Back on the mat
By: Michael Sullivan
Issue date: 11/24/09 Section: Sports
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With a lot of work from graduate student Thomas Abia and a successful recruiting campaign at the MSC Open House, the team is back in action for the 2009-2010 season.
"We just set up a booth at the MSC Open House and a lot of kids were interested," said club wrestling Coach Nathan Hill. "We had probably 40 to 50 kids come up and we noticed that it was what the people wanted."
The club wrestling team is one of 33 club teams sponsored by A&M. Like all other club teams, the wrestling team has open doors to anyone with an interest in wrestling, even females. Participants can be involved as an official member who pays semester dues and competes against other schools or just drop in occasionally to workout with the team.
"We welcome anybody and everybody, whether you have wrestling shoes or not," Abia said. "We encourage everyone to come in and check us out for a day or two, and if you like what you see stick around; if not, thanks for coming by."
Like most sport teams, the club wrestling team has a routine practice schedule, Monday through Thursday from 5 to7 p.m. in the Read building. Practices are led by Hill, who wrestled in high school at Cinco Ranch High School and finished third place individually in the 2008 UIL State Championships.
Although the team has a regular practice schedule, practices are not mandatory but suggested for those who want to compete.
"This is a student-run program for the students by the students," Abia said. "We come in here and want people to come in here and feel like they learn something. We don't make this a mandatory thing; we can't. People get out of this program what they put in."
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