Cal State Fullerton Awarded All-Star Classic
All-Star Wrestling Classic Awarded to Cal State Fullerton
44th Event Comes to California for First Time
Aug. 19, 2009
Manheim, PA - The National Wrestling Coaches Association has awarded its 44th Annual All-Star Classic to Cal State Fullerton’s Titan Wrestling Club. The event comes to California for the first time and will be held on Sunday, Nov. 22, at 2 p.m in Titan Gym.
The event will serve as a major fundraiser for the Titan wrestling program, which must fund itself due to reduced state support of the CSU system.
“Bringing the NWCA All-Star Classic to the state of California is great for the state in many ways,” said CSF Head Coach Dan Hicks. “It is an honor to hold this event at Cal State Fullerton. We already had a great start on our fundraising, but this event is going to help us gain even better momentum.”
The All-Star Classic pits the top collegiate wrestlers from around the nation in a showcase of the 10 collegiate weight brackets and often the event is a preview of the ensuing season’s NCAA finals. Several additional bouts involving local wrestlers will be included.
Titan Gym has a seating capacity of about 4,000. Two year’s ago the event was in Eugene, Oregon, drawing about 6,000 fans. The event comes one day after the Fullerton Open Wrestling Tournament which annually draws several hundred competitors.
California has more than 26,000 wrestlers at the high school level including men and women. The lineup of wrestlers will include returning national champions and All-Americans and be announced in October. Fullerton heavyweight Wade Sauer competed a few years ago.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
At one time, I was part of this elite group. I’m a sole believer in this sport and know the impact it hashad in my life. Whatever we can do to save the Cal-State-Fullerton Program let’s do it. That;s the least I can do, to suport the sport that saved my life.
Rich Santana
All-American(Syracuse University)