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*Camp Information Letter*

FCA Wrestling Camp

June 7-9, 2024

Campbellsville University
Campbellsville, KY

   Registration is Closed - 
Camp is Full

Format: This camp is a 2 night/ 3 day camp with world class clinicians, tough competition, and an awesome FCA inspirational program. Facilities are excellent. This camp is open to any 6th-12th grade boys and girls wrestlers.

Cost: $270/wrestler & $135/Coach*. Price includes 2 nights lodging, 3 days of great technique training and competition, 6 meals, t-shirt, and FCA Bible. “Live Competition” – Wrestlers will be placed on teams and wrestle 3 duals during the last 2 days of camp. Coaches who bring 8 wrestlers or more will keep their wrestlers together for competition.
* Coaches brining 10 or more wrestlers come free.

FCA Wrestling Camp is limited to the first 300 registered campers. A $150 Deposit is required to secure your spot. (You are not registered until your camp deposit is paid). All deposits are non-refundable.

Clinicians: 
Jim Gruenwald- 3x National Christian College Athletic Association National Champion, 2x member of the US Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Team (2000 in Sydney, Australia, 2004 in Athens, Greece), a 3 Time US Greco-Roman Champion (2003, 2004, and 2008). Jim is the Head Wrestling Coach and head strength and conditioning coach at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL.

Tom Ryan- Coach Ryan is the current head coach at Ohio State University.  At Ohio State he led the Ohio State wrestling program to the 2015 NCAA National Championship (110.0 points), NCAA team runner-ups in 2008, 2009, 2017, 2018 and 2019, seven top-3 NCAA Championships team finishes and five consecutive (2015-19), top-8 team finishes in 12 of the last 13 NCAAs, Two-time NCAA Head Coach of the Year (2009, 2015), Three-time Big Ten Coach of the Year (2015, 2017, 2018) after capturing three B1G titles in four-year stretch (2015, 2017, 2018), coached six different Buckeyes to 12 individual national titles, including four-time champion Logan Stieber and Olympic gold medalist Kyle Snyder (three-time NCAA champ) and mentored 15 Buckeyes to a total of 23 NCAA Finals appearances. As a wrestler,  Coach Ryan wrestled at the University of Iowa for legendary coach Dan Gable. At Iowa, Ryan was a 2x Big Ten Champion. Tom was a 2x NCAA All-American, taking 2nd in the 1991 NCAA Tourney and 3rd in 1992.

Jason Nolf- Jason Is a 4x NCAA Division I finalist and a 3x NCAA Division I Champion for Penn State University. In 2020, Nolf earned a gold medal from the Pan American Championships up at 79 kilograms. In 2021, he defeated World champion Khetag Tsabolov at an event in Kaspiysk in December. In 2022, Nolf claimed a silver medal at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin, claimed the US Open National championship in April and runner-up at the US World Trials.
In 2023, Nolf grabbed a Zagreb Open Grand Prix title in February, next he became a two-time US National champion in April with wins over two-time NCAA champions Vincenzo Joseph and Keegan O'Toole, earning a berth for Final X NYC.
To finish off the year, Nolf grabbed a Bill Farrell Memorial title in November. In 2024 he grabbed his second straight title from the Zagreb Open Grand Prix.

Nate Carr - One of the most-accomplished wrestlers of his era, Carr won three consecutive NCAA Championships (1981-83). He added Big Eight Championships in 1980 and 1981 at 150 pounds and ended his career with a record of 122-17.
Nate won a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympic Games (Seoul), outscoring his foes 67-7. He is a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. He grew up in a family of 16 children with nine of the boys wrestling and five of them earning All-America honors.

Barry Davis – 3x NCAA Champion and 4 x NCAA All-American at the University of Iowa, under legendary coach Dan Gable. In 1985 he won the NCAA Championship’s “Outstanding Wrestler Award”. He was a 2x member of the US Olympic Freestyle Team at the 1984 Los Angeles games (silver medalist) and 1988 Soul, South Korea games. He was a 3x member of the US World Wrestling Team, earning a bronze and silver medal in 1986 and 1987, respectively. Davis was an assistant coach at the University of Iowa for 7 years and the head coach at the University of Wisconsin for 25 years (“National Coach of the Year” in 2010).

David Carr- Carr is a 2xNCAA Division I National Champion, five-time NCAA Division I All-American, and four-time Big 12 Conference champion, the second to win his conference four times at Iowa State University. He was also a five-time champion as a high schooler (1x KY & 4x OH). Carr is also a Cadet World bronze medalist and a Junior World champion. He was also a 2022 U.S. Senior National Team Member and a U.S. U23 World Team Member.

Joe Carr Jr. -  Coach Carr Jr. was a four-time KY state champion and a 5-time finalist for Woodford County.  Coach Carr Jr. received a full athletic scholarship to West Virginia University. He continued his success while attending WVU where he tied for the university's all time wins by a freshman in all weight classes. Carr totaled over 100 career wins at WVU and was a four time NCAA qualifier, two time Eastern Western League champion, and three time Eastern Western League finalist.  

Franky James - Coach James has been the Head Coach at Campbellsville University for the past 18 years. Over the past 13 years, James has had 13 Individual National Finalist, four National Champions and 56 All-Americans. He was a 1997 All-American and South Regional champion at 149 pounds at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. 

Jacob Murton - Coach Murton has been an assistant coach at Campbellsville University for 5 years. He was an all-american for Campbellsville University in 2010 and a 3 time Kentucky state champion for Lawrence County High School. 




For any questions contact Rusty Parks Cell #:(859)420-8273 /E-Mail: rparks@fca.org or 
Steve Jude Cell #: (859)361-8235 /E-Mail: sjude@fca.org
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