Ron Mauck has been the director of the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Wrestling Tournament, one of the largest conference tournaments in the country, since 1979.

In 2006, the 53rd annual competition was renamed the Ron Mauck OVAC Wrestling Championships for his undaunted dedication to the mat sport.

Ron Mauck, a West Liberty State College graduate who earned his master's in safety education from West Virginia University, started the first wrestling program at Follansbee High School in 1965. In fact he coached the school's first and only state champion, Lou Dailey.

Coach Mauck also mentored John Craig, who later was an All-American grappler at West Liberty State College. When Brooke High School opened in 1968, Mauck was named head coach and produced the "Bruins" first state champion, Jim Suddoth.

He was also instrumental in starting the Brooke Classic, which has been consistently spotlighted by national magazines as one of the top 20 wrestling invitationals in the country.

In 1985, Coach/Director Ron Mauck was selected as the OVAC Tournament's prestigious 10th "Mr. Mat" award winner. The West Virginia wrestling coaches named him the "Wrestling Man of the Year in 1987."

Most recently, he was inducted in the OVAC and Brooke County Halls of Fame in 2006.

Ron Mauck and his devoted wife, Mary Lou, reside in Wheeling and have two sons, Eric and Jay, a daughter Melissa, and four grandchildren.

The National Wrestling Hall of Fame honors Ron Mauck with a "Lifetime Service to Wrestling" award, class of 2006.