It was really exciting. Whenever a wrestler gets onto the awards podium, the announcer tells the audience whether someone is the first state-qualifier or the first state place finisher from a school. I feel really blessed.

(Wrestling Daniel Foley) is like wrestling a mirror. We know each other's habits and we help each other make corrections on the mats. But it goes deeper than that. (Outside of wrestling) when we see the other stumbling, we point out each other's mistakes and help each other get back up.

Daniel would always give me a call and say, 'Hey, my dad and I are going here this weekend,' and I'd always follow them around.

If the anecdote to your life is the depiction of a ocean, Make sure the ocean is in the grasp of a vicious storm and not a calm flat monotonous rhythmic clock going by like time tick tick tick...

Just because you're from a small town doesn't mean that you're small. Don't ever think anyone's more important than you are or has more valid experiences.

Ideally our goal is to increase the number of scholarships offered while also increasing the dollar amount of the awards.