Dan Fulscher, a four-year wrestler for Lincoln High School under Floyd Bee, IWCOA Hall of Famer, was a Big 12 Conference Champion who set several team records at Lincoln. Dan has completed 37 years of IHSA officiating, including 34 regionals and 30 sectional assignments and 30 state individual and dual team finals. He has also worked 16 IESA state finals, twice as head referee; officiated two Illinois All-Star Duals and seven Illinois/Indiana Classic Duals; refereed at four Prairie State Games; and worked five years as an NCAA Division I official. The IWCOA twice Honored Dan with its "Friends of Illinois Wrestling" award and named him Official of the Year in 1994. He served as IWCOA president for two years, helping to implement the separation of the All-State and Hall of fame award banquets. An IWCOA board member for 21 years, he helped establish the organization's Lifetime Achievement Award. Dan was named the National Federation of High Schools Official of the Year in 1997 and 2003. He is the first official in any sport to serve two terms on the IHSA's Official Advisory Board. He has also served as the IHSA's clinician since 1998 and is a past officials' representative to the IESA Advisory Board. Named the 2003 IWCOA Man of the Year, Dan was inducted into the group's Hall of Fame in 2000 and received the Lifetime Achievement Award this spring. He has served as Grand Marshal for the IESA State Tournament, the IHSA Individual State Finals and the Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation. Dan also served 25 years on the Lincoln rural fire department, five as Chief. A former Logan County 911/ESDA director, he was named the county's Citizen of the Year and the Rotary Vocation Award.