Mike Mason graduated from Williamstown High School in 1993. As the son of Linda and Bill Mason, a 1972 West Virginia High School State Champion, Mike began his love for wrestling at the age of six and was coached by his father, Dick Casto and David Moore. Mike wrestled for Williamstown High School where he was coached by Jeff Givens, Bernie Buttrey and West Virginia Wrestling Hall of Fame Coach Bob Pickens. He was a runner·up as a freshman and later went on to become a 3X State Champion, accumulating a record of 112·1. Mike finished third in the High School National Tournament, third In the Junior World Team Trials and finished third and 7th in the Junior National Freestyle Tournament. Then he went to wrestle for West Virginia University where he was coached by Craig Turnbull and 1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist Nate Carr. While at WVU, Mike was a 4X NCAA qualifier and earned All America Honors In both 1997 and 1998 by finishing 7th and third in the NCAA Division I Tournament respectively. He was also the 1994 Espoir National Freestyle Champion, an Eastern Wrestling League Champion and surpassed the 100 win mark for the Mountaineers. While residing in Bridgeport, WV, Mike is the Clinic Director of the Chiropractic Care Center and the author of Unstoppable Success. In 2002, he assisted Scott Hage in resurrecting the Bridgeport High School program and later assisted in the implementation of the Harrison County Middle School Wrestling Program. Now he runs The Elite Training Center in Bridgeport which hosts weekly practices for local wrestlers and is the new home of his annual summer wrestling camp which he began in 1993. Mike and his wife Natalie are the parents of Rachel and Tyler. The National Wrestling Hall of Fame honors Mike Mason with the "Outstanding West Virginian" award, class of 2014.