Daton Fix Dave Schultz High School Excellence award biography
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Daton Fix of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, is the 2017 recipient of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award.
Fix is a four-time Oklahoma High School state champion, compiling a 168-0 high school record to become the fourth wrestler in state history to go undefeated. He helped Charles Page High School capture both the team title and the dual championship title in 2017. The son of Derek and Stacee Fix, he was named Outstanding Wrestler at the state tournament twice and was named Wrestler of the Year by the Tulsa World three times.
“Being named as the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award recipient is an amazing honor,” said Fix “As I reflect on past recipients, I am honored to have my name amongst many wrestlers that I have looked up to throughout my career. I am going to continue my journey of working hard to have excellence on and off the mat. I would like to thank my coaches, my family, my teammates and my fans for inspiring me daily to keep pressing for all that God has to offer me in the greatest sport in the world.”
Fix is the second national winner from Oklahoma, joining Teyon Ware from Edmond North High School in Edmond, who won the award in 2002.
Fix won his third United World Wrestling Junior Nationals title on April 27 and captured the USA Wrestling Triple Crown in 2013. He was a Youth Olympic silver medalist in 2014, a Cadet World bronze medalist in 2015 and a Junior World bronze medalist in 2016. Fix is a two-time Pan American champion in both freestyle and Greco-Roman, and he was a FloNational Champion in 2015.
Fix’s father, Derek, wrestled at Oklahoma State while both of his grandfathers were also Division I wrestlers and high school coaches. Grandfather, David Fix, wrestled at Colorado State Teachers College (now Northern Colorado) and coached at Eaton High School in Eaton, Colorado. Maternal grandfather, Alan Karstetter Sr., wrestled at Brigham Young University and was the wrestling coach at Charles Page High School for 24 years. Karstetter was honored with the Lifetime Service to Wrestling Award from our Oklahoma Chapter in 2002.
Fix also lettered in cross country and was named Athlete of the Year for football in 2013. He is active in Fellowship of Christian Athletes and volunteers to read to children at Read Across America while also working as a peer tutor for special needs physical education. Fix was named Student of the Month three times and was named as one of the Top 10 People of the Year to Watch by the Tulsa World in 2017. He has signed a letter of intent to wrestle for Oklahoma State University.
Fix was selected as the Central Region winner and then was chosen as the national winner over other regional winners.
The Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award and the Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award recognize and celebrate the nation’s most outstanding high school seniors for their excellence in wrestling, scholastic achievement, citizenship and community service.
The DSHSEA was established in 1996 to honor Olympic and World champion Dave Schultz, whose career was cut short when he was murdered in January 1996. Schultz was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member in 1997 and as a member of the United World Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2016.
Fix is a four-time Oklahoma High School state champion, compiling a 168-0 high school record to become the fourth wrestler in state history to go undefeated. He helped Charles Page High School capture both the team title and the dual championship title in 2017. The son of Derek and Stacee Fix, he was named Outstanding Wrestler at the state tournament twice and was named Wrestler of the Year by the Tulsa World three times.
“Being named as the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award recipient is an amazing honor,” said Fix “As I reflect on past recipients, I am honored to have my name amongst many wrestlers that I have looked up to throughout my career. I am going to continue my journey of working hard to have excellence on and off the mat. I would like to thank my coaches, my family, my teammates and my fans for inspiring me daily to keep pressing for all that God has to offer me in the greatest sport in the world.”
Fix is the second national winner from Oklahoma, joining Teyon Ware from Edmond North High School in Edmond, who won the award in 2002.
Fix won his third United World Wrestling Junior Nationals title on April 27 and captured the USA Wrestling Triple Crown in 2013. He was a Youth Olympic silver medalist in 2014, a Cadet World bronze medalist in 2015 and a Junior World bronze medalist in 2016. Fix is a two-time Pan American champion in both freestyle and Greco-Roman, and he was a FloNational Champion in 2015.
Fix’s father, Derek, wrestled at Oklahoma State while both of his grandfathers were also Division I wrestlers and high school coaches. Grandfather, David Fix, wrestled at Colorado State Teachers College (now Northern Colorado) and coached at Eaton High School in Eaton, Colorado. Maternal grandfather, Alan Karstetter Sr., wrestled at Brigham Young University and was the wrestling coach at Charles Page High School for 24 years. Karstetter was honored with the Lifetime Service to Wrestling Award from our Oklahoma Chapter in 2002.
Fix also lettered in cross country and was named Athlete of the Year for football in 2013. He is active in Fellowship of Christian Athletes and volunteers to read to children at Read Across America while also working as a peer tutor for special needs physical education. Fix was named Student of the Month three times and was named as one of the Top 10 People of the Year to Watch by the Tulsa World in 2017. He has signed a letter of intent to wrestle for Oklahoma State University.
Fix was selected as the Central Region winner and then was chosen as the national winner over other regional winners.
The Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award and the Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award recognize and celebrate the nation’s most outstanding high school seniors for their excellence in wrestling, scholastic achievement, citizenship and community service.
The DSHSEA was established in 1996 to honor Olympic and World champion Dave Schultz, whose career was cut short when he was murdered in January 1996. Schultz was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member in 1997 and as a member of the United World Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2016.
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