Snyder collected the Mike Chapman Impact Award -- named for wrestling historian/writer Mike Chapman -- for all his on-the-mat accomplishments in his young career. The 21-year-old compiled a perfect 179-0 high school record and state titles in his native Maryland, garnered two NCAA titles as an Ohio State heavyweight, and captured gold medals at the 2015 Worlds and 2016 Olympics.
Sanderson earned the Dan Gable Coach of the Year honor for the third time in the past seven years. In 2017, Sanderson led his Nittany Lions to a second straight NCAA team championship and sixth title in the past seven years. What's more, five of his wrestlers left St. Louis with individual championships; four were underclassmen.
Retherford earned the Schalles Award as the nation's top collegiate pinner for a second straight year, scoring 17 falls this past season. This honor is named for past prolific pinner Wade Schalles of Clarion State (Pennsylvania) in the early 1970s. (Immediately after winning the 149-pound title at the 2017 NCAAs, Retherford won the WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy as most dominant college wrestler of the year ... as well as InterMat's Wrestler of the Year for the second consecutive year.)
Winning the Junior Schalles Award as the top high school pinner in the nation was Gable Steveson. The three-time Minnesota state champion from Apple Valley High School and a two-time Cadet World freestyle champion pinned 33 of his 35 opponents victims in an undefeated high school heavyweight season. Gable Steveson will be wrestling at the University of Minnesota.
Andy Hamilton of Trackwrestling.com was named WIN's Journalist of the Year. The long-time wrestling writer, who has covered the sport for 19 years, was awarded the same honor in 2011 as a writer for the Des Moines Register.
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