WIAA approves Girls State Individual Championship for 2021-22, becoming 27th state with girls wrestling
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Photo of high school girls wrestlers courtesy of the Wisconsin Wrestling Federation, USA Wrestling’s state association in Wisconsin.
The wrestling community is celebrating an announcement from the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, which will host a WIAA Girls Wrestling State Individual Championships in 2021-22.
This makes Wisconsin the 27th state to approve an official state high school girls championships or make girls wrestling an emerging sport, or began the process to making girls wrestling a sanctioned sport. That means that more than half of the state associations among the 50 U.S. states now have girls wrestling
This was tweeted out by the WIAA at approximately 4:00 p.m. CT
APPROVED: WRESTLING - Recommendation to allow a WIAA Girls Wrestling State Individual Championship for the 2021-22 season. VOTE: 10-0 Women wrestling #wiaawr
This comes off the heels of a vote of the WIAA Advisory Council on Tuesday against having a girls individual wrestling program by a 13-2 vote. The reversal of direction reflects the strong support for girls high school wrestling across the state among the high school community.
The state associations with girls wrestling (alphabetically) are: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin
USA Wrestling’s Girls High School Development Committee, led by Joan Fulp and Andrea Yamamoto, are working with groups such as Wrestle Like A Girl, the NWCA and numerous other grassroots organizations to promote opportunities for high school girls to wrestle.
The wrestling community is celebrating an announcement from the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, which will host a WIAA Girls Wrestling State Individual Championships in 2021-22.
This makes Wisconsin the 27th state to approve an official state high school girls championships or make girls wrestling an emerging sport, or began the process to making girls wrestling a sanctioned sport. That means that more than half of the state associations among the 50 U.S. states now have girls wrestling
This was tweeted out by the WIAA at approximately 4:00 p.m. CT
APPROVED: WRESTLING - Recommendation to allow a WIAA Girls Wrestling State Individual Championship for the 2021-22 season. VOTE: 10-0 Women wrestling #wiaawr
This comes off the heels of a vote of the WIAA Advisory Council on Tuesday against having a girls individual wrestling program by a 13-2 vote. The reversal of direction reflects the strong support for girls high school wrestling across the state among the high school community.
The state associations with girls wrestling (alphabetically) are: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin
USA Wrestling’s Girls High School Development Committee, led by Joan Fulp and Andrea Yamamoto, are working with groups such as Wrestle Like A Girl, the NWCA and numerous other grassroots organizations to promote opportunities for high school girls to wrestle.
