the various awards. The awards, in their initial year will include the following.

Now have 7 confirmed Judges, and nominations coming in by numerous people. If you have not pm'd me back and said, "Yes count me in.," or something like that, you are not on the judges list. If anyone can think of other worthy judges let me know. I have heard from 3 potential judges with a "maybe," and another 2 with a, "no I don’t have time." I understand that and am fine. I still need to hear from about 14 more. If anyone would like to judge, ask me, I'll tell you "yea" or "nea," and some may want to nominate others for judges. BTW, the person nominated as a judge has to be a usawks message board member. Here is the current list, remember, judges will narrow these down to 3, and then will pick a winner in each category. If we don't receive more than 3 nominations in any category, we will go with the nominations we have. Also, you can nominate as much as you want for each category.

Also for all kinds of reasons, I am sticking to the 2006 time frame only. Too many issues if you go beyond that, these are awards for 2006, we don't operate on a fiscal year, but a calendar year

Best Forum Group of the Year
High School
Kids Folkstyle

Most Controversial Post of the Year
189 finals opinion poll

The Most Fun Post of the Year
R.A.O.S.

Best Match of the Year Freestyle
Atticus Disney v. Alex Thomas (KS FS/Greco State)

Best Match of the Year Greco
Atticus Disney v. Alex Thomas (KS FS/Greco State)

Best Match of the Year Folkstyle
Jessie Strawn, Christ Sutton Kearns, Regional
Aaron Sweazy Returns to the Mat at Ft. Hays Open
Furches v. Cox (Kid's State finals)
Sutton-Kearn v. Strawn II (State finals)

Best New Member of the Year
Ricky Bobby

Best New Kids Wrestler of the Year
Cale Blazy Carroll Jr. Wrestling

Best High School Wrestler of the Year
Tyler Caldwell
Romero Cotton
Scott Elliott
Trent Cox
John Keller

Best Freestyle Wrestler of the Year
CJ Napier
Romero Cotton
Atticus Disney
Sharky Slyter
Nathan Furches

Best Greco Wrestler of the Year
Nathan Furches - Fargo Champion
Romero Cotton - Fargo Champion

Best All Round HS Wrestler of the Year
Romero Cotton
Nathan Furches

Best Moderator of the Year
USAWKS, Randy Hinderliter

Best Post Topic of the Year
Stay Positive, Kids Forum

Best Collegiate Wrestler of the Year
Cody Garcia
Curtis Chenoweth
Tanner Gardner
Tim Elliott
Joe Johnston

Best Sr level wrestler of the Year
Eric Akin
Zach Roberson
Daniel Cormier

Best Kids Wrestler of the Year
Daniel DeShazer

Best HS Tournament of the Year
Basehor-Linwood
Newton
Derby
KC CK Classic Tournament

Best Kids Tournament of the Year
Park City
Wichita Classic
Salina Tournament of Champions
Derby Open Novice

Best FS/Greco Tournament of the Year
State Tournament

The Most Informative Post of the Year
New Hydration Testing, High School Forum

Freshman HS Wrestler of the Year
Tyler Caldwell
Bo Beard
Nathan Furches
Trent Cox

The USAWKS Lifetime Achievement Award
Greg Grater
Skip Harrington

The USAWKS Kids Coach of the Year
Kramers from Goddard

The USAWKS HS Coaching Staff of the Year
Bishop Carroll
Wichita South
ANDOVER CENTRAL

The USAWKS Official of the Year
Kenny Taylor Jr.
Terry Hilton
Reuben Montoy
Bill Kausler
Kevin Hewitt
Steve Herman
Mark Anderson

The USAWKS Fan of the Year
Aaron Sweazy
Richard Salyer
Mike Furches

The USAWKS Female Wrestler of the Year
Randi Beltz
Beth Johnson
Morgen Ottesson

Media of the Year
No nominations as of yet

The USAWKS Person of the Year
Aaron Sweazy
Mike Marrow
Leanna Grater
Marcie Altman
Mike Furches
Mike Juby

The USAWKS School of the Year
Turner
Bishop Carroll
Norton
Saint Thomas Aquanis

The USAWKS Wrestler of the Year
Romero Cotton
Sharky Slyter
Nathan Furches
Tyler Caldwell


New list as of 11:30 AM 1/17/07

Nominations can be made by posting here, or via pm's. I will put together a broad selection of individuals to evaluate nominations and will then decide on the top three nominations in each category which will be announced no later than February 19. Among those nominations winners will be announced on February 25. Selection of each winner will be done by ballot, coming from no less than 9 bipartisan individuals. (note on individuals willing to help with the awards, contact me via pm, I will be contacting several individuals as well)

* - The USWKS Wrestling Academy is just a fun thing involving members of the USAWKS Wrestling Board. I just thought this would be fun and this in fact is not endorsed in any way by USAWKS Wrestling. It can be endorsed by those of us who are members and wish to participate though. I will make the commitment to print up certificates designating the award winners and mail them to the winner of each category.

Note: After this posting updates will be added at the end of the post which will include up to date additions.

Great idea ... so many categories ... so many choices!

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The USAWKS Fan of the Year/The USAWKS Person of the Year - Aaron Sweazy, he'll travel anywhere and everywhere to watch some wrestling. He also got back on the mat for the first time since his battle with cancer last month at the FHSU open. The sport has helped keep him going through the roughest of times and at the same time he's made the wrestling community a better place to be around, as he is an inspiration for us all to keep going no matter what.

The Most Informative Post of the Year - Gonna have to go with the Swayz's 5000th post. It's destined for greatness.

Mike,

A wonderful idea!!!

Best Greco Wrestler of the Year - Nathan Furches, won a title in Fargo and has one of the most impressive throwing arsenal I've seen from a kid that age.

Best Forum Group of the Year -

Most Controversial Post of the Year - Fantasy Wrestler...Furches v. Caldwell

The Most Fun Post of the Year - R.A.O.S. I have no idea what goes on here, but it has the most replies.

Best Match of the Year Freestyle -

Best Match of the Year Greco -

Best Match of the Year Folkstyle - Arnold/Isenberg Newton Finals

Best New Member of the Year -

Best New Kids Wrestler of the Year - Cale Blazy Carroll Jr. Wrestling

Best High School Wrestler of the Year - Romero Cotton

Best Freestyle Wrestler of the Year - Romero Cotton

Best Greco Wrestler of the Year - Nathan Furches

Best All Round Wrestler of the Year - Romero Cotton

Best Moderator of the Year - USAWKS, Randy Hinderliter

Best Post of the Year - Furches V. Caldwell

Best HS Tournament of the Year - Derby

Best Kids Tournament of the Year - Salina TOC...Coaches Hospitality room...need I say more.

Best FS/Greco Tournament of the Year -

The Most Informative Post of the Year -

The USAWKS Lifetime Achievement Award - Greg Grater

The USAWKS Kids Coach of the Year - Kramers from Goddard. Those SOB's get it. This still means I hate losing to them.

The USAWKS HS Coach of the Year - The staff at Bishop Carroll

The USAWKS Official of the Year - Kenny Taylor Jr.

The USAWKS Fan of the Year - Swayz

The USAWKS Female Wrestler of the Year -

The USAWKS Person of the Year - Mike Marrow (Another coach that "gets it".

The USAWKS School of the Year - Bishop Carroll

The USAWKS Wrestler of the Year - Romero Cotton

Not a 2006 post,

Great stuff coming in, PLEASE REMEMBER WE ARE LOOKING AT 2006, NOT 2007. Thre have also been a couple of additions to the nominations as came in per request, I agree, they should have been in there.

This may require checking the archives but if that is the case, check them out. Also make your argument here, you can also send in your argument to me and I will make sure that every person casting a vote gets the information. This is not a popularity contest. There are a group of individuals that are highly active on the forums, or in their respective fields, that I have contacted. I have heard back from some of them, expect to hear back from more of them. After the nomination deadline has come and gone, we will then narrow each category down to 3 per category as per our thoughts. From there we will then vote on the top in each category and post it in conjunction with the Awards show date listed.

Could be done before the February 25th awarding date though...

Sorry, at this rate, no guarantee it will even be made by this date.

Folkstyle match of the year:

Furches v. Cox (Kid's State finals)

Sutton-Kearn v. Strawn II (State finals)


We could have the deadline be by whatever time....then during the 1st weekend in April 5-7 we could do an awards deal in KC at the Brute. Rent out a Ballroom or something, then again...the weekend of Kid's state would be fun to do something the night prior to wrestling action.


USAWKS school of the year:

Norton


Match of the year Greco and FS:

Atticus Disney v. Alex Thomas (KS FS/Greco State)

USAWKS HIGH SCHOOL COACHING STAFF OF THE YEAR:

ANDOVER CENTRAL

Collegiate Wrestler of the year:

Cody Garcia (UNO)

High School Tournament of the Year:

KC CK Classic Tournament



Most Controversial Post:

189 finals opinion poll


Official of the year:

Terry Hilton

Reuben Montoy

Bill Kausler

Kevin Hewitt

I think Media of the Year might be a good category. Also something like Rookie Coach of the year, Freshman HS Wrestler of the year, and so on.

I have added these categories, good picks, I had quite a few more nominations come in last night. For those getting the pm from me, I am wanting you to help in the voting, that way it isn't a single persons opinion. All of those pm'd are great choices to help. We will vote on top 3, I'll list the top 3 or official nominations, then we will as a committee, vote on the winner, at that point I would like to keep it as secret as possible, even identifying someone else who can gather the tallies if need be, will figure that out as we get closer. Keep the pm's and posts coming.

Now have 7 confirmed Judges, and nominations coming in by numerous people. If you have not pm'd me back and said, "Yes count me in.," or something like that, you are not on the judges list. If anyone can think of other worthy judges let me know. I have heard from 3 potential judges with a "maybe," and another 2 with a, "no I don't have time." I understand that and am fine. I still need to hear from about 14 more. If anyone would like to judge, ask me, I'll tell you "yea" or "nea," and some may want to nominate others for judges. BTW, the person nominated as a judge has to be a usawks message board member. Here is the current list, remember, judges will narrow these down to 3, and then will pick a winner in each category. If we don't receive more than 3 nominations in any category, we will go with the nominations we have. Also, you can nominate as much as you want for each category.

Also for all kinds of reasons, I am sticking to the 2006 time frame only. Too many issues if you go beyond that, these are awards for 2006, we don't operate on a fiscal year, but a calendar year

Best Forum Group of the Year
High School
Kids Folkstyle

Most Controversial Post of the Year
189 finals opinion poll

The Most Fun Post of the Year
R.A.O.S.

Best Match of the Year Freestyle
Atticus Disney v. Alex Thomas (KS FS/Greco State)

Best Match of the Year Greco
Atticus Disney v. Alex Thomas (KS FS/Greco State)

Best Match of the Year Folkstyle
Jessie Strawn, Christ Sutton Kearns, Regional
Aaron Sweazy Returns to the Mat at Ft. Hays Open
Furches v. Cox (Kid's State finals)
Sutton-Kearn v. Strawn II (State finals)

Best New Member of the Year
Ricky Bobby

Best New Kids Wrestler of the Year
Cale Blazy Carroll Jr. Wrestling

Best High School Wrestler of the Year
Tyler Caldwell
Romero Cotton
Scott Elliott
Trent Cox
John Keller

Best Freestyle Wrestler of the Year
CJ Napier
Romero Cotton
Atticus Disney
Sharky Slyter
Nathan Furches

Best Greco Wrestler of the Year
Nathan Furches - Fargo Champion
Romero Cotton - Fargo Champion

Best All Round HS Wrestler of the Year
Romero Cotton
Nathan Furches

Best Moderator of the Year
USAWKS, Randy Hinderliter

Best Post Topic of the Year
Stay Positive, Kids Forum

Best Collegiate Wrestler of the Year
Cody Garcia
Curtis Chenoweth
Tanner Gardner
Tim Elliott
Joe Johnston

Best Sr level wrestler of the Year
Eric Akin
Zach Roberson
Daniel Cormier

Best Kids Wrestler of the Year
Daniel DeShazer

Best HS Tournament of the Year
Basehor-Linwood
Newton
Derby
KC CK Classic Tournament

Best Kids Tournament of the Year
Park City
Wichita Classic
Salina Tournament of Champions
Derby Open Novice

Best FS/Greco Tournament of the Year
State Tournament

The Most Informative Post of the Year
New Hydration Testing, High School Forum

Freshman HS Wrestler of the Year
Tyler Caldwell
Bo Beard
Nathan Furches
Trent Cox

The USAWKS Lifetime Achievement Award
Greg Grater
Skip Harrington

The USAWKS Kids Coach of the Year
Kramers from Goddard

The USAWKS HS Coaching Staff of the Year
Bishop Carroll
Wichita South
ANDOVER CENTRAL

The USAWKS Official of the Year
Kenny Taylor Jr.
Terry Hilton
Reuben Montoy
Bill Kausler
Kevin Hewitt
Steve Herman
Mark Anderson

The USAWKS Fan of the Year
Aaron Sweazy
Richard Salyer
Mike Furches

The USAWKS Female Wrestler of the Year
Randi Beltz
Beth Johnson
Morgen Ottesson

Media of the Year
No Nominations as of yet

The USAWKS Person of the Year
Aaron Sweazy
Mike Marrow
Leanna Grater
Marcie Altman
Mike Furches
Mike Juby

The USAWKS School of the Year
Turner
Bishop Carroll
Norton
Saint Thomas Aquanis

The USAWKS Wrestler of the Year
Romero Cotton
Sharky Slyter
Nathan Furches
Tyler Caldwell

New list as of 11:30 AM 1/17/07

I don't know the criteria, but given the huge team improvement, I would suggest Shawnee Mission East for The USAWKS HS Coaching Staff of the Year category. Maybe you need another category for the Most Improved Team.

Good Suggestion, just trying to keep the numbers down but will add this one for HS only.

Can anyone think of any additional college nominations since we have several teams in our state?

Best MAtch of the Year Thibault maize Vs Bonewell goddard 15-14 with throws back and forth

Best Forum Group of the Year
High School


Most Controversial Post of the Year
any of Gutwrench's
Salyer's corrections

The Most Fun Post of the Year
Kansas Wrestling fantasy football

Best Match of the Year Freestyle


Best Match of the Year Greco
Disney vs Fortune #1 at Fargo

Best Match of the Year Folkstyle
Jessie Strawn, Christ Sutton Kearn, Regional


Best New Member of the Year


Best New Kids Wrestler of the Year


Best High School Wrestler of the Year
Tyler Caldwell
Romero Cotton
Scott Elliott
Trent Cox
John Keller

Best Freestyle Wrestler of the Year
CJ Napier
Romero Cotton
Atticus Disney
Sharky Slyter
Nathan Furches
Steve Andrus

Best Greco Wrestler of the Year
Romero Cotton - Fargo Champion

Best All Round HS Wrestler of the Year
Romero Cotton
Scott Elliot


Best Moderator of the Year
USAWKS, Randy Hinderliter

Best Post Topic of the Year
southern plains requirement

Best Collegiate Wrestler of the Year
Cody Garcia
Curtis Chenoweth
Tanner Gardner
Tim Elliott
Joe Johnston

Best Sr level wrestler of the Year
Eric Akin
Zach Roberson
Daniel Cormier

Best Kids Wrestler of the Year
Ryan Garret

Best HS Tournament of the Year
Basehor-Linwood


Best Kids Tournament of the Year
Park City
Wichita Classic
Salina Tournament of Champions
Derby Open Novice

Best FS/Greco Tournament of the Year
State Tournament

The Most Informative Post of the Year


Freshman HS Wrestler of the Year
Tyler Caldwell
Bo Beard
Nathan Furches
Trent Cox

The USAWKS Lifetime Achievement Award
Greg Grater


The USAWKS Kids Coach of the Year
charlie knox

The USAWKS HS Coaching Staff of the Year
Hutchinson
STA
Wichita South

The USAWKS Official of the Year
Larry Perez and all in junior officials program


The USAWKS Fan of the Year
Aaron Sweazy
Richard Salyer
Mike Furches

The USAWKS Female Wrestler of the Year
Randi Beltz
Beth Johnson
Morgen Ottesson

Media of the Year
Rick Peterson-Capital Journal

The USAWKS Person of the Year
Charlie Knox

The USAWKS School of the Year
Bishop Carroll
Norton
Saint Thomas Aquanis
Lansing

The USAWKS Wrestler of the Year
Romero Cotton