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National Wrestling Media Association names National Wrestling Journalism Awards winners

Cole Schrupp wins New Media Specialist Award

By Gary Abbott USA Wrestling

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The National Wrestling Media Association, the national professional organization for wrestling journalists, has named the recipients of its Annual Wrestling Journalist Awards. The NWMA has honored the top wrestling journalists in the following categories: Broadcaster of the Year, Print Journalist of the Year, Photographer of the Year, Publicist/SID of the Year, Publication of the Year and Website of the Year. A new category is added this year, for New Media Specialist of the Year. This year, the NWMA will also present two Special Awards for an outstanding achievement in wrestling journalism. Candidates were nominated by the NWMA members.

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BTN to Air Wrestling Championships

CHICAGO – For the fifth consecutive year, BTN will televise seven winter Big Ten Championships, including men’s and women’s swimming and diving, wrestling, men’s and women’s indoor track and field and men’s and women’s gymnastics. Every event will be produced in high definition, including live coverage of the entire Big Ten Men’s Gymnastics Championships, the final rounds of the Big Ten Wrestling Championships and the final session of the Big Ten Women’s Gymnastics Championships. Continue reading at bigten.org

InterMat Reads: Perfected by Girls

Mel Radford is a sophomore JV wrestler at a Michigan high school with a rich mat tradition, following in the footsteps of older brother Cole, a senior starter and team captain. Like most high school wrestlers, Mel has to deal with issues such as tough practice sessions, concerns about weight, balancing academics, sports and a social life, and living up to coaches’ — and teammates’ — intense expectations. In fact, some wish Mel weren’t on the team.

Mel is actually Melinda, the only girl in the wrestling room at Ashton High outside Detroit, and the lead character in Alfred C. Martino’s latest novel, Perfected by Girls, now available from Coles Street Publishing. Continue reading at intermatwrestle.com

TO BE THE BEST – Hertel Does Wrestling Right, Sequal Next Week

Minnesota author set to release second novel

I know I am late to the party as it relates to the wrestling novel “To Be the Best” by H.L. Hertel, but did you know the sequel is due out next week? Well, it is.

I do not review books for a living, but I actually do enjoy reading despite what many of you probably think. Hertel did an outstanding job in the first book. He not only introduced several interesting characters, he also was able to capture our sport in a way that clicked as I read. Continue reading at theopenmat.com

Palmer wins 2011 Dellinger Award

As almost any wrestler will readily attest, tallying up personal win-loss records and the total number of championship titles won are certainly not the only means by which to ascertain individual accomplishments within the sport. Case in point is this year’s Dellinger Award winner Mark Palmer, whose own journalist body of work — compiled over the course of the past 12 years — has not only already left an indelible imprint upon the wrestling community at large but, also perhaps, well beyond its customarily established borders. Continue reading at InterMat.com

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