Campbell Fighting Camels wrestling
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The Campbell Fighting Camels wrestling team represents Campbell University
of Buies Creek
, North Carolina
. The squad is coached by Joe Boardwine. Boardwine has been the coach of the Camels since 2010. Boardwine is also the National Wrestling Director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes
. He's a 1997 graduate of Kent State University
and came to Campbell from Ohio
where he previously served as the head wrestling coach at Walsh Jesuit High School
. Wrestling
was founded at Campbell in 1968 under the guidance of Gerald Brown. There has been nine different coaches that directed the Camels over the past 40 years. The most notable coach would have to be Dave Auble. Auble (1999–2004) was a former U.S. Olympic wrestling coach. The most successful coach was Jerry Hartman. Hartman (1981–1988) had a record of 80-39 in his career as a head coach. The Fighting Camels are associate members of the Southern Conference
for collegiate wrestling
. The university is a member of the Big South Conference
in all other sports except the Campbell Fighting Camels football team which participates in the Pioneer League. The Big South Conference does not sponsor wrestling. The Camels have yet to have a wrestler reach All-America
n status, but have sent seven wrestlers to the NCAA Wrestling Team Championship
.
Campbell University
Campbell University is a coeducational, church-related university in rural North Carolina, USA. Its main campus is located in the community of Buies Creek; its law school moved from Buies Creek to a new campus in the state capital of Raleigh in 2009. Campbell has an approximately equal number of...
of Buies Creek
Buies Creek, North Carolina
Buies Creek is a census-designated place located in the Neills Creek Township of Harnett County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,215 at the 2000 census.-Incorporation:...
, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
. The squad is coached by Joe Boardwine. Boardwine has been the coach of the Camels since 2010. Boardwine is also the National Wrestling Director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a non-profit interdenominational Christian organization founded in 1954 and that has been based in Kansas City, Missouri since 1956. It falls within the tradition of Muscular Christianity. Although established by evangelical Protestants, the concept has...
. He's a 1997 graduate of Kent State University
Kent State University
Kent State University is a public research university located in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university has eight campuses around the northeast Ohio region with the main campus in Kent being the largest...
and came to Campbell from Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
where he previously served as the head wrestling coach at Walsh Jesuit High School
Walsh Jesuit High School
Walsh Jesuit High School is a private, Jesuit high school in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Founded in 1965, the school was funded by a gift from and named after Cornelius and Jane Walsh. It has been recognized fifty times as a Green Ribbon School of Excellence by the U.S...
. Wrestling
Collegiate wrestling
Collegiate wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the collegiate and university level in the United States. Collegiate wrestling emerged from the folk wrestling styles practised in the early history of the United States...
was founded at Campbell in 1968 under the guidance of Gerald Brown. There has been nine different coaches that directed the Camels over the past 40 years. The most notable coach would have to be Dave Auble. Auble (1999–2004) was a former U.S. Olympic wrestling coach. The most successful coach was Jerry Hartman. Hartman (1981–1988) had a record of 80-39 in his career as a head coach. The Fighting Camels are associate members of the Southern Conference
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
for collegiate wrestling
Collegiate wrestling
Collegiate wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the collegiate and university level in the United States. Collegiate wrestling emerged from the folk wrestling styles practised in the early history of the United States...
. The university is a member of the Big South Conference
Big South Conference
The Big South Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. The conference's football teams are part of the Football Championship Subdivision...
in all other sports except the Campbell Fighting Camels football team which participates in the Pioneer League. The Big South Conference does not sponsor wrestling. The Camels have yet to have a wrestler reach All-America
All-America
An All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply...
n status, but have sent seven wrestlers to the NCAA Wrestling Team Championship
NCAA Wrestling Team Championship
The NCAA Wrestling Team Championship was first officially awarded in 1929 and began to be continuously awarded on an annual basis in 1934 except during World War II 1943-1945. In 1928 and from 1931 to 1933, there was only an unofficial title. Oklahoma A&M, now Oklahoma State, won the 1928, 1931...
.