After a third-place finish as a freshman, Colt Sponseller won three Ohio state wrestling championships for West Holmes High School in Millersburg, Ohio.

He was 46-0 as a senior, 42-1 as a junior, 36-1 as a sophomore and 30-11 as a freshman for a career record of 154-13.

Sponseller won the National High School Coaches Association Senior Nationals and was named Outstanding Wrestler and was also named NHSCA High School Wrestler of the Year. He was also won the National High School Junior Wrestling Championships in 2006

He was voted Region 4 Wrestler of the Year as a senior, and was a finalist for the Junior Dan Hodge Trophy, awarded by WIN Magazine to the nation's top high school wrestler.