The Lifetime Service to Wrestling Award is given in recognition of years of dedication to the development of leadership and citizenship in young people through the sport of wrestling each nominee must have 20 years of service to the sport to be considered.
Moyer is currently the Executive Director of the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) based in Manheim, Pennsylvania. He has served in this roll since 1999, in that time he has helped the NWCA to grow as a non-profit organization that is in place to serve the sport of amateur and collegiate wrestling.
Moyer began his wrestling career in West Lawn, Pennsylvania where he wrested at Wilson High School, he competed in 3 PIAA State Wrestling Tournaments and finished with a record of 89-14-2, he was coached by his father William Moyer.
He continued his wrestling career at West Chester State College (now known as West Chester University) he graduated with Bachelors of Science in Health/Physical Education in 1983. During his time at West Chester he participated in 3 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
Continuing on in higher education Moyer then went on to James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA) to earn his Masters of Education earning a degree in Athletic Administration. While at JMU he served as the Graduate Assistant Wrestling Coach from 1982 to 1984.
Moyer then went on to coach at Chowan Junior College in Murfreesboro, North Carolina for the 1984 to 1985 wrestling season, that year the team finished the season ranked 18th in the country, along with advancing three wrestlers to the NJCAA Championships.
In 1985, he began his ten year coaching career at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. During that time Moyer advanced 27 wrestlers to the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, four of those wrestlers went on to earn All-American Honors, one of them was a two-time All-American. The GMU Patriots were four-time Virginia Intercollegiate League Team Champions under Coach Moyer, who ended his career with an overall record of 126-29-2.
In 1995 Moyer transitioned from coaching to fundraising, where he was the Executive Director of the GMU Patriot Club until 1999. During this time he also served as the Chairman of the NCAA Wrestling Committee from 1997 to 1999. He continued on with his fundraising background when he became the Executive Director of the NWCA.
The NWCA is a non-profit 501-c3 organization that is dedicated to promoting, preserving and protecting amateur wrestling, with a large emphasis on coaching education and safe weight loss practices through the use of the NWCA Optimal Performance Calculator.
In his time as Executive Director Moyer has grown the membership from 1,700 to 10,000 members and the gross revenue has grown from $100,000 to $1.4 million dollars annually. The NWCA has helped to establish 69 new intercollegiate wrestling programs over the past decade. Moyer also serves on the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and USA Wrestling Boards.
Moyer will be inducted on Saturday night along with five other inductees for 2010 including: Jerome “Jerry” Cheynet (Virginia Tech), Jack Harcourt (Ocean Lakes High School), Kevin Michaels (Kellem High School), John Pegues (Fauquier High School/Official), and F.D. “Red” Robertson (Grundy Wrestling Club).
The ceremony will take place on Saturday evening at 5 pm, at The Wyndham Virginia Crossings Hotel and Conference Center in Glen Allen, Virginia.
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