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The Schalles Pennsylvania Pinner Award is presented each year to the high
school wrestler with the highest pin percentage. If you would like to submit
a wrestler for consideration, please email the wrestler's name, school,
grade, weight, record, number of pins and number of forfeits to
news@pawrestling.net.
Craig Wins Schalles PA Pinner Award
Abington Heights senior, Evan Craig, has been named the 2010
Schalles Pennsylvania Pinner Award winner. Sponsored by the
Pittsburgh Trophy Company, the award is presented each year by the
Pennsylvania Wrestling Newsmagazine to the high school wrestler with
the highest pin percentage. To be eligible for the Schalles Award,
a wrestler must qualify for the PIAA Championships and have a
minimum of twenty bouts, excluding forfeits.
After finishing the 2009 season as state champion at 285 lbs.,
Craig pinned 39 of 42 opponents on his way to winning his second
PIAA championship including four straight pins at the state
tournament. Craig opened the season with twenty one consecutive
pins, excluding forfeits, and did not have a bout go the distance
until mid January. The pins came early and often as Craig decked
twenty six opponents in the first period including thirteen in under
a minute. Finishing his senior season in dominating fashion, Craig
went perfect with a record of 50-0 and an astounding pin percentage
of 93% (excluding eight forfeits which are not counted in pin
percentage calculations). He finished his high school career with
165 wins and 115 pins. He also finishes as a four time PIAA state
placewinner with an 8th, 2nd and two first place finishes. |
Arlin Roth presents the 2010
Schalles PA Pinner Award
to Evan Craig at the Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic |
Past Winners:
2010-Evan Craig (Abington Heights) 39 falls in 42
bouts
2009-Sean Owen (Clearfield) 34 falls in 42
bouts
2008-Ziad Haddad (Bethlehem Catholic) 31 falls in
37 bouts
2007-Matt Yocco (Brandywine Heights) 32 falls in 46
bouts
2006-Matt Yocco (Brandywine Heights) 38 falls in 47
bouts
2005-Pat Flynn (Quakertown) 36 falls in 44 bouts
2004-Scott McKillop (Kiski) 27 falls in 34 bouts and
Mike Spaid (Boyertown) 31 falls in 37 bouts
2003-Chris Snyder (Milton) 30 falls in 34 bouts
2002-Kyle Cathcart (Clarion) 23 falls in 29 bouts
2001-Troy Letters (Shaler) 29 falls in 38 bouts
2000-Shain Legget (Biglerville)
1999-Mike Pirozzola (Neshaminy) 30 falls in 38 bouts
1998-Christian Luciano (Northampton)
1997-Mike Shingara (Line Mountain) 32 falls in 37 bouts
Criteria:
1. State qualifier AA/AAA in Pennsylvania
2. Ranking and Award determined by pinning percentage
3. Minimum of twenty matches, excluding forfeits
4. All bouts count including post-season, except
forfeits
5. Tie decided by total number of falls and aggregate time
The Schalles award is based on pin percentage as follows:
Pin % = #pins/#bouts
Forfeits are NOT counted
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Wondrous Wade Schalles
The Pennsylvania Pinner Award is named after "Wondrous Wade Schalles" who
pinned 21 of 23 opponents his senior year at Hollidaysburg including
returning state champ John "Bimbo" Chatman of Trinity in the 1969 PIAA State
finals.
Wade Kept the Pinning machine rolling at Clarion
University where he pinned 106 foes becoming the first collegiate wrestler
to ever exceed the century mark for career falls. He was a 2X NCAA Champion
and voted the outstanding wrestler at the NCAA Tournament. He completed his
career at Clarion with a 154-2-1 record, while both losses coming his
freshman year. One loss was to Stan Dziedzic of Slippery Rock (Allentown
Allen HS), an NCAA champion and Olympic Bronze Medalist in 1976, and the
other to Bruce Trammel of Ohio University, an NCAA runner-up.
Schalles was named
"America's Greatest Pinner" by the Guinness Book of World Records!
The Schalles PA Pinner Award is sponsored
by Pittsburgh Trophy and PWN.
www.pittsburghtrophy.com |
