John Harris III
- Married to Diane, Daughter Meredith and Son John Harris IV
- Serves as an officer on the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Board of Governors
- Three year starter at Battle Creek Central High School (Michigan)
- Posted a 59-20 record from 1969-1972
- Most improved wrestler award winner junior year (1971)
- Co-Captain senior year (1972)
- State qualifier senior year (1972)
- Team was state runner-up, senior year (1972)
- Four year starter and Graduated with a BS Degree at Grand Valley State University (Michigan) 1977
- Posted a 117-19-5 record from 1973-77
- Three time Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (GLIAC) champion
- Two time NAIA National Runner-Up in the 1975-76 and 1976-77 seasons
- Two time All-American
- Received the Suggitt Award, given to the team member who was most “brutally aggressive while being uninhibited by adversity” (1976)
- Receive the team Most Valuable Wrestler award (1977)
- Won multiple tournament and invitational titles, including being a two-time winner of the Michigan Open, where all Michigan colleges participated
- Team was NAIA runner-up senior year (1977)
- Part of a team that had a 45-4 dual meet mark during my four years
- Inducted into the Grand Valley State University Athletic Hall of Fame, class of 1988 (the second class inducted)
- Qualified for the 1973 US Junior World Final Trials
- Qualified for the 1976 Olympic Trials
- Wrestled on the NAIA Cultural Exchange team that competed in Japan and South Korea with a personal record of 5-1
- National Wrestling Hall of Fame Board of Governors 2014 to present, currently serving in the office of Secretary
- Assistant Wrestling Coach at the University of Toledo for the 1977/1978 season
- Head Coach of the St. Josephs of Sylvania (Ohio) grade school and junior high wrestling program, 994 –2006
- Overcame a childhood learning disability to become an outstanding student
- Master’s Degree in education from the University of Toledo in 1982
- Career Accomplishments
- Established the first wellness program at Owens-Illinois during the late 1970s and early 1980s
- Founded Harris HealthTrends in 1987, which grew to have over 400 employees, working in all 50 states, and in 6 other countries, on three different continents.
- Merged Harris HealthTrends with four other companies to become Axia Health Management in 2005, and sold Axia to Healthways
- John has written two books addressing improving health, and has published numerous other articles on the topic
- John serves on five profit and/or not-for-profit boards, both in the health industry and in other areas of interest, and several more advisory board or groups
- Founding Chairman, of the Ohio Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Awards:
Year
2021
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Award
Outstanding American
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Chapter/Region
Michigan
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