Tyler Beckwith
Greene High School
Impact Statement
Beckwith made NHSCA history by becoming the first wrestler to become a four-time National High School champion.
Biography
In March Beckwith made NHSCA history by becoming the first wrestler to become a four-time National High School champion. His 6-3 victory in the 171-pound championship match gave him the National Seniors championship, to go along with titles in the National Juniors, the National Sophomores and the National Freshman Championships the past three years. Beckwith won his second consecutive Division 2 state title at 171 this year, and earned Outstanding Wrestler honors after finishing 45-0 with 38 pins to go along with a 44-0 record as a junior.
He also was the state runner-up as a sophomore and fifth in state as a freshman and his career record was 243-13 with 153 pins. A two-time FILA Cadet National champion, Beckwith also is a four-time USA Wrestling Cadet and Junior National All-American, finishing second in Greco-Roman and eighth in freestyle in the Junior Nationals in 2009. A four-year honor roll student with a 3.3 grade-point average, he will attend Binghamton University.
Beckwith competed for Binghamton before transferring to the SUNY at Cortland to finish the rest of his college career.
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