OLD PICTURES: In the voters pamphlet, I wrote that I wrestled at Washington State University — opponents didn’t believe me — I actually did.

In the voters pamphlet, I wrote that I wrestled.

Opponents were trying to “fact check” that. 

I wrestled at West Valley High School in Yakima.

In 1984, during my senior year, I wrestled at 158 pounds: 

I did pretty well — at the state tournament, I placed 4th:

Having earned an academic scholarship to WSU, I figured I was done with wrestling.

But I had a very good friend from high school who convinced me to be a walk-on.

My sophomore year I wrestled at 177 pounds:

Here’s our team that year. That’s me in the back row. To my left is Wendell who convinced me to walk on:

That year I wrestled in the PAC-10 championships:

In the opening match, I lost to this guy from the University of Oregon:

But in the semi-finals, I beat this guy from Oregon State University:

So in my sophomore year as a walk-on, I placed 3rd in the PAC-10:

WAZZU’s wrestling program was very popular and successful, but because of funding challenges, it was discontinued after that season.

Nonetheless, I found ways to keep doing it — this photo was taken at a campus event my junior year:

And this was at a campus event my senior year: