Dave Cloud Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 (edited) So Jack Heldt (Wabash/Carmel) captured the D III national heavyweight title and Shawn Streck (Central Oklahoma/Merrillville) won the D II heavyweight title and now Mason Parris is the D I national champ. This is an unbelievable achievement. Indiana should be proud of these three young men. Edited March 19, 2023 by Dave Cloud base, QuinnHarris, sslaymon and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinedad Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Must be the tenderloins. dstruck, Dave Cloud and Coplen187 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenHeavyHandz Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Wagner and Vaughn paved the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Pendoski Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Heldt also received NCAA Div. III Most Dominant Wrestler award by averaging 5.56 team points per match on the season! https://sports.wabash.edu/news/2023/3/11/heldt-wins-wrestling-national-title.aspx Heldt is a pretty special story if you don't know much about him. As a junior in high school he was still JV 170 and believe his JV record that year was 12-5. He grew 3 or 4 inches and spent the summer in the weight room/wrestling room with Nate Warman and everything was different after that! Heldt also won the NCAA Elite 90 award last year when he finished NCAA Runner Up and having a 4.0 GPA. https://www.wabash.edu/news/story/11886 PreparetoWin, Misty Kendrex, Coach Brobst and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Ed Pendoski said: Heldt also received NCAA Div. III Most Dominant Wrestler award by averaging 5.56 team points per match on the season! https://sports.wabash.edu/news/2023/3/11/heldt-wins-wrestling-national-title.aspx Heldt is a pretty special story if you don't know much about him. As a junior in high school he was still JV 170 and believe his JV record that year was 12-5. He grew 3 or 4 inches and spent the summer in the weight room/wrestling room with Nate Warman and everything was different after that! Heldt also won the NCAA Elite 90 award last year when he finished NCAA Runner Up and having a 4.0 GPA. https://www.wabash.edu/news/story/11886 A couple more notes on his ascension: He didn't make it to state his senior year once he cracked the lineup. Last year, obviously he was fantastic at Wabash with his runner-up finish--but it was at 197. This was his first year at 285 and he wins the title while also being D3's most dominant wrestler. With this steep of an ongoing rise, next steps are like world team member, olympic gold, greatest wrestler ever! In all seriousness, though--awesome story! Coplen187 and TripleB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Cloud Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 Coach Pendoski: Wrestlers like Heldt are the real reason we coach. What a GREAT story. tangarrray, formercollegekid and Raven27 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonah7474 Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 On 3/15/2023 at 5:37 AM, GenHeavyHandz said: Wagner and Vaughn paved the way I don’t know Wagner, but I know Vaughn… totally agree… he was a bad, bad, man on the mat… off the mat… one of the best there is. GenHeavyHandz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indypharmd Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 14 hours ago, jonah7474 said: I don’t know Wagner, but I know Vaughn… totally agree… he was a bad, bad, man on the mat… off the mat… one of the best there is. You talking about Tony Vaughn of Ft Wayne Snider? Man, I had to wrestle him in regionals back in the day. He was a beast! GenHeavyHandz and jonah7474 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyWrestler03 Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Great story!! Congrats to this young man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonah7474 Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 On 3/17/2023 at 12:16 PM, indypharmd said: You talking about Tony Vaughn of Ft Wayne Snider? Man, I had to wrestle him in regionals back in the day. He was a beast! Yep!!! I grew up in Ft. Wayne and that was wrestler I looked up too. He definitely was a beast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 And Indiana gets it done at all levels. Definitely worth some recognition. formercollegekid, Misty Kendrex and blueandgold 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueandgold Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 I’m proud to be an Indiana heavyweight. Watching those guys win at Division I, II, AND III let me know I came from the best heavyweight state in the land. And if we want to get technical, Gable is also ours by birthright and years spent here (up to eighth grade). Congratulations to Mason, Shawn, and Jack. Happy to say I’ve competed or scrapped with all three. Thor, jonah7474, formercollegekid and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonah7474 Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 1 hour ago, blueandgold said: I’m proud to be an Indiana heavyweight. Watching those guys win at Division I, II, AND III let me know I came from the best heavyweight state in the land. And if we want to get technical, Gable is also ours by birthright and years spent here (up to eighth grade). Congratulations to Mason, Shawn, and Jack. Happy to say I’ve competed or scrapped with all three. Truly a great accomplishment by all of them! Does anyone know how many times this has ever happened? Seems like it would be pretty rare. Misty Kendrex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyGonzo Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 (edited) On 3/16/2023 at 9:29 PM, jonah7474 said: I don’t know Wagner, but I know Vaughn… totally agree… he was a bad, bad, man on the mat… off the mat… one of the best there is. Don't remember Greg Wagner? 2000 Runner-up & 2001 Champ Finished 3rd in D1 his senior year in 2006, I believe 4th in 2005 Last College Victory was over former UFC Heavyweight Champ Cain Velasquez Edited March 20, 2023 by NavyGonzo jonah7474 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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