OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WRESTLING LEADER to SPEAK at MID-AM BANQUET

Mid American Stock Car Series
January 15, 2014

Each Mid-American event brings our Chaplain, Pastor Todd Christopherson, sharing his faith and a plan that saves anyone, who will listen, from an eternal life of unimaginable misery and loneliness. A promise Pastor Todd shares from none other than Jesus Christ. So… when he volunteers to help find a speaker for the banquet, the sky is the limit (no pun intended). Join us at 4:00 Saturday in the banquet room and welcome former UW All-American and Big Ten wrestling champion Mitch Hull as he shares his faith and experiences. All are welcome to share with Mitch at no cost.

Hull received a bachelor's degree in business from Wisconsin in 1980. He was a graduate assistant coach from 1980-82 and an assistant coach for Wisconsin from 1982-86. Hull also served as assistant coach at Purdue from 1986-88. He joined USA Wrestling from Purdue where he served as the head wrestling coach from 1988-92.

Hull was a two-time NCAA All-American at Wisconsin and two-time Big Ten champion. He was one of the few U.S. wrestlers ever to compete in both the Freestyle and Greco-Roman World Championships. He won two U.S. Nationals freestyle titles (1981-82) and finished second in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in 1984. Hull was a Junior National double champion, winning both freestyle and Greco-Roman.

Hull served as the National Teams Director for USA Wrestling since 1992, providing 21 years of leadership to the organization. He coordinated and supervised all aspects of USA Wrestling's international programs, including working with the National Team coaching staffs in all three Olympic wrestling styles.

During Hull's tenure, the United States won the World Team Title in freestyle wrestling in 1993 and 1995, the Women's World Championships in 1999 and the Greco-Roman World Championships in 2007. The U.S. won the most medals of any nation in wrestling at the 1996 Olympics.

Under Hull's direction, the United States won 102 medals in the three international styles at the World Championships, including 28 gold medals. At the Olympic Games during his tenure, the United States won 36 Olympic medals in the three styles, including 12 Olympic gold medals. Now, Hull is back in the Wisconsin wrestling room as a member of the Badgers' administrative staff in 2013-14 and joins the UW coaching staff as a volunteer administrative assistant.

Following Mitch Hull, watch the DVD of all six Mid-American TV races of the 2013 season. Each team present will receive a complimentary copy of the two DVD set. Copies will also be available through Sopwith Motorsports Productions for $35.

The banquet will begin shortly after 6:00 starting with the scrumptious buffet style meal that brings more compliments each year than anything else. Awards, trophies and the fun will follow. Then we’ll talk a little exciting 2014 talk and finish the evening off mingling and swapping stories. Julie and I look forward to seeing you all.