Schalles PA Pinner Award

Schalles PA Pinner Award-Sponsored by Pittsburgh Trophy Company and Presented by the Pennsylvania Wrestling Newsmagazine

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.

Leaderboard # of PINS

Colby Whitehill  Brookville               84%         26 pins out of 31 bouts wrestled (Forfeits don’t count)

Cole Urbas State College                    76%         26 pins out of 34 bouts wrestled

Jack Blumer Kiski Area                      71%         34 pins out of 48 bouts wrestled

Abraham Allebach Penns Valley      69%         27 pins out of 39 bouts wrestled

Suds Dubler Glendale                         67.5%     25 pins out of 37 bouts wrestled

Garret Cornell Everett                        67%         26 pins out of 39 bouts wrestled

Hunter Tremain North Star              66%         31 pins out of 47 bouts wrestled

Wondrous Wade Schalles 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

Past Winners:

2018- Nick Chapman (Hatboro Horsham) 35 pins in 40 matches wrestled

2017- Jaret Lane (Southern Columbia) 32 pins in 45 matches wrestled

2016- Jordan Wood(Boyertown) 33 pins in 41 matches wrestled

2015- Seth Janney (South Western) 34 pins in 43 matches wrestled
2014- Garret Spiewak (Mechanichsburg) 27 pins in 31 bouts
2013- Brad Emrick (Coughlin) 30 pins in 36 bouts
2012- Cody Copeland (Greenville) 36 falls in 42 bouts
2011- Garth Lakitsky (Tamaqua) 33 falls in 38 bouts
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