We will be giving one dollar for every wrestler entered at the East Kansas Open and the Donna Woofter Memorial Novice tournament.

The funds will help support college wrestling and insure that we have college wrestling opportunities for our future college wrestlers. I hope this idea will catch on across the state!

Paola will be doing the same.

Circle Wrestling Club, Inc. donated $100.00 to the fund several weeks ago.

This is a wonderful cause for all of the Kansas wrestling community. Our sport needs this and our Kansas colleges with wrestling programs need this. Ultimately our Kansas wrestling youth will be the beneficiaries of our support for this fund.

Great work to all of you.

The Johnson County Kids Classic will be supporting the Kansas College Wrestling Fund. This is a great way to ensure that our future coaches and programs remain strong 10, 20, 30 years and beyond. Hopefully this will develope into cooperation of all levels of wrestling acrossed Kansas.

My son has hit heart set on going to KSU, we will do what we can to support this fund.

HOW YOU CAN HELP!

In order for this fund to be effective we are going to need a statewide effort. If anyone knows of a business or individual that would like to help this cause and can use a tax write-off please forward the information on to those individuals. If every club and or high school team could set a goal and raise $100-$250 for this fund - our collegiate state programs will be much stronger. In Kansas we have over 400 teams/clubs between high schools and club teams. It is one of the KCWF goals for all our athletes to obtain a College or Vocational Technical College Degree. The kids, young men and women wrestling today will be coaches for future generations. This is a forever fund - LONG AFTER WE are GONE. Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

KCWF Committee

PRESS RELEASE - KANSAS COLLEGE WRESTLING FUND

USA Wrestling-Kansas Inc. - Kansas College Wrestling Fund (KCWF)

7208 Magnolia Way

Hutchinson, KS 67502-9380

MISSION STATEMENT OF KANSAS COLLEGE WRESTLING FUND:

It is the mission of the Kansas College Wrestling Fund to provide financial support for Kansas colleges and universities with active college wrestling programs. This financial support to Kansas colleges and universities will help provide wrestling, academic and eventual career opportunities for student athlete wrestlers in the State of Kansas.

Individual and corporate donor annual gifting levels:

Platinum Level-$5,000 and above

Gold Level-$2,000 to $5,000

Silver Level-$500-$1,999

Bronze Level-$1-$499

Checks should be made out to: USAW - Kansas College Wrestling Fund

Tax ID – Number 48-0981221 501 c (3) exemption

Thank you for your support of the Kansas College Wrestling Fund

Where to send checks:

USA Wrestling-Kansas Inc. - Kansas College Wrestling Fund (KCWF)

7208 Magnolia Way

Hutchinson, KS 67502-9380

Kansas College Wrestling Fund Committee: Please call or e-mail if you have any questions.

Sean McCarthy – Chairman (913) 579-1835 – cell, e-mail - smokeycabin@hotmail.com

Will Cokeley - Vice Chairman (708) 267-6615 – cell, e-mail – willcokeley@gmail.com

Bill Peterman – Secretary (913) 626-4459 – cell, e-mail – billpeterman@hotmail.com

USA Wrestling – Kansas Inc. – Treasurer (Mike Juby – e-mail – mikejuby@usawks.com)

Wayne Petterson – College Coach – (620) 431-2820 Extension 210 work, e-mail wpetterson@neosho.edu

Joe Renfro – College Coach – (620) 717-3196, e-mail joer@labette.edu

Ryan Smith – College Coach – (316) 617-9025, e-mail smithry@newmanu.edu

Steve Woody – USAWKS – Corporate Board Director (District IV Director) (785) 626-3309, e-mail stripes@ruraltel.net

Travis Keal – Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association President (913) 645-6050 – cell, e-mail tkeal@att.net

Jeff Butler – Wrestling Supporter (808) 230-1371 – cell, e-mail jrod400@aol.com

Dan Harris - Dan.Harris@bakeru.edu


Kansas College and University
Wrestling Teams

Baker University
Benedictine College
Bethany College
Fort Hays State University
Newman University
Colby Community College
Labette Community College
Neosho Community College
Northwest Kansas Technical College
Pratt Community College

District 1 has made a financial committment to this cause. More information will be made available on the Kansas USA Wrestling Web Site in the coming months. If anyone has the name of businesses or individuals who might want to help our colleges and universities please send me their contact information. We will then have a committee member contact them. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the fund.

Thank you on behalf of the KCWF Committee.

Sincerely,

Sean McCarthy
smokeycabin@hotmail.com

Dear Friends of Wrestling:

The time has arrived for the Kansas College Wrestling Fund (KCWF). We have partnered with USA Wrestling-KS, the Kansas Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association, the business community, and our Kansas Wrestling families. Respectfully, we ask your consideration for a donation to our “KCWF Forever Fund.”

Far too many college/university wrestling programs have been lost the last few decades. The recent announcement that perennial NCAA D II powerhouse U. of Nebraska-Omaha (UNO) discontinued its wrestling program shocked the entire wrestling community nationwide. Who would have thought that a university whose team had just won its third consecutive National Championship would be dropped? Given this happened to a stellar program recently, we all acknowledge any and all college wrestling programs are now vulnerable.

Every time a program is cut, our student athletes lose their chance at a college wrestling and educational experience/opportunity that will benefit them for the rest of their lives. How do we combat this erosion of college wrestling programs in our nation, and in particular, in our state of Kansas?

We believe that the wrestling community (wrestlers, parents, coaches, referees, fans and other interested parties) needs to step up and financially support our current in-state programs. Let’s build a fund that will give a noticeable and strong level of support to our existing Kansas college programs. By participating in the “KCWF Forever Fund” college wrestling opportunities will be alive and well in our state for decades to come!

The KCWF will be a “Forever Fund.” It will serve the wrestling community for decades to come. For this initiative to become successful we ALL need to support it with our financial contributions, talent, and time.
There are many ways to customize your contribution and any assistance provided will be tremendously appreciated. No donation is too small! If you personally cannot contribute, that is understandable. Perhaps you know of someone or a business that will be interested … feel free to pass this letter forward.

In closing, please consider the “KCWF Forever Fund.” And please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions. Thank you very much for your time and consideration for the Kansas College Wrestling Fund!

Sincerely,



Sean McCarthy, Chairman
KCWF Forever Fund
913.491.5837 (home) / smokeycabin@hotmail.com

The mission of the Kansas College Wrestling Fund is to provide financial support to active college wrestling programs at Kansas colleges and universities. This financial support will help provide wrestling, academic and eventual career opportunities for student athlete wrestlers in the State of Kansas.

Make checks payable: USA Wrestling – Kansas, Inc./KCWF, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) entity.
Mail to: Mike Juby, Kansas College Wrestling Fund, 7208 Magnolia Way, Hutchinson, KS 67502

No amount is to small or to large! This is a long term project that will help our student athletes and programs in Kansas for many many years.

Alot of you might know about Olympic Coach Joe Seay, World title-Sammy Henson, Champion-Tony Purler, What did they have in common? Advocare was in there bag or on there shelf! Joe wouldn't train you without it. So What I'm offering to help this sport out as an ex-wrestler myself. If any one buys the products from me or wants to have a fund raiser, and "you make all the money" (I get the glory, you get all money from it, I just the glory that I helped)
Contact Kevin Clem @ 316-871-8845 Why give your money to Walmart? When anyone buys the "Rehydrate, Vitamins, Spark nutritional, anything, you get the funds! I might add that you wouldn't have to handle any product, I can do that for you, but I would have to know its from your club or going to the College fund.

Make a difference. This is a long term project that will help our student athletes and programs in Kansas for many many years.

So far these are the tournaments Committed and/or Supporting the Kansas College Wrestling Fund


USA Wrestling Kids Tournaments

Paola Kids Tournament - Dec 17, 2011 - Open
Olathe East and STA – Johnson County Classic Dec 31, 2011 – Open and Novice
East Kansas Open – Feb 11, 2012 and the Donna Woofter Memorial Novice tournament Feb 13, 2012
Leavenworth Tournament - Novice Jan 22, 2012 – Open Tournament Mar 3, 2012

High School Tournaments - With Information Booths

Leavenworth High School Tournament
Johnson County Classic High School
Bobcat Classic
KC Metro Classic

This is great!

Excellent - Chanute is on board with helping this cause.
A $1 entry per tournament or at the gate will assist greatly in developing our future coaches in the state.

17TH ANNUAL WOODS CLASSIC
OPEN Tournament
Saturday-January 7, 2012

Chanute High School
1501 West 36th Street
Chanute, KS 66720

ON-LINE REGISTRATION THRU TRACKWRESTLING
WEB ADDRESS: www.trackwrestling.com
DEADLINE: January 3, 2012 at 11:59 pm.
FEE: $16.00 per participant. ($1 donated to Kansas College Wrestling Fund)
Each participant must have a USAW Card.
Payment can be made thru Trackwrestling or mailed to: CWC, 1812 S Malcolm, Chanute, KS 66720.
*Limited to the first 500 entries.
TEAM TROPHIES
COACHES COMPLIMENTARY PASS TO CONCESSION STAND.

Baldwin - Thank you on behalf of the KCWF Committee, Coaches, School Admininstrators, and the student athletes.



Baldwin
Bulldog Brawl – January 22, 2012

Jan 22 7th Annual Bulldog Brawl Novice
Baldwin Jr. High School
400 Eisenhower
Baldwin City KS 66006

Baldwin City Wrestling Club
Kim Lisher
wrestledawgs@yahoo.com
(785) 760-0081

$1.00 of every door admission and donating to the Kansas College Wrestling Fund (KCWF)

http://www.usawks.com/invites/120122Baldwin.pdf

Pittsburg - Thank you on behalf of the KCWF Committee, Coaches, School Admininstrators, and the student athletes.

http://www.usawks.com/invites/120204Pittsburg.pdf

Feb 4 Pittsburg Open
Pittsburg High School
1978 East 4th Street
Pittsburg KS 66762

Pittsburg Wrestling Club
Doug Hitchcock
dhitchcock@usd250.org
(620) 230-0768

If I missed your tournament that is supporting the KCWF. Please add it to this list and on the college forum.

Olathe NW Tournament of Champions - Jan 21 is supporting by donating $1 per entrant.

Olathe NW - Thank you on behalf of the KCWF Committee, Coaches, School Admininstrators, and the student athletes.

Capital City Challenge Open/Novice - Jan 22. The Jr. Viking Wrestling Club is committed to donating $1 per entry to the Kansas College Wrestling Fund. Our entry fee will remain $15 with no upcharge. This is a worthy and much needed fund and we are happy to support it.