The previous highest mark was 12 All-Americans in 2005.
In all, the Maryland State Wrestling Association sent more than 50 of the state’s best wrestlers to the USA Wrestling event that ran from July 17 to 25 on the campus of North Dakota State University. Considered the toughest tournament in the world for its age group, the Cadet and Junior Nationals featured more than 10,000 competitors from across the country.
Leading Maryland’s efforts were double All-Americans Tyler Goodwin (119), Frank Goodwin (125), Bubba Scheffel (152; Southern-Garrett) and Karl Green (285; Mt. St. Joseph).
Tyler Goodwin made the cadet national finals in Greco-Roman competition and placed eighth in freestyle. His older brother Frank placed third in the junior Greco-Roman division and sixth in freestyle. Scheffel was eighth in cadet Greco-Roman and sixth in freestyle. Green placed fourth at the junior division in both styles.
The Goodwin brothers, who attended Mt. St. Joseph last year, will be attending Arundel High School in the fall.
Also earning All-American honors were: David Mohler (84; Loyola), who placed seventh in cadet freestyle; Cole Gallagher (98; Spalding), who finished eighth in cadet freestyle; Nathan Kraisser (112; Centennial), who was seventh in cadet Greco-Roman; Eric Friedman (112; St. Paul’s), who placed fifth in cadet freestyle; Pat Prada (119; DeMatha), who placed seventh in junior freestyle; Eric Hoffman (135; Northern-Cal), who was eighth in cadet Greco-Roman; and Brady Massaro (140; Severna Park), who finished eighth in cadet Greco-Roman.
In all, wrestlers from Maryland won 196 matches with 34 pins during the course of the more than weeklong event. In addition to the 15 All-American awards 15 additional wrestlers won 3 or more matches. This was the best performance for Maryland wrestlers in the history of the event. Maryland wrestlers participated in the newly created Path to Fargo program which helped select, train and prepare the group for this national event.
The Maryland team was led by head coach Cary Kolat, a former Olympian and world silver medalist.
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