From: Caputo, Christopher A [email protected] Subject: Pitt-Johnstown Mourns the Loss of 6-time NCAA National Champion Carlton Haselrig Date: July 22, 2020 at 12:56 PM To: Jaeger, Anthony-ESPN ([email protected]) [email protected], D2Wrestle. com [email protected], [email protected], Knopsnyder, Eric ([email protected]) [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], Moore, Roger-NCAA [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], Baranik, Joe Baranik, Joe ([email protected]) [email protected] Pitt-Johnstown Mourns The Loss of Six-Time NCAA National Champion Carlton Haselrig The Pitt-Johnstown community is mourning the loss of six-time NCAA Wrestling National Champion Carlton Haselrig. Mr. Haselrig passed away on Wednesday of natural causes. He was 54.

Mr. Haselrig, a native of Johnstown, Pa., is the most decorated athlete in Pitt-Johnstown history. Mr. Haselrig won six heavyweight NCAA National Wrestling championships, three at the Division I level and three at the Division II level. Mr. Haselrig holds five Pitt- Johnstown all-time wrestling records, as well as an overall career record of 143-2-1, which equates to a .979 winning percentage.

Mr. Haselrig, a 2009 inductee into the Pitt-Johnston Athletics Hall of Fame, never lost a match in the Division I National Tournament (15-0 record and three titles), and he never lost or tied a Division II opponent. His six titles were unprecedented and will remain so because the NCAA no longer allows wrestlers to compete in both division tournaments. Also, during his Pitt-Johnstown tenure, Mr. Haselrig wrestled his way to an NCAA record of 122 consecutive matches without suffering a loss.

In 2005, Mr. Haselrig was named to the NCAA 75th Anniversary Wrestling Team, which included other notable heavyweights, such as NCAA and Olympic champion , who Mr. Haselrig had defeated during his college wrestling career. In 1990, he was inducted into the Cambria County Sports Hall of Fame for wrestling and for football in 2014. Also in 2014, Mr. Haselrig was inducted into the Division II Wrestling Hall of Fame, before earning induction into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Okla. in 2016.

While in high school, however, Mr. Haselrig was forced to wrestle freestyle during the summer because a high school wrestling program was not available to him. But, after taking an interest in Mr. Haselrig's career, local individuals convinced the Greater Johnstown School board to allow Mr. Haselrig to represent Johnstown High as an independent "one-man team" as a senior. He posted a 10-0 record and won the Pennsylvania AAA State Heavyweight Title.

In 1989, Mr. Haselrig was a 12th-round draft pick by the Steelers, and he went on to be selected as a offensive lineman without ever having played college football.

Mr. Haselrig is survived by his wife Michelle and children, Cameron, Jordan, Demetrius, Jade, William, Cortez, Cantara, Carlton, Jr.. and Carlee.

Chris Caputo Pitt-Johnstown Sports Information Director Athletic Department, Sports Center [email protected] (814) 269-2031 - Office Phone (814) 659-6160 – Cell www.pittjohnstownathletics.com facebook.com/pages/Pitt-Johnstown-Athletics Twitter: @MtnCatAthletics