Stieber Elected to National Wrestling Hall of Fame
10/30/2023 12:00:00 PM | Wrestling
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Logan Stieber, assistant coach with the Ohio State Wrestling team, has been elected to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, the organization announced Monday.
The Class of 2024 also welcomes Distinguished Members Tadaaki Hatta, Toccara Montgomery, Coleman Scott, Meritorious Official honoree J.R. Johnson, Order of Merit recipient Darryl Miller, Medal of Courage recipient Jonathan Koch and Outstanding American honoree retired United States Army Infantry Colonel Steve Banach.
Montgomery, Scott and Stieber were chosen as Distinguished Members for the Modern Era.
The Class of 2024 will be honored and officially inducted during the 47th Honors Weekend May 31 and June 1, 2024 in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Scott (2004) and Stieber (2010) become the first two national winners of the Hall of Fame's Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award to be inducted as Distinguished Members. Presented annually since 1996, the DSHSEA is awarded to a male high school senior and based equally on outstanding wrestling success, scholastic achievement and citizenship or community service.
Stieber becomes the first Distinguished Member from Ohio State University.
Distinguished Members can be a wrestler who has achieved extraordinary success in national and/or international competition; a coach who has demonstrated great leadership in the profession and who has compiled an outstanding record; or a contributor whose long-term activities have substantially enhanced the development and advancement of the sport. Wrestlers must have been retired from active competition for a period of five years to be eligible for consideration as a Distinguished Member.
Logan Stieber became the first Big Ten Conference wrestler and the fourth wrestler overall to be a four-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion. He captured his titles in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015, when he was named Outstanding Wrestler of the NCAA tournament and the Dan Hodge Trophy winner. That same year, he led Ohio State to the first wrestling national championship in school history. Stieber was also a four-time Big Ten Conference champion and finished his career with a 119-3 record, boasting the highest winning percentage (.975) in school history. He won a World Championship in men's freestyle in 2016 and returned to the World Championships in 2017 and 2018, helping the United States capture the team title in 2018, while also capturing a Pan American title in 2018. Stieber was a four-time Ohio state high school champion for Monroeville High School and won his final 179 matches to finish with a career record of 184-1. He was the Ohio, Midwest Region and National winner of the Hall of Fame's Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award in 2010. Stieber was also named the Ohio Wrestler of the Year and the Junior Hodge Trophy winner in 2010 and helped Monroeville win the Ohio state team title. He became only the second wrestler in history to win both the Hodge and the Junior Dan Hodge Trophy, given to the top high school wrestler in the country. He was a two-time Ironman Tournament champion and was named Outstanding Wrestler in 2009. In the international styles as a prep, Stieber made his mark, winning multiple national championships in both freestyle and Greco-Roman at the cadet and junior levels. He also won the FILA Junior Freestyle National Championship and was third at the U.S. Open and fourth at the Senior World Team Trials as a junior in high school. Stieber has been an assistant coach for Ohio State since 2021.
The Class of 2024 also welcomes Distinguished Members Tadaaki Hatta, Toccara Montgomery, Coleman Scott, Meritorious Official honoree J.R. Johnson, Order of Merit recipient Darryl Miller, Medal of Courage recipient Jonathan Koch and Outstanding American honoree retired United States Army Infantry Colonel Steve Banach.
Montgomery, Scott and Stieber were chosen as Distinguished Members for the Modern Era.
The Class of 2024 will be honored and officially inducted during the 47th Honors Weekend May 31 and June 1, 2024 in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Scott (2004) and Stieber (2010) become the first two national winners of the Hall of Fame's Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award to be inducted as Distinguished Members. Presented annually since 1996, the DSHSEA is awarded to a male high school senior and based equally on outstanding wrestling success, scholastic achievement and citizenship or community service.
Stieber becomes the first Distinguished Member from Ohio State University.
Distinguished Members can be a wrestler who has achieved extraordinary success in national and/or international competition; a coach who has demonstrated great leadership in the profession and who has compiled an outstanding record; or a contributor whose long-term activities have substantially enhanced the development and advancement of the sport. Wrestlers must have been retired from active competition for a period of five years to be eligible for consideration as a Distinguished Member.
Logan Stieber became the first Big Ten Conference wrestler and the fourth wrestler overall to be a four-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion. He captured his titles in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015, when he was named Outstanding Wrestler of the NCAA tournament and the Dan Hodge Trophy winner. That same year, he led Ohio State to the first wrestling national championship in school history. Stieber was also a four-time Big Ten Conference champion and finished his career with a 119-3 record, boasting the highest winning percentage (.975) in school history. He won a World Championship in men's freestyle in 2016 and returned to the World Championships in 2017 and 2018, helping the United States capture the team title in 2018, while also capturing a Pan American title in 2018. Stieber was a four-time Ohio state high school champion for Monroeville High School and won his final 179 matches to finish with a career record of 184-1. He was the Ohio, Midwest Region and National winner of the Hall of Fame's Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award in 2010. Stieber was also named the Ohio Wrestler of the Year and the Junior Hodge Trophy winner in 2010 and helped Monroeville win the Ohio state team title. He became only the second wrestler in history to win both the Hodge and the Junior Dan Hodge Trophy, given to the top high school wrestler in the country. He was a two-time Ironman Tournament champion and was named Outstanding Wrestler in 2009. In the international styles as a prep, Stieber made his mark, winning multiple national championships in both freestyle and Greco-Roman at the cadet and junior levels. He also won the FILA Junior Freestyle National Championship and was third at the U.S. Open and fourth at the Senior World Team Trials as a junior in high school. Stieber has been an assistant coach for Ohio State since 2021.
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