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Considine named USA Wrestling State Chairperson of the Year

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by Gary Abbott

Jim Considine of Carol Stream, Ill. was elected USA Wrestling State Chairperson of the Year. USA Wrestling is the National Governing Body for amateur wrestling in the United States. He was selected for this honor by his peer State Chairpersons during the USA Wrestling State Leaders Conference held in Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 6-9. Considine has served as USA Wrestling State Chairperson in Illinois since 1999. Illinois has over 10,000 USA Wrestling members, second only to California in the number of registered members for the organization. The Illinois association has the largest Kids wrestling organization within USA Wrestling. He has served as the President of the Illinois Kids Wrestling Association (IKWF) since 1993, and has been on the IKWF Board since 1985. He has run an IKWF kids club, the Villa-Lombard Cougars, since 1983. Considine is an assistant wrestling coach at Glenbard North High School, one of the most successful high school wrestling programs in the nation. Two of his sons, Augie and Andy, competed at Glenbard North. Considine was a wrestler at Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, Ill. He gives special credit to his wife Alicia for all of her efforts on behalf of the USA Wrestling state association and the youth club, as well as support for his wrestling activities. "I am surprised and honored to win this," said Considine. "It is an award won by the state organization. I have a great Board, and that is why Illinois wrestling is doing so well." Considine has worked for 29 years in marketing for Motorola. State Chairperson of the Year 1978 - Leroy Evans, California 1979 - Dave Dozeman, Michigan 1980 - Frank Rader, North Carolina 1981 - Ted DeRousse, Illinois 1982 - Dave and Bobby Schneller, Connecticut 1983 - Mick Pickford, Iowa 1984 - Bill Crum, New Jersey 1985 - Tom Canavan, Pennsylvania 1986 - Kay Lacher, Minnesota 1987 - Jack Harcourt, Virginia 1988 - Mark Scott, Wyoming 1989 - Leroy Evans, California and Charlie White, Colorado 1990 - John Welch, New Jersey 1991 - Dave Mellon, North Dakota 1992 - Bob Labat, Minnesota 1993 - Al Kastl, Michigan 1994 - Chuck Elvin, Kansas 1995 - Haswell Franklin, Sr., Maryland 1996 - Archie Randall, Oklahoma 1997 - Fred Lehrke, Wisconsin 1998 - Bob Walker, Florida 1999 - Mike Dowden, Indiana 2000 - Paula McGahee, Georgia 2001 - Tom Shaw, Washington 2002 - Dave Black, Wisconsin 2003 - Jim Considine, Illinois