One of my pee-wee wrestling coaches Paul Graham coached at William Penn for a while. Years later, one of his wrestlers, Aron Scott coached at William Penn. After him, another from his youth club, Drew Sams, who is now going to head Graceland. Another coach of mine was the Statesmen's last NCAA Division III All-American/finalist & another of Graham's pupils from his youth club, Ryan Groom was a blood-rounder years ago. Matter of fact I've known a lot of wrestlers over the years that have competed for William Penn. Many from the youth club that Paul Graham ran, including his son Brandon who was a three-time NAIA qualifier. It certainly makes we want to see the Statesmen succeed. As of the time this was written, a new coach has not been named. Really hoping whoever it is, they can bring WPU wrestling back to its glory days. There was a time when the Statesmen were one of those programs sending their entire team to nationals. May the future reflect the past.
The Statesmen lose Lane Scorpil, who I was really happy to see make the Heart of America (HOA) finals last season. Kid had some bad luck in his career. Started off competing for Iowa Wesleyan & had to go through all of the crap of finding a new school/new program when the entire school closed its doors for good. On top of that, had to deal with injuries. Seeing him make the HOA finals & have that highlight was rewarding.
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| 149 Brody Brisker |
5th in the HOA last season, I believe that whoever our new WPU head coach is, his standout star next season is going to be Brody Brisker.
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