"We're proud of the Wildcat wrestling history, and hope to rebuild and reconnect with that past," said Abram Nelson '24, president of the Linfield Wrestling Club. "We hope to promote physical fitness and good nutrition for all students, and we also hope to be competitive very soon at the club-wrestling level regionally and nationally."
Wrestling is an Olympic sport for both men and women, and the NCAA recently declared women's wrestling one of its "emerging sports." No experience is required to participate at Linfield.
Linfield will be the 16th club team to join the NCWA's Northwest Conference, which had 11 men's All-Americans and 27 women's All-Americans at the 2020 National Championships in Allen, Texas.
Linfield is an independent, non-profit university with campuses in McMinnville and Portland, Oregon. Twenty-eight percent of Linfield students are first-generation college students, and more than one-third are U.S. students of color. The U.S. State Department has honored Linfield for being a top producer of Fulbright Scholars three years in a row.
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