Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award

The Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award, presented annually to a female high school senior, is based equally on outstanding wrestling success, scholastic achievement and citizenship or community service. The national winner is selected from state and regional winners.

First presented in 2014, the award is named for Tricia Saunders, a four-time World Champion and women’s wrestling pioneer. Saunders was the first woman to be inducted as a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2006 and was inducted into the United World Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2011. 

Janiah Baez

Year: 2022
Award: Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
Location: Massachusetts

Sophia Matthews

Year: 2021
Award: Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
Location: Massachusetts

Marisol Nugent

Year: 2020
Award: Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
Location: Massachusetts

Isabella Ricchiazzi

Year: 2018
Award: Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
Location: Massachusetts

Naomi Hunt

Year: 2017
Award: Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
Location: Massachusetts

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