Cohlton Schultz named 2019 High School Athlete of the Year by Colorado Sports Hall of Fame
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Cohlton Schultz of the USA celebrates his 2019 Junior World semifinal victory. Photo by Daniel Mitchell.
Wrestler Cohlton Schultz of Ponderosa High School has been named 2019 Colorado High School Athlete of the Year among boys. Schultz is joined by girls winner Anna Hall, a track and field athlete from Valor Christian High School.
Schultz is currently a freshman at Arizona State, where he is on redshirt and preparing for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials at State College in April.
Other 2019 award winners are track and field athlete Thomas Staines of CSU-Pueblo and gymnast Lyndsey Brown of the University of Denver, the College Athletes of the Year, and multi-sport athlete Greg Mark, the Athlete with Disabilities winner.
Schultz will be honored at the 56th annual Colorado Sports Hall of Fame Induction & Awards Banquet, set for April 23 at the Hilton Denver City Center. He will be recognized alongside the Class of 2020 for the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame, which includes Lindsey Vonn, Bob Gebhard, Alonzo Babers, George Gwozdecky, Terry Miller and Erin Popovich.
Cohlton Schultz High School Athlete of the Year bio
Schultz not only won four state high school wrestling titles during his years at Ponderosa, but was rated the No. 1 recruit in the nation pound-for-pound (he’s currently a freshman at Arizona State). In high school, he finished with a 188-2 record, with 152 pins, with his last two state titles coming as a heavyweight. Last year, Schultz was a Greco-Roman Junior World silver medalist and a Senior Greco U.S. runner-up. He earned the national 2019 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award.
Editor’s Note: Schultz has won three age-group World medals in Greco-Roman, a 2017 Cadet World gold medal, a 2018 Junior World bronze medal and a 2019 Junior World silver medal.
The Colorado High School Athlete of the Year has been awarded since 1967, and Schultz becomes the 11th wrestler to be honored with this prestigious award, starting with Brett Van Hee of Fowler High School in 1986 and most recently with Phil Downing of Broomfield High School in 2014.
The Colorado Sports Hall of Fame has recognized numerous wrestlers with its honors program. Three wrestlers have also won the Colorado Amateur Athlete of the Year Award, Chuck Pipher, Matt Ghaffari and Henry Cejudo. Eight wrestlers have been inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame, most recently long-time legendary Wray High School wrestling coach Bob Smith in 2019.
Wrestlers who have won Colorado High School Athlete of the Year
1986 – Brett Van Hee, Fowler High School
1988 – Dusty Fix, Wray High School
1995 – Jon Archuleta, Alamosa High School
1999 – Jared Haberman, La Junta High School
2000 - Tom Clum, Pomona High School
2001 – Dusty Hoffschneider, Columbine High School (also football player)
2004 – Kyle Sand, Arvada West High School
2005 – Tony Mustari, Greeley Central High School
2011 – Connor Medbery, Loveland High School
2014 – Phil Downing, Broomfield High School
2019 – Cohlton Schultz, Ponderosa High School
Wrestlers who have won Colorado Amateur Athlete of the Year
1989 - Chuck Pipher, CSU-Pueblo (then USC), 3x national champion, and nationally ranked freestyle wrestler
1996 – Matt Ghaffari, Greco-Roman Olympic silver medalist
2008 – Henry Cejudo, Men’s freestyle Olympic champion
Wrestlers who are Colorado Sports Hall of Fame inductees
1967 – Everette Marshall, pro wrestling
1969 - John Hancock, Northern Colorado (then Colorado State College) wrestling coach
1977 – Russell Volk, Colorado School of Mines wrestler (also played football, baseball, basketball)
1988 – Dan Stavely, University of Denver wrestler (and long-time college football coach )
1998 – Leroy Tracy Borah, Western State wrestling coach
2006 – J. Allen “Pat” Patten, Manual HS and Univ. of Denver wrestler, Boulder HS wrestling coach
2010 – Dean Lahr, Denver North HS and Univ. of Colorado wrestler
2019 – Bob Smith, Denver North HS and Northern Colorado wrestler, Wray HS wrestling coach
Wrestler Cohlton Schultz of Ponderosa High School has been named 2019 Colorado High School Athlete of the Year among boys. Schultz is joined by girls winner Anna Hall, a track and field athlete from Valor Christian High School.
Schultz is currently a freshman at Arizona State, where he is on redshirt and preparing for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials at State College in April.
Other 2019 award winners are track and field athlete Thomas Staines of CSU-Pueblo and gymnast Lyndsey Brown of the University of Denver, the College Athletes of the Year, and multi-sport athlete Greg Mark, the Athlete with Disabilities winner.
Schultz will be honored at the 56th annual Colorado Sports Hall of Fame Induction & Awards Banquet, set for April 23 at the Hilton Denver City Center. He will be recognized alongside the Class of 2020 for the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame, which includes Lindsey Vonn, Bob Gebhard, Alonzo Babers, George Gwozdecky, Terry Miller and Erin Popovich.
Cohlton Schultz High School Athlete of the Year bio
Schultz not only won four state high school wrestling titles during his years at Ponderosa, but was rated the No. 1 recruit in the nation pound-for-pound (he’s currently a freshman at Arizona State). In high school, he finished with a 188-2 record, with 152 pins, with his last two state titles coming as a heavyweight. Last year, Schultz was a Greco-Roman Junior World silver medalist and a Senior Greco U.S. runner-up. He earned the national 2019 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award.
Editor’s Note: Schultz has won three age-group World medals in Greco-Roman, a 2017 Cadet World gold medal, a 2018 Junior World bronze medal and a 2019 Junior World silver medal.
The Colorado High School Athlete of the Year has been awarded since 1967, and Schultz becomes the 11th wrestler to be honored with this prestigious award, starting with Brett Van Hee of Fowler High School in 1986 and most recently with Phil Downing of Broomfield High School in 2014.
The Colorado Sports Hall of Fame has recognized numerous wrestlers with its honors program. Three wrestlers have also won the Colorado Amateur Athlete of the Year Award, Chuck Pipher, Matt Ghaffari and Henry Cejudo. Eight wrestlers have been inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame, most recently long-time legendary Wray High School wrestling coach Bob Smith in 2019.
Wrestlers who have won Colorado High School Athlete of the Year
1986 – Brett Van Hee, Fowler High School
1988 – Dusty Fix, Wray High School
1995 – Jon Archuleta, Alamosa High School
1999 – Jared Haberman, La Junta High School
2000 - Tom Clum, Pomona High School
2001 – Dusty Hoffschneider, Columbine High School (also football player)
2004 – Kyle Sand, Arvada West High School
2005 – Tony Mustari, Greeley Central High School
2011 – Connor Medbery, Loveland High School
2014 – Phil Downing, Broomfield High School
2019 – Cohlton Schultz, Ponderosa High School
Wrestlers who have won Colorado Amateur Athlete of the Year
1989 - Chuck Pipher, CSU-Pueblo (then USC), 3x national champion, and nationally ranked freestyle wrestler
1996 – Matt Ghaffari, Greco-Roman Olympic silver medalist
2008 – Henry Cejudo, Men’s freestyle Olympic champion
Wrestlers who are Colorado Sports Hall of Fame inductees
1967 – Everette Marshall, pro wrestling
1969 - John Hancock, Northern Colorado (then Colorado State College) wrestling coach
1977 – Russell Volk, Colorado School of Mines wrestler (also played football, baseball, basketball)
1988 – Dan Stavely, University of Denver wrestler (and long-time college football coach )
1998 – Leroy Tracy Borah, Western State wrestling coach
2006 – J. Allen “Pat” Patten, Manual HS and Univ. of Denver wrestler, Boulder HS wrestling coach
2010 – Dean Lahr, Denver North HS and Univ. of Colorado wrestler
2019 – Bob Smith, Denver North HS and Northern Colorado wrestler, Wray HS wrestling coach
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