Pat Smith made wrestling history when he became the first wrestler to win four NCAA Division I national championships. Competing for Oklahoma State University, he captured titles in 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1994, all at 158 pounds, and spurred the Cowboys to team titles in 1990 and 1994. The year he won his record fourth national crown, he was named the NCAA’s Outstanding Wrestler. He also became only the third OSU wrestler to win four Big Eight Conference championships.

Smith ended his college wrestling career with a mark of 121-5-2 and set the school record for consecutive matches without a loss with 98 straight victories. In the storied history of Oklahoma State wrestling, he ranks fourth in winning percentage, fourth in career falls and sixth in wins.

Smith was named the 1994 Amateur Wrestling News Man of the Year and was one of just 15 athletes named to the NCAA 75th Anniversary Wrestling Team. He was inducted into the Oklahoma State Sports Hall of Fame in 2002

His successful freestyle wrestling career included a bronze medal in the 1997 World Cup, a second-place finish to three-time Olympian Kenny Monday at the 1996 Trials; gold medal performances at two U.S. Olympic Festivals; and six All-American finishes at the U.S. National Open Freestyle Championships. He also won USA Wrestling national titles on the Espoir and Junior levels.

As an Oklahoma State University assistant wrestling coach for 11 years, he helped build the Cowboys into one of the nation’s most successful programs. Working with the middle weight wrestlers, he personally coached six Cowboys to individual or multiple NCAA titles and helped OSU to win the Division I team title for four consecutive years from 2003-2006

Smith won three Oklahoma state titles for Del City High School and was twice named Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament. He is a member of one of the nation’s top wrestling families -- brothers Lee Roy, John and Mark were also state high school champions and earned NCAA All-America honors for OSU.

For inspiring others and accomplishing what no competitor before had ever done, Patrick M. Smith is honored as a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.