Naomi Simon of Decorah, Iowa became the first and only undefeated four-time Iowa girls state wrestling champion with a career record of 150-0 for Decorah High School.

The daughter of Matthew and Melissa Simon, she will continue her wrestling career at the University of Iowa.

She is the 2024 recipient of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum’s Iowa High School Female Wrestler of the Year and was also named the Dan Gable Ms. Wrestler of the Year by Fareway Stores, Inc., IAwrestle, and Iowa Corn in coordination with the Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association.

Simon won the Junior Nationals and finished seventh in the U20 Nationals in 2023 after All-America finishes in 2022 at the U16, U17 and Junior Nationals. She won Who’s #1 in 2023 and was a back-to-back winner at both the Dan Gable Donnybrook and Brian Keck Preseason Nationals in 2022 and 2023. Simon won both the freestyle and the Greco-Roman titles at the Southern Plains tournament and was member of Team Iowa for the Tulsa National Duals in 2022 and 2023.

She also lettered in cross country as a freshman and in swimming as a senior, where she also earned academic all-conference honors.

Simon was a member of the school band for four years, including as a band section leader for brass large and small ensemble, and was a member of the National Honor Society as a junior and senior.