Inductees

Mark is one of the most successful and fierce wrestlers in the history of wrestling in the world. He started his wrestling career in 11th grade and won a CIF State Championship his senior year at Palo Alto High School.
Schultz continued his success by wining three NCAA Division I National Championships in 1981-82-83 at the University of Oklahoma while setting an OU record for the most wins in an undefeated season. He moved up a weight to keep 3-time NCAA champion Ed Banach from becoming the first 4-time NCAA champion, defeating the future Olympic Champion 16-8 in the finals, earning Schultz the Outstanding Wrestler award. He was named the Big 8 Conference’s medallion winner as the best senior male student-athlete.

Mark is the first American to win the Olympics and two World Championships. He won the Gold Medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, along with his brother Dave. Mark followed with World Championships in 1985 and in 1987. He also won four U.S. Open Freestyle Championships. He made the 1991 Guiness Book of World Records for “Most World Titles by a U.S. Wrestler.”

Schultz was also a World Cup Champion, helping the U.S. to beat the Russian team for the first time. He took 1st place in the Tokyo Super Champion Match, defeating 2-time World Champion Taram Dzgoev, 5-0. Mark defeated NCAA Champions Duane Goldman, Rico Chipiarelli and Jim Scherr to win the National Sports Festival three times.

Undefeated in the U.S. for five years, Mark made six consecutive U.S. World and Olympic Teams. He was USA Wrestling’s Athlete of the Year, the International Wrestler of the Year for Wrestling Masters magazine, and a Sullivan Award nominee. Schultz was an assistant wrestling coach for Stanford, Villanova, U.S. Air Force Academy and BYU. He was the Head Coach at BYU from 1984 until the program was dropped, taking the team to a WAC Championship. He also coached the University World Team. Mark has been inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and the California Wrestling Hall of Fame.