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| The John Pangia Award |
| The John Pangia Award was established in 2000 by the officers of the WAWC. Named in honor of Coach John Pangia, the Award consists of a commemorative plaque and a fully paid, $300.00 scholarship to a summer competition wrestling camp for the award winners. Eligible wrestlers must compete on the WAWC the entire Youth Season and be at least 12 years old. Voted on by all the coaches of the WAWC, the winners are evaluated on their committment, hard work, dedication and future potential in the sport of wrestling. Coach Pangia coached at Wayland from 1992 until 1999. He was Varsity coach for 6 seasons. He coached 2 LCAA Division 1 Championship teams in 1995, 1997. John was LCAA coach of the year in 1995. He coached 10 LCAA Champions and 8 Section 5 Champions as well as Wayland's 1996 State Champion. John was inducted into the WCCS Wrestling Hall-of-Fame in 2002. |
| 2001 - John Pangia Awards Tyler Sick Aaron Parks 2000 Roy Pragle Nick Sikes |
| 2002 - John Pangia Awards |
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| Adam Mortensen |
| Jon Weldy |
| Aaron Parks |
| Tyler Sick |